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In reply to the discussion: A Letter to Rachel Jeantel - An Apology on Behalf of the Whole World [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)68. Posts like this keeps me coming back here. It was agonizing watching that defense lawyer hassle her.
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A Letter to Rachel Jeantel - An Apology on Behalf of the Whole World [View all]
K Gardner
Jun 2013
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It's just been tearing me up.. hard to watch. I wanted to go hug her, to somehow do exactly what
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#5
I think it was Glen Beck who was on the radio making fun of her tweets. Like a little boy he was
Maraya1969
Jun 2013
#80
Yes, they should. But they're not. And this tells you much about a person. n/t
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#81
Tears! To the Greatest page of DU and read widely. Thanks for Khadijah's wisdom and clarity.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#6
Khadijah Costley White is the author. I just posted her eloquent and moving commentary..
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#25
Thanks for posting the letter. I feel she has been put on trial. It isn't right. She is
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#10
What a perfect way of expressing how difficult it is for her to "play the part" so many of the
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#16
Love you back. Mr. Bear has a heart issue and Youngest Bear abdominal migraines.
nolabear
Jun 2013
#28
What a perfect Assholian Example of why Rachel deserves an apology FROM THE WHOLE WORLD. Thank you.
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#17
I agree with you (though you may not with me, lol). About the third "I'm sorry" it started to
jtuck004
Jun 2013
#42
I laughed when the defense attorney kept pressing her, and she let loose with a bit, and
jtuck004
Jun 2013
#49
What i'm sensing is that you find it offensive that someone other than you has written something
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#61
She didn't ask for any of this and to hear the criticisms of her is indeed heartbreaking.
Marie Marie
Jun 2013
#33
#1: the whole world isn't watching. #2: Most people aren't thinking what yu say they are.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#32
#1. Yu is not a word. YOU is a word. 2. 'Whole world' was probably meant to be a largely symbolic
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#60
why don't some of you think this case is being watched all over the world?
noiretextatique
Jun 2013
#70
Given her willingness to lie to the prosector who interviewed her in April 2012,
Vattel
Jun 2013
#96
Posts like this keeps me coming back here. It was agonizing watching that defense lawyer hassle her.
grantcart
Jun 2013
#68
I know what you mean, GC. I take breaks, sometimes for months, but usually come back to find
K Gardner
Jun 2013
#71