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Duppers

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12. Racism

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 06:21 AM

May 2020

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - LBJ

It's the psychological essence of RW rednecks all over the country and tRump has been using this to his advantage from the beginnings of his reign of terror.

Bama Refugee said it best above:

"You can’t fix stupid. And if you can’t fix that, you can’t fix America."

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Rosanne Cash nails it with this tweet. [View all] Swede May 2020 OP

Agreed. But. People said the same thing when the church was bombed in Birmingham. When the BamaRefugee May 2020 #1

+100 Duppers May 2020 #13

So true. lpbk2713 May 2020 #2

Rosanne is right dlk May 2020 #3

This self serving monster has already helped us vapor2 May 2020 #4

Yep. jeffreyi May 2020 #5

I don't think so. I think this will wnylib May 2020 #7

Hope you are right. jeffreyi May 2020 #8

What I really worry about now is the wnylib May 2020 #9

Yes. Another big killer is out there. At least most of the Hortensis May 2020 #10

Yes, I know. If they had been able wnylib May 2020 #11

The country is in a state of destruction already zak247 May 2020 #6

Racism Duppers May 2020 #12