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    ilsp2003
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 3:11 AM ET #26

    Slavery was a business. If the confederate losers had their ways, blacks would still be in shackles

    Slavery "officially ended" in 1865  after the civil war, which lasted 4 years  (1861-1865)

    The end of the Civil War marked a new era of racial terror and violence directed at black people in the United States that has not been adequately acknowledged or addressed in this country.

     Following emancipation in 1865, thousands of freed black men, women, and children were killed by white mobs, former slave owners, and members of the Confederacy who were unwilling to accept the anticipated end of slavery and racial subordination.

     The violent response to freedom for former slaves was followed by decades of racial terror lynchings and targeted violence designed to sustain white supremacy and racial hierarchy.

    Thousands of black veterans were assaulted, threatened, abused, or lynched following military service because they were perceived as a threat to Jim Crow and racial subordination due to their military background.


    one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the United States occurred on 31-May-1921 and 01-June-1921 in Tulsa Oklahoma.

    They were attacked because they were blacks and WEALTHY

    The attack, carried out on the ground and by air, destroyed more than 35 blocks of the district, at the time the wealthiest black community in the nation ( millions of dollars in damages. Insurance refused to cover the damages. Who helped the blacks rebuild their wealthy neighborhood.

    Black soldiers were ordered to give their seats to captured Nazi officers  during WWII. 

    It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery but the racists and bigots want confederate monuments.

    1 texas inbred (forgot his name) wanted o the US government to remove slavery from US history books


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    Slavery was a business. If the confederate losers had their ways, blacks would still be in shackles

    Slavery "officially ended" in 1865  after the civil war, which lasted 4 years  (1861-1865)

    The end of the Civil War marked a new era of racial terror and violence directed at black people in the United States that has not been adequately acknowledged or addressed in this country.

     Following emancipation in 1865, thousands of freed black men, women, and children were killed by white mobs, former slave owners, and members of the Confederacy who were unwilling to accept the anticipated end of slavery and racial subordination.

     The violent response to freedom for former slaves was followed by decades of racial terror lynchings and targeted violence designed to sustain white supremacy and racial hierarchy.

    Thousands of black veterans were assaulted, threatened, abused, or lynched following military service because they were perceived as a threat to Jim Crow and racial subordination due to their military background.


    one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the United States occurred on 31-May-1921 and 01-June-1921 in Tulsa Oklahoma.

    They were attacked because they were blacks and WEALTHY

    The attack, carried out on the ground and by air, destroyed more than 35 blocks of the district, at the time the wealthiest black community in the nation ( millions of dollars in damages. Insurance refused to cover the damages. Who helped the blacks rebuild their wealthy neighborhood.

    Black soldiers were ordered to give their seats to captured Nazi officers  during WWII. 

    It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery but the racists and bigots want confederate monuments.

    1 texas inbred (forgot his name) wanted o the US government to remove slavery from US history books


     
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 3:21 AM ET #27

    I say take down all this statues of Democrats from the Civil War..
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    I say take down all this statues of Democrats from the Civil War..
     
    The Hawk
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 10:58 AM ET #28

    Mr. 2003,

    Thanks for the history lesson, but if you read the fine print of my one sentence, you'll see the word "oppressed".......do you know what the word means?

    "To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power"

    I'm not comparing internment with slavery, knucklehead, I'm saying a different U.S. President showed real indifference towards a group of Americans, and basically held them prisoners. I think this was "cruel and unjust".................which is also what another U.S President is doing. 

    "Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery."

    ................and the Captain Obvious Award goes to...........you.

    "It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery" I NEVER WROTE OR IMPLIED THAT WHATSOEVER

    As a matter of fact, I mentioned a few things about another oppressed minority. Women.

    If you don't things have advanced for both the last, say, 100+ years, bring it on, cupcake. 

    I did get the Nazi/person thing right, correct?

    Until then, go pound your apple up your orange.
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    Mr. 2003,

    Thanks for the history lesson, but if you read the fine print of my one sentence, you'll see the word "oppressed".......do you know what the word means?

