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Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 07:08 PM Jun 2020

Proud liberal mama...

I just had to post. My college freshman just headed out with friends (complete with BLM sign and mask) to protest.

Might not be a big deal for every family but my great grandpa was a white knight something in the Joplin KKK. My dad used to go to picnics in their cave outside of town and as a teen helped the local grocer package up baskets of fruits to take to local widows and poor whites that the KKK paid for.

I grew up with a racist parent and rejected it although I have to fight the crap that was beaten into my head.

She is different. Her generation is really going to change the world.

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Proud liberal mama... (Original Post) Blue_playwright Jun 2020 OP
Congratulations! Delphinus Jun 2020 #1
I rejoice in your pride. oasis Jun 2020 #2
Congrats! I think you need stillcool Jun 2020 #3
A better day is coming... magicarpet Jun 2020 #4
As President Obama said, it is the young who drive change usajumpedtheshark Jun 2020 #5

magicarpet

(13,941 posts)
4. A better day is coming...
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 10:10 PM
Jun 2020

.... because folks like you bring the changes we need that improve society.

Thank you for your visions and efforts helping get the job done.

usajumpedtheshark

(672 posts)
5. As President Obama said, it is the young who drive change
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 10:17 PM
Jun 2020

Congrats! I grew up in what was once a progressive state and made the mistake thinking that I could raise my children in a republican state and drown out the stupidity around them. I am so depressed about the future.

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