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Sympthsical

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27. You are incredibly off base. This is offensive.

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #25)

Thu May 26, 2022, 09:38 PM

May 2022

These games with color on social media are unacceptable.

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They were brown. [View all] sheshe2 May 2022 OP

So was/is the swat team. elleng May 2022 #1

+1 chowder66 May 2022 #2

+2 nt Raine May 2022 #4

She knows. (n/t) SMC22307 May 2022 #43

+3 Abolishinist May 2022 #73

Yes I think the same. GOP elite kids would have been protected. Irish_Dem May 2022 #3

I personally know a police officer who responded AkFemDem May 2022 #5

Thank you. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #7

I am sorry for your friend's loss. sheshe2 May 2022 #13

CNN named her. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #17

I don't understand your attacks on me. sheshe2 May 2022 #18

I answered your questions. How do you read that as an attack? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #20

Attacks. Plural. sheshe2 May 2022 #22

Where? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author MrsCoffee May 2022 #24

Yes, the two of you work in sync. sheshe2 May 2022 #26

We can see what they have in common, too, sheshe. Nixie May 2022 #70

The two of whom? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #97

You are not just disagreeing, you are attacking. sheshe2 May 2022 #93

You're not the victim here. SMC22307 May 2022 #58

My post was about the children and the lack of a response, sheshe2 May 2022 #94

Not a friends loss AkFemDem May 2022 #28

Oh sheshe2 May 2022 #95

Uh. You do understand more than one officer responded AkFemDem May 2022 #99

Ruben Ruiz, a district police officer, lost his wife Eva Mireles (teacher) Ms. Toad May 2022 #90

One of the teachers killed was the wife of a cop. One cop lost his daughter. Are you aware of that? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #6

Please link. sheshe2 May 2022 #15

It seems like you haven't researched much at all then? AkFemDem May 2022 #30

Then you haven't tried very hard. SMC22307 May 2022 #41

Get the story straight next time NoRethugFriends May 2022 #8

Excuse me? sheshe2 May 2022 #9

Perhaps the poster is referring to the fact that many of the police were also "brown". BlackSkimmer May 2022 #10

Link sheshe2 May 2022 #16

I'm quite sure you're capable of watching media of your choice. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #19

Most people involved were brown Sympthsical May 2022 #11

Thank you. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #14

She's on Twitter. SMC22307 May 2022 #42

The ones that hold the Power are White. sheshe2 May 2022 #25

You are incredibly off base. This is offensive. Sympthsical May 2022 #27

"The games with color on social media are unacceptable." Nixie May 2022 #92

Yes. sheshe2 May 2022 #29

Have you done ANY research? Texasgal May 2022 #31

Why the cover up then? sheshe2 May 2022 #32

Because they were largely inept! Texasgal May 2022 #33

I give up sheshe2 May 2022 #45

I only do because you Texasgal May 2022 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Comfortably_Numb May 2022 #12

Oh good grief! Texasgal May 2022 #21

Good point. And... JoeOtterbein May 2022 #34

Yeah and those MFers were wearing body armor too. Cozmo May 2022 #35

This is a right-wing city and county MerryHolidays May 2022 #36

Bull questionseverything May 2022 #38

What????? MerryHolidays May 2022 #39

If you want to be an apologist for the police inaction here, THAT is what is offensive. MerryHolidays May 2022 #40

Idk why the cops screwed up so but questionseverything May 2022 #44

PLEASE READ MY POST. I do not think you are. You are fixated on color. MerryHolidays May 2022 #46

The op made it about color in her title, they were brown questionseverything May 2022 #49

Rather than blaming someone, would you care to get over debating points? MerryHolidays May 2022 #54

Omg you have gone from poc were targeted because they were poc questionseverything May 2022 #64

You are not DU admin. Please don't tell me what to post. nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #66

Yes, the OP should delete. SMC22307 May 2022 #72

Hopefully, you too will delete your laughing emoji. nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #76

Nope. "Distinguished DUer" earned it. SMC22307 May 2022 #77

If you want to keep your laughing emoji in this saddest of times, ok...says a great deal. nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #81

There's never-ending sadness: school shootings, grocery shootings, SMC22307 May 2022 #84

Ok. Can dig it. MerryHolidays May 2022 #87

I've donated to Beasley in NC, Demings in FL, Fetterman in PA, and Ryan in OH. SMC22307 May 2022 #88

Agreed. MerryHolidays May 2022 #89

No one is apologizing for police inaction. But people are rightly calling out... SMC22307 May 2022 #53

Your laughing emojis in this saddest of times is disgusting. I would strongly suggest you remove. nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #55

There's no laughing emoji in my post. (n/t) SMC22307 May 2022 #57

Glad you removed it. Oh, so sorry: you didn't! MerryHolidays May 2022 #59

Um, no. Never was. Show me in the edits where I removed it from the post you replied to. (n/t) SMC22307 May 2022 #61

Different post. And that one's staying. (n/t) SMC22307 May 2022 #62

That's entirely on you to have laughing emojis about this. nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #68

"Distinguished DUers"? SMC22307 May 2022 #48

Wow...really profound. Your ad hominem and useless attack is duly disregarded. nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #50

That one made me giggle too. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #98

Shocked you can find any humor in any of this. nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #102

They are brave when someone is unarmed. AZLD4Candidate May 2022 #37

So was the shooter and so were some of those cops Warpy May 2022 #51

I think you are close to the point. TomSlick May 2022 #52

TomSlick, I am sorry to say that I disagree MerryHolidays May 2022 #56

You're probably right. TomSlick May 2022 #63

TS: I am sorry to say that the RWNJs are beyond redemption any more. MerryHolidays May 2022 #65

I thought maybe something would change when Scalise LeftInTX May 2022 #82

Ah, dear LITx, it's a badge of honor for these fools. MerryHolidays May 2022 #83

MAGA folks wanted to spew falsehoods about it IronLionZion May 2022 #60

There are definitely big chunks of missing information. summer_in_TX May 2022 #67

Right-wingedness? nt MerryHolidays May 2022 #69

Yes, largely. Hispanics are heavily Catholic, which seems pretty Nixie May 2022 #71

I don't disagree, except for one thing: color, religion etc is not what's at issue MerryHolidays May 2022 #75

Yes, agreed, I brought up Catholicism because of the recent Nixie May 2022 #79

Thank you for that illuminating post! MerryHolidays May 2022 #85

40% of the city's budget went to policing. SMC22307 May 2022 #74

the responders were brown Shellback Squid May 2022 #78

These massacres seem to bring out the worst impulses GusBob May 2022 #80

Nice ratio. (n/t) SMC22307 May 2022 #86

Maria Butina H2O Man May 2022 #91

LIHOP? RaDaR63 May 2022 #96

Feeling foolish yet? AkFemDem May 2022 #100

Never. Voltaire2 May 2022 #101