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Rosanne Cash nails it with this tweet. (Original Post) Swede May 2020 OP
Agreed. But. People said the same thing when the church was bombed in Birmingham. When the BamaRefugee May 2020 #1
+100 Duppers May 2020 #13
So true. lpbk2713 May 2020 #2
Rosanne is right dlk May 2020 #3
This self serving monster has already helped us vapor2 May 2020 #4
Yep. jeffreyi May 2020 #5
I don't think so. I think this will wnylib May 2020 #7
Hope you are right. jeffreyi May 2020 #8
What I really worry about now is the wnylib May 2020 #9
Yes. Another big killer is out there. At least most of the Hortensis May 2020 #10
Yes, I know. If they had been able wnylib May 2020 #11
The country is in a state of destruction already zak247 May 2020 #6
Racism Duppers May 2020 #12

BamaRefugee

(3,483 posts)
1. Agreed. But. People said the same thing when the church was bombed in Birmingham. When the
Sat May 30, 2020, 09:21 PM
May 2020

Watts riots happened. When the Rodney King riots happened. When Trayvon Martin happened.
When all manner of heinous things happened.

But like clockwork, it happens again, the handwringing begins, and the gradual fading out of memory begins.

You can’t fix stupid. And if you can’t fix that, you can’t fix America.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
2. So true.
Sat May 30, 2020, 09:25 PM
May 2020


Trump has been trying to destroy this country for years and he keeps getting closer all the time.

vapor2

(1,248 posts)
4. This self serving monster has already helped us
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:03 PM
May 2020

but he will sit back and watch. He is so sick that he literally enjoys this chaos.

jeffreyi

(1,940 posts)
5. Yep.
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:13 PM
May 2020

And the chaos and violence will help him come election time. One way or another. Doubtless why his followers are egging all this on.

wnylib

(21,463 posts)
9. What I really worry about now is the
Sun May 31, 2020, 12:08 AM
May 2020

physical closeness of all those people. There is still a pandemic going on.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. Yes. Another big killer is out there. At least most of the
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:17 AM
May 2020

protesters are young, but they're also mostly black and are liable to spread it further among shockingly vulnerable populations.

WaPo: "Disproportionately black counties account for over half the coronavirus cases and almost 60% of the deaths."

Those deaths of course are not all of black people, but medical reports have always listed the patient's race for a reason. And these riots are in those areas.

wnylib

(21,463 posts)
11. Yes, I know. If they had been able
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:59 AM
May 2020

to maintain distance while protesting, it wouldn't be so bad. But with the chaos of the rioting, they are thrown together more.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
12. Racism
Sun May 31, 2020, 06:21 AM
May 2020
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - LBJ


It's the psychological essence of RW rednecks all over the country and tRump has been using this to his advantage from the beginnings of his reign of terror.



Bama Refugee said it best above:
"You can’t fix stupid. And if you can’t fix that, you can’t fix America."


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