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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:09 AM Original message |
Rev Wright has every reason to be angry |
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anniebelle (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Every American should be FORCED to watch Moyers. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Have a look at the photos from the neo-slavery period |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R. |
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Imalittleteapot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. Blackmon's shocking book is a must read |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Hubby called some of our friends and told them |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. kick |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Isn't it interesting that these evil men and women |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. perhaps 'christian' is also a code word |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Duh! |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. me too |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Obviously, a lot don't. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
57. it seems the christians have change to something other then what they were |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. And Democrats? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. I did and I agree, it was an excellent and enlightening program |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I agree re Moyers and |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You agree about Moyers, then? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Not all Christians are hypocrites |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. "perhaps 'christian' is also a code word " "they don't walk their talk" "Duh" |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
71. I'd like to thank you for defending real Christianity, bobbolink. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. meaningless |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. I watched it, recorded and watched again. Of course Wright is right. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. William Still and Thomas Garret, "Station Masters" -- |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And, don't forget "Moses" ---- |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Thanks I'll check it out |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Of course it is. The same principle is at work in my family's native |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. "The father problem is a residue of slavery." Heavily reinforced by welfare. And homeless shelter |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Think Katrina |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Wow. You're right. n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. whoops, that video is about my DeWolf relatives |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The DeWolf family has gone a long way to make that history available. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. small world |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Another BookTV segment that addresses the DeWolf family. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. not that small |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Did you catch it, last night, when the narrator said that Jefferson |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. Hubby said ah well n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. and it also "explains" why so many families are fatherless |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Correct n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Once you sit down and honestly add up all the ways black men |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I understand where both Cos and Obama are coming from |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I understand it but I don't agree with it or with the method. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. "You don't empower people by shaming them." Quotable! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. AND many people forget actual history |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Very good point |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Of course. Like the all black town that Zore Neale Hurston hailed from. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I guess my point was that left alone to their own devices, people .. ANY people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No group of people living in a larger society are really left alone. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. true..but the less negative interference, the better |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Agreed. I object when societal cr@p is off loaded to working families |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. My point was that many black people had their land stolen |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Sure. I saw a doc last night that detailed how the Oneida were swindled |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
50. never |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. When a young black male tells me he hates books |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. When Moyers interviewed Rev Wright a month or so ago, I found him a |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Who rails most against freedom than the right wong |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. I have no problem with Wright. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. By the way, your thread about your dad was amazing |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
48. The neo-slavery did not really end after WW2, it just took another form, with profits being derived |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. As I watched the program |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Exactly....Read "Scottsborough Boy" for a real life example |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Thanks - I'll check that out n/t |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. the book might be hard to find. Here is a link to the story on PBS |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Thanks n/t |
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scarletlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I found it at Barnes & Noble about 2 weeks ago. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Yep... |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
52. Oops! Error you already recommend. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. LOL |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
55. I don't watch TV so it was great to see this interview |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
60. Wright has every reason to be angry, but alienating |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. EVERY prophet "alienates" |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
65. I would agree. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. The British perfected the model of destroying indigenous people |
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