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Ptah

(33,034 posts) Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:38 PM Jun 2012

Knee jerk responses. Are you guilty?

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Knee jerk responses. Are you guilty? (Original Post) Ptah Jun 2012 OP

Never! Turbineguy Jun 2012 #1

How dare you post that! geardaddy Jun 2012 #2

No true liberal would ask that! Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #3

hmmm Kali Jun 2012 #4

I have reason to suspect OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #5

Yes. Just the other morning. trof Jun 2012 #6

Turbineguy

(37,364 posts)

1. Never!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:48 PM

Jun 2012

What kind of dumbass question is that?

Alerting!

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

2. How dare you post that!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:52 PM

Jun 2012

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)

3. No true liberal would ask that!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:54 PM

Jun 2012

Kali

(55,019 posts)

4. hmmm

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 07:04 PM

Jun 2012

I will have to think about that.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

5. I have reason to suspect

Reply to Kali (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 07:05 PM

Jun 2012

your thoughtful consideration is but a ruse...

trof

(54,256 posts)

6. Yes. Just the other morning.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 07:53 PM

Jun 2012

The details don't matter.
The man I saw was black.
If he had been white, I wouldn't have thought about it.
My first reaction was "What's he up to?"
And then I caught myself.
jeez

Old habits die hard and are ingrained.
mea culpa

At least I recognize it.

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