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What an absurd person. #alsharpton
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True enough.
#Innumerate Lit Major #alsharpton
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And Mrs. Ex-Sharpton is an elephant who delivered late, very late.
#Innumerate Lit Major #alsharpton
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The Post story I read a minute ago, which now seems to have disappeared, plainly said that the daughter had been arrested 10 times since 1984. It also said the arrests had been voluntary, which is kind of an important detail.
#Department of close reading #alsharpton
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Oh, never mind. I also think we may be talking at cross-revisions.
#Apology. #alsharpton
10/31/09
She is also the production events director and a "working actress," according to her Twitter page. She told Amsterdam News in a 2008 interview that following in her father’s footsteps was, "not something I really planned on doing, but I know it’s something I have to do. Being his eldest daughter, it’s my responsibility." And she has followed in his footsteps — Sharpton has reportedly been willingly arrested during protests over 10 times since 1984.
[www.nypost.com]
They're rewriting the item now because the language in it was so skewed. So, you're right, I was wrong - twice - but you were also an asshole! Don't be jealous of our bong. We don't mean to Bogart, BRAH.
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Sadly, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in this case. #alsharpton
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On a different note, I rememeber on Cleveland's college radio station WCSB 89.3PM, there used to be a guy named "Mitch-Man" who did a show called "Under the Influence", that had played "A Child's Garden of Grass", Frank Zappa, Cheech and Chong, along with what he called "Marajuana Montage" that consisted of har to find music and musings.
God, I miss that show. I've been ebaying and shopping around for that material since. #alsharpton
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Whites systematically and over generations deny African Americans education and any realistic chance at joining the upper class. When one manages to crash that party anyway, we point and, well, gawk, at their stupidity (lack of education) and boorishness (unfamiliarity with elite customs.) Both will be regularly be on bountiful display until equality has been in place for generations. That too is somehow their fault?
Congratulations, I guess, for noticing oppression took its toll.
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First of all, as others have noted, Gawker goes after bad types of all colors.
Second, oppression, especially when expressed against one's own children, is not an adequate excuse. #michaeljackson
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Michael Jackson talked about his miserable childhood and how Joe beat him regularly when he made a mistake. Joe Jackson is a monster and the color of his skin has nothing to do with or the reporting of it. #michaeljackson
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Do you realize you're being kinda racist with your unspoken pre-supposition that African-Americans, unlike Caucasians, are always great parents? Bad parenting knows no gender, sexual orientation, race, national origin, gender identity and ethnicity. It's one of the few things that unites the human race. The abuse of chilren happens in every nation, tribe, community and continent. We are the world! It doesn't fundamentally matter that Michael Jackson's family is black. What matters is that an adorable little kid got beaten and tortured into becoming a monster, and that this happens all the time, everyday among Americans of all races and nations across the world. You're seriously naive if you think African-Americans always make great parents simply because there's still a lot of racism in American society. #michaeljackson
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[Edit] Oh, heh, just scrolled down. Tip o' the hat to Business Guy, who said pretty much the same thing. It is disgusting, though, that the stupid sociopath (he doesn't even have enough sense to feign sadness) who's the author of MJ's damage is still walking around hale and hearty.
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Joe Jackson made himself look bad all on his own. That statement has a lot of bearing on whether or not he loved his son. Because a loving father would never in a million years say that shit out loud, let alone in a fucking TV interview in front of rolling cameras.
Paper it over all you want, blame the mean old media if you wish. Joe Jackson is still a douche. #michaeljackson
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