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Charles Barkley: Worrying About ‘Stupid’ Confederate Statues a ‘Waste’ of Time
breitbart ^ | TRENT BAKER

Posted on 08/18/2017 1:46:18 PM PDT by davikkm

https://twitter.com/_/status/898285458475687936

In light of the recent movement to remove Confederate statues, NBA legend Charles Barkley said worrying about “those stupid statues” was a “waste” of time.

Barkley said in his 54 years he has “never thought about those statues,” adding he would rather worry about bettering the black community.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: athletes; barkley; charlesbarkley; dixie; ferguson; missouri
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1 posted on 08/18/2017 1:46:18 PM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

When Charles Barkley is the voice of reason, you know society has gone insane.


2 posted on 08/18/2017 1:47:08 PM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Every once is awhile . . .

The Round Mound of Rebound

Gets it right


3 posted on 08/18/2017 1:47:32 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Search "Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy tweets" and pass those links on to all you know)
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To: davikkm

Sir Charles is correct...................


4 posted on 08/18/2017 1:47:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: davikkm

Well said


5 posted on 08/18/2017 1:47:54 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: davikkm

Behold, a voice of reason.


6 posted on 08/18/2017 1:49:53 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: davikkm

Broken clock. Can’t believe Barkley said this.

All this hooha is thanks to 8 years of Terrorist in Chief Soetoro and now his promised 3rd term. There is a certain faction that wants CWII and they just might get it.


7 posted on 08/18/2017 1:50:03 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: davikkm

thing is that the people who are acting like the Taliban , and who want the monuments down are mostly white.


8 posted on 08/18/2017 1:50:38 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: davikkm

He married a white woman. Seems he knows a thing or two about race relations.


9 posted on 08/18/2017 1:52:48 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: davikkm

That is the truth.


10 posted on 08/18/2017 1:53:33 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: davikkm

Might cave if the media and his employer have something to say about it.


11 posted on 08/18/2017 1:54:31 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: davikkm

(not to you personally)

When a guy you don’t respect says something that deserves respect, it’s good to recognize it for what it is.

Here Barkley is 100% on target with some excellent simple comments.

Good for him.

I wish more highly visible Black folks would talk some sense to the BLM and ANTIFA groups. For that matter, to the media and Democrats as well...


12 posted on 08/18/2017 1:56:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: davikkm

Barkley often exhibits common sense


13 posted on 08/18/2017 1:58:35 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Women who are 25 pounds overweight tend to live longer than the men who mention it.)
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To: bgill

Blacks at large are noticing that it’s not Christian conservatives trying to ignite this war. It’s skinny, uppity, chickenshit liberal no-street white trash threatening to blow black lives and society up.


14 posted on 08/18/2017 1:59:04 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: lodi90

He also did Madonna

I hope he got tested pronto . . and often


15 posted on 08/18/2017 1:59:10 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Search "Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy tweets" and pass those links on to all you know)
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So let me get this straight, Democrats are upset about memorials erected by Democrats honoring other Democrats from a war started by Democrats.

Got it.

16 posted on 08/18/2017 1:59:45 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: DoughtyOne

Every day I see black people going to work or working. I doubt any of them think of Confederate statues. Only the activists do. When the time comes, ordinary black people will suffer with the whites because the revolution always eats its own.


17 posted on 08/18/2017 1:59:55 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: davikkm

Charles used to identify as a Republican, but he’s all over the map politically.


18 posted on 08/18/2017 2:00:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: davikkm

Barkley speaks his mind, even when it’s politically incorrect to do so. From Wikipedia:

Commenting on the Ferguson unrest, Barkley called the Ferguson looters “scumbags”, praised the police officers who work in black neighborhoods, and said that he supports the decision made by the grand jury not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown shooting. Previously, in 2013, Barkley expressed his agreement with the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting.


19 posted on 08/18/2017 2:01:52 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: davikkm

For all his crazy ways, Charles Barkley does make sense at times. Right or wrong he says what he means and means what he says, gotta respect that.


20 posted on 08/18/2017 2:02:45 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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