    "To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power"

    I'm not comparing internment with slavery, knucklehead, I'm saying a different U.S. President showed real indifference towards a group of Americans, and basically held them prisoners. I think this was "cruel and unjust".................which is also what another U.S President is doing. 

    "Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery."

    ................and the Captain Obvious Award goes to...........you.

    "It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery" I NEVER WROTE OR IMPLIED THAT WHATSOEVER

    As a matter of fact, I mentioned a few things about another oppressed minority. Women.

    If you don't things have advanced for both the last, say, 100+ years, bring it on, cupcake. 

    I did get the Nazi/person thing right, correct?

    Until then, go pound your apple up your orange.
     
    The Hawk
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 11:00 AM ET #29

    Quote Originally Posted by bigvern1013:

    Well said, Hawk.

    "It's not black or white, it's green!" That is the real truth, and it has been that way for 2000+ years.

    "If you're not inside, you're outside." - Gordon Gecko 

    Pretty much everyone is on the outside....arguing about statues. 

    Thanks, BigVern
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigvern1013:

    Well said, Hawk.

    "It's not black or white, it's green!" That is the real truth, and it has been that way for 2000+ years.

    "If you're not inside, you're outside." - Gordon Gecko 

    Pretty much everyone is on the outside....arguing about statues. 

    Thanks, BigVern
     
    Slobbasaurus
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 12:55 PM ET #30

    Quote Originally Posted by The Hawk:

    Mr. 2003,

    Thanks for the history lesson, but if you read the fine print of my one sentence, you'll see the word "oppressed".......do you know what the word means?

    "To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power"

    I'm not comparing internment with slavery, knucklehead, I'm saying a different U.S. President showed real indifference towards a group of Americans, and basically held them prisoners. I think this was "cruel and unjust".................which is also what another U.S President is doing. 

    "Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery."

    ................and the Captain Obvious Award goes to...........you.

    "It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery" I NEVER WROTE OR IMPLIED THAT WHATSOEVER

    As a matter of fact, I mentioned a few things about another oppressed minority. Women.

    If you don't things have advanced for both the last, say, 100+ years, bring it on, cupcake. 

    I did get the Nazi/person thing right, correct?

    Until then, go pound your apple up your orange.

    He's just nitpicking.  It's what Liberal D!ckSucks do.  

    Don't take it personal Hawk.  
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Hawk:

    Mr. 2003,

    Thanks for the history lesson, but if you read the fine print of my one sentence, you'll see the word "oppressed".......do you know what the word means?

    "To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power"

    I'm not comparing internment with slavery, knucklehead, I'm saying a different U.S. President showed real indifference towards a group of Americans, and basically held them prisoners. I think this was "cruel and unjust".................which is also what another U.S President is doing. 

    "Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery."

    ................and the Captain Obvious Award goes to...........you.

    "It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery" I NEVER WROTE OR IMPLIED THAT WHATSOEVER

    As a matter of fact, I mentioned a few things about another oppressed minority. Women.

    If you don't things have advanced for both the last, say, 100+ years, bring it on, cupcake. 

    I did get the Nazi/person thing right, correct?

    Until then, go pound your apple up your orange.

    He's just nitpicking.  It's what Liberal D!ckSucks do.  

    Don't take it personal Hawk.  
     
    The Hawk
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 3:26 PM ET #31

    No prob, Slob.

    It's just when somebody quotes you, and then claims 'false equivalence', I have to respond. And not in kind.

    FWIW, I'm as liberal as any other DS, you mentioned. But THAT doesn't bother me. 

    We can have a difference of opinion, Just don't try an use my words against me. That battle will be long fought.
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    No prob, Slob.

    It's just when somebody quotes you, and then claims 'false equivalence', I have to respond. And not in kind.

    FWIW, I'm as liberal as any other DS, you mentioned. But THAT doesn't bother me. 

    We can have a difference of opinion, Just don't try an use my words against me. That battle will be long fought.
     
