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malaise

(269,045 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 07:37 PM Jan 2017

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Why does M$Greedia always call Clementa Pinckney Rev and not Senator

Clementa Carlos "Clem" Pinckney was a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 45th District from 2000 until his death in 2015. He was previously a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1997 through 2000. Wikipedia

He was one of the nine murdered by Dylan Roof.

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Why does M$Greedia always call Clementa Pinckney Rev and not Senator (Original Post) malaise Jan 2017 OP

Which did he prefer? etherealtruth Jan 2017 #1

Well they could have said Senator the Rev malaise Jan 2017 #2

This was so shocking and so horrific ... I am just hoping beyond hope .... etherealtruth Jan 2017 #3

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

1. Which did he prefer?

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2017, 07:40 PM

Jan 2017

I don't know ... I am hoping they call him Reverend out of respect and at his preference ... but I don't know.

malaise

(269,045 posts)

2. Well they could have said Senator the Rev

Reply to etherealtruth (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 10, 2017, 07:46 PM

Jan 2017

but I have long been convinced that they deliberately played down his Democratic connections. Why did they all do it.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

3. This was so shocking and so horrific ... I am just hoping beyond hope ....

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 10, 2017, 07:49 PM

Jan 2017

That they have done this at his preference ... like I said, I don't know (but I want to believe)

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