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guillaumeb

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127. The banner COULD be a mile long if all the names and photos

Reply to rbrnmw (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 07:44 PM

Jul 2016

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Rather than take offense to an image, the public should take offense to the slaughter of black lives.

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I was asked to remove my sigline [View all] rbrnmw Jul 2016 OP

Who asked you to do this? n/t BronxBoy Jul 2016 #1

can't start drama but it was another poster rbrnmw Jul 2016 #3

Someone offended by something that is essentially a fact? Warpy Jul 2016 #4

me removing it won't make it less true rbrnmw Jul 2016 #5

Nope. Looks like it will need an updating soon Warpy Jul 2016 #6

so sadly true rbrnmw Jul 2016 #9

Should stay. n/t zappaman Jul 2016 #2

What a joke bravenak Jul 2016 #7

I think being reminded it happened rbrnmw Jul 2016 #8

It doesn't bother them until we keep bringing it up bravenak Jul 2016 #10

right and even then it just makes them uncomfortable rbrnmw Jul 2016 #12

It sure does bravenak Jul 2016 #13

Well, it is time to... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #22

Absolutely!! nt 2naSalit Jul 2016 #26

It is bravenak Jul 2016 #30

Love you. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #32

throw the bums out father founding Jul 2016 #86

oh! That's GOOD! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2016 #125

It should make us uneasy and we need to pay attention. TNNurse Jul 2016 #95

I'm not offended. raven mad Jul 2016 #123

Leave it up. MrScorpio Jul 2016 #11

Hell No! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #14

A lot of policeman are racists. JRLeft Jul 2016 #15

I am very offended by the person who was offended by your sigline. Squinch Jul 2016 #16

Yes. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #73

We should all be greatly offended & outraged that it happens lostnfound Jul 2016 #105

Fuck 'em. nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #17

Well said! nt sheshe2 Jul 2016 #59

Fuck the world police. Keep it up! Feeling the Bern Jul 2016 #18

Nothing wrong with your sig nor avatar. 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #19

Our children not being killed is my main issue rbrnmw Jul 2016 #20

Omg bravenak Jul 2016 #50

Leave it up. So much grief. Hekate Jul 2016 #21

leave it....geez whatta thing to whinge over irisblue Jul 2016 #23

Leave it Recursion Jul 2016 #24

LEAVE IT UP. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #25

oh hell yes SheriffBob Jul 2016 #31

Facts are never inappropriate. Anyone with a problem, needs to work to stop it from being true. n/t brewens Jul 2016 #27

No one had any business demanding that you remove that sigline. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #28

Keep it, please. 2naSalit Jul 2016 #29

Why would the truth bother someone? LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #33

right on... yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #34

Persuade with argument rather than brute force.... heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 #35

Never do what you're told gwheezie Jul 2016 #36

K&R. Aristus Jul 2016 #37

I posted this.... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #38

thank you I am not mad rbrnmw Jul 2016 #42

I want this post seen. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #47

Leave it. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #39

I don't understand why anyone would ask you to remove that.. one_voice Jul 2016 #40

Tell them "and the horse you rode in on". nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #41

Interesting little factoid: the terms "paddy roller" and "paddy wagon" pnwmom Jul 2016 #43

I never knew that rbrnmw Jul 2016 #44

Yeah, when it comes to being oppressed we Irish have been there, for centuries, PatrickforO Jul 2016 #46

The term was permanent if you died while in "service." Or it extended much longer pnwmom Jul 2016 #49

In terms of oppression... 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #58

This isn't a contest. I was just pointing out the origin of the word. nt pnwmom Jul 2016 #60

I wasn'r responding to you but the same person you responded to. Chill. nt 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #62

Actually, the first AA's imported in the colonies (Virginia, to be exact) were treated as indentured Hoppy Jul 2016 #79

I wouldn't remove it either. PatrickforO Jul 2016 #45

The only legitimate complaint is if the image were too big csziggy Jul 2016 #48

There was an alert, too, so I don't think size was the problem. Shrike47 Jul 2016 #77

