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In reply to the discussion: Woman claims 3 men set her on fire, wrote racial slurs on her car in northeastern Louisiana [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)73. I'm gonna go there:
I think the wait-and-see attitude didn't dominate the reactions to that because (1) they were "sufficiently" injured and (2) they passed the colour test.
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Woman claims 3 men set her on fire, wrote racial slurs on her car in northeastern Louisiana [View all]
Xipe Totec
Oct 2012
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Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Lt. Julie Lewis says Sharmeka Moffitt was found with burns
Xipe Totec
Oct 2012
#10
It's the KKK supposedly leaving their signature on her car that makes me suspicious.
randome
Oct 2012
#17
You're right, let's not besmirch the good name of that organization; that's whats important here.
Xipe Totec
Oct 2012
#25
There's "asking questions" and there's going full hypothetical without reading a thing
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#72
You reached your decision before you read one single sentence of the article.
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#75
In case you haven't noticed, a minority of people who post on forums are just looking for a fight
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#90
Whenever someone claims to have been victim of a blatantly racist assault..
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#7
Although I'm quite certain you didn't discount the possibility that it may have happened...
LanternWaste
Oct 2012
#61
So you're accusing me of being racist because I don't believe everything I read?
randome
Oct 2012
#63
No, because your first reaction to the initial information is to assume it to be false.
kwassa
Oct 2012
#88
I don't grasp at straws because I don't care about being right or wrong on this.
randome
Oct 2012
#62
You really are tripping all over yourself to resist this story, aren't you. (nt)
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#69
randome really, really wants this to be a hoax and is doing whatever's necessary to 'prove' that. nt
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#70
Thought of this story, when I read the headline, need to wait for more information on this case.
justice1
Oct 2012
#19
She faked the cause, but the horrid burns were real. As was her apparent mental illness. Sad.
SunSeeker
Dec 2012
#121
Third degree burns most clearly still in the story published by Huffington Post today:
Judi Lynn
Oct 2012
#66
She did it to herself and then tried to create a racial divide by accusing non existing KKK members.
Beacool
Oct 2012
#112
And yet the people who say "let's wait and see" are somehow always painted
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#116
Maybe she isn't mentally ill - maybe she was looking for fame or fortune.
cigsandcoffee
Oct 2012
#118