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MineralMan

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74. I haven't seen it yet, but will.

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 03:32 PM

Mar 2015

I actually don't watch most movies that are about something I actually lived through.

I went there because history was being made there, and I wanted to be part of that. I didn't march across the bridge, but joined everyone in Montgomery. I was a nervous 19-year-old kid, way out of my element. I stood in the crowd and listened, not only to Dr. King, but to the people near me. What I heard was hope, based on the risks and danger people faced to get there that day. At that time, I was very unsure of where I was going with my life, and Dr. King's speech that day helped me to choose a path. It was a winding path with many turns, but I'm pleased with the direction I went.

I learned a great deal that day, most of it about myself, oddly enough.

Pretty heady stuff for a 19-year-old white kid from a small rural town in California. Afterward, I felt smaller and yet bigger, all at the same time.

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I'd never, ever thought I'd see the day...Selma.... [View all] msanthrope Mar 2015 OP

That day sadly has come and gone. Skidmore Mar 2015 #1

Selma. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #3

I'm of a certain age: I never, ever thought I'd see a Black President Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #2

Selma. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #6

The irony is that is being used to justify the disrespect, and yes racism leveled against President still_one Mar 2015 #29

After his term is done, he will become the long lost buddy of many Republicans Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #34

So glad you (like many here) have a crystal ball to tell the future. n/t Ineeda Mar 2015 #75

This is the same party that tried to impeach Bill Clinton Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #106

We have universal health care? Scuba Mar 2015 #4

Yes. Selma. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #5

No. Scuba Mar 2015 #12

Selma. Proceed, Scuba. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #22

Typing "Selma" does not correct your inaccurate claims. Scuba Mar 2015 #23

Selma. I'll type it a few times today. You just proceed, and when people msanthrope Mar 2015 #26

Dropping like a stone is good, but it ain't 'universal healthcare'. Scuba Mar 2015 #27

Yeah...it is. I appreciate your walkback. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #32

Bwahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Walkback! Bwahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Scuba Mar 2015 #39

Scuba....have you considered your comportment on this thread? nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #42

Have you considered your own? nt a2liberal Mar 2015 #47

I am open to all compliments and critiques. Have at it. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #50

No, you are not open to all critiques. Hissyspit Mar 2015 #100

You seem to be concerned that I am not honoring Selma msanthrope Mar 2015 #103

. Hissyspit Mar 2015 #108

And yet you could not refrain.....nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #109

That's all you have, hunh? Hissyspit Mar 2015 #110

Selma is more important than you. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #113

Duh. Hissyspit Mar 2015 #115

Keep proving my point Hissyspit, in your own way...nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #116

Keep proving my point, in your own way. nt Hissyspit Mar 2015 #117

"SELMA": How can you even argue with the progress of Obama's Health Care for all? misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #41

^^^ this^^^ BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #78

Exactly, then to really firm up their bona fide make sure they dont vote for Hillary NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #86

yep. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #88

Just imagine. A 2008 "March across the bridge" for Medicare for All. Or one tomorrow! It's doable. grahamhgreen Mar 2015 #144

We have a universal health care program. George II Mar 2015 #135

No we don't. Selma. nt Hissyspit Mar 2015 #76

Me either... Spazito Mar 2015 #7

Indeed.....on this day, who has hands up, and who attacks. Note well. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #9

I find myself very sad today... Spazito Mar 2015 #21

Yes indeed, Spazito, and we're all Together on this~ Cha Mar 2015 #146

Boo for divisiveness! Hissyspit Mar 2015 #67

k&r... spanone Mar 2015 #8

Selma. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #10

For Selma. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #11

Selma. I would hope to have the courage to have walked. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #13

Me too. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #16

We walk in mighty footsteps....humbly remembered. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #17

And will never forget. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #19

For Selma. HappyMe Mar 2015 #14

For those beaten and jailed. I wish for their courage. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #15

I wish for that kind of courage also. HappyMe Mar 2015 #18

Selma sheshe2 Mar 2015 #129

It's been going on since the day he was first elected. cbayer Mar 2015 #20

S'truth. riqster Mar 2015 #127

Yep you can bash liberals, democratic presidents, entire countries on DU! Rex Mar 2015 #24

I wasn't taking down our President. Skidmore Mar 2015 #25

Legitimate critique should always have a voice. msanthrope Mar 2015 #31

No House Republican leaders are going to Selma this weekend. still_one Mar 2015 #28

You never thought you would see the day AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #30

I'm not a political virgin.....but I did think Selma would occupy msanthrope Mar 2015 #35

Unlike Republicans AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #65

Some days are for walking the walk, and parking your bubblegum behind your ear... Hekate Mar 2015 #93

Sadly, the Miss Violet Beauregards of the world are seldom aware of such moments. riqster Mar 2015 #128

Just walk today. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #130

hands up. mopinko Mar 2015 #33

Selma! I was there. MineralMan Mar 2015 #36

Selma mainstreetonce Mar 2015 #40

I was just a 19 year old white kid from California. MineralMan Mar 2015 #45

You lived history MM mcar Mar 2015 #72

I haven't seen it yet, but will. MineralMan Mar 2015 #74

Lovely reflection on your experience mcar Mar 2015 #79

It's a complex set of things I took from it. MineralMan Mar 2015 #85

Thank you for sharing that. n/t DebJ Mar 2015 #147

To paraphrase one S. Colbert... SCVDem Mar 2015 #37

+ 100000 misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #49

"Would have voted against the Iraq war?" LWolf Mar 2015 #38

Proceed, please. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #44

With what? nt LWolf Mar 2015 #46

With your thoughts on this day. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #48

