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In reply to the discussion: Three people show up for Philadelphia gunman rally [View all]Marengo
(3,477 posts)56. Which changes nothing. I personally know of several examples which contradict your implication...
In post 10 of a universal standard. Its really nothing more than that, and Im at a loss to understand why you cant accept it. It seems to me that our sample populations so to speak have some variances apart from the similarities. My original point is that I was not immediately suspicious of the advert in question for the use of African in place of African American as I have know a few who do just that. Just because you havent encountered doesnt mean it doesnt exist no matter how large your sample population.
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Not absolutely all, I have encountered some who have identified themselves solely as African
Marengo
Aug 2019
#32
"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
Denial was the point, as being a legacy of the slave trade in their view. Although it seemed they...
Marengo
Aug 2019
#42
Which changes nothing. I personally know of several examples which contradict your implication...
Marengo
Aug 2019
#56
Meh, you're digging the hole here. As I said to the other poster, just because you haven't...
Marengo
Aug 2019
#61
Irrelevant, as not one of the individuals in question are Malcom X nor claimed to be the...
Marengo
Aug 2019
#59
Hmmmmmmm. I wonder where this originated. I have an idea but I'm not sayin'. n/t
theophilus
Aug 2019
#7
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
It does remind me a bit of the 'racial protests' the Russians tried to astroturf in Texas.
pecosbob
Aug 2019
#43
This is the exact things that Russians and their friends were fostering and flaming. nt
UniteFightBack
Aug 2019
#52