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coalition_unwilling

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2. I hope you will review the link below before writing off all Caucasians in the

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 11:28 PM

Dec 2012

struggle for racial equality:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_Moore

Also, the Communist Party-USA stood at the forefront of the campaign for racial equality long before said campaign became fashionable among liberal elites. That history also gets whitewashed out of our collective memory. Come to think of it, the CP has been 20-30 years ahead of most social reforms later championed by liberal elites. There's a lesson in there somewhere, but I'll be damned if I can cypher it.

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Django Unchained: Might be a more important MUST SEE than Les Miz [View all] Moonwalk Dec 2012 OP

all that might be true. it certainly might be a discussion point. roguevalley Dec 2012 #1

Personal choice, but it bothers me. Daemonaquila Dec 2012 #10

I see your point but I also remember when lynchings were common roguevalley Dec 2012 #12

I am there also Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #22

agreed, mojorabbit roguevalley Dec 2012 #37

I hope you will review the link below before writing off all Caucasians in the coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #2

oh wow how cool limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #6

You mean it's NOT about that jazz guitar player? rocktivity Dec 2012 #3

As a Django FREAK, with a DOG named Django... dorkzilla Dec 2012 #8

Have a cat named Django! lapislzi Dec 2012 #21

I bet he is! dorkzilla Dec 2012 #23

He has Twitter followers... lapislzi Dec 2012 #24

now THAT is a cool cat! dorkzilla Dec 2012 #38

Holy crap! It's getting an 8.8 on IMDB. I cannot wait to see it. Gregorian Dec 2012 #4

Hard to go by that early on. I remember when *Inception* came out TheManInTheMac Dec 2012 #17

I know. It is a good sign. But only time will reveal it's true value. Gregorian Dec 2012 #30

Yeah. They usually hold off before adding them to the top 250 for just that reason. TheManInTheMac Dec 2012 #36

I saw this movie earlier today with my two adult daughters...... TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #39

You have piqued my curiosity. Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #5

I saw it. I say it's worth seeing RainDog Dec 2012 #7

I have not seen it yet, TDale313 Dec 2012 #9

Sorry don't go to "MUST SEE" films. whistler162 Dec 2012 #11

One quibble: "Spaghetti western" refers to low budget westerns filmed in Italy. FSogol Dec 2012 #13

I understand but I definitely felt the vibe of some of those flicks was in the mix. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #20

Spaghetti westerns... Blue_Adept Dec 2012 #29

"whitewash slavery", ah ha ha ha ha ha. bemildred Dec 2012 #14

We saw it last night. It's a terrific movie. DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #15

Waltz won the Academy Award OldHippieChick Dec 2012 #16

I didn't see that movie DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #25

Jaime Foxx won the Oscar for Ray....... TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #40

So les mis is a wont see for me, so i don't kno where that puts django. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #18

as a tarantino fan shanti Dec 2012 #19

I used to be a movie buff Skittles Dec 2012 #27

definitely overpriced shanti Dec 2012 #32

especially sickening when you see the profits they rake in Skittles Dec 2012 #35

I declined to see both "The Help" and "The Blind Side" beause the promos struck me as phony Skittles Dec 2012 #26

Sorry I will pass on another exboyfil Dec 2012 #28

Hogwash. Zax2me Dec 2012 #31

Bingo Jim Warren Dec 2012 #44

Who paid you to write this crap? chaska Dec 2012 #33

It IS the movie to see. DevonRex Dec 2012 #34

I was walking behind two women in a store and heard one of them say, Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #41

"Lincoln" XemaSab Dec 2012 #42

But Spike Lee said it would be disrespectful to his ancestors to see it TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #43