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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:31 PM Original message |
QUESTION: Do you feel most blacks (including Obama) are overreacting to the Gates arrest? |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. No. n/t |
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falcon97 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
120. +1 n/t |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Skin color is irrelevant |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Ummm, yeah....I would like to live on that planet one day but we aint there YET....we getting there. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Stephen Colbert: "I don't see color. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Colbert is the man, he...he's the man |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:40 PM Original message |
Pardon me...what planet do you live on? You do realize that racism is instituionalized in polices, |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Do you think a black man would be respected in the GOP? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
111. Case in point: Michael Steele... |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
118. Jindal as an Indian man? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. You're probably on the paler side of skin tones, yes? |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
96. Really, really nice post. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. I agree. Much nicer than the one I put up. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
98. What planet do you live on? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
138. Yeah right, it is "we" who bring race into things. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #138 |
148. OK, YOU can bring race into things, the rest of us will take the high road |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Boy oh boy. You must be a masachist. Why oh why |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. "masochist". |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I am black, I want to know what people think. Some wounds wont heal until their exposed no? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not at all. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. You're so tumultuous. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. LOL |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Me neither. I'm coming to have a newfound appreciation for it, however. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. It's a great word |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Have you used the word "quivering"? |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
63. I'm sure I must have |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. No n/t |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. As a Black Woman from Harlem and Haitian to boot. I'm hypersensitive to this shit. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. RIGHT!! The GOP is one of the most racist institutions we have in America and they are |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. As a white woman I was very, very angry that this man had to go |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Agreed. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
90. Surely, you don't think this is just a 'republican' attitude or |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
84. I say it has gotten worse because we should know better by now |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. no. i don't think they're overreacing. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. The fact that we're even arguing asbout this is repugant |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. exactly |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Should all the other cops that were there be fired as well? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Your strawman is |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No, actually I was looking for an answer. You failed to give one. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. No, 99.5% of cops out there are cool and do thier jobs. It's the cops who aren't checked like |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
92. I think your stats are WAAAAAAY too high!! n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
109. 99.5% my ass. Right., 99.5% don't even say they are cool and do their jobs. Off the record. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #109 |
123. Maybe in KY but not in more liberal places I assure you. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Yeah, as a matter of fact. |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Oh, so you were there and saw them violating their duty. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
103. It's obvious |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. disciplined at the least |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Since I wasn't there I can't say for sure, but many DUers must have |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. the fact that the charges were dropped |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Knock yourself out jumping to conclusions. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. exactly right |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. No, Pres Obama made |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Correct. They became stupid when they arrested him AFTER they knew he was the homeowner. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hellz no |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not One Bit. |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. As explained by Ms. O'brian on CNN I would be |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Hmmm, that's a good point...of all the people to arrest. Cambridge must be one safe town... |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. "blacks" ? |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. Sorry, could you explain? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. No. And I'm white. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. No. Gates' arrest is appalling. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. No. "The cop acted stupidly" is acceptable. The enormous controversy that statement caused |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. Not at all |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. no |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. No, not at all. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Yeap, your last sentence is what adds some fule to the reaction IMHO. Obama gets elected |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:14 PM Original message |
As Obama said, cooler heads should have prevailed, and both parties' past experiences contributed. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hell no. nt |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. "QUESTION: Do you feel most gays overreacted to the Matthew Shepard incident?" |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. Absolutely not. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. I've heard this before about New England police officers before, Bostons especially |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
107. My hubby has played in Boston before, it can get out of control there |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. NO. this is a window into day to day racial discrimination they contend with |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. Actually most whites are overreacting not blacks ...and i am white. nt |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. No. nt |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. I think that too many are not walking through the |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Puhleeze. The officer was IN the home |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. To quote: |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
154. I heard a better "what if". What if |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'm white and embarrassed everyone isn't appalled |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. yeapers... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. Absolutely not |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. No |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #57 |
135. BINGO! |
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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. no |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
