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karin_sj

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22. Well, for one thing...
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 04:45 PM
Aug 2019

I found the use of the word "Africans" kind of weird. Also, further down in the poster, it says: "Defend African resistance! The state is ther criminal!" Sounds pretty off to me!

What specifically about the wording do you consider suspicious? Marengo Aug 2019 #1
Every effin' thing about it is suspicious malaise Aug 2019 #5
My question is specific to the phrasing, nothing else. Can you answer? Marengo Aug 2019 #9
African-Americans write or say African-Americans malaise Aug 2019 #10
whatabout armed self defense? Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #15
I didn't even have to reach there malaise Aug 2019 #20
Not absolutely all, I have encountered some who have identified themselves solely as African Marengo Aug 2019 #32
While I Do Think RobinA Aug 2019 #62
Well, for one thing... karin_sj Aug 2019 #22
"Africans have the right to armed self defense." There is a significant word missing. Hekate Aug 2019 #24
Not all African Americans identify themselves as such. Some in fact find that offensive and identify Marengo Aug 2019 #33
I have never --ever-- encountered an American of African descent who self-identified that way... Hekate Aug 2019 #35
That effin simple malaise Aug 2019 #40
Thank you, my friend Hekate Aug 2019 #47
Very well malaise Aug 2019 #49
Denial was the point, as being a legacy of the slave trade in their view. Although it seemed they... Marengo Aug 2019 #42
I'm African American, 64 years old and I have never, never, met any Solomon Aug 2019 #44
Met every African American in the United States have you? Marengo Aug 2019 #45
Let me put it this way malaise Aug 2019 #51
Lol Solomon Aug 2019 #55
Which changes nothing. I personally know of several examples which contradict your implication... Marengo Aug 2019 #56
You really should stop digging Solomon Aug 2019 #60
Meh, you're digging the hole here. As I said to the other poster, just because you haven't... Marengo Aug 2019 #61
"Return"? That's another tricky word. I'm sure you can spot why Hekate Aug 2019 #46
Accurate in the context of their worldview, nothing more. Marengo Aug 2019 #57
What did Malcolm X say when told to go back where he came from? Hekate Aug 2019 #58
Irrelevant, as not one of the individuals in question are Malcom X nor claimed to be the... Marengo Aug 2019 #59
You know who refers to African-Americans as Africans? MineralMan Aug 2019 #48
This looks like more propaganda from russian operatives. Ilsa Aug 2019 #2
it reminds me of the posters last fall of an "antifa uprising" rampartc Aug 2019 #3
It is malaise Aug 2019 #6
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2019 #16
We need to keep calling out rwnjs for making fake propaganda dustyscamp Aug 2019 #39
that is precisely the kind of propaganda i'm talking about rampartc Aug 2019 #41
The whole idea of a rally was a puzzler to me. How do you defend a shooter who... brush Aug 2019 #4
Hmmmmmmm. I wonder where this originated. I have an idea but I'm not sayin'. n/t theophilus Aug 2019 #7
I find the wording a bit odd too. FM123 Aug 2019 #8
Ding ding malaise Aug 2019 #13
No kidding. My first thought. JDC Aug 2019 #21
Probably Russian discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #11
Sounds like it, my understanding is they want to stoke another civil war as much as possible uponit7771 Aug 2019 #17
Putin hasn't thought about the stupidity of starting a civil war in a country with the most nukes Oneironaut Aug 2019 #18
Much more effective, and more likely, is to promote division of all types, as the goal is to weaken Hekate Aug 2019 #36
Nobody showed up to a fake rally? Wow, what a surprise jberryhill Aug 2019 #12
Russian operatives PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #14
... Scurrilous Aug 2019 #27
I'm so glad that the Russians made that mistake renate Aug 2019 #19
Russia in the house. Corgigal Aug 2019 #23
They're really running with this karin_sj Aug 2019 #25
I hope they get investigated by someone for trying to start this rally. N/t applegrove Aug 2019 #26
A job for the bunco squad. nt Mc Mike Aug 2019 #28
Oh i get it. Had to look up bunco squad. Thanks. applegrove Aug 2019 #29
Informal name for a police department dealing with fraud. Nt Mc Mike Aug 2019 #30
Or Moose and Squirrel. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #54
"They" will probably be damn hard to find in real life Hekate Aug 2019 #37
The date is incorrect too if I'm seeing it correctly. cwydro Aug 2019 #31
Russian propaganda Joe941 Aug 2019 #34
The date is the wrong format brettdale Aug 2019 #38
It does remind me a bit of the 'racial protests' the Russians tried to astroturf in Texas. pecosbob Aug 2019 #43
That's one more than showed up for Steve King's town hall. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2019 #50
This is the exact things that Russians and their friends were fostering and flaming. nt UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #52
I suspected almost immediately when I heard about this underthematrix Aug 2019 #53
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