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3. Apparently interfered with his preferred narrative...

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:39 PM

Apr 2015

These guests’ families have long been engaged in the battle for freedom and civil rights, but didn’t know those principles were passed down through generations. Ben Affleck’s mother was a Freedom Rider in 1964...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/roots-freedom-full-episode/11903/

I can't find anything about the mysterious slave owning ancestor but I'm thinking he might have been a fairly large holder...

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Affleck wanted slave-owning ancestor censored from PBS program [View all] ND-Dem Apr 2015 OP

Surprisingly fragile ego, Mr. Affleck. GeorgeGist Apr 2015 #1

Apparently interfered with his preferred narrative... ND-Dem Apr 2015 #3

People need to realize..... CANDO Apr 2015 #70

A professional. Octafish Apr 2015 #2

Go back far enough am sure there are cannibals in ancestory. gordianot Apr 2015 #4

Go back far enough, and there are probably at least one of everything in there. malthaussen Apr 2015 #6

Had some bozo at a party once go on about his ancestors. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #9

Moi aussi! malthaussen Apr 2015 #10

Sweep it under the rug, Ben mwrguy Apr 2015 #5

ROFL! KamaAina Apr 2015 #85

here's what he and Gates found more interesting Enrique Apr 2015 #7

I am having a hard time understanding why we need a documentary on Ben Affleck's ancestors Bjorn Against Apr 2015 #8

I don't mind if celebrities don't want to go on shows like this; but if they do & pretend ND-Dem Apr 2015 #14

If he does not identify with that part of his ancestry then who cares? Bjorn Against Apr 2015 #18

that *is* part of his ancestry, very close ancestry, whether he "identifies" or not. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #20

Most American families don't have unbroken support for civil rights Bjorn Against Apr 2015 #21

He's the one who clearly feels some sort of guilt about his ancestors, which is dumb whathehell Apr 2015 #28

He agreed to be part of the show. At least one other famous guest had a slave owning ancestor whathehell Apr 2015 #27

He did not agree to a show on his slave owning ancestors Bjorn Against Apr 2015 #32

In for a pound, in for a penny.. whathehell Apr 2015 #41

I am not a fan of his Bjorn Against Apr 2015 #56

You might want to actually WATCH the show in question "Finding your roots" whathehell Apr 2015 #75

I think you are taking this celebrity news way too seriously Bjorn Against Apr 2015 #76

Project much? whathehell Apr 2015 #78

I did read your post, maybe you should re-read what you wrote Bjorn Against Apr 2015 #79

But how would you have intimate information about Afleck?..It's called a "typo" whathehell Apr 2015 #80

My father's family was Murder Inc. Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #11

a smear is a lie. afflect had slave owning ancestors = not a lie. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #15

The smear is that that fact represents some sort of genetic character flaw Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #19

please show me where the cumberbatch family's slave-owning ancestry is labeled as a ND-Dem Apr 2015 #31

That's my phrase Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #35

You claimed I said it or implied it & thus "smeared" Cumberbatch. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #36

I said nothing of the sort, I don't think you ever mentioned Cumberbatch Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #43

... ND-Dem Apr 2015 #47

Unless you hold yourself as the final court of all ancestral sins that doesn't refer to you Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #62

Let's all pretend money is birthed from puppies and rainbows ND-Dem Apr 2015 #64

As opposed to pretending Gen X'ers are deriving any direct benefit from slavery? Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #67

I probably *could* find some homeless person whose ancestors we're (sic) slave owners. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #68

So the Kennedys cwydro Apr 2015 #39

Please point out where I say the kennedys are "bad folks". I don't know anything about ND-Dem Apr 2015 #45

I'm sorry that you don't know cwydro Apr 2015 #49

I'm sorry you think describing where the money came from = "cherry picking". ND-Dem Apr 2015 #52

Perhaps we're misunderstanding cwydro Apr 2015 #54

I'm sorry too, but about something else.. whathehell Apr 2015 #77

Except for the person who says "Americans usually can't..." who oddly enough, always seems LanternWaste Apr 2015 #84

Joe was pretty much a sleazebag. Drahthaardogs Apr 2015 #81

But Louis Gates is all cool cwydro Apr 2015 #37

I have no idea what you're talking about. Affleck had slave-owning ancestors = true. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #40

Louis Gates had no problem with that? cwydro Apr 2015 #44

why do you think I know louis gates' secret thoughts? the slave owner never made it ND-Dem Apr 2015 #46

Ah. cwydro Apr 2015 #50

Gates has lost all credibility with this revelation. woolldog Apr 2015 #12

They can edit their show however they want. bluedigger Apr 2015 #13

and the audience is free to understand that it's just a fairy tale without much relation to ND-Dem Apr 2015 #16

Well, that's the bottom line, isn't it? bluedigger Apr 2015 #17

Now this is how you're meant to handle that: muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #22

I'm glad I got to see that before it is hidden Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #23

it'd be a sad day if it did get hidden muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #24

Funny...nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #72

So? Egnever Apr 2015 #25

I agree. What difference does it make? Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #30

Do you see someone blaming Ben for what his ancestors did? I just see Ben wanting ND-Dem Apr 2015 #34

See post #31 Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #38

Post 31 has nothing to do with Affleck and never mentions Affleck. Try again. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #42

Post #31 doesn't ring a Bell? FSogol Apr 2015 #51

You two seem to be having your own conversation about something I'm not privy to. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #53

Oh, it rings a bell, all right....nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #86

And the bell just got rung. Kudos, admins. n/t FSogol Apr 2015 #92

Mr. Affleck, don't be ashamed of your past... Mike Nelson Apr 2015 #26

LOL.. whathehell Apr 2015 #29

... SidDithers Apr 2015 #33

This outrage again? Did you let Benedict Cumberbatch off the hook? FSogol Apr 2015 #48

They were the one going on and on about Benedict Cumberbatch tammywammy Apr 2015 #55

With permission from Skinner. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #61

You were completely open and transparent, right?...nt SidDithers Apr 2015 #73

not that it's any of your business, but yes, i was. brain damage from recent illness = ND-Dem Apr 2015 #74

Thank you Skinner... SidDithers Apr 2015 #82

I've been expecting that. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2015 #87

I missed Hannah Bell getting banned, again???? Was there a gravedancing thead? nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #88

Not yet... SidDithers Apr 2015 #90

I think any gravedancing thread should link to this memorable thread--where ND-Dem showed msanthrope Apr 2015 #91

What a fucking train wreck that thread is. zappaman Apr 2015 #94

A confederacy of the white tears faction of DU...I count 3 banned trolls.... msanthrope Apr 2015 #95

Whoops! zappaman Apr 2015 #83

It's about time. n/t tammywammy Apr 2015 #96

What I want to know is how many of those who are classified as JDPriestly Apr 2015 #57

Very likely. The more relevant question to me is how many inherited from the slave owners. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #58

Very rare. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #59

Very true. Especially since being mixed was something that would be kept hidden for generations. Chathamization Apr 2015 #65

And yet so many people have suffered because of our understanding of JDPriestly Apr 2015 #71

Streisand effect! wheniwasincongress Apr 2015 #60

Wrong. We know this because Sony was hacked Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #63

Why is it so important to know your genealogy in the first place? Who cares? YOHABLO Apr 2015 #66

if that's how you feel, ignore the thread. affleck chose to vaunt his freedom-riding ancestor ND-Dem Apr 2015 #69

Jesus, Ben...how could you? Ken Burch Apr 2015 #89

Affleck is a bit of a dunderhead... MellowDem Apr 2015 #93