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jfkraus (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:19 AM Original message |
Why is every single "Teabagger" Caucasian? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, only us whiteys are that stupid... |
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Stellabella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because it's about racism. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. There were a few actually in the more urban areas. Not many mind you. VERY few. |
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Blue For You (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because Fox only serves crackers at their tea parties. n/t |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
69. ! |
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Twinguard (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. Hahaha! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. The best explanation to date |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Because Republicans are mostly white? |
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dynasaw (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. I noticed that too |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Do you have anything against white people? |
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jfkraus (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
67. Just stupid ones. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yet ANOTHER crappy racist thread on the subject? Wasn't 10 enough? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The camera don't lie. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Remember the "undocumented alien" demonstrations back in 2006-2007? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I don't see yor point. I doubt you have one. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Demonizing people on the basis of race is racist. It's a simple point. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It's demonizing racists, not demonizing on the basis of race. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. So now all the "teabaggers" are racist? How do you figure? Because they are white? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Yes, they're racist. They're the same troglodytes who have been attacking Obama for two years. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. It's dumb to ascribe motivations to people you've never met, based on the color of their skin. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. No, it's dumb to do as you have, and ignore the obvious. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Teh reverse racism thing is like... |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
94. Every teabagger is racist? You can't be serious? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
95. Uh oh...I know a teabagger and he is not racist. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. I'm demonizing those assholes on the basis of what is written in their own |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Whose "failed handwriting"? White peoples' collectively? Or some indiividuals'??? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Well now you're just jerkin' the gerkin.... |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. the individuals AT THE RALLYS |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Right. The individuals holding racist placards are racists. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #65 |
100. At the RNC there was one black guy. Same as the tea parties. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
97. Exactly. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Clifford, the poster doesn't have a point. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
62. I do believe you are correct - and this one seems to need a lot of attention. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Yep. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I don't get it. It's perfectly logical that the immigration protests were attended mostly by people |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Mentioning demographics =/= demonizing on the basis of race. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I hope that was sarcastic. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Nonsense. Utter nonsense. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. LOL. I am the defender of racists? Because I disagree with you? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yes, you are. Because you're defending the racist GOP teabaggers. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. No, I'm not defending anyone. I am saying that demonizing people on the basis of race is racist. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Yes you are. You're accusing the OP and others of being racist for observing the teabaggers. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Nope, not for observing. For using race as a basis of demonization. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. The problem is you don't understand the meaning of the words you use. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
77. We're demonizing them for their ACTIONS. Is that so hard to understand? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I stand with you in condemning racists. Stupid snark on this thread notwithstanding |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. That's not what the OP said. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Um.... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. How is it racist to point out |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. One, it's factually incorrect. Two, you've failed to point out the relevance of race to the issue |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You're working way to hard |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The word is "too", and I'm posting on an web forum. Same as you. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. So it is, AND |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. "Reverse" has nothing to do with it. Ascribing motives to broad groups of people based on race |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Do go on |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
89. "...a web forum..." rather than "...an web forum..." nt |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Umm, you're the one saying "My BLACK friend Bob". |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Er, it was a hypothetical. I don't actually have a friend named "Bob" |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
93. You don't have any black friends named Bob? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. It's not racist. The problem is the person claiming that. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. I know, TO |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. You can hope to cure ignorance, but stupidity is FOREVER! |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
61. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck...... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. If it talks like a racist ... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Simple answer. No! |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. So those racist signs, and the racist comments I've seen on teabagging articles - not really racist? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Someone else's racism does not sanctify your own. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. You've still failed to explain how pointing out racism is racist |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. You are ascribing motives to people solely on the basis of their race. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
63. No. I am ascribing motives to people based on their actions and words |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. they don't define the entirety of supposed "movement". No matter how much you and a few other |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Would it have attracted the same folks though? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. I'm not convinced. I know small town Dems who are freaked out |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. Deleted sub-thread |
jfkraus (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
73. I didn't say all white people are stupid... |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Hmmm... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
81. You confuse me. Sometimes I think you're way too the left, other times a Republican Apologist |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
82. A monoracial political movement in a multiracial country... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because it's a front for the most racist whites in the GOP. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
83. Deleted message |
TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. One would have to be blind not to see the racist core of the GOP. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. All the non-white people have had too much proof of Republicans' bad faith |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. There is a nationwide shortage of self-loathing people of color. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. The only black guy I saw yesterday |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Liberty Tax. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
58. Even their rappers are white. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #58 |
76. Is Walt Heimermann related to Asher Heimermann? nt |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
59. There were a few exceptions, but very few. Here is one: |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. That's sad... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
70. Kicked and Recommended. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
71. They weren't all white. They were just as white as Ivory Soap is pure. |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
80. Don’t Fall For the Old Divide And Conquer Trick |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
84. Only racists point out color. Ever heard of culture? |
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jfkraus (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. They're also the ones who brought over slavery... |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
86. Teabagging fun. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
88. Those white people don't speak for me. |
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Bleacher Creature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
91. Why is water wet? |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
96. Because right wing extremists tend to be white |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
98. not only are they white... |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
99. I've seen one black guy, and one hispanic guy. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
101. It's a legit question, one not racist to ask. |
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