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As Coates notes RainDog Jun 2014 #1
I posted part 2. bravenak Jun 2014 #2
I can't believe you were alerted upon. joshcryer Jun 2014 #3
When? bravenak Jun 2014 #4
here...............stupid alert as the jury noted Demonaut Jun 2014 #6
That saddens me. Nt bravenak Jun 2014 #13
I was #4, for what it's worth. joshcryer Jun 2014 #15
Thank you. bravenak Jun 2014 #18
Thank you! Warpy Jun 2014 #19
Thanks! joshcryer Jun 2014 #23
great vote and great explanation CreekDog Jun 2014 #93
No! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #30
7-0 goes to MIRT; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #31
I hope they do, 1StrongBlackMan. sheshe2 Jun 2014 #37
I will not be silenced ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #40
I knew that... sheshe2 Jun 2014 #44
Admin reviews all alerts. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #120
the admins see all alerts and read them. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #206
So MIRT doesn't see 0-7s to show? Interesting. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #207
no there is no reason for us to deal with them. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #208
We better stay in order to draw more people in. bravenak Jun 2014 #32
Well, let me educate the alerter a bit more Warpy Jun 2014 #17
Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #35
Block busting didn't work too well in my last neighborhood in Boston Warpy Jun 2014 #58
Awesome post!! bravenak Jun 2014 #63
+1000 countryjake Jun 2014 #124
Wow BainsBane Jun 2014 #105
Fucking pathetic. I hope the admins note who alerted on this. redqueen Jun 2014 #140
I'm sorry to say this, but, truthfully, Juror #1 got it right more than anyone else. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #154
You keep using words like "truthfully" wrong gollygee Jun 2014 #200
Therein lies the problem BainsBane Jun 2014 #205
Agreed. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #9
Nope, no targeted alerting going on here at all... SidDithers Jun 2014 #100
I always read him RainDog Jun 2014 #7
I wonder that too since the British did offer freedom to Blacks who fought on their side. bravenak Jun 2014 #10
Throughout history Americans have left this country RainDog Jun 2014 #14
The senate IS like the House of Lords. bravenak Jun 2014 #24
In Massachusetts, slavery ended in the 1780s MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #16
Yes, Manny, but this is also about other things too. bravenak Jun 2014 #21
Just responding to your observation on the British offer MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #26
Oh, my bad. Nt bravenak Jun 2014 #27
Oh, yes, some Brits did.....but not really out of altruism(not in most cases), mind you. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #77
They used us for their need to try to end the rebellion. bravenak Jun 2014 #79
I would have too JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #103
Your husband is a smart man. bravenak Jun 2014 #104
He's smart but he's also kind of crazy! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #109
That is so funny!!! bravenak Jun 2014 #111
My goodness gollygee Jun 2014 #5
Thank you for giving me the results. bravenak Jun 2014 #11
I'm interested in that book - thanks for posting. el_bryanto Jun 2014 #8
I posted part 2. bravenak Jun 2014 #12
IT is available on the Kindle - i just checked. Thinking of getting it el_bryanto Jun 2014 #20
Thank you. bravenak Jun 2014 #22
That's a benefit - but honestly - if i get it on my Kindle I'm likely to read it el_bryanto Jun 2014 #96
I saw this comment from one poster named "chadstanton": Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #25
Funny, i blame the mormon church a bit more than the black churches. bravenak Jun 2014 #29
I want you to read Republican Gomorrah JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #107
Erik Prince would be Blackwater right? Jamastiene Jun 2014 #177
You got it! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #179
Are you talking about this: Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #193
Yep! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #199
Do you see it as part of 'The Family' as some of the same players are there? freshwest Jun 2014 #218
I absolutely do! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #219
Yes, I've used the same technique. Embrace their reality, befriend their heroes and despise their freshwest Jun 2014 #221
The American Communist Party was the only civil rights supporter ... kwassa Jun 2014 #28
so this is how the right wing accuses some black people from those days of being commies JI7 Jun 2014 #33
But major African American leaders at the time RainDog Jun 2014 #41
i recently read that book and it does remind me of these things JI7 Jun 2014 #42
What they fail to realize Mnpaul Jun 2014 #74
Thanks for pointing this out. vlakitti Jun 2014 #46
Liberalism isn't really equipped to deal with looking at the entire Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #53
But wait, we're all told that Obama is a traitor, and FDR was a saint! ConservativeDemocrat Jun 2014 #34
Damn. bravenak Jun 2014 #48
"War on The Weak" by Edwin Black documents the eugenics movement loyalsister Jun 2014 #36
Great info. bravenak Jun 2014 #50
You're welcome loyalsister Jun 2014 #75
Edwin Black's a good guy......but he's wrong about progressives. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #191
The progressives did favor involuntary sterilization loyalsister Jun 2014 #196
They also kidnapped and sterilized poor whites, a source of old white anti-government hatred. freshwest Jun 2014 #220
This started in southern states loyalsister Jun 2014 #224
Thanks for this OP. Very much. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #38
No problem. bravenak Jun 2014 #43
I found it. You could edit the OP to include it. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #66
Okay. bravenak Jun 2014 #68
bravenak - you may have already seen this -- Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #39
Love it!!! bravenak Jun 2014 #45
I almost did an OP about it today but, did not have the time. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #47
That is great! I'm going to post in on FB. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #49
go for it ... that is where I found it. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #51
Y'know, I don't dispute the accuracy of Coates' history, alp227 Jun 2014 #52
I think we need to look at it from today's standard so that we don't slip back. bravenak Jun 2014 #54
"times liberals fantasize about" whoa whoa whoa wait a minute. alp227 Jun 2014 #55
Lot's fantasize about FDR. bravenak Jun 2014 #59
FDR definitely wasn't perfect, because of the internment camps and such. alp227 Jun 2014 #65
I guess his not pushing for anti lynching legislation biases me. bravenak Jun 2014 #67
Thanks for the link. In contrast, LBJ was willing to push for the Civil Rights Act alp227 Jun 2014 #70
You are right. bravenak Jun 2014 #72
Ahhh ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #161
I learned a new term. "Presentism" Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #98
the reason there is less support for Govt programs is because it's seen as benefiting Blacks and JI7 Jun 2014 #176
Well a lot of eugenic stuff still exists AngryAmish Jun 2014 #97
True loyalsister Jun 2014 #210
I've said before, and I'll say again, the measure of how much Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #106
"I don't dispute the accuracy of Coates' history". I do. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #155
The "Democratic Party" used to mean Majority Rule, as in the White Majority.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #56
Excellent article lovemydog Jun 2014 #57
Thank you. bravenak Jun 2014 #61
Kick and Hell yes Recommend! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #60
Good night! bravenak Jun 2014 #62
You too bravenak! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #64
Not every Democrat was a liberal and it didn't start with Wilson, but with merrily Jun 2014 #69
Thank you for this post. bravenak Jun 2014 #82
You're welcome. merrily Jun 2014 #86
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #71
Thanks for the kick. nt bravenak Jun 2014 #73
Yeah......I'm sorry, but Katznelson pretty much falls short on this. Coates too. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #76
How you been Joe? bravenak Jun 2014 #78
..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #80
No honey. bravenak Jun 2014 #81
Sure, hon. Sure. And I'm Bill Cosby. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #83
You just told me that i am out of the mainstream. bravenak Jun 2014 #88
so you deny white privilege and global climate change/global warming CreekDog Jun 2014 #95
Touché, touché. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #99
And the results are in. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #136
Thank heaven JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #202
Hello CD. I see you're engaging in your favorite B.S. games again. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #137
LOLOLOL! RainDog Jun 2014 #146
Remember what you asked him that day? bravenak Jun 2014 #147
Tutti-Frutti RainDog Jun 2014 #151
Great post i was trying not to start with him. bravenak Jun 2014 #153
smart thinking RainDog Jun 2014 #158
I sometimes wonder if you are a writer in real life. bravenak Jun 2014 #160
Thanks! RainDog Jun 2014 #162
Unfortunately ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #166
He's older than me RainDog Jun 2014 #168
