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Heavens to Betsy . . . the sky is falling! This is so, so disrespectful, hurtful and psychologically damaging to Madonna's children, to everyone on Twitter, and most of the earth's population. We need immediate safe spaces and grief counselors for this watermelon outrage.
Couldn't she have used a different fruit . . . oh, oh, omigosh, sorry for using that word. What was I thinking . . . it must be my disreputable child-of-the-Depression privilege wokening in me. |
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| Posted: 07/18/19 10:03 pm ::: |
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| Yeah, nailed it. I always seek grief counselling when I see trolling.
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| Posted: 07/19/19 9:39 am ::: |
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| Posted: 07/19/19 12:51 pm ::: |
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Ahhh, the trials and tribulations of a society coming to terms with its sins of the past. Isn't there something in the Bible about visiting the sins of the fathers (mothers) upon the future generations? I never knew those songs existed.
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| Posted: 07/19/19 2:15 pm ::: |
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y'know, i read the first post in this thread and thought, "okay, now. we're all way too worn out by trump and his mindless, inbred walking dead. let's not get so touchy that black folk can't be associated in any way with a fruit that everyone loves. i get it, but black folk, like everyone else, do eat watermelon. surely, this can't be that big a deal.
then i followed the link(s) and actually saw the photos.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
that's not a funny ha-ha. that's a reaction of incredulity, bordering on madness.
what the freakin freak.
you're right, luuuc. but this week???
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Luuuc
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| Posted: 07/19/19 6:36 pm ::: |
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| you're right, luuuc. but this week??? |
Yeah, fair enough. Kind of redundant.
Down here there was a documentary televised, about a very high profile aussie athlete, and it had the whole country reacting (mostly in a good way, but still depressingly many in a bad way), so race has been a hot topic down here this week.
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| Posted: 07/19/19 10:40 pm ::: |
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| you're right, luuuc. but this week??? |
Yeah, fair enough. Kind of redundant.
Down here there was a documentary televised, about a very high profile aussie athlete, and it had the whole country reacting (mostly in a good way, but still depressingly many in a bad way), so race has been a hot topic down here this week. |
I've read some about that story, and its parallel here might be American prejudice toward Native Americans (Indians).
Are there ever any tensions or social uproar over immigrants to Australia? Does Australia offer asylum to any people from the various 'trouble sorts' around the world, and if so, is there any repercussion?
I know my friends in Europe speak very disparagingly of the Middle Eastern refugees.
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| Posted: 07/19/19 10:43 pm ::: |
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| you're right, luuuc. but this week??? |
Yeah, fair enough. Kind of redundant.
Down here there was a documentary televised, about a very high profile aussie athlete, and it had the whole country reacting (mostly in a good way, but still depressingly many in a bad way), so race has been a hot topic down here this week. |
It must be nice to live in a country where race is only occasionally a hot topic
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| Posted: 07/19/19 11:34 pm ::: |
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| Are there ever any tensions or social uproar over immigrants to Australia? |
Totally. "Stop the boats" has been one of the major issues of the past few federal elections.
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| Does Australia offer asylum to any people from the various 'trouble sorts' around the world, and if so, is there any repercussion? |
Yes we do. And certain people aren't happy about it at all. The South Sudanese are popular targets here. Muslims are always a favourite too.
Australia is built on immigrants, but without a hint of irony plenty of people arrive, get settled, sometimes get their families here as well, and then ask for the door to be closed to everyone else.
Then there's the whole other problem of people who arrive illegally rather than through the correct channels. Our human rights record has taken a nasty hit over that in recent years.
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| Posted: 07/19/19 11:52 pm ::: |
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Then there's the whole other problem of people who arrive illegally rather than through the correct channels. Our human rights record has taken a nasty hit over that in recent years. |
Have you considered building a wall?
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