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Jon Stewart Gets Serious On Depressing Eric Garner Case. We're Not Living In A Post Racial Society (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2014 OP
What kind of society, indeed... chervilant Dec 2014 #1
Do we even have one? daleanime Dec 2014 #2
I have to agree, and I feel the same. chervilant Dec 2014 #4
If we do most of us are outside of it. We do not matter and we are to blame for every f--king thing jwirr Dec 2014 #10
Knr for Jon alfredo Dec 2014 #3
K&R! nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #5
I watched this last night at 11. blue neen Dec 2014 #6
the worse things get, the more important the jesters become Kali Dec 2014 #7
I agree damnedifIknow Dec 2014 #8
Correct as usual. I am having trouble seeing Mr Garner as anything other than a father of six. jwirr Dec 2014 #9
K&R ReRe Dec 2014 #11
It's no coincidence... americannightmare Dec 2014 #12
The YouTube video is gone so here's the clip from Comedy Central... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #13
Thanx. Added to the OP. WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2014 #14
great show ellenrr Dec 2014 #15

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
4. I have to agree, and I feel the same.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:24 AM
Dec 2014

Yesterday, I got an email from an artist I've just recently met. It shows a group of protesters after the Ferguson fiasco. One sign had been photoshopped to read "No Mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he robs a store."

The person who forwarded this scabrous bit of racism wrote:

Good Grief!!! Well maybe every mother should at least entertain the possibility it could happen ESPECIALLY if her son resists arrests or tries to get the arresting officer's weapon! And maybe just maybe she should tell her son that a strong arm theft might not end well for the perpetrator!I don't know whether to laugh or cry! I did notice that everything on the sign is spelled correctly...That is something.


I sent the Snopes disclaimer: http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/fergusonsign.asp

and told her

"I cannot understand racism, and I never will."

Oh, and I also sent the Horsey editorial cartoon that n2doc posted in today's toons.

I cannot understand racism, and I never will.








jwirr

(39,215 posts)
10. If we do most of us are outside of it. We do not matter and we are to blame for every f--king thing
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:36 PM
Dec 2014

that goes wrong in it.

That makes it not worth while for any of us. Yeah for the 1% and the white cops!

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
11. K&R
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:52 PM
Dec 2014

Jon Stewart carries on the protest, right along with the 5 St Louis Rams with their hands up as they entered the stadium last weekend. This protest needs to permeate every square inch of this country for as long as it takes to wring the neck of racism.

americannightmare

(322 posts)
12. It's no coincidence...
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 02:02 PM
Dec 2014

that police brutality and militarization have increased along with obscene wealth disparity. And the most vulnerable in society pay the heaviest price.

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