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beat.raven

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31. I'm old enough to read between the lines...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Jun 21, 2023, 12:05 PM

Jun 2023

...that Samuel L. Jackson said here.

I told my daughter once that if I'd been born Black, she never would have been born, because somebody would have shot me down in the street long before she was conceived.

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Samuel L. Jackson says he sees in Trump the 'same rednecks' from his childhood [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 OP

Preach it SLJ.... democratsruletheday Jun 2023 #1

What I wouldn't give to see him interrogate Trump... ZZenith Jun 2023 #2

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance Recycle_Guru Jun 2023 #21

Ha! And he certainly did that in that scene. paleotn Jun 2023 #25

Loved it..he was full of fury in that scene Deuxcents Jun 2023 #26

And so was Marsellus Wallace. paleotn Jun 2023 #28

What were you doing with those motherfucking secret documents in that motherfucking Ferrets are Cool Jun 2023 #32

Lol, something similar crossed my mind. Dave Bowman Jun 2023 #34

Oh yeah... Cronezilla Jun 2023 #35

I'm white and I see the same in Trump and his followers. yardwork Jun 2023 #3

He's not wrong. TFG's daddy was in the Klan. TFG is ignorant, scared, aware of his own mediocrity, RockRaven Jun 2023 #4

+ 1. n/t iluvtennis Jun 2023 #8

He sounds like about 40% of the US population. paleotn Jun 2023 #24

It is great he is saying this. He is now in danger, of course. But people who spoke out against Eliot Rosewater Jun 2023 #5

K&R Blue Owl Jun 2023 #6

Stupid Racists feeling so Inferior Cha Jun 2023 #7

Completely agree. mountain grammy Jun 2023 #9

He is saying it like it was/is. republianmushroom Jun 2023 #10

But but but ... Phil01 Jun 2023 #11

😂😂😂😂 Rebl2 Jun 2023 #15

It was a Republican primary 2016 argument against him. Phil01 Jun 2023 #30

An American treasure BeyondGeography Jun 2023 #12

In his own mind SouthernDem4ever Jun 2023 #18

I'm hoping TFG's racism is less effective this time IronLionZion Jun 2023 #13

I don't count on it SouthernDem4ever Jun 2023 #14

Luckily there's fewer of them every single day. paleotn Jun 2023 #23

Fewer COVIDiot antivaxxers too IronLionZion Jun 2023 #29

So many people say "This isn't my country" markodochartaigh Jun 2023 #16

Living in the South NowISeetheLight Jun 2023 #17

absolutely right enigmania Jun 2023 #19

"In my opinion, it's kind of worse. They used to hide it. Now, they don't hide it anymore!" dalton99a Jun 2023 #20

Yes, before 45* the racists at least stayed in hiding under their rocks groundloop Jun 2023 #36

And he's 100% correct. paleotn Jun 2023 #22

Alive and thriving as ever in West Texas and beyond. czarjak Jun 2023 #27

I'm old enough to read between the lines... beat.raven Jun 2023 #31

Yep. BeckyDem Jun 2023 #33

The Republicans are furious! All of the m are pissed. UCmeNdc Jun 2023 #37