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gregcrawford

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26. Not quite accurate...

Reply to Cyrano (Reply #20)

Fri Nov 13, 2015, 12:12 PM

Nov 2015

... Rockwell's Post cover of a little Black girl going to school surrounded by US marshals with racial epithets scrawled on the wall behind her comes to mind. I don't have time to do a search for the image, but I'm sure someone can find it for you.

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Mad magazine updates a famous Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post cover for today [View all] Fumesucker Nov 2015 OP

That kid would be on the floor in a pool of blood. Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #1

My, Buzz, you have a vivid imagination. Nitram Nov 2015 #11

Imagination? Meh. Interpolation, perhaps. Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #12

But your mind so easily pictured a little kid in a pool of blood. Nitram Nov 2015 #19

That's what I get for arguing with the firearm freaks in the Gun Control forum... Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #21

I get it. Nitram Nov 2015 #23

by the way.... Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Nitram Nov 2015 #24

Ask Tamir Rice's mother whether it was just in her imagination that her Nay Nov 2015 #38

Nay, I'm afraid you completely missed my point. Nitram Nov 2015 #43

The Runaway - 1958 Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2015 #2

Yeah, Norman Rockwell's America Cyrano Nov 2015 #20

Some less white Rockwells... immoderate Nov 2015 #22

+1 thank you for posting some reality to counter the smear. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2015 #31

It's not a "smear." rjsquirrel Nov 2015 #40

My thanks to you also. hibbing Nov 2015 #34

Rockwell's civil rights paintings... PosterChild Nov 2015 #36

Not quite accurate... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #26

The little girl was Ruby Bridges..... Historic NY Nov 2015 #28

You need to become more acquainted with the real Rockwell's America Hekate Nov 2015 #29

Why would you condemn someone like that when you clearly haven't actually looked at Marr Nov 2015 #41

Thanks for posting that. nt raccoon Nov 2015 #39

Madness underpants Nov 2015 #3

Not accurate. GOLGO 13 Nov 2015 #4

Got a catalog with this t-shirt. Fuddnik Nov 2015 #5

When I was 18... malthaussen Nov 2015 #8

Old school... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #10

Are you in Minneapolis? geardaddy Nov 2015 #15

Floriduh....The "Shoot Me State" Fuddnik Nov 2015 #17

Oh dear. geardaddy Nov 2015 #18

Northern Sun! good company and good stuff - LiberalElite Nov 2015 #35

I wish people would stop equating courage with male genitalia. It's 2015. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2015 #32

K & R for Mad Magazine mountain grammy Nov 2015 #6

Yep, I too have been reading Mad since I was a kid RoccoR5955 Nov 2015 #9

true enough--2015 heaven05 Nov 2015 #7

Not the first starroute Nov 2015 #13

+1 geardaddy Nov 2015 #16

Where is the link to this on the web? HomerRamone Nov 2015 #14

Postimage dot org is good for this Fumesucker Nov 2015 #27

Thanks! nt HomerRamone Nov 2015 #33

They nailed it. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #30

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K&R It speaks volumes about what we have become. raouldukelives Nov 2015 #42