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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
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