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In reply to the discussion: Today is Trayvon Martin's 18th birthday. [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)14. Too sad for me to read
and my blood pressure is already way too high for me to start raging yet again...
For whatever reason, I've never really 'figured out' twitter...It seems no matter the story, topic or subject matter, seemingly normal, well-adjusted people flip some racist/classist/sexist switch...Look at the Joel Ward incident last summer..
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Very fine and wise words, lastlib. Thanks for sharing my thought about Trayvon & his family.
patrice
Feb 2013
#15
Sick people/stupid gun nut asses devoid of even a modicum of humanity, decency, propriety,
indepat
Feb 2013
#41
are you race-baiting by posting about the death of a white woman who was killed by a black man?
noiretextatique
Feb 2013
#37