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In reply to the discussion: Interview with blacklisted comedian, Mort Sahl, 1968 quotes and warnings after JFK's death. [View all]former9thward
(31,997 posts)40. That's what the blacklisters in the 1950s said also.
Radicals being shut out of the entertainment industry -- that is just show biz. Is that what you teach your claimed "history students."
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Interview with blacklisted comedian, Mort Sahl, 1968 quotes and warnings after JFK's death. [View all]
mother earth
Nov 2013
OP
Mort was a very sharp and biting wit, he was on TV often during my childhood and I remember his
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2013
#12
Wallace's wife as well as Johnson's sister were enamored of Kinser (to put it politely)
Samantha
Dec 2013
#56
you read and write for a living but can't tell the diff between "your" and "you're"? nt
grasswire
Dec 2013
#37
Figured you for a friend of zappaman. Apart from slurs, you also don't add or know much.
Octafish
Dec 2013
#63
Thank you, CanSocDem! Dr. Grover Proctor does an excellent job filling in the blanks...
Octafish
Dec 2013
#66
I find it interesting all you have in this debate is personal attack and innuendo.
The Midway Rebel
Dec 2013
#24
You should look into the actual facts of the JFK assassination as earnestly as you have my DU sn.
The Midway Rebel
Dec 2013
#27
Why was he black listed in a country that claims to grant all Americans the right to speak their
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#28
So you're FOR censorship? I'm for the exact opposite, MORE speech. Those who support censorship
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#32
So....Elia Kazan and Bud Schulberg were in on the JFK assassination too?!
The Midway Rebel
Dec 2013
#43
I'm for night club owners who support the Constitution of the US and who are not influenced by
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#55
Yeah, I'm sure the night club owners were in on the JFK assassination too.
The Midway Rebel
Dec 2013
#57
Well, if you can even insinuate that 60s club owners were part of the JFK conspiracy...
The Midway Rebel
Dec 2013
#70
Thank you so much, I definitely agreee with you that this was an honorable man.
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#74