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not_the_one

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8. Not the same circumstances, but still a major abuse of the "meme"....

Reply to EffieBlack (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:01 PM

Jan 2019

Let's not forget to carve a special niche out for Clarence Thomas as an honorary "white person".

He certainly knew how to toot that particular wolf whistle.

It got our first (known) perjurer on the SC. Now we've got 2.

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I am so damned sick and tired of rich privileged white people whining about being "lynched" [View all] EffieBlack Jan 2019 OP

who did that? irresistable Jan 2019 #1

Roger Stone EffieBlack Jan 2019 #3

He also said that he had been treated worse than Osama bin Laden. irresistable Jan 2019 #11

And, worse than Benghazi if I remember that right. Cha Jan 2019 #12

If he got treated "worse than bin Laden" Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #19

Example? maxsolomon Jan 2019 #2

Interesting how much weight that term carries when it's about them ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #4

Seriously malaise Jan 2019 #5

But somewhere in the back of their minds, that term has impact ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #7

White people talking to white people using words they think they understand. Iggo Jan 2019 #6

Not the same circumstances, but still a major abuse of the "meme".... not_the_one Jan 2019 #8

Amen, EffieBlack. spicysista Jan 2019 #9

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2019 #10

Me too! JustAnotherGen Jan 2019 #13

And yet entirely predictable Codeine Jan 2019 #14

Your post is everything /nt EffieBlack Jan 2019 #16

"Lynching", like "rape" has shock value. It gets peoples' attention. So *of course* it will be ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #15

K&R Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #17

Just thinking... Roy Rolling Jan 2019 #18

Many whites feel guilty about the way that they have treated others McCamy Taylor Jan 2019 #20

When is a lynching not a "lynching" to them? When someone actually dies. Seriously. ck4829 Jan 2019 #21

It is really vile and disgusting oberliner Jan 2019 #22