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Bubzer

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36. The flip side of that, is that the candidate could have enormous positive impact on those issues.

Reply to Chitown Kev (Reply #35)

Fri Nov 20, 2015, 07:34 PM

Nov 2015

So there's some good and bad with it.

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Most of you have no idea what Dr. King actually did [View all] Chitown Kev Nov 2015 OP

K&R Solly Mack Nov 2015 #1

"Dr. King marched, but it was LBJ who delivered the Civil Rights Act." <-This lame-ass HRC comment 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #2

Milquetoast maxsolomon Nov 2015 #4

thanks for the correction on the milk toast 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #8

I like milk toast. Javaman Nov 2015 #23

Maybe that also means something different to black people than it does to white people GummyBearz Nov 2015 #6

The reason I posted this has absolutely nothing Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #9

I did not know it was forbidden to mention a primary candidate's name under a GD OP 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #10

It's not... thats a rule for OPs, not responses. Bubzer Nov 2015 #16

Thank you for clarifying that. -nt- 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #24

Happy to oblige Bubzer Nov 2015 #25

I wanted to excise the Clinton portion of the quote Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #30

You want focus brought to the issue, I get that. Bubzer Nov 2015 #34

True. Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #35

The flip side of that, is that the candidate could have enormous positive impact on those issues. Bubzer Nov 2015 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Nov 2015 #3

Especially those who pretend to know what's best for POC and other minorities LanternWaste Nov 2015 #11

Strong rec from a white woman. yardwork Nov 2015 #5

HamdenRice used to be a DUer. Octafish Nov 2015 #7

Wasn't he banned for being a homophobe? He was tombstoned Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2015 #20

People said he or she was a lot of things. Octafish Nov 2015 #21

He was banned for homophobia Prism Nov 2015 #28

No I didn't know. I've been accused of homophobia, misogyny, racism and being anti-German. Octafish Nov 2015 #32

but ultimately it's not "MLK vs. X" but "MLK and X vs. the ones who killed MLK and X" MisterP Nov 2015 #12

I recently read "Devil in the Grove", about Thurgood Marshall's work in the South in the 1940's. jalan48 Nov 2015 #13

Big K&R valerief Nov 2015 #14

An old White guy like me... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #15

Very good article. LBJ may have been the president who jwirr Nov 2015 #17

Very sad attempt to use Dr. King for partisan politics. McCamy Taylor Nov 2015 #18

In this case, though, it was partisan politics on a specific issue Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #19

"Our people freed themselves" yes, they did. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #22

Thank you for posting. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #26

May I strongly recommend Tim Reid's film, ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN WE WERE COLORED, 1monster Nov 2015 #27

I hope "most" refers to individuals who did not have the opportunity.... Duckfan Nov 2015 #29

Keep this in mind though Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #31

To disregard the generational familial aspects of what is happening loyalsister Nov 2015 #33

Thank you. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #37