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Fri Feb-16-07 12:53 PM
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They even let us know that Colin Powell was not supportive.  |
| -Question: Why does it seem blacks are not sympathetic to discrimination of gays? |
Hamlette |
Feb-16-07 11:00 AM |
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Because many of them belong to churches who preach against |
Clark2008 |
Feb-16-07 11:02 AM |
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I agree -- it's from the churches |
htuttle |
Feb-16-07 11:05 AM |
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great, so if you're Christian, you hate? Why don't the "community leaders" |
Hamlette |
Feb-16-07 11:07 AM |
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From what I've seen locally, |
htuttle |
Feb-16-07 11:11 AM |
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I agree. Church related. |
zonkers |
Feb-16-07 12:17 PM |
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Because all "blacks" aren't the same? |
jobycom |
Feb-16-07 11:04 AM |
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The OP didn't say "all" n/t |
GOTV |
Feb-16-07 02:42 PM |
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Nor did the OP say "some". The OP said "blacks" w/o qualification. |
Bucky |
Feb-16-07 10:31 PM |
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I agree. It's too broad. |
donheld |
Feb-17-07 01:21 AM |
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Or why isn't the question asking... |
butterfly77 |
Feb-16-07 05:46 PM |
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WOW |
Meat Stew |
Feb-16-07 11:12 AM |
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So hide them if you're not interested. n/t |
Dora |
Feb-16-07 11:14 AM |
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you sure seem to enjoy posting on them for some reason. |
jonnyblitz |
Feb-16-07 11:15 AM |
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Well thankyou very much |
Meat Stew |
Feb-16-07 11:16 AM |
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Ahh, yeah... |
Tyo |
Feb-16-07 11:24 AM |
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And Wow |
sheeptramp |
Feb-16-07 11:24 AM |
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And wow -- he's STILL here |
LostinVA |
Feb-16-07 12:05 PM |
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not any more |
uppityperson |
Feb-16-07 12:17 PM |
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Meat Stew? |
impeachdubya |
Feb-16-07 12:27 PM |
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Wow! Another "Meat Stew" posting in a gay-related thread! |
Bluebear |
Feb-16-07 12:00 PM |
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Look at all the hail! |
haruka3_2000 |
Feb-16-07 12:01 PM |
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! |
DesertedRose |
Feb-16-07 12:02 PM |
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LOL! |
myrna minx |
Feb-16-07 12:31 PM |
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HEY... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Feb-16-07 12:17 PM |
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You can leave if it's bothering you so much, |
terrya |
Feb-16-07 12:29 PM |
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Good bye, Meat Stew. We hardly knew ye. |
haruka3_2000 |
Feb-16-07 12:33 PM |
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Don't complain |
treestar |
Feb-16-07 12:40 PM |
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Gosh.... maybe they are angry for some reason? |
Az |
Feb-16-07 12:48 PM |
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WOW is right- with a name like "meat stew"... |
QuestionAll |
Feb-16-07 01:53 PM |
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Name removed |
Feb-16-07 11:15 AM |
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Majority hunh? |
Connie_Corleone |
Feb-16-07 12:00 PM |
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Good Lord, that's offensive. |
DesertedRose |
Feb-16-07 12:04 PM |
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Oh my goodness. nt |
Bluebear |
Feb-16-07 12:09 PM |
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Did you get your views from a Stormfront pamphlet or what? |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:13 PM |
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IMO - Your post is horrific and offensive. |
Midlodemocrat |
Feb-16-07 12:36 PM |
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i missed it |
sniffa |
Feb-16-07 02:07 PM |
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OK, I'm stunned that this racist crap is allowed to be posted here. |
myrna minx |
Feb-16-07 12:38 PM |
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I am too, this racist fucking asshole needs to be tombstoned ASAP. |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:40 PM |
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UGH! |
myrna minx |
Feb-16-07 12:47 PM |
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And all that ignorance squeezed into a single paragraph |
Solly Mack |
Feb-16-07 12:57 PM |
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I think it's perception. In my experience they are neither.... |
PaulHo |
Feb-16-07 11:17 AM |
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That's interesting... |
youthere |
Feb-16-07 11:17 AM |
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. |
JVS |
Feb-16-07 11:23 AM |
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I know many African Americans who strongly support gay rights |
yardwork |
Feb-16-07 11:24 AM |
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Excellent post...! |
bliss_eternal |
Feb-17-07 01:36 AM |
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I think it would be great to get perspectives from African Americans |