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 8:36 PM ET #32


    I didn't know Robert E Lee & Stoney Wall Jackson were horrible people ? I always figured they were soldiers that were born in the south and fought for what they belived was right at that time!  
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    I didn't know Robert E Lee & Stoney Wall Jackson were horrible people ? I always figured they were soldiers that were born in the south and fought for what they belived was right at that time!  
     
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 10:08 PM ET #33

    I'm white and live in Mississippi currently for 17 years and deep South all my life and have never understood the fascination with Lee and confederate "heroes" in general. They were traitors and should have been shot upon surrender. 

    The statues should come down as they're insulting to a large segment of the southern population. It would be akin to me having to walk past statues of Malcolm X on every freaking corner and sending my kids to Louis Farrakhan Middle School. 

    I do disagree with mobs tearing them down, a more orderly and legal way would be preferable. 
     
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    I'm white and live in Mississippi currently for 17 years and deep South all my life and have never understood the fascination with Lee and confederate "heroes" in general. They were traitors and should have been shot upon surrender. 

    The statues should come down as they're insulting to a large segment of the southern population. It would be akin to me having to walk past statues of Malcolm X on every freaking corner and sending my kids to Louis Farrakhan Middle School. 

    I do disagree with mobs tearing them down, a more orderly and legal way would be preferable. 
     
     
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 10:24 PM ET #34

    Quote Originally Posted by ilsp2003:


    You are comparing apples to oranges. 

    False equivalence

    The internment was ordered shortly after Imperial's Japan attack on Pearl Harbor.
    The internment was not done to exploit Japanese-Americans. It was a precautionary measure.

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

    USA was at war with Japan. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war. 

    After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms. 

    the blacks were promised 40 acres and a mule. They got Jim crow

    Don't even compare the internment of Japanese-Americans to slavery, which is the sin of the United States.

    Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery.


    I can only imagine your response if a Republican president ordered the internment. Much different reply indeed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilsp2003:


    You are comparing apples to oranges. 

    False equivalence

    The internment was ordered shortly after Imperial's Japan attack on Pearl Harbor.
    The internment was not done to exploit Japanese-Americans. It was a precautionary measure.

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

    USA was at war with Japan. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war. 

    After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms. 

    the blacks were promised 40 acres and a mule. They got Jim crow

    Don't even compare the internment of Japanese-Americans to slavery, which is the sin of the United States.

    Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery.


    I can only imagine your response if a Republican president ordered the internment. Much different reply indeed.
     
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    Posted: Aug. 20, 2017 - 11:19 PM ET #35

    Quote Originally Posted by ilsp2003:



    the blacks were promised 40 acres and a mule. They got Jim crow

    Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery.



    Learn your  history....

    Thet got Jim Crow from Southern Democrats ...

    Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilsp2003:



    the blacks were promised 40 acres and a mule. They got Jim crow

    Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery.



    Learn your  history....

    Thet got Jim Crow from Southern Democrats ...

    Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965.
     
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    Posted: Aug. 21, 2017 - 2:21 AM ET #36

    Quote Originally Posted by The Hawk:

    Mr. 2003,

    Thanks for the history lesson, but if you read the fine print of my one sentence, you'll see the word "oppressed".......do you know what the word means?

    "To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power"

    I'm not comparing internment with slavery, knucklehead, I'm saying a different U.S. President showed real indifference towards a group of Americans, and basically held them prisoners. I think this was "cruel and unjust".................which is also what another U.S President is doing. 

    "Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery."

    ................and the Captain Obvious Award goes to...........you.

    "It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery" I NEVER WROTE OR IMPLIED THAT WHATSOEVER

    As a matter of fact, I mentioned a few things about another oppressed minority. Women.

    If you don't things have advanced for both the last, say, 100+ years, bring it on, cupcake. 

    I did get the Nazi/person thing right, correct?

    Until then, go pound your apple up your orange.

    Take a deep breath Hawk .. 

    FDR memorials exist because he led the US through the Great Depression and WWII. 

