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pecosbob

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5. The Irish did that during the Draft Riots in NYC

Reply to OrlandoDem2 (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 10:06 PM

May 2020

but they, like people today, for the most part only vaguely realized their real enemy lived uptown...they lynched a lot of people of color during those riots before they headed north to burn the mansions.

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You wanna scare the crap out of white America? March peacefully thru rich, white neighborhoods [View all] OrlandoDem2 May 2020 OP

Don't think it would get that far. LenaBaby61 May 2020 #1

You are right but it is time to push the envelope. OrlandoDem2 May 2020 #2

That would scare the crap out of black America, too - because that would surely get a whole lot of StarfishSaver May 2020 #3

Can't really argue with that. OrlandoDem2 May 2020 #4

The Irish did that during the Draft Riots in NYC pecosbob May 2020 #5