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Liberal_Stalwart71

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37. I am articulating it perfectly. You don't want to see the truth. Voter ID, gun laws--

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:32 PM

Jun 2014

including the so-called stand your ground--have disparate impacts on people of color because they are applied unfairly. Sentencing is another example, which is why I don't and won't support the legalization of marijuana until people of color are pardoned for serving long jail terms for simple possession, with FULL citizenship rights restored.

If you can't understand the significance of what the OP's illustration signifies, that's not my problem. I'm happy that others in this thread do.

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WTF ... 4 [View all] pbmus Jun 2014 OP

That's an excellent question. K&R Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #1

Whoa, you could have put a warning about the photo - edgineered Jun 2014 #2

So? delrem Jun 2014 #6

If I was in that photo, edgineered Jun 2014 #8

Well, they all look like me, as well. But it doesn't frighten me. delrem Jun 2014 #10

True enough. edgineered Jun 2014 #11

Well my state of mind has never been that way. delrem Jun 2014 #14

It's funny how things evolve, edgineered Jun 2014 #17

I'm in total agreement. delrem Jun 2014 #18

Very good point! freshwest Jun 2014 #3

+10000. Wow, that nails what should be the obvious. But gun fanciers deny it. Hoyt Jun 2014 #4

Another example of white privilege that some have a difficult time coming to grips with Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #5

White Privilege coupled with packing guns, no ID required. sheshe2 Jun 2014 #7

Taking them into restaurants and other public places. Now picture in your mind a Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #9

No I can't, no. sheshe2 Jun 2014 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Jun 2014 #29

I always think that when I see these "Look at me and my awesome guns" dudes. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2014 #33

Yeah I wonder if their Second Amendment rights treestar Jun 2014 #22

Dunno about "white privilege", but I'd be scared of RWNJ gun nuts too..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #41

Yea cause only white people can buy guns Egnever Jun 2014 #13

Close ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #25

Where can I buy a gun without an ID? Egnever Jun 2014 #35

Person to person sale uponit7771 Jun 2014 #40

yes, because we know ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #45

So the answer is you were just making it up Egnever Jun 2014 #49

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #50

I am a black woman, living in so-called "liberal" Maryland. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #31

I know what you are tyrying to talk about Egnever Jun 2014 #34

I am articulating it perfectly. You don't want to see the truth. Voter ID, gun laws-- Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #37

So now we are not debating a stupid graphic Egnever Jun 2014 #38

"I find it difficult to take anything else you might say seriously." I can't blame ya! AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #42

Change the law, how that law is appropriated and administered, release those Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #46

When the fooking NRA took over Congress. Cha Jun 2014 #15

Both black and white people have to present IDs .. aikoaiko Jun 2014 #16

Not true ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #26

Again, don't play stupid. You know damn well what we're talking about here. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #32

Ah yes. And blacks and whites get to vote, right? Just because some in the black community have to rhett o rick Jun 2014 #36

Well, I see some on here trying to make the locdlib Jun 2014 #19

2a is a whites only law in practice uponit7771 Jun 2014 #39

Yep. And would the 'Pubs be so eager to support these laws if black folks, Latinos, etc...... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #43

K&R to THAT! Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #20

Now there's a wonderfully deceptive and misleading, but still technically accurate, poster... N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2014 #21

Well, of course. That 2nd Amendment right mnhtnbb Jun 2014 #23

Interesting, but not all that accurate. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #44

You might want to look at the very well researched and scholarly article-- mnhtnbb Jun 2014 #47

I believe I already have, but perhaps I will, again. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #51

Nice juxtaposition jimlup Jun 2014 #24

Good question. nt redqueen Jun 2014 #27

Because their right to kill trumps your right to vote liberal N proud Jun 2014 #28

''Minorities'' is what they want the guns for. Octafish Jun 2014 #30

So let me get this straight... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #48