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So this poor reporter was trapped in a 'free speech zone' some way away from the main event.

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It's just like Ferguson, but paler in every way.

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As a guest of the White Star Line, I can't report on what's happening around us but this Titanic orchestra is simply smashing.

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"Public Access?" Like Wayne's World?

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This gripping public access coverage was directly responsible for inciting outside squash agitation groups.

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All right, whose behind <i>is</i> the Giant Rat of Sumatra?

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So, Ruth is saying that the Riot was pretty Quiet?

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<i>Ruth Sterling was there to explain to Goodell that he didn’t need to “incite” any riots by reporting that they were happening outside. </i>

You go with the Pumpkin Fest White Rioters you have, not the Pumpkin Fest White Rioters you want.

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Jared was lucky he wasn't gourd by the "rowdy" white folks.

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puts a whole new light on student sportsball riot responses by Big Ten college towns (SEC, etc, pick your poison). I can only imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth when the Columbus riot squad tear gasses and shoots rubber bullets at the OSU special student snowflakes after the Michigan game this fall. HA HA, no I can't because it will never happen, HA HA!

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I will never understand why these white kids demonstrate rage by destroying their own neighborhoods and their own autumnal squash. If you ask me it's cultural, what with their love of mayonnaise and their devil-worshiping pop music.

I'm no racist but when I see a couple of Bro's coming at me wearing their polo shirts and Dockers, I cross the street. Don't get me wrong some of my best friends are white, Ginger even, but it's just foolish to allow those people near a pumpkin festival and not expect some damage.

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The real clue is that the gourd's name is made up of "pump" and "kin". Just sayin'.

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Imagine how much worse this riot might have been if recreational marijuana were legal.

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"Nearer, My God, To Thee" has always been one of my favorites.

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Possibly the marryhuaanna edibles?

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Suck it no body gives a shit what you say.

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