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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 11:33 PM Original message |
Lest we forget why Southern racism is so heinous...Strange Fruit |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yep, she gets it. Now she can't stop crying. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. You can find racism from Alaska to Maine, and points beyond and between |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm sorry but what you're discussing is nothing compared to the constant, and regular, and |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Ah, so racism that is "not as bad" is "not as important?" |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Or raised in Idaho apparently. The South owns our country's vilest racism, period. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, I have to say that your comment is both discriminatory ... and terribly RACIST. |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'll agree it's region-ist, but it isn't racist. I feel fine being honest about my childhood region |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You aren't familiar with the south of today, even if you lived there as a child. |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. This entire thread including the video is about history. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, then why are you crabbing about the present-day south? |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I haven't and I didn't. You just exaggerated what I said to fit what you wanted to argue about. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No, I haven't. nt |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Lynchings with black victims 1882 to 1968 |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Exactly. Thank you for making my point so colorfully. The south deserves its rep and judging |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Wow, what hate you hold, for people who had nothing to do with these crimes! mt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Gee, look at TX, which is not part of "Dixie." |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wish I could get these Hoosiers to quit flying the Confederate flag. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. I got news for you. |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well that entirely inane. If it weren't for the heinous acts of primarily the South |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I still don't see how you can blame the south for what happened up north. |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I didn't blame, the current Southern reference is toward Perry's shooting ranch, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. My point, exactly. NT |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. I hope she gets the youtube on a laptop and plays it |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good point, I'll recommend it. |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:08 AM Original message |
I furthered your idea by suggesting an entire group do your suggestion |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. Whenever I see those pictures, |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I know, I've never understood the idea of spectating horrors like lynchings, hangings or guillotines |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. Southern racism - didn't know their were different types based on region |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. South's reputation/history of regular and public and disgusting lynchings and burnings |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:48 PM Original message |
Why are the worst lynchings outside of "Dixie" then? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Why are the worst lynchings outside of "Dixie" then? |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. Tears are needed, it is good, |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Oh, pulleeeze! Check out the post above with the map. |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Thank you SO much for deeming us worthy to speak to. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. By the OP's logic, ELTON JOHN should be held responsible for lynchings in Georgia!! |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. Strange Fruit |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I can't listen to it or even really think about the song without tears. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Both versions are great. |
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Welibs (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. THAT IS NINA SIMONE, I'M SURE OF IT. |
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