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I tried to have a conversation before the LSU game with 2 sorority-type girls and instucted them (after they parroted to me the racial garbage they hear on the media) to talk to me about Jena without using the following words: black, white, racist, hate crime, racial, or any other identifier of race. They just shut up. A friend of mine, who obviously has a brain, could finally talk. She mentioned the actions of the DA. I said, let's fix that problem. She mentioned excessive punishment for the teen still in jail. I said, let's fix that problem. Finally the sorority girl mentioned the noose in the tree. I said, "How is that any different than me hanging a noose in a tree in free speech alley?"
She came back with "That's still a hate crime."
"What if I put a puppet of George Bush in it, is it still a hate crime."
"Then that is freedom of expression."
I chimed in, "So a rope is a sign of hate?"
I, of course, got a reply that I don't understand anything and how dare I question what is hate...
UGH!!
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