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Javaman

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15. I'm always amazed when...

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 08:13 AM

May 2013

other people have to apologize for a stupid comment that someone else makes.

I know how the news/politician/image things works, but it still is weird to me.

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John Conyers apologizes for Louis Farrakhan's anti-Semitic remarks [View all] geek tragedy May 2013 OP

I wonder whose pocket Louis F. is in now 11cents May 2013 #1

Reminds me of that story about the frog and the scorpion. MNBrewer May 2013 #2

Good For Him, Sir The Magistrate May 2013 #3

Good for him. premium May 2013 #4

In fact, John McCain has also disavowed a controversial religious figure who endorsed him in 2008. alp227 May 2013 #5

I knew this about McCain, premium May 2013 #6

Conyer's defenders on DU already told me that Farrakhan is a huge hero and his hate does not matter Bluenorthwest May 2013 #7

Thank You For That SoCalMusicLover May 2013 #8

It's the endless hypocrisy and constantly seeing that Conyers types really don't think hate speech Bluenorthwest May 2013 #9

Amen to both you and Blue, 7962 May 2013 #10

Word XemaSab May 2013 #25

Do you say John2 May 2013 #13

You managed to smear both Muslims and Jews as bigots in that post. geek tragedy May 2013 #17

Perfect post leftynyc May 2013 #14

You mean you went to one of his speeches... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #11

Honestly, If I had kitt6 May 2013 #12

What can Farrakhan tell you that you don't already know? Answer: NOTHING. Farrakhan is a BIGOT. MotherPetrie May 2013 #16

I'm always amazed when... Javaman May 2013 #15

What Conyers was really apologizing for was lending public geek tragedy May 2013 #18

I know. Javaman May 2013 #24

"Gohmert" sounds like the past tense of saying something stupid yurbud May 2013 #19

Or "I'm all gohmert" ala "I'm all verklempt." nt geek tragedy May 2013 #20

It's the opposite of verklempt. It's like "I tried to hold it in, but I gohmert my pants." yurbud May 2013 #21

I went all gohmert on his asparagus, nt geek tragedy May 2013 #22

maybe someone can do to his name what Dan Savage did to Santorum yurbud May 2013 #23