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(50,514 posts)Very powerful.
Solly Mack
(90,792 posts)brer cat
(24,625 posts)That leaves a mark.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Response to groundloop (Original post)
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Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)Welcome to DU! I rarely see you guys before you become "Name Removed"
hibbing
(10,110 posts)A rare sighting for me too, I knew I should have brought my camera to capture the moment.
Peace
I got a little giddy myself.
Spazito
(50,514 posts)and MIRT takes out trash again.
Thanks MIRT.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)at a range of several miles. They should be thanked every day for the good work they do.
Volaris
(10,275 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)a/K/a the pizza delivery folks. They bring Tombstones.
Volaris
(10,275 posts)And many thanks
groundloop
(11,527 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)To see what was said and pounce upon trolls
With smiley mashers
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)one powerful cartoon. Luckovich matters, too.
K&R
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)Gothmog
(145,667 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)On top of the roof!
DemoTex
(25,405 posts)"Bleak House"
These Upstate South Carolina people revel in their hate, ignorance, stupidity, and racism. William Faulkner hit this type of hate dead on in Absalom, Absalom!:
"When you have plenty of good strong hating you don't need hope because the hating will be enough to nourish you." - William Faulkner
groundloop
(11,527 posts)Wow. I've never heard those words before, but so very true. I've known people like that, their entire existence revolves around hate.
appalachiablue
(41,182 posts)mountain grammy
(26,659 posts)appalachiablue
(41,182 posts)an incredible crime story about southern racism and Jim Crow in a small Mississippi town. The portrayal of the black man faced with murder by Juano Hernandez was very powerful. I had never heard of book or movie which Faulkner assisted in the script and production.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041513/
K & R this OP. The ugly truth.
calimary
(81,527 posts)spanone
(135,900 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)To get a pat on the back by rethuglickens leadership
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)While I appreciate this visual from Mr. Luckovich -- and the balls of AJC to run it -- I must wonder how soon it will fade from our collective consciousness.
Just like all the Facebook posts, imploring me to like and share their virtual pleas for South Carolina state government to remove that blood-soaked rag from the flag pole on state capitol grounds. Clearly, their governor and much of their legislature are owned by the conservative overlords and they're not about to risk the lash of their whip at the next election.
What I'd like to see is a call to hit them where it really hurts: boycott the tourism business in the Palmetto State. Especially in places like Hilton Head Island, Myrtle Beach and other popular destinations. Let's focus their Chamber-of-Commerce-driven attention on how the rest of the country have had quite enough of that treasonous tradition (thanks, Rude Pundit for framing that discussion so succinctly!).
I don't suggest penalizing the minority-owned businesses in Charleston and elsewhere, but until the tourism corporations feel a pinch, this all seems so very futile. If anyone can provide the names, addresses, phone numbers and websites of African American-owned hospitality businesses in South Carolina, let's let our purchasing power speak above the ephemeral cloud that will soon fade away.
And while I'm on a soap box: I've seen quite enough of the despicable face of the assassin/terrorist who perpetrated this massacre. This is the kind of attention that is craved not only by this misbegotten animal, but also by potential wannabes who see this as a venue to achieve international attention while butchering innocents. Rather, let's see more about those whose lives were brutally ended. and how we can prevent recurrence.