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To: 2ndDivisionVet
his body left for hours in the street like strange, fallen fruit...

They're referring to the Billie Holliday song "Strange Fruit", which is about lynching in the South. They're attempting to plant a meme here.

5 posted on 09/10/2014 11:48:23 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

Bingo.


6 posted on 09/10/2014 11:49:50 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screen TV's...you we aqqd.NOT TB Screenings!)
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To: Publius

Pavement whale’s parents should have tried harder not to raise a thug.


18 posted on 09/10/2014 11:59:11 AM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: Publius
They're referring to the Billie Holliday song "Strange Fruit"...

That wouldn't be the same Billie Holiday who spent huge sums on heroin,would it?

27 posted on 09/10/2014 12:10:17 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: Publius
Thing is most people don't know who Billie Holliday was or anything about the song. Today, “strange fruit” is interpreted as a freaky gay. Keep up with the times, Holder.
38 posted on 09/10/2014 1:55:46 PM PDT by bgill
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