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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:17 AM Original message |
Juneteenth Violence...Why is it not talked about? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I was going to post something about it yesterday |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Not my point |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. "commentary on the way people of color behave in a group" |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That was was was being insinuated by the person responding to me |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Colored people? What is this the '60s? And isn't white a color too? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Hehe |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. It's a touchy subject |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I agree that oppressed |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. This has nothing to do with these people being black. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Actually, this is all over the news |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It is all over the internet |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. bullseye |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. The story about the motorist being beaten was on CNN this morning. n/t |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. The gal with Scarborough reported it,briefly, this a.m. |
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JacquesMolay (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. You got it .... |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Excellent summation |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. That's exactly backward. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Accountability goes both ways |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I agree with you about accountability. But the poster above |
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JacquesMolay (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Yo, slick, watch it ... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. google former republican state rep Louisiana 81st district |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why is this the first time I have ever HEARD of "Juneteenth"? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Here |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Because it's something black folks organized originally, and celebrate |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Plenty of black folks in Detroit, where I grew up. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. That's when the news of Emancipation finally reached Texas. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. I have never heard of it either. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. It's a minor, unofficial holiday that only exists in areas with a sizeable black population. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
56. TX holiday |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
9. I watched the helicopter footage you linked to, and it was very scary |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Total shame |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
46. After the Reginald Denny incident, I'm surprised threatening mobs still surround cars |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because its a local disgrace that doesn't make a rat's ass to the rest of the Country. |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That attitude is shortsighted, selfish, and all too common, to say the least |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Suuuurrrre |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That is a honest point |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Kind of like the alleged rape in North Carolina last year, huh? |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
16. I agree with one thing, let's call this a lynching |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's certainly not because it's a black folks' holiday!! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. Agreed--where are all the "Kwanzaa violence" stories? Um, there aren't any. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. The Austin killing was of the PASSENGER in a car. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. I hate to do this, but |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Fair point |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Its not fair to compare the two, but going back to your OP |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. No argument from me there |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. 78 dead in an instant in Baghdad on Tuesday |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I think the point burt is that |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It certainly is newsworthy. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I agree |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Funny....the guy on Morning Joe today said almost the opposite. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. When I first heard about this |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. Because Unlike College Jocks Raping a 17 Year Old, Or Being Falsely Accused of Rape |
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warpigs (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
41. This seems over looked too and is 7 people not just one |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. ouch |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
43. The idiots in Milwaukee that behaved that way is an embarrassment |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. The Austin incident may not have any relation to "Juneteenth" |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. AP story I just read said there is no connection |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Thank you for posting this |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
59. Let the racist bigots in this country make a big deal out of it |
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