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lapfog_1

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3. Marching in the next BLM protest

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 02:50 PM

Jul 2016

will be an act of courage.

One I now hope to join...

If BLM shows up at the RNC convention (with the already armed KKK and white supremacists providing "protection" and encouraged to beat protesters at Trump rallys)... I expect extreme violence.

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When minority members commit high profile crimes (like domestic terrorism), we all feel under threat [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 OP

What will the retaliation be JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #1

Marching in the next BLM protest lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #3

it's not just you. i have close black male friends and a young south asian brother in the world La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #4

+1 ... I wonder how many "majority" members have heard/read about ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #2

yup. that angst, followed by the why did you ruin it for us angst, followed by dread La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #5

Or hear them say that majority member set us back 60 years rbrnmw Jul 2016 #6

LOL. Strangely, I have heard majority members ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #7

everyone fucking wants to live in the fifties these days. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #8

Everyone except PoC and Women ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #11

There are too many majority members wanting to go back the 50s geardaddy Jul 2016 #15

and I am sure they do want to go back rbrnmw Jul 2016 #9

And very few women or Members of the LGBT Community. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #12

so true rbrnmw Jul 2016 #13

:( Solly Mack Jul 2016 #10

Perhaps a little, but no not the same whatthehey Jul 2016 #14

I heard this dread loud and clear in the voice of Mr. Castile's girlfriend. beastie boy Jul 2016 #16

I can get that without fully understanding. GaYellowDawg Jul 2016 #17