Baltimore: ALL Confederate Statues Have Now Been Removed

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06 Sep 2017, 10:54 pm

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1. If anything I'd be amused by it and eventually not even notice it so much.
2. It's their yard and they can put up any statue they want.

Gee, I bet this has been a disappointment.
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Naw.Everyone has cameras these days,so assulting a neighbor's questionable yard art could be a costly mistake.Although I'm sure you would let your dog take a leak on it if you could.


You should actually read what someone posted before you reply to it.


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06 Sep 2017, 11:41 pm

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Personal attack :shameonyou:
But it'll only get you more of my discourse.

I was referring to the "this has nothing to do with race" argument
But I'll refrain from using colorful metaphors in future since you are such a sensitive fellow



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07 Sep 2017, 12:12 am

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Personal attack :shameonyou:
But it'll only get you more of my discourse.

I was referring to the "this has nothing to do with race" argument

Yeah, it was just a coincidence that all the sudden after 100+ years these statues just became offensive.
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But I'll refrain from using colorful metaphors in future since you are such a sensitive fellow

You should refrain.
I cried and cried after reading that.
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Bully!


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07 Sep 2017, 9:05 am

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I cried and cried after reading that.

LOLOLOL








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07 Sep 2017, 9:22 am

Raptor wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
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1. If anything I'd be amused by it and eventually not even notice it so much.
2. It's their yard and they can put up any statue they want.

Gee, I bet this has been a disappointment.
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Naw.Everyone has cameras these days,so assulting a neighbor's questionable yard art could be a costly mistake.Although I'm sure you would let your dog take a leak on it if you could.


You should actually read what someone posted before you reply to it.

I did.I said Naw,translation.No.I was not disappointed.What's your point?
Did you honestly think I was serious??


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07 Sep 2017, 3:07 pm

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07 Sep 2017, 4:32 pm

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Wrong Planet Right Now
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Polly want a...?



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07 Sep 2017, 4:38 pm

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Yeah, it was just a coincidence that all the sudden after 100+ years these statues just became offensive.

It took Americans 300 solid years to work out that it's wrong to treat other human beings like animals (slaves) so its not surprising that it takes another 100 years for you folks to work out that you shouldn't be building monuments to people who fought and killed your own kin in order to keep slaves



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07 Sep 2017, 8:24 pm

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Cultural prejudice.I'm tired of it.I'm from the South and not a cracker.


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08 Sep 2017, 2:12 am

So what's the origin of this "cracker" slur?



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08 Sep 2017, 9:00 pm

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So what's the origin of this "cracker" slur?


Jimmy Cracked Corn. Corn was a major staple foodstuff back in the day.


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08 Sep 2017, 10:15 pm

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So what's the origin of this "cracker" slur?


Jimmy Cracked Corn. Corn was a major staple foodstuff back in the day.

Oh! we used to sing this in primary school here in Aussieland!!

"Jimmy cracked corn and but I don't care..." how bloody Americanised are we Australians!! !



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08 Sep 2017, 10:27 pm

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So what's the origin of this "cracker" slur?


It's derived from the sound of a whip cracking.


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08 Sep 2017, 10:38 pm

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/ ... n-crackers


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08 Sep 2017, 11:39 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(pejorative)


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08 Sep 2017, 11:43 pm

cyberdad wrote:
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Yeah, it was just a coincidence that all the sudden after 100+ years these statues just became offensive.

It took Americans 300 solid years to work out that it's wrong to treat other human beings like animals (slaves) so its not surprising that it takes another 100 years for you folks to work out that you shouldn't be building monuments to people who fought and killed your own kin in order to keep slaves

:roll:
Yeah, it's a terrible country. We live on rats and sawdust bread and sometimes... on each other. At night, the pyres for the dead light up the sky. It's medieval.
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