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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:37 PM Original message |
US crowd beats passenger to death |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why - in Texas- doen't this surprise me? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. A Juneteenth celebration |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. add to the mix the |
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Superman Returns (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
61. to be fair |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
77. Wrong |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Well, it should surprise all of us. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Why doesn't it surprise you? Probably because you don't live in Austin. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
66. I've lived in Austin and was thinking the same thing. Austin isn't like that. n/t |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. Maybe you're also not surprised that a man was dragged from his car in Milwaukee |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
81. it has absolutely nothing to do with texas or the south |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. omg..... what was WRONG with those people?!?!? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. family values folks |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I posted this earlier today but the name of the passenger wasn't listed. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Sorry |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Somehow I think if he was blond and blue eyed it still would have happened |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. talk about prejudice! "bet he wasn't blod or blue-eyed either" and I suppose you'd never |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. I believe this was a Juneteenth event. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. I'm reading The Nature of Prejudice |
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CTD (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Um, the attackers weren't white. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. as another poster said -- family values. |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Do you really think that was a bunch of white, Republican people |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. what i think is that it's a phrase that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Deleted message |
Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Wow. Just Wow. |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You're probably right. Sorry. I just had to spew. |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Thanks. It gets pretty frustrating living here, sometimes, too. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Well, in my book Molly Ivins, Ann Richards, Bill Moyers, Jim |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Perfectly stated! n/t |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
67. Jack Valenti??? |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
79. Bush is from CT |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
65. Yes, you're right |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
83. "Sometimes"? |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
69. does this work for ya ? |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Like there are no fuckups in the other 49 states? I |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yeah, really |
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lstrether (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
71. monopolies on stupid people...? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Um, it was a Juneteenth thingy |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Does this sound like it could have been a set up for the guy? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I have no idea how you came to that conclusion nt |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. A better link with more details: |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Thank you for the additional information |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Crown Heights anyone? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. vigilanteism run amok |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
58. isn't the title of your post redundant? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why did it take 35 minutes to get to the hospital? |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. That's what I thought too...why? Well, the ABC article says that |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. Friend of mine was murdered in Texas thirty years ago. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. How sad |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. (shrug) That's Texas. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. No. It isn't. eom |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. "An angry Texas crowd". To hell with facts! lolol! |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Tell me about Austin. Please. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Whaa? I never said, suggested, or implied a damn thing about Austin. You guys are insane. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I'm sorry. Who's insane? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. YOU are the one who suggested this was the norm in Texas by saying "that's Texas" |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. A pogrom is what that was. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. huh? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thanks Bushie |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. you think this was chimpy's fault? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:06 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. Not specifically |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #55 |
78. It's not my fault. Society made me do it. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. ?? |
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OldschoolDem (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
70. I don't like George Bush either but |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:07 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. It was a nonsensical comment, but why |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. This may turn out to be very exaggerated |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. FWIW Austin's new police chief Art Acevedo attended this event |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. This isn't a Texas thing, it's a groupthink thing so please don't bash the entire state |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Indeed, there was violence at a Milwaukee Juneteenth celebration |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Riots can happen with any group |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. Riots don't happen with just any group |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #57 |
76. And it depends on the history of that "group" |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Peaceful Henley in shock as teenagers beat man to death |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Yup - there are NO patterns WHATSOEVER to be diserned... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. This one, maybe? |
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CTD (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. Before this goes any further - everyone needs to READ THIS |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Until I know exactly who beat the fellow to death, I think I won't make any assumptions at all |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
72. No shit, really? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. Have we lost all civility? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
62. This is the result |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
75. Uh, this is the result of people behaving like savages. |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. I wouldn't be so quick to blame Bush, or the GOP as a whole. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. I don't necessarily mean just Bush |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
82. So the moral of the story is |
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