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FM123

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1. "Interesting" article, but very disturbing.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2018, 07:16 AM

Sep 2018

I would like to put my thumb in Shannon's eye! One line that really made my blood boil was when he said "Still, it’s a pretty ramshackle variety of “institutional racism and oppression” that lets a black guy slip through the net and become president".

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We put a hand over our heart, Nike puts thumb in our eye [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2018 OP

"Interesting" article, but very disturbing. FM123 Sep 2018 #1

My blood pressure went up in the first paragraph with the phrase TexasTowelie Sep 2018 #3

That's a lot of racism in one editorial. That newspaper should have refused to publish it. LonePirate Sep 2018 #2

I believe that your suspicions are correct. TexasTowelie Sep 2018 #4

I travel in Kansas a lot, FoxNewsSucks Sep 2018 #5

A recent trend in rural areas is to have all the 'local' papers owned by one company rurallib Sep 2018 #6

The same thing has happened in the area where I grew up. TexasTowelie Sep 2018 #8

I live in Kansas... Blue_playwright Sep 2018 #7