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blueknight

(2,831 posts)
2. well
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:46 PM
Mar 2012

sharpton does have the well deserved reputation as a race baiter and opportunist. and things down there are at a fever pitch so they could get ugly and violent. having said that, this young man was murdered, plain and simple and people should pay

Yeah!!! Arctic Dave Mar 2012 #1
well blueknight Mar 2012 #2
This is doing much damage to race relations. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #15
Wishful thinking? lunatica Mar 2012 #19
Reverend Sharpton isn't a race baiter for your information lunatica Mar 2012 #20
and he is and always has been a race baiter blueknight Mar 2012 #32
bullshit bigtree Mar 2012 #33
I agree with you, blueknight Redford Mar 2012 #35
RACEBAITER??!! Do you even kno0w that the word means? Ecumenist Mar 2012 #31
Sharpton's done this sort of thing before, with tragic results. (i.e. Freddy's Fashion Mart). razorman Mar 2012 #3
Would you mind spelling out the logic herein? ithinkmyliverhurts Mar 2012 #6
Google Tawana Brawley... shrdlu Mar 2012 #14
I know the case quite well. ithinkmyliverhurts Mar 2012 #16
I agree with ithinkmyliverhurts lunatica Mar 2012 #21
I can't speak to the mind of the poster, but I think given Sharpton's history it's not unreasonable cherokeeprogressive Mar 2012 #28
that's just ridiculous. bigtree Mar 2012 #34
Todd Schnitt, Hannity's younger competitor? alp227 Mar 2012 #4
This is Dangerous. Cops and Zim supporters will be in the Sharpton Crowd dballance Mar 2012 #5
This only assumes non-violent protestors can't contain themselves. ithinkmyliverhurts Mar 2012 #7
So? lunatica Mar 2012 #22
Oh Hell Man... WillyT Mar 2012 #8
Sounds like racial paranoia brought on by massive guilt. CakeGrrl Mar 2012 #9
Time to call in the SWAT teams to those Woolworth's lunch counters Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #10
Oh no, he said "peaceful"! Run!!!! arcane1 Mar 2012 #11
There is a lot of tension here Mojorabbit Mar 2012 #12
Sometimes it doesn't remain peaceful lunatica Mar 2012 #23
Well, to be fair, ithinkmyliverhurts Mar 2012 #24
yet the most peaceful can react with violence which lunatica Mar 2012 #25
I get where you're coming from. ithinkmyliverhurts Mar 2012 #26
I am a believer in non violence as the best recourse lunatica Mar 2012 #27
Civil Disobedience CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #30
Huh, so frozen turkey frying Schnitt is having a schnitt-fit... Spazito Mar 2012 #13
Sanford is in bad shape as it is. quaker bill Mar 2012 #17
"The prosecutor needs to get about it before a great deal more damage is done." ithinkmyliverhurts Mar 2012 #18
no justice, no peace... NuttyFluffers Mar 2012 #29
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