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(269,003 posts)MLK would also have been called a terrorist
MineralMan
(146,308 posts)It opened my mind and changed my view of the world. As an 18 year old kid from a small farm town in California, I had no idea. That bombing started a new thought process in my mind and change the direction of my life.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)MineralMan
(146,308 posts)I hope so.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)too bad those who watch FOX are coming away with this insane notion that the act was one directed against Christians, that this was an attack on people of faith, rather than a racially motivated hate crime
napkinz
(17,199 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Watched it twice. I know that it is a fictionalized account. But it makes a powerful statement. Gene Hackman, Willem Defoe, and Frances McDormand are standouts. And the supporting characters are well played.
I recommend it. "What is wrong with these people?"
Mississippi Burning
napkinz
(17,199 posts)great film
malaise
(269,003 posts)Hopefully we'll see the end of that racist flag after this Emanuel Nine massacre
napkinz
(17,199 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I don't say that lightly. Charleston was one of those events it takes a while to process. Those events are the kind that make people look into the mirror and think.
What a different country we would live in if RFK had lived and been elected president, as he surely would have been. Seldom does a day go by when I do not muse on that thought.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)it still moves me, haunts me
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)posted by Cheese Sandwich
see http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026871007
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)cascadiance
(19,537 posts)This photoshop was my contribution to that thread.
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napkinz
(17,199 posts)thanks for sharing
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Right on the money!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts).....Will the Democrats use this as an excuse to take your guns? Stay tuned for Hannity tonight!