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Dustlawyer

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16. It's even more chilling when you are hearing these stories from your in-laws.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 08:44 AM

Aug 2016

My 94 year old Auntee would describe trips they took for funerals and weddings. It's almost like planning a trip through enemy territory. The rights they did have could be denied by any white person. The stories made me ashamed at the injustice that was common place. I hope there are plenty of authors going out and preserving many of these stories for history, not that many even bother to know history. Trump's candidacy highlights how many do not have even a rudimentary grasp of the Constitution.

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Things that weren't considered racist when Clint Eastwood was growing up [View all] bigtree Aug 2016 OP

Npr had interview with woman who is writting about how blacks had to plan road trips Liberal_in_LA Aug 2016 #1

It's even more chilling when you are hearing these stories from your in-laws. Dustlawyer Aug 2016 #16

Clint Eastwood has officially become Moron extraordinaire mdbl Aug 2016 #2

He has so much money people listen to him. He mistook that as thinking he jtuck004 Aug 2016 #4

Trump, Nugent, Norris, Eastwood. . .four dildos, four points of IQ. Divide them up accordingly. Feeling the Bern Aug 2016 #18

The dumbest thing was his fantasy of Obama working with this congress Johonny Aug 2016 #33

Clint's next movie "Any Which Way but Lucid" mdbl Aug 2016 #34

Thanks awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #36

Haha!! That's a good one! 😂😂😂 AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #37

POC last hired ... first fired. lpbk2713 Aug 2016 #3

Using the N word. n/t pnwmom Aug 2016 #5

Segregated housing sarge43 Aug 2016 #6

Just sounds like "The problem isn't racist things, the problem is people pointing out racist things" ck4829 Aug 2016 #7

"Get an asbestos suit and a gas mask, crybaby!" (n/t) klook Aug 2016 #10

so if we don't put racist people heaven05 Aug 2016 #19

I think the poster was pointing out how racist people think...... lastlib Aug 2016 #27

That's the misperception some people have about racism, like Clint Eastwood ck4829 Aug 2016 #32

So, when is he going to grow up? anniebelle Aug 2016 #8

And deal with difficult women by raping them IronLionZion Aug 2016 #9

Well, when some dumb broad gets mouthy, what else is a cowboy supposed to do? Orrex Aug 2016 #11

High Plains Drifter is all kinds of ugly. The disgusting bullwhipping murder scene turned me off Feeling the Bern Aug 2016 #17

Um, Eastwood did not play a "good guy" in High Plains Drifter. Nitram Aug 2016 #22

I didn't watch the movie IronLionZion Aug 2016 #26

Shouldn't make comments on movies you have not seen. CBGLuthier Aug 2016 #28

That's right, Luthier. Nitram Aug 2016 #29

His head is as empty as a chair.. mountain grammy Aug 2016 #12

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I really like Clint. SCVDem Aug 2016 #14

Perfect Roy Rolling Aug 2016 #20

I once admire the man as a director and an actor. Nitram Aug 2016 #24

true on all counts heaven05 Aug 2016 #15

Bad and f-ugly and stupid to boot. lonestarnot Aug 2016 #21

Including a comment about whether Eastwood is good-looking or not kind of Nitram Aug 2016 #25

Iyo. lonestarnot Aug 2016 #38

fuck clint. spanone Aug 2016 #23

Not kidding - I spent a lot of time in Alabama. raven mad Aug 2016 #30

being mercuryblues Aug 2016 #31

Oh, poor Clint. Just imagine how hard it is to be him. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2016 #35