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loyalsister

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5. "You're worried about words?! THERES BLOOD ON THE STREET!"

Reply to Live and Learn (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 23, 2014, 07:08 AM

Nov 2014

I'm a word nerd and I think they are important. But, along with his main point, Bassam nailed one of the main problems in the media. So many distract from what's real with endless arguments and ugly confrontations.

There IS blood on the ground and right now that should be the media's focus rather than trying to provoke arguments with people on the ground.

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Go Investigate Something Real!’ CNN Anchor and Ferguson Protestor Clash [View all] dballance Nov 2014 OP

It's what they want - for it to disappear without any change. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #1

That was Bassam that he interviewed. Live and Learn Nov 2014 #2

"You're worried about words?! THERES BLOOD ON THE STREET!" loyalsister Nov 2014 #5

Exactly! Stop the killing. Live and Learn Nov 2014 #6

This is a classic example of dismissing the realities of oppressed peoples as "not real". Odin2005 Nov 2014 #3

We watched part of Smerconish last night malaise Nov 2014 #4