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In reply to the discussion: Affleck wanted slave-owning ancestor censored from PBS program [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)88. I missed Hannah Bell getting banned, again???? Was there a gravedancing thead? nt
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Go back far enough, and there are probably at least one of everything in there.
malthaussen
Apr 2015
#6
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
that *is* part of his ancestry, very close ancestry, whether he "identifies" or not.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#20
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
But how would you have intimate information about Afleck?..It's called a "typo"
whathehell
Apr 2015
#80
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
I said nothing of the sort, I don't think you ever mentioned Cumberbatch
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Apr 2015
#43
Unless you hold yourself as the final court of all ancestral sins that doesn't refer to you
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Apr 2015
#62
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
Please point out where I say the kennedys are "bad folks". I don't know anything about
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#45
Except for the person who says "Americans usually can't..." who oddly enough, always seems
LanternWaste
Apr 2015
#84
I have no idea what you're talking about. Affleck had slave-owning ancestors = true.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#40
why do you think I know louis gates' secret thoughts? the slave owner never made it
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#46
and the audience is free to understand that it's just a fairy tale without much relation to
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#16
Do you see someone blaming Ben for what his ancestors did? I just see Ben wanting
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#34
You two seem to be having your own conversation about something I'm not privy to.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#53
not that it's any of your business, but yes, i was. brain damage from recent illness =
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#74
I missed Hannah Bell getting banned, again???? Was there a gravedancing thead? nt
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#88
I think any gravedancing thread should link to this memorable thread--where ND-Dem showed
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#91
A confederacy of the white tears faction of DU...I count 3 banned trolls....
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#95
Very likely. The more relevant question to me is how many inherited from the slave owners.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#58
Very true. Especially since being mixed was something that would be kept hidden for generations.
Chathamization
Apr 2015
#65