    "If any memorial is erected to me, I know exactly what I should like it to be. I should like it to consist of a block about the size of this (putting his hand on his desk) and placed in the center of that green plot in front of the Archives Building. I don't care what it is made of, whether limestone or granite or whatnot, but I want it plain without any ornamentation, with the simple carving, 'In Memory of ____'."  Franklin Delano Roosevelt


    The US was at war with both Japan and the fascist government of Germany
    But Japan attacked Pearl Habor ( US territory).
    Although German Americans were found in large numbers throughout the United States, there were no internment camps for Americans of German ancestry.

    The internment of Japanese-Americans was based on fear and racism.

    Robert Lee is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in defense of the South’s authority to own millions of human beings as property because they are black. 

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Hawk:

    Mr. 2003,

    Thanks for the history lesson, but if you read the fine print of my one sentence, you'll see the word "oppressed".......do you know what the word means?

    "To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power"

    I'm not comparing internment with slavery, knucklehead, I'm saying a different U.S. President showed real indifference towards a group of Americans, and basically held them prisoners. I think this was "cruel and unjust".................which is also what another U.S President is doing. 

    "Racism in the US against blacks is deeply rooted in slavery."

    ................and the Captain Obvious Award goes to...........you.

    "It's easy to tell black people to get over slavery" I NEVER WROTE OR IMPLIED THAT WHATSOEVER

    As a matter of fact, I mentioned a few things about another oppressed minority. Women.

    If you don't things have advanced for both the last, say, 100+ years, bring it on, cupcake. 

    I did get the Nazi/person thing right, correct?

    Until then, go pound your apple up your orange.

    Take a deep breath Hawk .. 

    FDR memorials exist because he led the US through the Great Depression and WWII. 

    "If any memorial is erected to me, I know exactly what I should like it to be. I should like it to consist of a block about the size of this (putting his hand on his desk) and placed in the center of that green plot in front of the Archives Building. I don't care what it is made of, whether limestone or granite or whatnot, but I want it plain without any ornamentation, with the simple carving, 'In Memory of ____'."  Franklin Delano Roosevelt


    The US was at war with both Japan and the fascist government of Germany
    But Japan attacked Pearl Habor ( US territory).
    Although German Americans were found in large numbers throughout the United States, there were no internment camps for Americans of German ancestry.

    The internment of Japanese-Americans was based on fear and racism.

    Robert Lee is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in defense of the South’s authority to own millions of human beings as property because they are black. 

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by SarasotaSlim:



    Learn your  history....

    Thet got Jim Crow from Southern Democrats ...

    Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965.


    Starting with Thurmond in 1964, and continuing throughout the Johnson and Nixon administrations, Dixiecrats (keepers of Jim Crow)  largely left the Democrats to become Republicans.

    Racist-in-Chief Strom Thurman ( who rape a black woman)  gave the longest filibuster in Senate history?—?speaking for 24 hours against the 1957 Civil Rights Act.

    Dixiecrats Thurmond and Representative (later Senator) Jesse Helms ideas formed modern GOP’s core platform.
    In a campaign ad, Democrat-turned-Republican Jesse Helms said “racial quotas” prevented white people from getting jobs. The lie of racial quotas persists in the GOP’s rejection of affirmative action. Racial quotas are illegal.


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    Quote Originally Posted by SarasotaSlim:



    Learn your  history....

    Thet got Jim Crow from Southern Democrats ...

    Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965.


    Starting with Thurmond in 1964, and continuing throughout the Johnson and Nixon administrations, Dixiecrats (keepers of Jim Crow)  largely left the Democrats to become Republicans.

    Racist-in-Chief Strom Thurman ( who rape a black woman)  gave the longest filibuster in Senate history?—?speaking for 24 hours against the 1957 Civil Rights Act.

    Dixiecrats Thurmond and Representative (later Senator) Jesse Helms ideas formed modern GOP’s core platform.
    In a campaign ad, Democrat-turned-Republican Jesse Helms said “racial quotas” prevented white people from getting jobs. The lie of racial quotas persists in the GOP’s rejection of affirmative action. Racial quotas are illegal.


