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Stinky The Clown

(67,799 posts) Mon Sep 25, 2017, 12:59 PM Sep 2017

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Just a few pictures of how long this shit has been going on, mostly to no good outcome.

How long must the very same protest - updated for the era - be made? When will this country learn what the fuck we stand for? Over, and over, and over, and still over again, and again.

This old, cranky-ass white guy stands solidly with these men and women.

This is just a sample. The oldest image, by the way, is from 1936. NINETEEN THIRTY SIX. Think about that.

The only knee still necessary really ought to be to a shriveled, orange hired scrotum.

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And let's end this on a high note:

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Just a few pictures of how long this shit has been going on, mostly to no good outcome. (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Sep 2017 OP

K&R Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1

Yes, indeed. iluvtennis Sep 2017 #22

Trevor Noah of the Daily Show was on fire last night! Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #24

K&R uppityperson Sep 2017 #2

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2017 #3

K&R nt. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #4

Seeing the picture of Jesse Owens brings to mind the story of Owens and German long jumper... George II Sep 2017 #5

Luz Long died in the war IronLionZion Sep 2017 #9

Yes, they became friends and sadly Long was killed in the war. A nice but sad story overall. George II Sep 2017 #10

k&r. n/t LuckyCharms Sep 2017 #6

K&R logosoco Sep 2017 #7

K&R n/t radical noodle Sep 2017 #8

K & R ......yes, it has been going on for far too long... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #11

"Why can't you people protest peacefully?" ... "Wait, not like THAT!" SunSeeker Sep 2017 #12

+1 n/t Mister Ed Sep 2017 #21

And my dad never dissed Cassius Clay for becoming Muhammad Ali. raven mad Sep 2017 #13

Great Photos K&R louis c Sep 2017 #14

K&R billh58 Sep 2017 #15

Thanks. K&R Donald Trump loves him some Muhammad Ali! TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #16

I recognized the four Gentlemen at the table in the first photo. BHDem53 Sep 2017 #17

Kick! haveahart Sep 2017 #18

My father could not stand Cassius Clay benld74 Sep 2017 #19

The Republicans and Charlie Koch have to be pretty afraid right now. PatrickforO Sep 2017 #20

Then there's what the white judge said to the white serial killer... C Moon Sep 2017 #23

Great post, huge K & R. n/t Permanut Sep 2017 #25

And yet... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2017 #26

Wow, sure haven't gained much ground have we. a kennedy Sep 2017 #27

None of it was a waste of effort. It takes a long time and a lot of repetition to break through Nitram Sep 2017 #28

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 01:01 PM

Sep 2017

This is about white privilege and the black guy daring to speak out.

iluvtennis

(19,858 posts)

22. Yes, indeed.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 12:46 AM

Sep 2017

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)

24. Trevor Noah of the Daily Show was on fire last night!

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 06:32 AM

Sep 2017

Anyone watching could clearly see what this was all about once he was done. It was a show for the ages!

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 01:06 PM

Sep 2017

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

3. K&R

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:05 PM

Sep 2017

Weekend Warrior

(1,301 posts)

4. K&R nt.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:07 PM

Sep 2017

George II

(67,782 posts)

5. Seeing the picture of Jesse Owens brings to mind the story of Owens and German long jumper...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:11 PM

Sep 2017

....Luz Long.

He noticed something in Owens' approach in the long jump and advised Owens about it. Owens corrected it, won the Gold Medal and Long finished second.

Long was a white German in Nazi Germany, probably risked his life for even talking to Owens.

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)

9. Luz Long died in the war

Reply to George II (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:28 PM

Sep 2017

he was killed during the Allied invasion of Sicily while he was serving in the Wehrmacht

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luz_Long

It sounds like the two men stayed in touch as friends and Jesse Owens went back to Germany to visit Long's family later on

George II

(67,782 posts)

10. Yes, they became friends and sadly Long was killed in the war. A nice but sad story overall.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:43 PM

Sep 2017

It shows how, even 80 years ago, sports could transcend race and bigotry. One wonders how Hitler felt after he heard that story.

LuckyCharms

(17,440 posts)

6. k&r. n/t

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:12 PM

Sep 2017

logosoco

(3,208 posts)

7. K&R

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:15 PM

Sep 2017

A very powerful visual. Thank you for posting these photos!

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)

8. K&R n/t

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:25 PM

Sep 2017

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)

11. K & R ......yes, it has been going on for far too long...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:47 PM

Sep 2017

SunSeeker

(51,557 posts)

12. "Why can't you people protest peacefully?" ... "Wait, not like THAT!"

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 03:13 PM

Sep 2017

Fuck racists.

Mister Ed

(5,934 posts)

21. +1 n/t

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #12)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 11:00 PM

Sep 2017

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

13. And my dad never dissed Cassius Clay for becoming Muhammad Ali.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 03:20 PM

Sep 2017

White catholic old fart that he was. He also never once voted Republican.

louis c

(8,652 posts)

14. Great Photos K&R

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 03:24 PM

Sep 2017

billh58

(6,635 posts)

15. K&R

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 03:56 PM

Sep 2017

Thanks for posting.

TheBlackAdder

(28,201 posts)

16. Thanks. K&R Donald Trump loves him some Muhammad Ali!

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 04:55 PM

Sep 2017

6/4/2016

Donald Trump on Saturday was quick to praise sports icon Muhammad Ali following his passing, which ended a relationship between the two that spanned decades.

"Muhammad Ali is dead at 74! A truly great champion and a wonderful guy. He will be missed by all," Trump tweeted.

Link to tweet

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGOEwgqGhSX/

Of course, that was before Ali ripped Trump a new asshole. More at the jump.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/04/politics/donald-trump-muhammad-ali/index.html

BHDem53

(1,061 posts)

17. I recognized the four Gentlemen at the table in the first photo.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 05:25 PM

Sep 2017

Some of the men standing looked familiar. Carl Stokes is standing at far left behind Bill Russell. He was the Mayor of Cleveland from '68 to '71. The fifth man from the left behind Jim Brown is Sid Williams, NFL player and the husband of Maxine Waters.

haveahart

(905 posts)

18. Kick!

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 08:09 PM

Sep 2017

benld74

(9,904 posts)

19. My father could not stand Cassius Clay

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 09:05 PM

Sep 2017

Imagine his surprise when his only son came home from a Chicago visit with his favorite aunt.
Proudly carrying an autograph from
Mohammed Ali!!!!

I still have it too

PatrickforO

(14,574 posts)

20. The Republicans and Charlie Koch have to be pretty afraid right now.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 09:51 PM

Sep 2017

A new civil rights movement might hold up America's march to becoming a nazi dictatorship where most of us are wage slaves to dirt bags like Charles Koch.

C Moon

(12,213 posts)

23. Then there's what the white judge said to the white serial killer...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 02:37 AM

Sep 2017

"You're a bright young man. You'd have made a good lawyer, and I would have loved to have you practice in front of me, but you went another way, partner. Take care of yourself. I don't feel any animosity toward you. I want you to know that. Once again, take care of yourself."

Judge Edward D. Cowart (of Dade County) said that to Ted Bundy after he sentenced him to death.
If Ted Bundy had been a black man, do you think that judge would have said that?