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The adjective test: (Original Post) kpete Jun 2015 OP
I..I don't get it. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #1
But but but malaise Jun 2015 #2
In this case we found the killers manifesto & photos and still talking heads refuse to call it true peacebird Jun 2015 #3
Well I have heard them calling him out this time malaise Jun 2015 #4
Good! peacebird Jun 2015 #5
they started using the term "terrorism" today Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #6
Van Jones went even further malaise Jun 2015 #7
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
1. I..I don't get it.
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 12:04 PM
Jun 2015

Oh, I do and hear different versions (with changed adjectives) all the time.
If you call people out on it, their usual response is: "That's different" !
How is that different?? "Ah..well..see..they are violent...um, I mean.. "

malaise

(268,998 posts)
2. But but but
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 12:18 PM
Jun 2015

there are two adjectives that give them problems

WHITE CHRISTIAN - then he's mentally ill - unless we find the manifesto and photos.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
3. In this case we found the killers manifesto & photos and still talking heads refuse to call it true
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 12:27 PM
Jun 2015

They won't say "white supremacist with fetish for Confederate flag slaughtered 9 blacks in a terrorist attack, he was attempting to start a race war to 'cleanse' America from the stain of people of color"

malaise

(268,998 posts)
4. Well I have heard them calling him out this time
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 12:48 PM
Jun 2015

CNN has used racist terrorist several times today.

malaise

(268,998 posts)
7. Van Jones went even further
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 04:09 PM
Jun 2015

He called for white leaders to come out and denounce this racist terrorism in the same way white leaders call out Muslim and African-American leaders.

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