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I'm in my 50s and still haven't figured it out.

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The GOP will always claim that the litigant didn't have a leg to stand on.

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Actually, that part I get. Teens are good at using any weapon they can lay their hands on, so I wouldn't be surprised that he gave it a whirl.

But if you're any good as a parent, you've seen your kid coming.

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Virginia mother Melissa Riley, currently in the running for the whitest woman alive, is suing her 13-year-old Black son’s school district because its antiracism program has given him a case of the "uppities."Once again, Stephen uses words the way doctors use scalpels.

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I wish I would have told my mother she was being racist when she told me to clean up my room. That’s pretty funny! 😂That said, she’s have knocked me into the middle of next week.

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I think you've left out several "great"s before the "grandmother".

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All teenagers are convinced that the world is against them. And many of them behave in a way that makes it true.

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Have you ever tried to control a teenager? Or a cat? Same difference.

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First, where's Dad?

Second, how does being half white and half black make him black? He should be sort of mocha. Lovely color and resists sunburn.

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I blame Obama. And Biden.

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ALL 13-YEAR-OLDS ARE UPPITY. So sad that Ms. Riley doesn't have a sense of humor; this would make a great sit-com. (And I can't believe he didn't come home a few years ago saying, "I refuse to do something-or-other. I HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS!" like most 10-year-olds.) Ma'am, give him a picture of Frederick Douglass for his room, read books together about American history, join a support group, and learn how to effectively bribe a teenager.

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And in this case, it might be true. His mom and Fox News are against him.

So that must be a comfort.

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Very Articulate doesn't get you onto the Murdoch Neo-Fascist Network.

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My Black teenager leaves dishes and clothes everywhere. I blame CRT. Also sometimes he gets sullen and he doesn’t want snuggles and bedtime stories like he did when he was six. Further proof.

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You're probably right.

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That is an outrage, and I'm so sorry your Black teenager has become a human monster! What about that good old belief we were all raised to follow? "Least said, soonest mended." That's what made our happy families happy, and why divorce was not necessary in those days. And we didn't have all this rioting either.

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