ellacott |
Feb-16-07 11:30 AM |
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"We all know its true although it might not be pc to talk about it." |
Poll_Blind |
Feb-16-07 11:30 AM |
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Catwoman, a black DU'er once provided links to stories about homophobia in the black communities |
cryingshame |
Feb-17-07 09:45 AM |
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Prejudice against gay is not a racial issue. |
twilight_sailing |
Feb-16-07 11:51 AM |
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Why is it people always judge black people as a whole... |
Bornaginhooligan |
Feb-16-07 11:59 AM |
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Because we all think alike. |
Connie_Corleone |
Feb-16-07 12:06 PM |
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And we all look alike, and we all know each other, too! |
DesertedRose |
Feb-16-07 12:18 PM |
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Because it's a rule of prejudice. |
ThomCat |
Feb-16-07 12:20 PM |
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Gays have enjoyed extremely strong support from African-Americans... |
Bluebear |
Feb-16-07 12:00 PM |
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That's the right point. A better question is why gays don't get better support from whites. |
Bucky |
Feb-16-07 01:46 PM |
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Actually, I don't find the support levels to be equal |
skipos |
Feb-17-07 12:29 AM |
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Bushco focused a great deal of time and effort into pushing their |
bullwinkle428 |
Feb-16-07 02:04 PM |
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There is a lot of stigma on homosexuality in the black community. |
Katherine Brengle |
Feb-16-07 12:01 PM |
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There are plenty of blacks who are sympathetic. |
Unvanguard |
Feb-16-07 12:02 PM |
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I'm just fascinated by all the psychobabble opinions about us. |
Connie_Corleone |
Feb-16-07 12:05 PM |
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I think it's because... |
Katherine Brengle |
Feb-16-07 12:06 PM |
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You are so off base on both of your posts |
ellacott |
Feb-16-07 12:17 PM |
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You're right. No group is monolithic. |
ThomCat |
Feb-16-07 12:48 PM |
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Jesus H. F*ing Christ -- |
Katherine Brengle |
Feb-16-07 01:43 PM |
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I find in interesting that the OP never considers there are black people that are gay... |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:11 PM |
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Yep. And here in Cincinnati, there are white gay people who |
Connie_Corleone |
Feb-16-07 12:17 PM |
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I'm sure it is. Racism is everywhere, even in places we think of as progressive. |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:19 PM |
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What the OP says clearly leaves open the possibility that some blacks are gay n/t |
GOTV |
Feb-16-07 02:46 PM |
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No it doesn't. Quote me the sentence that implies that. |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 05:19 PM |
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That is an absurd deduction. I know of several books that deal with this subject. |
seriousstan |
Feb-16-07 10:18 PM |
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And black people that are gay are less likely to admit openly they are. This negatively effects AIDs |
cryingshame |
Feb-17-07 09:48 AM |
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When you imagine statements that weren't made.... |
GOTV |
Feb-16-07 02:39 PM |
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Oh please. In the words of Coretta Scott King: |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:05 PM |
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Again, and those black gays are less likely to come out and thus less likely to practise safe sex |
cryingshame |
Feb-17-07 09:49 AM |
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MLK's daughter goes on the road protesting gay rights- |
cryingshame |
Feb-17-07 09:56 AM |
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There's a lot of white people who are homophobes, too. |
impeachdubya |
Feb-16-07 12:07 PM |
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Don't you think that's too much of a blanket statement? |
pink-o |
Feb-16-07 12:15 PM |
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The more I think about this thread the more it's pissing me off. |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:16 PM |
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It's pissing me off too |
ellacott |
Feb-16-07 12:19 PM |
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Question: Why does it seem whites are not sympathetic to discrimination of gays? |
PelosiFan |
Feb-16-07 12:18 PM |
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White male here, so I know my opinion doesn't count for much on this issue. |
Jonathan50 |
Feb-16-07 12:18 PM |
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Your assuming that the question posed by the original poster is correct |
ellacott |
Feb-16-07 12:22 PM |
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SHHH!!! I see black gay people! |
Connie_Corleone |
Feb-16-07 12:20 PM |
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Only they don't know they're black gay people... |
