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Quixote1818

(28,942 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:37 PM Jul 2015

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The Chris Rock Show - Confederate Flag

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The Chris Rock Show - Confederate Flag (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jul 2015 OP

As usual, priceless. Nothing is sacred...either way. libdem4life Jul 2015 #1

It's a Cable TV Channel Leith Jul 2015 #7

Thanks. Yes, I thought the alternatives were quite clever. You never know how some of libdem4life Jul 2015 #8

It was a network... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #9

I'm television-challenged...what can I say? libdem4life Jul 2015 #10

I think that GreatInDayton Jul 2015 #2

It is = Hiraeth Jul 2015 #4

Gotta love Chris. He just flat don't give a damn. One thing, Strom was old but, not that old. Hiraeth Jul 2015 #3

It's funny but they need to update this brush Jul 2015 #5

Yeah, well the show is older BainsBane Jul 2015 #6

Many laughs, Chris... Dont call me Shirley Jul 2015 #11

The real Confederate flag is the white surrender flag IHateTheGOP Jul 2015 #12

Damn, if Chris Rock couldn't get it done way back then, it'll never happen. valerief Jul 2015 #13

Thanks for posting !!! SamKnause Jul 2015 #14

SC is OKKK. Love it. Scuba Jul 2015 #15

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

1. As usual, priceless. Nothing is sacred...either way.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:48 PM

Jul 2015

(Hate to show my ignorance but what is the WB...must be a television show and I don't watch TV...)

Leith

(7,809 posts)

7. It's a Cable TV Channel

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:15 PM

Jul 2015

Back in 1995, it was Warner Bros., with a line-up of sitcoms aimed for a black audience.

I think the flag with stars of the WB is a good idea! I like the Malcolm X flag, too.

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

8. Thanks. Yes, I thought the alternatives were quite clever. You never know how some of

Reply to Leith (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:26 PM

Jul 2015

these things turn out today.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

9. It was a network...

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:32 PM

Jul 2015

Maybe you remember the frog?

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

10. I'm television-challenged...what can I say?

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:36 PM

Jul 2015

GreatInDayton

(91 posts)

2. I think that

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:54 PM

Jul 2015

this is from 1999.

Hiraeth

(4,805 posts)

4. It is =

Reply to GreatInDayton (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:59 PM

Jul 2015

Originally aired September 17, 1999 on the The Chris Rock Show. Chris Rock hits the streets of South Carolina after the NAACP boycotted the Confederate flag.

Hiraeth

(4,805 posts)

3. Gotta love Chris. He just flat don't give a damn. One thing, Strom was old but, not that old.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:55 PM

Jul 2015

However, there is a seed of truth in what was said ...

Thurmond's Family Owned Sharpton Kin
By: Jame s Klatell -AP- February 25, 2007, 11:15 AM

Genealogists have revealed that the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond — a discovery the civil rights activist on Sunday called "shocking."

Sharpton learned of his connection to the South Carolina senator, once a prominent defender of segregation, last week through the Daily News, which asked genealogists to trace his roots.

"It was probably the most shocking thing in my life," Sharpton said at a news conference Sunday, the same day the tabloid revealed the story.

Some of Thurmond's relatives said the nexus also came as a surprise to them. Doris Strom Costner, a distant cousin who said she knew the late senator all her life, said Sunday she "never heard of such a thing."

Complete article at link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thurmonds-family-owned-sharpton-kin/

brush

(53,782 posts)

5. It's funny but they need to update this

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:05 PM

Jul 2015

Nikki Haley is governor of South Carolina now not Jim Hodges.

BainsBane

(53,032 posts)

6. Yeah, well the show is older

Reply to brush (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:10 PM

Jul 2015

When Hodges was governor.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

11. Many laughs, Chris...

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 05:06 PM

Jul 2015

Glad it's down

Bigots have a big election coming up in '16 and they don't want to blow it with their overt racism.

IHateTheGOP

(1,059 posts)

12. The real Confederate flag is the white surrender flag

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:44 PM

Jul 2015

"Yall please stop kicking our ass."

valerief

(53,235 posts)

13. Damn, if Chris Rock couldn't get it done way back then, it'll never happen.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:51 PM

Jul 2015

But this clip is hilarious. I love his WB stars confederate flag.

SamKnause

(13,107 posts)

14. Thanks for posting !!!

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:43 AM

Jul 2015

That was too short !!!!

I could watch hours of people being interviewed

by Chris Rock.

Funny and sad at the same time.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

15. SC is OKKK. Love it.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 06:51 AM

Jul 2015

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