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Autumn

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5. I'm happy to listen but a conversation must go both ways. My family fought in the Civil War
Thu Aug 13, 2015, 08:15 PM
Aug 2015

against slavery, my family owned no slaves. I have supported civil right, I have supported women's rights, I have supported human rights, I have supported my LGBT Brothers and Sisters in their fight for equality and justice. As a woman I have done the same work as a man for less money. I have faced discrimination, I have had bad experiences with police. I am a product of mixed blood, even though I look white. No one should be "over it" until they are ready to be "over it" and if people want to "still" be talking about it then they certainly should "still" be talking about it. But they don't need to be calling Liberals who have stood with them white supremacist Liberals. So no it's not all on me and I repeat, a conversation goes both ways or there is no conversation.

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