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George II

(67,782 posts) Fri Mar 8, 2019, 12:14 PM Mar 2019

Arkansas State Senator Stephanie Flowers is a NATIONAL HERO.

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Arkansas State Senator Stephanie Flowers is a NATIONAL HERO. (Original Post) George II Mar 2019 OP

Wow Zorro Mar 2019 #1

Thank you Senator. "Stand Your Ground" is a racist law and encouragement to kill. Hoyt Mar 2019 #2

It most certainly is! 2naSalit Mar 2019 #5

Goddess bless her. hlthe2b Mar 2019 #3

"Walking Around with Guns is Threatening" - That's the Point dlk Mar 2019 #4

"Walking Around with Guns is Threatening" - That's the Point dlk Mar 2019 #6

preach.it.sister. mopinko Mar 2019 #7

That's how things down there always operate. . . . BigDemVoter Mar 2019 #8

She's mad and she's not going to take it anymore God Dammit!! chimpymustgo Mar 2019 #9

That was amazing Bettie Mar 2019 #10

Thank you Senator Flowers backtoblue Mar 2019 #11

Yes she is. It is a tragedy that she needed to say all that, but she did... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #12

Good for her! Nt raccoon Mar 2019 #13

The bill failed to get out of committee after Sen. Flowers' speech. TomSlick Mar 2019 #14

Zorro

(15,749 posts)

1. Wow

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 12:19 PM

Mar 2019

Righteous and right on.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Thank you Senator. "Stand Your Ground" is a racist law and encouragement to kill.

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 12:28 PM

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2naSalit

(86,817 posts)

5. It most certainly is!

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 01:32 PM

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hlthe2b

(102,387 posts)

3. Goddess bless her.

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 12:41 PM

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dlk

(11,578 posts)

4. "Walking Around with Guns is Threatening" - That's the Point

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 01:32 PM

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dlk

(11,578 posts)

6. "Walking Around with Guns is Threatening" - That's the Point

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 01:32 PM

Mar 2019

It’s part of the backlash against equality.

mopinko

(70,255 posts)

7. preach.it.sister.

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 01:57 PM

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BigDemVoter

(4,157 posts)

8. That's how things down there always operate. . . .

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 02:53 PM

Mar 2019

They'll pass the legislation and will sweep everything up under the rug-- the ugliness, the racism, the bullying, the killings. . . When (and yes, it WILL happen) the first black man, woman or child gets killed by a white, they'll just say they were 'scared' and they'll get off just like that.

Senator Flowers has obviously had it with the way things are. It gives me faint hope for Arkansas when I see people like Senator Flowers standing her ground.

chimpymustgo

(12,774 posts)

9. She's mad and she's not going to take it anymore God Dammit!!

Reply to BigDemVoter (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 02:56 PM

Mar 2019

That was fierce. May her fighting spirit spread across the land!!

Bettie

(16,129 posts)

10. That was amazing

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 03:00 PM

Mar 2019

but you can feel her frustration with this. I feel similar frustration with the gun obsession.

Is she really the only black state senator in the state or just on that committee?

Thanks for posting.

backtoblue

(11,345 posts)

11. Thank you Senator Flowers

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 03:03 PM

Mar 2019

The passion and truth spoken by this Senator brought me to tears. Speak Madam!

Tom Rinaldo

(22,916 posts)

12. Yes she is. It is a tragedy that she needed to say all that, but she did...

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 03:10 PM

Mar 2019

and she did so with so much righteous anger I would follow her to the gates of hell to have her back if need be. That is how this "debate" needs to be held.

raccoon

(31,126 posts)

13. Good for her! Nt

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:41 PM

Mar 2019

TomSlick

(11,110 posts)

14. The bill failed to get out of committee after Sen. Flowers' speech.

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 11:03 PM

Mar 2019

It may come back during the session - such things are hard to really kill in the Arkansas General Assembly - but she stopped it that day.

What had really irked Sen. Flowers was a routine tactic of the Repugnant majority - a motion to limit debate and testimony after their witnesses have their say.

I'm a tad surprised that Sen. Flowers wasn't expelled from the committee room - or bodily removed - when she persisted in speaking. She obviously doesn't "know her place."

Give 'em hell, Senator!

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