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Drunken Irishman

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16. No - no it's not. It's blackface.

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #15)

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:34 PM

Feb 2019

To dismiss it as just a costume trivializes the whole goddamn thing.

The dude admitted to putting shoe polish on his fucking face for God's sake.

I mean, this is mind-boggling. Who knew liberals would resort to okaying racism just to support moron Democrats who dug their own grave?

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About Northam . . . [View all] MichMary Feb 2019 OP

On Friday, he admitted it was him Empowerer Feb 2019 #1

Google 'dumbest man on the internet' pintobean Feb 2019 #2

Agree about the GP MichMary Feb 2019 #3

Yes, and I'm sure Hoft appreciates you bringing his shit here pintobean Feb 2019 #4

No one can prove Northam is in the racist picture and without that proof democratisphere Feb 2019 #5

He admitted MichMary Feb 2019 #6

I would reread your last sentence several times. democratisphere Feb 2019 #9

It may not have been him MichMary Feb 2019 #11

Northam did NOT "cut Fairfax out of pictures sent in campaign lit".... regnaD kciN Feb 2019 #26

He's not innocent, though? Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #12

Now we escalating a component of a costume to a double heinous murder. democratisphere Feb 2019 #13

Wow. Never thought I'd see the day someone on DU excusing blackface as 'just a costume'... Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #14

For this specific discussion, that is actually what it is, serving your agenda or not. democratisphere Feb 2019 #15

No - no it's not. It's blackface. Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #16

No one is okaying racism and your inference is outrageous. democratisphere Feb 2019 #17

You just said it's not blackface because it was a costume... Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #18

Oh, come on. It's not like they killed anybody or anything. They're just having fun EffieBlack Feb 2019 #20

Looks like costumes of current "celebrities" to me. democratisphere Feb 2019 #25

Got it. You're of the Megan Kelly school of thought that blackface is okay if it's a costume. Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #29

You actually have nothing other than to accuse a person of being racist when they are absolutely not democratisphere Feb 2019 #30

It's sad that in the 21st Century people still excuse blackface. Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #31

Wow. Never thought I'd see the day someone on DU equating... regnaD kciN Feb 2019 #27

lol cute deflection... Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #28

Not being in the picture does not make him "innocent" EffieBlack Feb 2019 #19

Northam has been weaponized by the Republicans Hortensis Feb 2019 #7

So Democrats run from redumbliCON attacks and self destruct democratisphere Feb 2019 #8

Well, that's a...completely negative way of describing us. Hortensis Feb 2019 #10

"Destroy one of their own" NO EffieBlack Feb 2019 #21

I'm going to leave this right here. democratisphere Feb 2019 #24

The same group that attacked Northam is now attacking Fairfax...no resignation. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #22

It's POSSIBLE it's a set-up by "Big League Politics" UTUSN Feb 2019 #23