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restorefreedom

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31. being black does not inoculate one

Reply to FrodosPet (Reply #20)

Tue Aug 11, 2015, 07:20 PM

Aug 2015

against being a rude bully.

they come in all shapes. sizes, colors, and religions.
i am not going to let false white guilt prevent me from calling out bad behavior when i see it

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Marissa Janae Johnson speaks: "Do you LOVE black people?" [View all] FrodosPet Aug 2015 OP

She's biracial, with weird tea party parents (who do not understand her activism). MADem Aug 2015 #1

Not especially. You try so hard to make the crowd the story. Keep trying. Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #4

The crowd WAS the story to many people--even if you don't like that perspective. MADem Aug 2015 #5

She makes no reference to WHY the crowd turned against her... Blue State Bandit Aug 2015 #29

"What's the difference between this and a KKK rally?" zeemike Aug 2015 #2

I have a problem with that as well. blackspade Aug 2015 #9

Well I happen to know what a KKK rally sounds like zeemike Aug 2015 #10

I know what one looks and sounds like having grown up in the south. blackspade Aug 2015 #11

Not the words or ideas but the method. zeemike Aug 2015 #13

I think its pretty clear this was always intended to be a fight. Its what they wanted. Bubzer Aug 2015 #19

From what I know about the KKK - they preach hate of ALL black people and a few other groups. jwirr Aug 2015 #12

She's a right wing fundie. As far as I know we have always had problems with right wing sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #22

She's an anti-gay religious bigot cprise Aug 2015 #3

When she got permission to speak at the rally, how long did she agree to speak? RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #6

I don't get it. Ineeda Aug 2015 #7

I was thinking somthing similar... Bubzer Aug 2015 #14

Exactly. I judge people not by color of the skin but by character, snagglepuss Aug 2015 #18

She says she was 'groomed' by Republicans, but didn't feel she was groomed enough. sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #23

Thank you Marissa for fighting for my life and that of my brothers and sisters! - GO BERNIE! Farmbrook Aug 2015 #8

I would thank her as well, had she and Mara not disrupted one of their greatest political allies. Bubzer Aug 2015 #16

How could she possibly be a fucked up idiot? snort Aug 2015 #15

mentally ill greenman3610 Aug 2015 #17

We're not white supremacist liberals here FrodosPet Aug 2015 #20

She's a right wing fundy who hates liberals. A dirty trickster, like James O'Keefe. You want to sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #24

Did you listen to the interview? FrodosPet Aug 2015 #32

I agree with her right to have her say. blackspade Aug 2015 #25

Her definition was, If you don't like being called a Racist... Blue State Bandit Aug 2015 #30

being black does not inoculate one restorefreedom Aug 2015 #31

So she's not a Right-Wing Plant, Hilary didn't pay her, and She no longer Supports Palin Heather MC Aug 2015 #21

From the burbs jimbolee Aug 2015 #26

So all her other character assassination have been eliminated so you create a new one, Heather MC Aug 2015 #28

Thank you for posting this DonCoquixote Aug 2015 #27

Here's some choice words from her: SHRED Aug 2015 #33