I never thought it was - someone is too sensitive csziggy Jul 2016 #102

Truth is truth, even when it's ugly truth. You should NOT take it down. BlueCaliDem Jul 2016 #51

K&R FOR TRUTH! eom MohRokTah Jul 2016 #52

Fuck that noise! I'd leave it up. JustinL Jul 2016 #53

that is what they want silence rbrnmw Jul 2016 #54

You know my answer. Loki Jul 2016 #55

Keep it up. Ilsa Jul 2016 #56

Keep it. Bobbie Jo Jul 2016 #57

Keep IT up.. HipChick Jul 2016 #61

Leave it, fuck them. giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #63

Keep this picture up volstork Jul 2016 #64

Keep on telling the truth rbrnmw! It is the truth we must hear that they cannot abide. Ford_Prefect Jul 2016 #65

Kick! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #66

K&R Zippyzagnut Jul 2016 #67

Well I should thank them for asking you to do that. Amimnoch Jul 2016 #68

You Rock! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #87

I hope whoever did that is getting a digital colonoscopy from the Admins. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #69

remove Trump from your sigline please Skittles Jul 2016 #71

I suppose you're going to come KICK MY ASS NOW. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #74

I want to kick the asses of the easily-offended Skittles Jul 2016 #75

ROFL @ trump/annoying orange! gollygee Jul 2016 #76

K&R radical noodle Jul 2016 #70

it is strange what offends people, and what does not Skittles Jul 2016 #72

K&R KT2000 Jul 2016 #78

Kick! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #80

I support the picture and the issue Craig234 Jul 2016 #81

This is a picture taken in downtown Chicago. Cops here have been legally charged with murder Person 2713 Jul 2016 #82

People who wanted it removed cosmicone Jul 2016 #83

What was his or her rationale? aikoaiko Jul 2016 #84

Police were murdered in Dallas rbrnmw Jul 2016 #116

Police were murdered in Dallas, but that's no reason not to call out murders by police aikoaiko Jul 2016 #119

An ugly truth is still the truth. herding cats Jul 2016 #85

"Fuck sitting down": YES. The dead must be remembered. betsuni Jul 2016 #88

And therein lies the problem. People are uncomfortable talking about this. AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #89

Don't remove anything from your sig line. In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #90

It is a keeper. riversedge Jul 2016 #91

oh, and gave it a REC riversedge Jul 2016 #92

K&R BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #93

Massive K & R! Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #94

i think i will add it to my sigline. stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #96

hear, hear.... Stellar Jul 2016 #97

It seems that, in recent days RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #98

Its now part of my sigline. marble falls Jul 2016 #99

K&R ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #100

No Retreat - No Surrender! JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #101

life if full of uncomfortable truths... Javaman Jul 2016 #103

Keep it. GoneOffShore Jul 2016 #104

keep it up NoMoreRepugs Jul 2016 #106

That's weird. I have the same pic on my sigline. Lochloosa Jul 2016 #107

Only Admin can make you remove a sig obamanut2012 Jul 2016 #108

Fuck 'em Keep it up !!!!!! JunkYardDogg Jul 2016 #109

That's silly rock Jul 2016 #110

I hope you leave it. hiding from the truth does not change it. niyad Jul 2016 #111

I hope you don't mind. silverweb Jul 2016 #112

Thank You rbrnmw Jul 2016 #120

My pleasure. silverweb Jul 2016 #128

😡 Quayblue Jul 2016 #113

WTF? This ain't a goddamn tea party. broadcaster75201 Jul 2016 #114

Unless an admin asked you, don't worry... Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #115

Good for you for putting up in the first place geardaddy Jul 2016 #117

Kicking ellie Jul 2016 #118

Why would that person ask you to remove an image of what is KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #121

K&R. raven mad Jul 2016 #122

Please don't change we can do it Jul 2016 #124

kick...n/t BlueCollar Jul 2016 #126

The banner COULD be a mile long if all the names and photos guillaumeb Jul 2016 #127

I don't get this silencing of ideas here at D.U. midnight Jul 2016 #129

Things certainly have changed. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2016 #130