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Old 07-10-2016, 07:35 PM
 
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...and the liberal politicians have obviously been given directives to go out there and incite people to kill police.
Pretty much.
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Old 07-10-2016, 07:44 PM
 
Location: Austin
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I think Reinette Senum is not only wrong I think she is a very stupid, uninformed, easily manipulated woman. She has a right to her opinion, however.

Fortunately, she doesn't represent me. Her constituents will respond to her and her views favorably...or not...I'm sure in the next election for her council seat.
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Old 07-10-2016, 07:53 PM
 
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Her feelings are totally valid to herself......just like all other Blacks feel extra-offended when something happens to their fellow Blacks.

The idea that nationality/nationalism, is something that people put above race/gender/religion/political-party/social-ideology(lib/con), is hilarious.

It's obvious that all this PROGRESS, with regards to race-relations, totally crumbles-away when a little pressure is applied.
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Old 07-11-2016, 01:36 AM
 
Location: Formerly Pleasanton Ca, now in Marietta Ga
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Well she must be getting pushback as she removed the statement and has since issued an apology. Maybe the boycott of her restaurant in that small town of hers had something to do with it?
I'm from Ca and this just embarrases me.
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Old 07-11-2016, 08:38 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
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Is it inflammatory? It is. Should an elected official do better? They should.

I'll repeat a story I already told once. 20 years ago I worked with an older black gentleman. He admitted to being racist. I told him that we simply had to get beyond color for things to get better. He agreed and said he had hoped the next generation would be able to do so.

He then told me about his daughter integrating the local school system. How he would have to go to school every day at lunch and sit with her because no one else would. About the names he could hear the other kids call her.

He told me about cleaning watermelon rinds and chicken bones out of his yard because of him being the one who sent his daughter to the white school.

He said he will never get beyond that. He is now gone but having kids myself I completely understood. I do not know that I would ever get over that either.

Blacks have seen these kinds of actions for decades. No one cared until the videos started surfacing. I can understand some inflammatory remarks.
What many are missing is the difference between sympathizing and trying to make things better and overcompensating.

The politicians and do-gooders of today are seriously overcompensating which will end up neither making things better nor fixing anything.
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Old 07-11-2016, 01:46 PM
 
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What many are missing is the difference between sympathizing and trying to make things better and overcompensating.

The politicians and do-gooders of today are seriously overcompensating which will end up neither making things better nor fixing anything.
I don't know what that means.
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