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In reply to the discussion: Did Matthew Owens deserve to be beaten severely? [View all]Bake
(21,977 posts)92. If it is, I'm already dead!
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Hear Hear, Mr. Pitt: This Is Nonesense, And Put Bluntly, It Is Flame-Bait
The Magistrate
Apr 2012
#17
"UNDERSTANDABLE that the use of a racial epithet by Owens, if true, would provoke" ANGER,
bemildred
Apr 2012
#49
Calling someone the N word and whatever else plus waving two kitchen knives at their kids...
vaberella
Apr 2012
#65
yes, it's flamebait. I wish the op hadn't posted it; no it's not complete nonsense.
cali
Apr 2012
#52
Murders by people who think the second amendment gives them the right to terrorize should stop first
Jumping John
Apr 2012
#6
I agree with you on this; "Somehow, this has got to end". What I want to know is what
teddy51
Apr 2012
#8
I certainly don't think he, or anyone else, deserves to beaten. Cowards do that...
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#11
I don't beleive for a SECOND that he went up to a crowd of black kids ballin and "Fussed" at them
uponit7771
Apr 2012
#15
To Paraphrase The Old Professor, Sir: 'Don't Write Fancy Words On Forums You Can't Spell'
The Magistrate
Apr 2012
#24
As an exercize, I often wonder what reaction here would be were the sides switched.
Skip Intro
Apr 2012
#26
The Problem, Ma'am, Is Many Have Maintained Mr. Martin Did Deserve Shooting, Even Here
The Magistrate
Apr 2012
#29
Too bad there were no such reports in the case of Trayvon Martin. The admitted killer
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#47
No one deserves to be attacked. What you are detecting probably is a reaction to an all out effort
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#35
They are introducing these stories to try to diminish the Trayvon Martin killing for the most
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#37
I don't think Trayvon Martin is the only story out there or do you think it is? n/t
Bacchus4.0
Apr 2012
#40
I wasn't hanging around the comment section, friend. but I do on yahoo news sometimes
Bacchus4.0
Apr 2012
#82
And Yet That Is The Link You Posted, Sir, Rather Than A Clean One To A News Source
The Magistrate
Apr 2012
#85
I will tell you this. If a man called my child a N & had waved TWO butcher knives at them...
vaberella
Apr 2012
#62
He took his chances if he was threatening kids with blades and spouting off hate while
TheKentuckian
Apr 2012
#67
Can you point to a single post on DU that explicitly or even tacitly condones
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#75