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jillan

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10. Put this in perspective of our foreign policy. How is anybody supposed to take US seriously

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 09:21 PM

Nov 2014

when we have a civil war going on in our streets?

No - it's not as bad as the Sunni vs Shia...

We're just doing it American style. Elitists vs the rest. The Cops vs People of color. The 1% vs the 99%. Plutocracy vs Social Justice.

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London Ferguson protests [View all] Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 OP

The world sees BrotherIvan Nov 2014 #1

Indeed it does. nc4bo Nov 2014 #2

I don't think people like wilson or mccolloch have much of a conscious, but I would logosoco Nov 2014 #3

Wilson just avoided a lengthy prison sentence, got married, and is expecting a child davidn3600 Nov 2014 #5

Thank you, London Jack Rabbit Nov 2014 #4

Atrocities around the world seveneyes Nov 2014 #6

Do I understand that you are disparaging these protests because the cause isn't rhett o rick Nov 2014 #7

No disparagement here seveneyes Nov 2014 #8

Your cleverness with words has me wondering. Are you saying we should rhett o rick Nov 2014 #9

We should protect the innocent from those that would do them harm seveneyes Nov 2014 #11

But you don't think protesting a black kid murdered in cold blood qualifies? BrotherIvan Nov 2014 #12

Of course it does qualify seveneyes Nov 2014 #13

Put this in perspective of our foreign policy. How is anybody supposed to take US seriously jillan Nov 2014 #10

I would not say it has risen to the level of 'civil war' just yet. It reminds me more KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #14

Seeing worldwide impact loyalsister Nov 2014 #15