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Irish_Dem

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16. Yes, we are supposed to be uncomfortable. We should also look at pics from shootings.

Reply to yardwork (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 14, 2017, 11:35 AM

Oct 2017

We should all have to look at the gun carnage.

It was reported that Eisenhower made Germans walk through concentration camps
and view the bodies. We should be forced to look at the consequences of our gun culture.

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School district pulls 'To Kill A Mockingbird' from reading list; 'makes people uncomfortable' [View all] kpete Oct 2017 OP

Thats what the author intended. yardwork Oct 2017 #1

Yes, we are supposed to be uncomfortable. We should also look at pics from shootings. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #16

Stupid people make me uncomfortable. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2017 #2

that does it. Brainstormy Oct 2017 #3

I think I'm going to join you. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #7

Books are supposed to make people uncomfortable sometimes. MineralMan Oct 2017 #4

Trump makes me uncomfortable. Can they pull him from the White House? Tanuki Oct 2017 #5

Way to miss the point entirely Mississippi Docreed2003 Oct 2017 #6

Well, one school district, anyway. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #18

Awww, truth about heritage hurts. sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #8

Apparently the "language" is the n-word. moriah Oct 2017 #9

It especially makes no sense when they listen to hip hop TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #17

Exactly. nt moriah Oct 2017 #19

Makes people uncomfortable. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #10

The whole country is starting to make me feel uncomfortable Brainstormy Oct 2017 #11

This is nuts. They want kids to go through life in a hermetically sealed bubble. Vinca Oct 2017 #12

Every year . . . peggysue2 Oct 2017 #13

I read Deliverance as a high school assignment catrose Oct 2017 #14

This book, and the Harvey Milk movie educated my child in 8th grade about reality in Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #15

Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown Brother Buzz Oct 2017 #20

Mississippi, a close second to Kansas on the school board idiocy scale. lindysalsagal Oct 2017 #21