I can't breathe Please

Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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schuylaar said:
ultimately, it was because of media (with MLK guidance) de-segregation occurred- supreme court ruling wasn't enough..the ugliness had to be splayed out into the living room of John Q. Citizen every evening for the outrage to sink in- but when it did..
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And yet Segregation still exists
rollitup said:
Oh yeah, a "law and order" republican who is bragging about dangerous and illegal speeding around school children ...

and then bragging about not paying for the ticket! That's a shocker! :roll:


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The irony runs thick in this thread ;)
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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UncleBuck said:
nope

Propagandist pieces of shit need to be rebutted

If that is disallowed, then the racist pieces of shit need to be banned
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Well he’s not going to be banned we know that lol. I figure if he has no audience he’ll leave on his own accord. You can’t rebut him, he’s mentally diffused. Actually sorry you can but it’s a waste of oxygen IMO.
 
DIY-HP-LED

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FresnoFarmer said:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/before-the-media-lionized-martin-luther-king-jr-they-denounced-him-629494/
Before the Media Lionized Martin Luther King Jr., They Denounced Him
Reflecting on revisionist history 50 years later.
  • MATT TAIBBI



Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in Memphis.

Every major press outlet in the United States will commemorate his life this week. The Washington Post is running a series ofcommentaries. The New York Times ran an emotional editorial written by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who was with King in Memphis that fateful day.

Neither paper will mention that they each denounced Dr. King in his later years.

Nor will any outlet today likely mention that King had fallen sharply out of favor with much of the national media exactly a year earlier, 51years ago today, on April 4, 1967. The offense was a speech in New York.=

In that speech, King spoke of the “hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence” abroad, and added that a country as financially and politically committed to war as ours could never fight a “War on Poverty” in earnest.

At Riverside Church 51 years ago today, King spoke of feeling hopeful in the early sixties. He believed then that the sweeping commitment to social reform that was an early focus of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations might actually bear fruit:
“There were experiments, hopes, new beginnings. Then came the buildup in Vietnam, and I watched this program broken and eviscerated as if it were some idle political plaything on a society gone mad
on war.

And I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic, destructive suction tube.”

The condemnation of what became known as King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech was universal. One hundred and sixty-eight newspapers denounced him in the days that followed. These editorials had a peculiarly vicious flavor. It was clear that King’s main transgression was not knowing his place.

The Washington Post wrote that King had “diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, and his people.”

his was exactly the opposite of King’s message at the end of his life. In late 1967, King pooh-poohed the “violence” and “extremism” criticisms of the civil rights movement, explicitly saying the excesses of urban rioters were “infinitely less dangerous and immoral” than the cold, corporatized murder of the “American mainstream.”
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It shows how much attitudes have evolved and how public opinion has changed, the recent events are the result of changing attitudes and are led by youth of all races. It is useful for historical context and to show how far we have come and why we have a long way to go. This is an inflection point in American social and political history, it had to come someday. Donald sped things up considerably, it's a good thing the racists are so poorly led. Donald moved up the timetable of social and political change in America by a decade, he will single handedly destroy the republican party, the impediment to progress.. No wonder the racists are freaking and acting out in sporadic acts of futile violence by racist cops and individuals, they are losing this battle bady, Donald over played his hand.
 
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schuylaar

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ahhhhhhhh, the Blue T-Shirts..:lol:

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in case you're not getting the meaning of 'Blue Shirts':

books.google.com

The Blue Shirts

While Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chrétien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracy wherever he turned...
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DIY-HP-LED

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Budley Doright said:
Well he’s not going to be banned we know that lol. I figure if he has no audience he’ll leave on his own accord. You can’t rebut him, he’s mentally diffused. Actually sorry you can but it’s a waste of oxygen IMO.
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I don't ignore anybody, just scroll past or skim. Occasionally I like to shit on Rob and counter his illogic and general bullshit like Buck. He is part of the RIU zoo and gives the place color, everybody goes by the monkey exhibit on the way into politics, it's fun sometimes watching others, "discover" Rob, the resident RIU bigfoot with a small brain. I got a lot of laughs out of shitting on Rob, or watching others do so. Cruelty to monkeys I guess.
 
Fogdog

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Washington Post's most "duh" moment.

Police face damage to their image from videos capturing brutality

Found that headline while searching for updates on the fracas in Portland last night. I don't know what to think of that. I'm not going to participate. Not sure which side I'm on right now. Complete support for civil rights protests. Not so much for what happened in Portland over the evening/early morning.
 
Fogdog

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FresnoFarmer said:
I believe foreign militaries are also manipulating this into something more inflamed though. I also believe that the far right and antifa are trying to take advantage of the situation to push their agenda undercover in these riots.
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Antifa are heroes. It's ridiculous to put both far right and Antifa in the same sentence. There are criminal elements that are taking advantage for their own gains. There is also a huge backlog of resentment held against the police that is almost entirely being expressed non-violently and the fascist cops continue their beat downs. Not surprised that some return the favor when they can. I'm not a fan of that but not going to apologize either. I'm not going to participate in protests with that element, which is why I'm staying home this weekend instead of joining them.
 
JoeBlow5823

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Fogdog said:
Clearly not.
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Lol

I also feel like the woman he did this to probably feels the way the officers treated him was well justified.

In 2009, George Floyd pleaded guilty for a 1st-degree felony charge of an assault and armed robbery he took part in 2007 and spent five years in prison for breaking into a lady’s house with the intent to rob her. George agreed that he wore a blue uniform to look like a government employee to gain the lady’s trust, and eventually pave his way into the house.

The lady soon realized that the person was impersonating to be a government worker, she tried to shut the door but Floyd brute-forced his way into the house. Consequently, five people exited the truck parked outside the house and went straight inside the lady’s house.

According to Daily Mail (UK), the court report mentions that the victim identified George, tallest of all the robbers, who pressed a pistol to her stomach and forced his way into the house.
 
JoeBlow5823

JoeBlow5823

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1212ham said:
Both autopsies gave homicide as the cause of death.
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It was a smartass remark to the title of the thread. Im not defending the officer. But i also dont believe he belongs at the end of a rope. It is now a matter of deciding how many years in prison he deserves when ALL of the facts are on the table.
 
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