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ck4829

(35,076 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:03 AM Nov 2018

At some point, there HAS to be a realization. I think if just one person publicly says this...

"They told me to be afraid of immigrants. They told me to be afraid of Muslims. They told me to be afraid of transgender people. They told me to be afraid of the caravan. They told me to be afraid of the people who say that black lives matter. But it's not those people shooting up schools, yoga studios, IHOPs, churches, bars, music festivals, movie theaters, and on and on. It's us. It's people who look like me. It doesn't mean we're bad as a whole, it just means maybe those groups shouldn't have been turned into demons."

I think if just one person were to say something like this on TV, it would be something. Kind of telling that it's absent from the dialogue.

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At some point, there HAS to be a realization. I think if just one person publicly says this... (Original Post) ck4829 Nov 2018 OP
Plenty of Dems do say this - just no MSM will cover them saying it. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #1
Oh yes, we say it. But when will one of them say it? ck4829 Nov 2018 #2
You mean a white media member say it? Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #3
Not necessarily a media head ck4829 Nov 2018 #4
They say it in fundraising emails to US FiveGoodMen Nov 2018 #6
Has to be the "right" person zipplewrath Nov 2018 #5

ck4829

(35,076 posts)
2. Oh yes, we say it. But when will one of them say it?
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:06 AM
Nov 2018

At some point, a connection has to be made, right?

Funtatlaguy

(10,874 posts)
3. You mean a white media member say it?
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:10 AM
Nov 2018

Maybe Rachel, Lawrence, or Chris Hayes?
Possibly Mika or even Shep Smith.

You stated it so well. Maybe you should email your post tothose people I just suggested above.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
5. Has to be the "right" person
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:36 AM
Nov 2018

Not alot of Walter Cronkites these days, that are universally respected. Sad to say, but it may have to be the charismatic parent or spouse of a loved one killed in one of these incidents. Alot of good people had to die in the civil rights movement in order to dis-empower the racists.

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