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8. I knew that right away, too.

Reply to EffieBlack (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 12:24 PM

Sep 2018

You don't call him anything. You send condolences to his family.

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What do you call a black man who talks to a cop the way Kavanaugh spoke to the senators [View all] EffieBlack Sep 2018 OP

Knew the answer. K&R. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2018 #1

Yep. I guessed it, too. calimary Sep 2018 #2

Get this to the Greatest Page. K? n/t rzemanfl Sep 2018 #3

Question kind of answers itself, doesn't it? EffieBlack Sep 2018 #4

it was predictable. barbtries Sep 2018 #18

Knew the answer without peeking. KnR Hekate Sep 2018 #5

That was too easy. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #6

Proved correct by actual history! at140 Sep 2018 #7

I knew that right away, too. DFW Sep 2018 #8

Best response. However I doubt the "law enforcers" send condolences. They reload. erronis Sep 2018 #21

The killers don't send condolences. Every one else does n/t DFW Sep 2018 #23

What an odd analogy. nt MadDAsHell Sep 2018 #9

What's odd about it? EffieBlack Sep 2018 #10

Anybody remember Rodney King ? Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #31

Comparing how a roomful of suits in a government hearing interact... MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #33

No, I don't think it's odd at all to note the glaring hypocrisy EffieBlack Oct 2018 #39

Settle down. nt MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #40

Excuse me? EffieBlack Oct 2018 #41

How so? irisblue Sep 2018 #22

I think the word was "Uppity" packman Sep 2018 #11

or maybe "they don't know their place." rampartc Oct 2018 #35

Jeff Flake said True Blue American Sep 2018 #12

Apparently that wasn't "it." Flake voted to recommend confirmation. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #25

Flake is the one who True Blue American Sep 2018 #30

100% true and 100% sad. Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #13

That is correct. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #14

First word that popped into my head was "dead" AllyCat Sep 2018 #15

I thought more old-timey BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #16

Deceased for a true daily double malaise Sep 2018 #17

Thug. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #19

Toure: Kavanaugh ffr Sep 2018 #20

And let's not revisit old wounds (unless they involve the Clintons.) erronis Sep 2018 #24

Exactly Az_lefty Sep 2018 #26

exactly gopiscrap Sep 2018 #27

That is how it currently works in the U.S.A. warmfeet Sep 2018 #28

I was thinking "uppity" or maybe "boy", something demeaning. Bluepinky Sep 2018 #29

K&R ck4829 Sep 2018 #32

Dead Man Talking? Pachamama Oct 2018 #34

A black man will be D.O.A. SummerSnow Oct 2018 #36

K&R betsuni Oct 2018 #37

The late 'John Smith'. marble falls Oct 2018 #38