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bravenak

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91. Yeah. I'm getting the feeling that this person is not on the up and up.

Reply to zappaman (Reply #86)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 07:49 PM

Oct 2014

Kinda sad. But it is nice to know what kinda people we are dealing with.

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Please name five Black American males you respect [View all] reddread Oct 2014 OP

and your point? Lithos Oct 2014 #1

Why not? bravenak Oct 2014 #2

Here's my five, in no particular order: Maedhros Oct 2014 #3

Easy for me to do, but what's your point? It just feels like bait. nt Hekate Oct 2014 #4

Bait. Yeah, that's my take away, too. nt procon Oct 2014 #36

It is...nt SidDithers Oct 2014 #101

My husband, my son, my brother in-law notadmblnd Oct 2014 #5

Awesome. NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #131

If you're not willing to list yours, why should I list mine. MineralMan Oct 2014 #6

Here's mine: AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #7

I agree with your list, RebelOne Oct 2014 #37

Okay, but mine was in no particular order, TBH. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #39

My friend Ari bigwillq Oct 2014 #8

no, please name five black American males YOU respect ... kwassa Oct 2014 #9

Hmmmm Kelvin Mace Oct 2014 #10

Nice lists, but as a nitpick Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #58

Doh! Kelvin Mace Oct 2014 #134

5 onecaliberal Oct 2014 #11

Here are mine, in no particular order Autumn Oct 2014 #12

Quite a few actually. I am even going by those who are still alive. Xyzse Oct 2014 #13

Agreed on all OriginalGeek Oct 2014 #64

No please, you go first. Rex Oct 2014 #14

Kind of a chickenshit post, if you "won't go first" villager Oct 2014 #15

Yup thats what chickens do madokie Oct 2014 #121

OK. hifiguy Oct 2014 #16

My 5 3rdwaydem Oct 2014 #17

Name five American males you respect cyberswede Oct 2014 #18

all should be respected Chaco Dundee Oct 2014 #19

My Five, INPO (In No Particular Order) RadicalGeek Oct 2014 #20

Why you ask? LeftInTX Oct 2014 #21

take your pick reddread Oct 2014 #22

I'll accept your list and add Barack Obama. bravenak Oct 2014 #26

This is an interesting thread JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #52

Oh. I think so too. bravenak Oct 2014 #55

Don't worry JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #69

Most of the ones I respect I know personally. bravenak Oct 2014 #72

Within the thread op shows intent JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #77

You are sharp! bravenak Oct 2014 #82

Myself as well. zappaman Oct 2014 #86

Yeah. I'm getting the feeling that this person is not on the up and up. bravenak Oct 2014 #91

Probably a Michiganist or whistler162 Oct 2014 #123

You got the icky feeling too? JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #92

I did as well. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #93

Because JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #94

Love that quote! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #98

Willie Mays is the greatest living human Black or otherwise randys1 Oct 2014 #76

Cool, because the wording of your OP makes it look like you can't think of any. Iggo Oct 2014 #61

no it doesnt reddread Oct 2014 #62

Except yes, it does. Iggo Oct 2014 #65

Michael Strahan hfojvt Oct 2014 #23

Paul Robeson, MLK, Bayard Rustin, Langston Hughes, Miles Davis Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #24

Your turn (nt) bigwillq Oct 2014 #25

My friend Art, My President, Eric Wallace, Keb Mo (met him) and my grandson's paraeducator. Tikki Oct 2014 #27

People I know amount to more than 5 gwheezie Oct 2014 #28

You win the thread! JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #96

Charlie Rangel, Barack Obama, Bill Perkins, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton... stevenleser Oct 2014 #29

Eric, Greg, David, Ron and my son. n/t ieoeja Oct 2014 #30

Love your list! JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #70

50 Cent, Nas, Run DMC, Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dog... obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2014 #31

No Rob Hustle? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #59

You forgot Milli Vanilli whistler162 Oct 2014 #124

Only five? Sissyk Oct 2014 #32

What does this question even mean? REP Oct 2014 #33

I'm with you Cal Carpenter Oct 2014 #34

+1 Rex Oct 2014 #35

My father and my siblings... BklnDem75 Oct 2014 #38

President Obama, Morgan Freeman, Michael Jordan, Cory Booker, Denzel Washington (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #40

