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Solly Mack

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Reply to DinahMoeHum (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 01:51 PM

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Larry Wilmore on Confederate symbols. . . [View all] DinahMoeHum Aug 2017 OP

K&R Solly Mack Aug 2017 #1

Exactly. madaboutharry Aug 2017 #2

He should still be on Comedy Central. He is smart and talented. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #3

Yeah, I miss him there, too. DinahMoeHum Aug 2017 #4

Comedy Central is killing itself shanen Aug 2017 #7

Indeed. I STILL can't believe they cancelled @Midnight, or that they sabotaged it first Ken Burch Aug 2017 #12

I believe that Bee was offered The Daily Show but she spooky3 Aug 2017 #16

Bingo Johnny2X2X Aug 2017 #5

Then DownriverDem Aug 2017 #38

Give him his show back KT2000 Aug 2017 #6

+1000000 moondust Aug 2017 #9

+10000000! Ken Burch Aug 2017 #19

Yes please! progressoid Aug 2017 #21

K&R northoftheborder Aug 2017 #8

Here's the danger, defined Roy Rolling Aug 2017 #10

Wow I never thought of it that way FakeNoose Aug 2017 #39

He just staight out says the truth. No sugar coating things. Grammy23 Aug 2017 #11

Wait, what? Where is Larry Wilmore now? Beartracks Aug 2017 #25

Comedy Central got it wrong when they cancelled his show. It was brilliant. flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #28

This explains that the Civil War was not about slavery. It was all about White Supremacy. Yavin4 Aug 2017 #13

Good points FakeNoose Aug 2017 #40

No. It was the institution of slavery. It's stated in all the southern states' secession articles brush Aug 2017 #43

Then why aren't they protesting to bring back slavery? Yavin4 Aug 2017 #44

Believe that if you want but it's seems an attempt to re-write history... brush Aug 2017 #45

I'm not re-writing history. White supremacy was the real reason why poor Southern Whites fought, and Yavin4 Aug 2017 #46

"Yes, maintaining the slave based economy was the explicit political and economic reason brush Aug 2017 #47

Same as those stuipd rebel flags and liscense plates. mobeau69 Aug 2017 #14

Jews understand it/southern whites don't Juliusseizure Aug 2017 #15

Yup. misanthrope Aug 2017 #32

Wow powerful words. krakfiend Aug 2017 #17

Yes. Nitram Aug 2017 #18

Good words from a good man...... BlueJac Aug 2017 #20

Exactly. SunSeeker Aug 2017 #22

Leave it to a comic to explain what all the editorials can't. eppur_se_muova Aug 2017 #23

Bravo, Larry. n/t Beartracks Aug 2017 #24

Three cheers for Larry Wilmore. He's saying it so much more powerfully than I have been... Hekate Aug 2017 #26

Nails it. VOX Aug 2017 #27

Powerful. K&R. nt DLevine Aug 2017 #29

This is brilliant malaise Aug 2017 #30

Wow! I really miss Larry Wilmore! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #31

I was born on the west coast, did not grow up with these monuments. 58Sunliner Aug 2017 #33

Excellent dalton99a Aug 2017 #34

And I haven't forgotten about you SCVDem Aug 2017 #35

Thank you Dinah saidsimplesimon Aug 2017 #36

Fantastic. Exactly. zentrum Aug 2017 #37

The Jews in Germany with images of Nazi past is extremely powerful analogy. Stonepounder Aug 2017 #41

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #42