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jcmaine72

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6. They are "looters" and "rioters" by default at places BreitFart.

Reply to Amishman (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:30 AM

Jun 2020

Words matter. We need to stop using the favorite go-to phrases that both doctrinaire racists and our lying corporate media uses. They should be properly described as "protestors" until we have all the facts regarding these individual incidents.

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two looters dead in Philly last night [View all] Amishman Jun 2020 OP

"career criminals"? Dennis Donovan Jun 2020 #1

inference on my part mostly based on the ATM bomber Amishman Jun 2020 #4

How about paid agitators? Dennis Donovan Jun 2020 #16

Hard To Believe RobinA Jun 2020 #2

They chose....poorly. Dial H For Hero Jun 2020 #3

Aw that's too bad. jmg257 Jun 2020 #5

They are "looters" and "rioters" by default at places BreitFart. jcmaine72 Jun 2020 #6

A group of armed people break into a gun store using bolt cutters in the middle of the night Dial H For Hero Jun 2020 #8

Maybe they're simply burglars then. jcmaine72 Jun 2020 #9

words do matter, which is why these are accurately described as looters Amishman Jun 2020 #10

Bullshit. jcmaine72 Jun 2020 #11

nope, completely accurate per the definition of the word Amishman Jun 2020 #12

Go ahead and carry the corporate media's foul-smelling water if you that's what makes you happy. jcmaine72 Jun 2020 #13

exact same back to you Amishman Jun 2020 #15

Sorry, but if you steal goods from a store during a riot, you are by definition a looter, as per the Dial H For Hero Jun 2020 #14

Play stupid games... EllieBC Jun 2020 #7