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totodeinhere

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15. If you want to know what pain is try being Trayvon Martin's parents. Or try

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 09:10 PM

Jul 2013

being the parent of any child of color wondering if your precious child is next. Or try being poor in America. Or try getting cancer without having any health insurance or not enough insurance. I am not going to fawn over some privileged rich white kid who had everything going for him. Yes it's regrettable when anyone dies of an overdose, but pain? He didn't know squat about pain compared to the millions of Americans who know real pain. And most of them don't overdose either.

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'Glee' star Cory Monteith died of heroin and alcohol mix, coroner says [View all] Galraedia Jul 2013 OP

Yeah. That'll do it. . . Journeyman Jul 2013 #1

Don't stop bereaving. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #2

Hord on to dat FEEEEE-RIIIIING! Systematic Chaos Jul 2013 #3

Really? A man is dead. Maedhros Jul 2013 #4

Never said I was. Systematic Chaos Jul 2013 #5

I thought it was a really shitty comment, highlighting some of the worst aspects of your culture Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #11

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #16

Jim Morrison died of same mix in 1971. ErikJ Jul 2013 #6

So should we expect dbackjon Jul 2013 #7

I wonder how "clean" the pig Limpballs is. nt thereismore Jul 2013 #9

Booze and heroin? Chakab Jul 2013 #8

I expected this thread of vicious and nasty comments from ugly centrists but still it shocked me Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #10

If you want to know what pain is try being Trayvon Martin's parents. Or try totodeinhere Jul 2013 #15

You were actually making a point. Socal31 Jul 2013 #27

Perhaps I didn't express myself as well as I should have. What I meant was that white totodeinhere Jul 2013 #28

On the whole you are correct. Socal31 Jul 2013 #29

Sadly, I agree with you theHandpuppet Jul 2013 #22

+1. n/t Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 #23

why apply politics "centrists" snooper2 Jul 2013 #25

Quelle surprise............ Beacool Jul 2013 #12

Very tragic. Blasphemer Jul 2013 #13

Needle and the Damage Done...Sad. adirondacker Jul 2013 #14

And one from even earlier dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #20

31 Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #17

So many are living on that edge, and dying on it. David__77 Jul 2013 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2013 #19

Sad, but not surprising. n/t AngryOldDem Jul 2013 #21

Question: Why do toxicology reports take about 8 weeks in the USA.... Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 #24

crystal meth, oxy codine,heroin and the usa DEA goes after the easy low-hanging fruit. Sunlei Jul 2013 #26

Stay away from drugs. Pterodactyl Jul 2013 #30

A person of his race and status can find it easy to obtain illegal narcotics... MrScorpio Jul 2013 #31