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freshwest

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23. Thanks for the map, I'd forgotten it was a slave state, with the MO compromise and free territory.
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 09:46 PM
Aug 2014

Explains why MO has a high population of KKK. While this guy didn't win election in Missouri...

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/kkk-leader-glenn-miller-runs-missouri-senat

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2004/winter/theyre-back?page=0,2

He gained fame later:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014779644

This stuff goes way beyond the police force and must be rooted out.

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Conservatives live in a dream world that exists upaloopa Aug 2014 #1
The headline is misleading. Eric J in MN Aug 2014 #2
I don't think it is misleading at all. Tommymac Aug 2014 #3
There is an old African American fable that fits this message. gordianot Aug 2014 #19
Didn't Anglo-American justice include slavery once? nt valerief Aug 2014 #4
If he delivered the message cosmicone Aug 2014 #5
exactly this is an election year 'dog whistle' big_dog Aug 2014 #8
“We do not do justice in America in the streets though.” Except for police killing unarmed citizens Zen Democrat Aug 2014 #6
That was the thing that stood out to me. logosoco Aug 2014 #13
You know it wasn't that long ago geomon666 Aug 2014 #7
I don't know if our forefathers would agree. olegramps Aug 2014 #15
Well at least he didn't say 'judeo-christian'... oem Purveyor Aug 2014 #9
Thank you for speaking so clearly, Peter Kinder (R) /nt Ash_F Aug 2014 #10
Maybe a decade ago... freebrew Aug 2014 #11
I had been having those thoughts, too. logosoco Aug 2014 #14
Oh God, this state sometimes... Hayabusa Aug 2014 #12
Peter is just missing the girls he visited "habitually". gordianot Aug 2014 #16
Rewind back to 1820 BumRushDaShow Aug 2014 #17
Thanks for the map, I'd forgotten it was a slave state, with the MO compromise and free territory. freshwest Aug 2014 #23
Wonderful map. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #25
Why am I not surprised... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #18
No justice in the streets? But summary execution is fine... nt/ JPnoodleman Aug 2014 #20
What a fucked up State and City. nt BootinUp Aug 2014 #21
He tends to pile a lot of blame on Democratic Governor Jay Nixon. Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #22
what a pantload. kwassa Aug 2014 #24
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