MrsGrumpy |
Feb-16-07 12:26 PM |
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I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you! Whodathunkit? |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:26 PM |
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Is this about the basketball player? |
gollygee |
Feb-16-07 12:22 PM |
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That depends on who you talk to. |
ThomCat |
Feb-16-07 12:23 PM |
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"We all know its true although it might not be pc to talk about it." |
MrsGrumpy |
Feb-16-07 12:30 PM |
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African Americans vote overwhelmingly Democratic. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Feb-16-07 12:32 PM |
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Wasn't it Colin Powell... |
GOTV |
Feb-16-07 12:33 PM |
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I guess if Colin Powell said then that's the proof |
ellacott |
Feb-16-07 12:42 PM |
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Yeah forget those quotes from Coretta King that I posted. |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:43 PM |
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I didn't say anything like that. I guess you didn't have time to read my WHOLE post |
GOTV |
Feb-16-07 01:56 PM |
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There's so many strawmen |
Marie26 |
Feb-16-07 12:34 PM |
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Why does it seem that way? |
treestar |
Feb-16-07 12:39 PM |
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You know, I asked that question some time ago... |
Virginia Dare |
Feb-16-07 12:43 PM |
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You assume the premise is true... Not all blacks think in lock-step... |
Beelzebud |
Feb-16-07 12:45 PM |
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I was soliciting opinions and I got them... |
Virginia Dare |
Feb-16-07 12:50 PM |
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Of Course they did |
ellacott |
Feb-16-07 12:53 PM |
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Why is it that virtually no culture on earth is sympathetic to gays? |
AngryAmish |
Feb-16-07 12:51 PM |
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Well, as someone whose "issue" is women's rights, I've observed, |
Bunny |
Feb-16-07 12:53 PM |
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I agree that we need to support all civil rights |
ThomCat |
Feb-16-07 01:26 PM |
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As always, Thom, you are the voice of reason. |
Bunny |
Feb-16-07 04:05 PM |
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Broad brush much? |
belladonna |
Feb-16-07 01:49 PM |
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Once again, we as a society look to Snopp and Dre for wisdom |
theboss |
Feb-16-07 04:09 PM |
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I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I know I read that a majority of black voters.... |
theboss |
Feb-16-07 04:12 PM |
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Not all blacks. |
cat_girl25 |
Feb-16-07 04:21 PM |
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Hamlette, if I may |
CatWoman |
Feb-16-07 05:36 PM |
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Thank you for sharing that, CatWoman. |
JackBeck |
Feb-16-07 05:43 PM |
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I work at the CDC |
CatWoman |
Feb-16-07 05:47 PM |
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Agreed. |
JackBeck |
Feb-16-07 06:03 PM |
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That the homophobia you refer to |
ruggerson |
Feb-16-07 11:30 PM |
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Down low. |
Karenina |
Feb-17-07 12:25 AM |
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How is it that Hamlettes are not sympathetic |
Karenina |
Feb-16-07 05:38 PM |
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K, I don't think so |
CatWoman |
Feb-16-07 05:39 PM |
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Ya know, Cat |
Karenina |
Feb-16-07 06:10 PM |
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Public opinion polling |
ruggerson |
Feb-16-07 11:35 PM |
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Thanks Cat...owe you...again |
Hamlette |
Feb-16-07 06:36 PM |
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I have 3 brothers |
CatWoman |
Feb-16-07 06:44 PM |
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Men, generalizing, are more homophobic than women |
ruggerson |
Feb-16-07 11:41 PM |
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there was an interesting discussion of this on Bill Maher just now |
Hamlette |
Feb-17-07 03:11 AM |
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HALLO, Hamlette! |
Karenina |
Feb-17-07 12:18 AM |
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I don't know why you need to know me better to discuss an issue. |
Hamlette |
Feb-17-07 03:05 AM |
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Hmmm... Well if you put it that way... |
Karenina |
Feb-17-07 07:54 AM |
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Jeez! Talk about blanket statements! Check yourself, Hamlette! |
Bonobo |
Feb-17-07 03:26 AM |
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I did check myself. I'm fine. |
Hamlette |
Feb-17-07 10:45 AM |
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At the end of the day, actions speak louder than words |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Feb-17-07 09:31 AM |
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I dunno |
leftofthedial |
Feb-17-07 09:50 AM |
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