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In reply to the discussion: Missouri lt. gov.: We need ‘Anglo-American’ justice in Ferguson [View all]Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)22. Oh, that explains it. I'm glad he's not a Democrat for if he were he'd be an embarrassment to
all Democrats.
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phantom power
Aug 2014
OP
There is absolutely no way he wasn't using that oddball phrase in a racist context
phantom power
Aug 2014
#30
MAYBE, but he could have left out the "Anglo-American" and it would have still been clear.
sir pball
Aug 2014
#36
Oh, that explains it. I'm glad he's not a Democrat for if he were he'd be an embarrassment to
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#22
It says something about the people who voted for them that they're that stupid.
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#12
What bothered me alongside this was - the white mayor of majority black Ferguson ran for office
calimary
Aug 2014
#21
Too bad General George Armstrong Custer isn't around to subdue the hostiles
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#31
Guys--you're just off-base on this one. It's a reference to the root of American law
Romulox
Aug 2014
#37
Just google "Anglo-American law". It's common parlance among lawyers and other legal types.
Romulox
Aug 2014
#39
Those he's talking to don't know. He could have just said "American" and no one,
JoePhilly
Aug 2014
#63
Yup. If he knows the various terms available, he certainly knows when they might be ...
JoePhilly
Aug 2014
#69
No doubt, but it's rather like repeatedly saying "Our Arabic numeral heritage" in a conversation
phantom power
Aug 2014
#47
The one that codified slavery of non "Anglo-Americans"? That Anglo American law?
jtuck004
Aug 2014
#91
Centuries of "Anglo-American jurisprudence tradition" included slavery Lt. Gov. Idiot. nt
TeamPooka
Aug 2014
#46
Spoken like a low-profile low-life with plans to run for Governor next term.
TheDebbieDee
Aug 2014
#87