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In reply to the discussion: There is something deeply repulsive watching young white kids booing Cummings and Lewis [View all]Warpy
(113,131 posts)7. I still think the worst of those brats are waving false flags
while they try to start shit with kids who are genuinely upset that they didn't get everything they wanted.
Of course, the operative word here is kids. They don't know there are heroes who did great things before the universe popped into being at their birth. They don't know their own heroes are less than perfect. And they certainly don't know that politics is getting what you can get, when you can get it, from somebody else who doesn't want to give it to you.
I think the only racist shit there is from the Trumpers. The rest of it is only ignorance and ignorance can be fixed.
Lewis and Cummings have been around long enough to know this.
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There is something deeply repulsive watching young white kids booing Cummings and Lewis [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2016
OP
They don't even know who Cummings and Lewis are. They saw two black men and started booing
SummerSnow
Jul 2016
#1
yes, it is less repulsive. blacks did not oppress themselves. i think it's dumb
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2016
#5
i expect at least one or two contrite OP's in the future, much like this one
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2016
#10
Has anyone put forth the premise they are in fact, off limits from criticism?
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#16
I discount "repulsive" as an indication that X or Y is off-limits to criticism
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#22
"repulsive" would actually be closer to "disgusting" (which has a sociological context as well)
Chitown Kev
Jul 2016
#24
i'm fine with them being criticized, but not with them being disrespected by their own party
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2016
#18
Asinine virtually beyond words but don't hold it against beautiful, wonderful California.
63splitwindow
Jul 2016
#26
If these idiots think they are accomplishing anything at all, it could only be damaging Bernie's
world wide wally
Jul 2016
#27