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Kind of Blue

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6. Holy Fuck, what an incredibly ignorant response.

Reply to dameatball (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 10, 2019, 01:25 PM

Mar 2019

Last edited Sun Mar 10, 2019, 02:06 PM - Edit history (1)

If you bothered to read the article, instead of a nasty remark about 2 whole groups of people, of which I'm one of them, you'd find Musa was from Mali and not Nigeria.

"Nice" of you to remain willfully ignorant by demeaning an educational post. Good grief, just when I start thinking liberals are different from their conservative brothers, someone comes and proves me wrong.

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Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived [View all] applegrove Mar 2019 OP

In history, wealth is relative. It's also extremely subjective. defacto7 Mar 2019 #1

"generous handouts" - not a Trump forefather. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #2

I thought the honor belonged to Jacob Fugger MFM008 Mar 2019 #3

You're trying to tell me this guy was a rich mother? 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #4

Not when economic historians, as per Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #8

Is that the same guy that sends me e-mails from Nigeria? He seems nice. dameatball Mar 2019 #5

Holy Fuck, what an incredibly ignorant response. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #6

It was indeed an interesting article and my comment was in jest. My apologies that it was not dameatball Mar 2019 #10

It was apparent to me that your comment was a joke, one better suited Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #11

Okay, thank you for replying. I have nothing else to add. dameatball Mar 2019 #12

Cool. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #13

Good stuff! marble falls Mar 2019 #7

Thanks for the article! The only exception I have though Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #9

I did not notice that he/they were not black. Good catch. applegrove Mar 2019 #14

Thanks, applegrove. I really appreciate that! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #15

We gotta get the facts right. Especially on the important stuff. applegrove Mar 2019 #16

Yeah, we can only hope that facts and knowledge Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #17

Epic kick! Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #18