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In reply to the discussion: UPDATE Shameful Missouri State Fair stunt smears Obama [View all]RKP5637
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I agree that "hate" is out of control. And believe it's extremely dangerous.
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2013
#12
It's an industry. Bill Press wrote a book on it; Infowars and Beck make millions off it.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#73
Suppressing the negative is often no more than new-fashioned book burning, and that never
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#4
They are proving that their hatred is race related and nothing else. Bigots will be bigots.
appleannie1
Aug 2013
#6
Hear a rumor: to be fair and balanced, next night Rush and a donkey were going to....
Jerry442
Aug 2013
#16
Fuck Missouri. Fuck Obama haters. Fuck anyone that has looked at the man cross-eyed.
millennialmax
Aug 2013
#22
What is it with people from the rural areas of the U.S. .. are they that disengaged?
YOHABLO
Aug 2013
#25
Sadly I think so. I've driven cross-country now several times over the past year or two,
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#29
Rural area media only has a few voices, and they are viciously RW. All others have been shut down.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#75
Last year Todd was defeated by fifty-five percent to thirty-nine percent.
another_liberal
Aug 2013
#65
"TO LEARN WHO RULES OVER YOU, LEARN WHO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE." --Voltaire
Ako1915
Aug 2013
#116
Even if Rmoney won 60-40, that's still least at 40% that paid for that bs. Why would you offend
bloomington-lib
Aug 2013
#32
Just e-mailed everybody I could. Totally uncalled for and unquestionably racist. This has to be ....
marble falls
Aug 2013
#34
Hey! How about this latestdevelopment? I've read right wing crapola claiming the left did as bad to
marble falls
Aug 2013
#44
Its nice to see them react so quickly, but I agree with you: apology or CYA? More CYA than apology.
marble falls
Aug 2013
#91
Evidently the people that cheered the stupid stunt are not "better than this".
Boomerproud
Aug 2013
#108
Here's the schedule for the people who run these events for the rest of the fall:
Judi Lynn
Aug 2013
#55
There would not have been a racist element if the clown had made a thing about Bush's lips. This....
marble falls
Aug 2013
#45
Well, I suppose not for Bush. I guess it's only immoral if the target of the mockery is black.
Pterodactyl
Aug 2013
#114
Missouri went for Obama in 08 if I'm not mistaken, so I'm not sure some up the stuff mentioned
silvershadow
Aug 2013
#82
Rural Missouri?!? A natural disaster will demonstrate a country boy will NOT survive without
Dawson Leery
Aug 2013
#104
"We’re going to smoke Obama, man.” I believe "smoke" is a euphemism for "shoot with a gun"
wordpix
Aug 2013
#111
FAMILY FRIENDLY? But it's Missouri - a lot of families may actually SUPPORT that clown!
alp227
Aug 2013
#112
backwards racist redneck losers predominate in rural Missouri? Shocking! nt
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#118