Well, I think it was dumb to make a front cover out of a small story - it IS provocative, tabloid journalism. And it gives Al Sharpton a voice that he doesn't deserve.
He's intelligent, but sadly blinkered. There is racism everywhere, and 'lynching' doesn't specifically mean hanging a black man. He's an opportunist and a predator, like a ambulance chasing lawyer. Yes, 3,500 black men were lynched by whites in the southern states. And 500,000 black Tutsis were hacked to pieces by black Hutus in Rwanda. And 5,000,000 white Jews were murdered by white Nazis. Every race is capable of racism. It doesn't work one way.
I agree with you to a point. The intent of that photo didn't mean exactly as it implied (so they say) but the message it sends is WAY over the top.
Living in the land of the KKK and ignorant rednecks out numbering the sane, the photo of a noose connected in any way with a black person is outrageous.
All those terrible things that you mentioned have happened, but that does not negate the fact that the time for that shit to begin to end is right now, not that it will every go away. If enough people stand up and say: "ENOUGH...STOP IT" those blatant views will go back into the dark recesses of evil in the pits around the world where they belong!
I'm sick of good people (especially here in Appalachia) that ignore bigotry out of fear. I could go on and on with my views about this subject, but I'll end this with one of my favorite quotes:
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ~Edmund Burke
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Al Sharpton can get carried away, but he is still a VERY intelligent man!
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Yes, 3,500 black men were lynched by whites in the southern states. And 500,000 black Tutsis were hacked to pieces by black Hutus in Rwanda. And 5,000,000 white Jews were murdered by white Nazis. Every race is capable of racism. It doesn't work one way.
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Living in the land of the KKK and ignorant rednecks out numbering the sane, the photo of a noose connected in any way with a black person is outrageous.
All those terrible things that you mentioned have happened, but that does not negate the fact that the time for that shit to begin to end is right now, not that it will every go away. If enough people stand up and say: "ENOUGH...STOP IT" those blatant views will go back into the dark recesses of evil in the pits around the world where they belong!
I'm sick of good people (especially here in Appalachia) that ignore bigotry out of fear. I could go on and on with my views about this subject, but I'll end this with one of my favorite quotes:
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ~Edmund Burke
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Was I lost?
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I haven't seen you update on GJ and with everyone moving journals I thought you had also moved!
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I'll add you here :-)
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