My thoughts on this day? Okay. LWolf Mar 2015 #53

Sorry to hear that. As we get older, those "minor" injuries can take more of a toll. deurbano Mar 2015 #71

It was a great day, thanks. nt LWolf Mar 2015 #123

We were already IN that war! Like it or not, we were there and our troops needed to be... George II Mar 2015 #80

It's not "abandoning" troops LWolf Mar 2015 #124

I was 12 when the march in Selma took place. I think it was the moment when I got the big picture. pinto Mar 2015 #43

Some people are never satisfied MrScorpio Mar 2015 #51

They aren't paid to be. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #52

Watch it, msanthrope. randome Mar 2015 #66

I don't think some of them are even paid. Unless being "paid" means "a sad and desperate attempt Number23 Mar 2015 #118

I was a bit surprised to see HappyMe Mar 2015 #54

Never will an opportunity to bash Obama be given up. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #55

I used to be surprised by what some folks would take offense to... MrScorpio Mar 2015 #58

The OP is politics. Hissyspit Mar 2015 #101

they can't even let this glorious day in history go by.. Selma-50 years Later~ without Cha Mar 2015 #143

What man are you talking about? Doctor_J Mar 2015 #56

Why are you giving the man who ended hughee99 Mar 2015 #62

You may avoid it "like the plague," Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #63

Selma mountain grammy Mar 2015 #57

Selma... on this day... Hekate Mar 2015 #59

THIS is historic! Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #60

K&R Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #61

That's everyday here. Regarding Selma: Black bodies on the line, again and again and again. freshwest Mar 2015 #64

heck, they're even criticizing Ben Carson! today! how DARE they! MisterP Mar 2015 #68

Do you know the President is in Selma today, 50 years later? Cha Mar 2015 #120

Thank you msanthrope mcar Mar 2015 #69

K&R! hrmjustin Mar 2015 #70

thank you, thank you, thank you. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #73

Thank you! George II Mar 2015 #77

Okay, somebody tell me this is a parody. U4ikLefty Mar 2015 #81

You are half way right. Rex Mar 2015 #94

Selma giftedgirl77 Mar 2015 #82

Best of luck to you, Mr. President. =) AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #83

Our first black president. Woohoooo. I'm loving it azmom Mar 2015 #84

Next to FDR fadedrose Mar 2015 #87

Selma! mfcorey1 Mar 2015 #89

My dad marched. one_voice Mar 2015 #90

"The March is not yet over" Hekate Mar 2015 #91

Kick Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #92

Selma Cha Mar 2015 #95

We are not done. We may never be. But we try..... msanthrope Mar 2015 #98

John Lewis.. "I saw the death.. I thought I was going to die" Cha Mar 2015 #107

The President at Selma.. Cha Mar 2015 #96

I love that artwork Gothmog Mar 2015 #102

Thank you for this.....nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #112

Ratfuckers abound... SidDithers Mar 2015 #97

We will never give up this board to them. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #99

Nope. Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #125

Never emulatorloo Mar 2015 #126

Not even Hekate Mar 2015 #137

+1, K & R. n/t FSogol Mar 2015 #150

I waited almost two hours to get John Lewis to sign a couple of his book March 2 Gothmog Mar 2015 #104

I had the pleasure of meeting Rep. Lewis in the 90s.... msanthrope Mar 2015 #105

I understand Gothmog Mar 2015 #111

Oh yes.. way worth it, G.. Cha Mar 2015 #114

I have signed copies of both March 1 and March 2 Gothmog Mar 2015 #152

Wonderful! Cha Mar 2015 #155

I wish I could meet him, but at least ... Hekate Mar 2015 #138

I don't blame you for not engaging the threadjackers, msanthrope Number23 Mar 2015 #119

I can't tell you what your approval means to me...... msanthrope Mar 2015 #121

You know I think you're the Bees Knees Number23 Mar 2015 #133

I am not popular on this board...but you, and a few others keep msanthrope Mar 2015 #136

I had no idea, msanthrope Number23 Mar 2015 #141

I am not well, and will not be anytime soon. That said, I'm msanthrope Mar 2015 #149

... greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #151

I will be praying for a full and speedy recovery. You are not only one of the most informed posters Number23 Mar 2015 #153

I've noticed that, too... it's really blatantly obvious. Cha Mar 2015 #142

It was clear to me... Hekate Mar 2015 #139

Selma! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #122

The bridge is still being built. .....brick and stone.....nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #131

Yes. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #132

Those footsteps are not loud enough here. But they msanthrope Mar 2015 #134

Kick for Selma KMOD Mar 2015 #140

Just imagine. A 2008 "March across the bridge" for Medicare for All. Or one tomorrow! It's doable. grahamhgreen Mar 2015 #145

. Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #148

K & R Scurrilous Mar 2015 #154

Keep on keeping on. Selma. Hekate Mar 2015 #156