     
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    Posted: Aug. 21, 2017 - 8:38 PM ET #38

    Wow. Again, one sentence, and you still can't get things correct.

    "FDR memorials exist because he led the US through the Great Depression and WWII."

    Actually, they exist because he was elected President. I don't know of any President that doesn't have one, but I gotta think President The Donald is currently pitching a shutout.

    And, he didn't quite make it through WWII, dying in April of '45. Truman got to push the button in that War In The Pacific. Oops.

    "The US was at war with both Japan and the fascist government of Germany" Great rebound, Captain O

    "Although German Americans were found in large numbers throughout the United States, there were no internment camps for Americans of German ancestry."

    Wow! It's like we could only lock up people that we could recognise on site. I wish I had written about that earlier. Oh, wait..................I did.

    "Robert Lee is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in defense of the South’s authority to own millions of human beings as property because they are black."

    Glad you brought up Robert E. Lee, Because I certainly didn't. Always good to close with something from the Civil War after talking nothing but WWII until then. So, ya got me on that one.


    Hope you're out of breath, and stay that way........
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    Wow. Again, one sentence, and you still can't get things correct.

    "FDR memorials exist because he led the US through the Great Depression and WWII."

    Actually, they exist because he was elected President. I don't know of any President that doesn't have one, but I gotta think President The Donald is currently pitching a shutout.

    And, he didn't quite make it through WWII, dying in April of '45. Truman got to push the button in that War In The Pacific. Oops.

    "The US was at war with both Japan and the fascist government of Germany" Great rebound, Captain O

    "Although German Americans were found in large numbers throughout the United States, there were no internment camps for Americans of German ancestry."

    Wow! It's like we could only lock up people that we could recognise on site. I wish I had written about that earlier. Oh, wait..................I did.

    "Robert Lee is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in defense of the South’s authority to own millions of human beings as property because they are black."

    Glad you brought up Robert E. Lee, Because I certainly didn't. Always good to close with something from the Civil War after talking nothing but WWII until then. So, ya got me on that one.


    Hope you're out of breath, and stay that way........
     
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    Posted: Aug. 21, 2017 - 8:40 PM ET #39

    That's on sight, spell checker.......
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    That's on sight, spell checker.......
     
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    Posted: Aug. 21, 2017 - 9:23 PM ET #40

    Quote Originally Posted by ilsp2003:



    Starting with Thurmond in 1964, and continuing throughout the Johnson and Nixon administrations, Dixiecrats (keepers of Jim Crow)  largely left the Democrats to become Republicans.






    Those Democrat (Dixiecrats) may have left the "D"party,  The party that wanted to retain Jim Crow laws,, opposed racial integration and white supremacy ,,but they brought with them heir dark hearts..
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilsp2003:



    Starting with Thurmond in 1964, and continuing throughout the Johnson and Nixon administrations, Dixiecrats (keepers of Jim Crow)  largely left the Democrats to become Republicans.






    Those Democrat (Dixiecrats) may have left the "D"party,  The party that wanted to retain Jim Crow laws,, opposed racial integration and white supremacy ,,but they brought with them heir dark hearts..
     
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    Posted: Aug. 22, 2017 - 9:37 PM ET #41

    ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee.     Robert Lee is an Asian....
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    ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee.     Robert Lee is an Asian....
     
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    Posted: Aug. 22, 2017 - 10:49 PM ET #42

    You're joking?
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    You're joking?
     
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    Posted: Aug. 22, 2017 - 11:14 PM ET #43

    Quote Originally Posted by Slobbasaurus:

    You're joking?


    No joke ...

    From the Washington Times:

    ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee. This Robert Lee is Asian.

    “We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties,” reads the ESPN statement posted at t he popular Fox Sports college-football blog Outkick the Coverage.

    “Did I mention that Robert Lee is Asian?” wrote disbelieving blogger Clay Travis, who first broke the story, citing “multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN.”

