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Farmbrook

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12. Thank you for your Statement - You echo my sentiments

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 09:43 AM

Apr 2015

I feel tired, disgusted, hopeless and helpless. But like someone said on the thread, it is time to put our bodies on the line because too many of our brethren are dying needlessly and doing nothing is just as bad.

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Why Some of Us Will Not, Cannot, and Do Not Post about Baltimore [View all] ellenrr Apr 2015 OP

There are white supremacists who see that CVS window broken and eagerly ask, "Now?".... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #1

yeah, bec. white supremacists need a reason to be white supremacists... ellenrr Apr 2015 #4

KnR. nt tblue37 Apr 2015 #2

A very wise DUer screen-named 'Feral Child' posted this sage observation during KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #3

it's pretty obvious that the military force of the mightiest country on earth ellenrr Apr 2015 #5

People thought the same of that other mightiest military force in the world.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #7

yeah.. the situations are very comparable. LOL..nt ellenrr Apr 2015 #8

They do seem to love to stand in a line. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #10

I guess it depends on what one means by 'defeated,' but yeah that seems KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #13

For me . . . Weary. madashelltoo Apr 2015 #6

That's why the 1% think it's okay for you to have a doobie. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #9

me too. I'm tired. and I'm going to commit civil disobedience... ellenrr Apr 2015 #11

Thank you for your Statement - You echo my sentiments Farmbrook Apr 2015 #12

I feel an obligation, as a white person, to speak up about it loudly and often to other whites. lostnfound Apr 2015 #14