62. It seems like a case of he said, he said. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. FACT NOT IN DISPUTE: Gates showed his ID and verified he lived in home and STILL got arrested... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. The cop seems extremely thick, to not see the policing mistakes |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
146. As Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago said |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
89. Some neighbor said that Gates was belligerent. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #89 |
105. There is no law against belligerance. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #66 |
122. For being disorderly... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Seems like it's a case of Hillaritis |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Um, I don't think she was slamming Obama. I think she was defending |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. Wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole? Why??? |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
106. What do you expect from some that defended Geraldine Ferraro's racist comments? |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. I wasn't even thinking of Obama. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. What the hell are you talking about? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. You put yourself in the issue |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. This was not about Obama. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
67. No. What's considered 'overreacting'? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
69. The President was about as calm and moderate as it gets |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
71. No. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
72. How did Obama overreact? They arrested an old ass man for breaking into his own house |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
73. No. nt |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
75. No |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
77. No, I think they're right to ask why officers arrested Gates in his own home. |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
78. No. |
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Jetboy (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
79. I think that libertarians are underreacting. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. VERY good point |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #79 |
121. Libertarians? Those who believe that police have no place in people's homes? Explain?? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
80. No, I do not. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. I want to know who made the call in the first place |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:09 AM Response to Reply #87 |
128. Some reports I've seen say it was a woman 'walking by' |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
93. No, but it would be more helpful to react with facts |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
94. Harvard prof arrested in own house on suspicion of B&E? What could it be but racism? |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
95. I think the media is overreacting to it. |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
97. No...we should all be outraged that this is still happening in America. n/t |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
100. No they are not overreacting but state governments should have controlled this |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
101. I'm not overreacting. |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
102. White people are NOT QUALIFIED to answer this question..........sorry |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #102 |
117. How about a gay white person. Or a latino/a? Would they? |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
104. Hell no. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
108. k & U |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
110. your post is interestingly worded - here's my take |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:48 AM Response to Reply #110 |
132. He was renting the home and he showed his ID, after he showed his ID that's it...I don't understand |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #132 |
140. now I'm hearing there is audio so maybe that will settle some of this /nt |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #110 |
162. Did he bust in his door? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
112. Nope. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
113. No, racist fucktards are overreacting. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
114. No, I don't think most blacks are overreacting. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
115. I believe that if he was a poor black man no one would have cared. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #115 |
124. We would have cared. It just wouldn't have gotten any media attention. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:38 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Far fewer then. And in specific only a very select few. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #125 |
141. I needs to be taken literally in order to be completely clear as to what is meant. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Who said I was white? Who said you're right either? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #142 |
150. Like I said I was clarifying. Don't get nasty with me because your language was sloppy. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #150 |
164. If you make a valid point it will be acknowleded. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
116. Absolutely not. The arrest was and outrage. n/t |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
119. Not at all |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
126. Yes! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Which ones? Please provide some samples, thanks. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #127 |
133. there's no way he should have dove into this issue without knowing all the facts of the case |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #126 |
131. Thank you for your honesty, I'd like to know why you feel blacks are overreacting? Thx in advance |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #131 |
134. the problem is the POTUS doesn't know what happened, if there's audiotapes |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #134 |
136. What's NOT in dispute is Gates showed his ID then got arrested. What Gates did to deserve |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #136 |
139. think about it the POTUS waying in on a issue he knows nothing about and making a judgement call |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #139 |
145. Again, the police report was ALREADY out, that much he DID know and it's NOT in dispute that Gates w |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #134 |
163. You're still on this? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
129. No. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
130. as a white, middle-aged woman former professional |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
137. How could any of us possibly know how "most blacks" are reacting to anything? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
143. Short answer: No. Since I'm not black, I would never presume to |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. Thank you SO MUCH. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #147 |
157. ... |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
144. Not at all, considering the way the media ran it. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
149. To all blacks reading this thread --- I am too embarassed to respond |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #149 |
153. To "most blacks" reading this thread -- I tend to agree. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
151. Hell no! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
152. How would DU know what "most blacks" are doing? |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
155. It's amazing that even some liberal whites that I spoke to just don't get it. It makes me very sad. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
156. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
158. Gates himself has basically admitted as much |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
159. I don't think anyone can speak for "most blacks" |
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JustinL (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
160. no |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
161. No way |
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