    Mr. Lee had been scheduled to call the Cavaliers Sept. 2 game in Charlottesville against William and Mary.

    “It’s a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play by play for a football game has become an issue,” ESPN said in its statement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slobbasaurus:

    You're joking?


    No joke ...

    From the Washington Times:

    ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee. This Robert Lee is Asian.

    “We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties,” reads the ESPN statement posted at t he popular Fox Sports college-football blog Outkick the Coverage.

    “Did I mention that Robert Lee is Asian?” wrote disbelieving blogger Clay Travis, who first broke the story, citing “multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN.”

    Mr. Lee had been scheduled to call the Cavaliers Sept. 2 game in Charlottesville against William and Mary.

    “It’s a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play by play for a football game has become an issue,” ESPN said in its statement.

     
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    Posted: Aug. 23, 2017 - 7:57 AM ET #44

    The original, Bob Lea, never had that "problem"
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    The original, Bob Lea, never had that "problem"
     
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    Posted: Aug. 23, 2017 - 8:08 AM ET #45

    Damn Slim, that's phuckin horrible, but Disney really stopped surprising me with their over-exaggerated PC views.

    I'm still pissed they cancelled Last Man Standing.  I used to like Bobby Iger too.  

    Word on the street, Wall Street, is that he may against our President in 2020 or make a run in 2024.  
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    Damn Slim, that's phuckin horrible, but Disney really stopped surprising me with their over-exaggerated PC views.

    I'm still pissed they cancelled Last Man Standing.  I used to like Bobby Iger too.  

    Word on the street, Wall Street, is that he may against our President in 2020 or make a run in 2024.  
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by SarasotaSlim:

    ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee.     Robert Lee is an Asian....



    wonder why ESPN is losing money left and right .... 


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    Quote Originally Posted by SarasotaSlim:

    ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee.     Robert Lee is an Asian....



    wonder why ESPN is losing money left and right .... 


     
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    Posted: Aug. 23, 2017 - 10:29 AM ET #47

    Slobbasaurus,

    Yeah, another New Yorker who wants to be President. I hear he has been consulting with Michael Bloomberg on how to  transition from the private sector to the public eye.........it would be interesting seeing him in a Democrat presidential debate with Maxine Waters...lol
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    Slobbasaurus,

    Yeah, another New Yorker who wants to be President. I hear he has been consulting with Michael Bloomberg on how to  transition from the private sector to the public eye.........it would be interesting seeing him in a Democrat presidential debate with Maxine Waters...lol
     
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    Posted: Aug. 23, 2017 - 11:27 AM ET #48

    As a society, is this Robert Lee thing our "jumped the shark" moment?
    R.I.P. #94 MARSHAWN KNEELAND - DC4L
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    As a society, is this Robert Lee thing our "jumped the shark" moment?
     
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    Posted: Aug. 23, 2017 - 3:53 PM ET #49

    I never new this before the latest nonsense of removing history

    The central street at Fort Hamilton, New York City's only US Army base, is General Lee Avenue. It runs for about a half mile in the borough of Brooklyn.

    General Lee Avenue is named after Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate forces. Before he joined the secessionist South, Lee served as the base's engineer. Along with General Lee Avenue, the base features a plaque commemorating the home in which the future Confederate leader lived while he was at Fort Hamilton, 1841-46.

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    I never new this before the latest nonsense of removing history

    The central street at Fort Hamilton, New York City's only US Army base, is General Lee Avenue. It runs for about a half mile in the borough of Brooklyn.

    General Lee Avenue is named after Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate forces. Before he joined the secessionist South, Lee served as the base's engineer. Along with General Lee Avenue, the base features a plaque commemorating the home in which the future Confederate leader lived while he was at Fort Hamilton, 1841-46.

     
     
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    Posted: Aug. 23, 2017 - 3:58 PM ET #50

    I have found that  the army has just removed a plaque that was posted at a tree that Robert E.Lee had planted himself  SAD
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    I have found that  the army has just removed a plaque that was posted at a tree that Robert E.Lee had planted himself  SAD
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