In no particular order Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #41

Stevie is God whatchamacallit Oct 2014 #42

Fredrick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, Richard Wright, MLK Jr., Malcolm X. nt bemildred Oct 2014 #43

1. My father Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #44

Your mind went to your dad first too? JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #97

I thought of you! Behind the Aegis Oct 2014 #114

Thanks you! JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #119

In no particular order csziggy Oct 2014 #45

mine demigoddess Oct 2014 #46

only 5 ? JI7 Oct 2014 #47

I'm not sure why we're doing this, but why not... Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 #48

great list, much appreciated reddread Oct 2014 #57

OIC! OilemFirchen Oct 2014 #66

Okay. Skidmore Oct 2014 #49

Pharrell Williams, Samuel L Jackson, Wynton Marsalis, LittleBlue Oct 2014 #50

ALL men and women have my respect unless they prove they don't deserve it. blm Oct 2014 #51

^^^THIS Kalidurga Oct 2014 #56

Easy. Living or in history? JaneyVee Oct 2014 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #54

Easy peasy JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #60

5 Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #63

In no particular order Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #67

five Black American males I respect gladium et scutum Oct 2014 #68

Blind Melon Chitlin BKH70041 Oct 2014 #71

Simple enough.... Rowdyboy Oct 2014 #73

The POTUS,John Lewis,Eugene Robinson,Clarence Page, the AG. Vinca Oct 2014 #74

As in, *Some of my favorite famous people are black*? Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #75

You are a breath of fresh air! JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #90

Okay. LWolf Oct 2014 #78

Five marle35 Oct 2014 #79

To the Ignore list for you! valerief Oct 2014 #80

So, we never did get a list from the OP. MineralMan Oct 2014 #81

Oh. We got this list. bravenak Oct 2014 #84

So the OP really is bait of a sort. nt Hekate Oct 2014 #106

Of course. I mean, we all knew that, though. bravenak Oct 2014 #107

Pres. Obama, Hank Aaron, Rep. Lewis, Thurgood Marshall, MLK Drunken Irishman Oct 2014 #83

Of the entertainer athlete set - famous people JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #88

No reason to repeat everybody else, so I'll just add a couple new names... DreamGypsy Oct 2014 #85

Only 5? Egnever Oct 2014 #87

Alive or dead? sakabatou Oct 2014 #89

Er, no thank you H2O Man Oct 2014 #95

Many more than five. delta17 Oct 2014 #99

Living wyldwolf Oct 2014 #100

Wow. Betcha this is a racist baiting project. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #102

Think so too. cwydro Oct 2014 #110

All of them. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #103

Heres mine warrant46 Oct 2014 #104

Besides President Obama... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #105

My 5 demwing Oct 2014 #108

Why do they have to be MALE? cwydro Oct 2014 #109

OP was upset that JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #120

My list: phylny Oct 2014 #111

Many listed here, plus Charles Dutton joeglow3 Oct 2014 #112

*ONLY* 5? Sheeeeeeeew, I could give you a lengthy list, or do you just want the top 10? LaydeeBug Oct 2014 #113

Just to add my 2cents: scarletlib Oct 2014 #128

My father ariesgem Oct 2014 #115

JC, Lang, Keelan, Jeff, Pete SoCalDem Oct 2014 #116

I'll go davidpdx Oct 2014 #117

My five LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #118

Willie Mays, Willie McCovy, Juan Marichal ...Vida Blue yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #122

Sure I'll play mythology Oct 2014 #125

Why Emmet Till? exboyfil Oct 2014 #127

I'll add Paul Laurence Dunbar to the list. OilemFirchen Oct 2014 #132

In respect of privacy exboyfil Oct 2014 #126

I can't think of five WHITE American males I respect TlalocW Oct 2014 #129

Easy... Adrahil Oct 2014 #130

If I do I'll get verbally abused as several have been thrown under the bus here Corruption Inc Oct 2014 #133