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JustAnotherGen

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37. No I didn't

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 06:55 AM

Oct 2017

I was giving you the 'facts'. I've been a group host here for several years - and she was a frequent poster in the group. As well, I'm friends with her on Facebook.

Just the facts.

Was there anything else you wanted to say in the African American group? Anything else to show us how 'above it all' you are? I mean - kudos to you for being above it all.

It must be a burden posting here.

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Re: Bravenak, look how upset some folks get when a strong black woman has an opinion [View all] stevenleser Oct 2017 OP

K&R stonecutter357 Oct 2017 #1

Yes shenmue Oct 2017 #2

That woman has an amazingly sharp mind. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2017 #3

They have no problem when a white man calls the President a POSUCS. sheshe2 Oct 2017 #4

Excuse me, are we reading the same board? Jim Lane Oct 2017 #16

It is the double standard. sheshe2 Oct 2017 #17

uhm. JHan Oct 2017 #23

nope, many of those who attack Bravenak are those who defended Pitt and went to the site JI7 Oct 2017 #25

That is an accurate statement J17 still_one Oct 2017 #28

I don't know about same board nonsense JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #38

Thank you, that clarifies matters. Jim Lane Oct 2017 #50

Is that what you gather, Jim? Really? Then your gathering skills need work. Squinch Oct 2017 #55

I love Bravenak! radical noodle Oct 2017 #5

Right, some right here on DU are attacking her instead of Sarandon whe help us get trump brush Oct 2017 #6

I think that was to be expected here. Sarandon has a fan club here. leftofcool Oct 2017 #7

Well, I'm not in it! WhiteTara Oct 2017 #8

really? I don't follow the intramurals very carefully. grantcart Oct 2017 #11

More's The Pity Me. Oct 2017 #14

Many JPR zombies in those threads. And you know how they looooooove her. Squinch Oct 2017 #54

One has been outed most spectacularly. Read this comment stevenleser Oct 2017 #57

Wow. They walk among us. That is really sad. Squinch Oct 2017 #58

K&R brer cat Oct 2017 #9

It would be a mistake to think that everyone knows her gender or skin color. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #10

Same here, didn't know gender/color. Also I don't even know what this thread's about. thesquanderer Oct 2017 #12

Did you not read the OP? It says she's a strong black woman. George II Oct 2017 #15

Exactly. I read the OP and found out her skin color. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #35

Hard to believe that someone who has been here for even 9 years before she registered.... George II Oct 2017 #42

She has been a member of the AA Group for for years. sheshe2 Oct 2017 #18

Posts in the AA group rarely get so many recs that they appear on the Home Page. My fault. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #36

that's because JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #39

Her picture was on her Twitter profile JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #30

she had her kid's pic on DU in her sig also. it's BS to claim people didn't know JI7 Oct 2017 #31

No arguments from me JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #32

It would be a mistake to assume a kid's skin color is the same as the parent's. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #40

What she wrote was very much about being a black woman JI7 Oct 2017 #46

I am on DU, not Twitter. Congratulations, you are so knowledgeable & proved me incompetent :eyes: Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #34

No I didn't JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #37

"above it all"? When I wrote "the general point has merit" what did you not understand? (post #10) Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #41

Please leave JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #43

Your narrative seems irrelevant... at best. LanternWaste Oct 2017 #45

The ones who replied to her tweet about Sarandon with disgusting racist remarks Squinch Oct 2017 #56

K & R SunSeeker Oct 2017 #13

K&R Gothmog Oct 2017 #19

Yep. Susan Calvin Oct 2017 #20

Sadly, this has always been the case. Even more sad is that we haven't come as far as we thought. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2017 #21

K&R murielm99 Oct 2017 #22

Brave is one of the best people I've ever been privileged to know. raven mad Oct 2017 #24

they react the same way as Trump does when a POC or women criticizes him in any way JI7 Oct 2017 #26

K&R. lunamagica Oct 2017 #27

The reactions to posts about Bravenak murielm99 Oct 2017 #29

Very telling indeed. MrScorpio Oct 2017 #33

It should be a time for what I call self reflection for we, who are white People ismnotwasm Oct 2017 #44

It is rather remarkable what we can learn when we listen to those who Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #47

k and r for our Bravenak niyad Oct 2017 #48

Very revealing, as well, I thought. MineralMan Oct 2017 #49

You recognized the people who stalked her and get her gone? Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #51

You are awesome Bravenak! Evergreen Emerald Oct 2017 #52

Many of those same folk have made variations on the comment, "Fuck you, Donald," but when Squinch Oct 2017 #53