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Charlottesville: a conversation with a resident
self | jimjohn

Posted on 08/31/2017 7:23:47 PM PDT by jimjohn

Today, I, a black guy talked to a resident of Charlottesville, VA while at work. When I asked where his company was located, he seemed reluctant to tell me. After he (I suspect a Caucasian) told me where we was located, he was probably more shocked to my response to his location...

... nothing.


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Today, I, a black guy talked to a resident of Charlottesville, VA while at work. When I asked where his company was located, he seemed reluctant to tell me. After he (I suspect a Caucasian) told me where we was located, he was probably more shocked to my response to his location...

... nothing.

No, I just kept the business conversation going. I'll bet he, and the other citizens of that city are tired of having to deal with how the nation media has literally made that city a verb. I made it a point to NOT bring up anything about the recent past of his city. I could tell, he appreciated it. I just wonder how much abuse folks from that town have had to deal with over the past few weeks.

Our conversation was about business, and I made a point of keeping it that way.

This is how you heal wounds, people... By NOT letting the media dictate the conversation.

jimjohn - OUT.

1 posted on 08/31/2017 7:23:47 PM PDT by jimjohn
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This is how you heal wounds, people... By NOT letting the media dictate the conversation.


Repeat LOUD and OFTEN......................


2 posted on 08/31/2017 7:31:10 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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Well done, Sir. : )

It is time to get back to business and not let MSM dictate to us.

3 posted on 08/31/2017 7:32:09 PM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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The left is trying to rub perceived injustices raw, like Saul Alinsky taught in “Rules for Radicals”. The best way to preserve freedom is to not let it work.


4 posted on 08/31/2017 7:35:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The left is trying to rub perceived injustices raw, like Saul Alinsky taught in “Rules for Radicals”. The best way to preserve freedom is to not let it work.


5 posted on 08/31/2017 7:37:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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You are a gentleman, sir. Hats off to you!


6 posted on 08/31/2017 7:37:21 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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Gov. McAsshole is backing off the anti Right Nazi rhetoric Today he said the riot in C-ville was not about statues. He said there were violent groups on both sides. What douche bag. He tried to make political hay off of three deaths and now he is walking it back.


7 posted on 08/31/2017 7:40:22 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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+1


8 posted on 08/31/2017 7:42:26 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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There is a youtube video by Charles Patrick interviewing a woman that was in Charolettsville several days before the riots. This interview is a must hear cause if this information is true then we have a very good witness.
9 posted on 08/31/2017 7:43:36 PM PDT by elephant
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I was going to criticize his grammar, but his message turned out to be a very important one. I was gratified to learn how this man picked up on and read the unspoken tension following his question. He responded just fine.


10 posted on 08/31/2017 7:53:46 PM PDT by lee martell
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Great post, thanks!

The Democrats’ — and especially Obama’s — efforts to drive a wedge between people on the basis of race is not only treason against the country, it’s treason against humanity.


11 posted on 08/31/2017 7:55:56 PM PDT by JennysCool
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Excellent advice.


12 posted on 08/31/2017 8:00:13 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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You make blacks look good.
They could use a few good leaders to replace the quacks the media picks as fake leaders to control the masses.
Well said.


13 posted on 08/31/2017 8:27:23 PM PDT by TheNext (Obamacare is KILLING GRANDMA!)
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This is how you heal wounds, people... By NOT letting the media dictate the conversation.

jimjohn - OUT.

God bless you and your wisdom.

14 posted on 08/31/2017 8:32:37 PM PDT by libertylover (Fake News = Hate News)
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^5 to you, sir! Nicely done.


15 posted on 08/31/2017 8:34:30 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Good job jimjohn. After watching American helping Americans I think our society is healthier than we realize. I wish we could change the media, but it seems the only way we can get this country functioning again is to ignore them and be kind and decent to each other.


16 posted on 08/31/2017 8:41:29 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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So McAuliffe called Trump’s words on Charlottesville “hatred, bigotry and racism” and said they were “dividing people” . . . and then says those exact words three weeks later as if they were his own, and suddenly they aren’t any of what he originally accused them of being? That’s truly vile.


17 posted on 08/31/2017 8:55:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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That’s a lesson in wisdom. Thank you.


18 posted on 08/31/2017 9:00:46 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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A lot of people are easily steered by the media. It stems from ignorance of current events, an unwillingness to spend the mental energy to analyze things for oneself, and a tendency to run one’s life on emotional reactions rather than rational thought.

Thank you for not taking the easy road.


19 posted on 08/31/2017 9:07:40 PM PDT by Rocky (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell)
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I just want to know when he will make the declaration that Trump had the correct response all along. Never mind, I know the answer, never. His leftists followers would eat him alive & he knows it.


20 posted on 08/31/2017 9:24:31 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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