One of the lessons learned/taught ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #181
Ah RainDog Jun 2014 #187
No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #195
actually, he's just atheist RainDog Jun 2014 #198
I understand ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #203
Sadly ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #164
I'm sorry that's the case here RainDog Jun 2014 #165
you're chiding Coates and the OP for misrepresenting black people? CreekDog Jun 2014 #94
Theodore Bilbo was a member of the KKK. Rex Jun 2014 #84
That's basically what Katznelson and Coates implied.....even if not intentionally, perhaps. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #85
I'm in total agreement, revisionist history is for the KKKarl Roves of the world. Rex Jun 2014 #87
They did not say that. bravenak Jun 2014 #89
Well I don't know what is liberal about white racism, seems like a strange title. Rex Jun 2014 #90
fdr's administration called him "a great friend of liberal government" fishwax Jun 2014 #169
The article is about what was historically considered liberal gollygee Jun 2014 #201
Nobody is immune to racism, but social liberals were opposite of the KKK. Rex Jun 2014 #211
It's just talking about liberals in the Democratic Party gollygee Jun 2014 #213
"Actually *legitimately* studied US history" ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #113
I dunno what you've been reading..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #134
Are you serious? ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #141
Okay, but, TBH. there's no such thing as "white history". AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #144
The entire history of the country is white history ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #157
"You sound very young, very idealistic." I used to be idealistic myself, yes, I will be honest. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #159
When, exactly, did you opine that white privilege existed? Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #186
It was a long while before I joined DU, to be truthful. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #192
That's funny. I can cite quite a few specifics about why I know it exists. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #194
Most studies on "American" history don't even begin to tell the whole story... countryjake Jun 2014 #145
"What you say here sounds exactly like the argument....." Are you sure? AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #152
Yes, it was indeed sickeningly sweet, but recognizing the need for Black Studies... countryjake Jun 2014 #156
Have to agree there, not near enough time is spent on minority history. Rex Jun 2014 #148
Wait! Wasn't this ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #163
Thats how i read it.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #167
Phew ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #174
what were some of Bilbo's extreme right wing positions, aside from his fishwax Jun 2014 #170
Not sure if I want to go thru the trouble of spending hours & hours digging..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #171
Based on what I've said here? What was that? I've only posted twice fishwax Jun 2014 #172
To clarify, I meant just your reply to my post. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #175
The Rand Paul analogy isn't really a very good one, Joe fishwax Jun 2014 #178
You have to realize, however, more than anything..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #182
Then it shouldn't be difficult to answer my earlier question: what are some of his right-wing fishwax Jun 2014 #185
*Sigh*. You just don't get it. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #190
I get the concept, Joe ... I'm just asking for a single shred of evidence fishwax Jun 2014 #197
I can only speak for family experience JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #204
Thanks for sharing that background fishwax Jun 2014 #215
Your welcome JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #216
K and R, great post! etherealtruth Jun 2014 #91
K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #92
Oh shit JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #101
Good topic to explore right about now. bravenak Jun 2014 #102
Coates argument falls apart Harmony Blue Jun 2014 #108
No. bravenak Jun 2014 #112
The eugenics movement is not acceptable by anyone today and not acceptable Harmony Blue Jun 2014 #123
No. bravenak Jun 2014 #125
Is this the poster JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #126
Yes!!! Ahhhhhh!! Driving me bananas! bravenak Jun 2014 #129
ahh! for my journal JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #132
Your opinions and feelings are just as valid Harmony Blue Jun 2014 #222
Nope.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #223
OMG. bravenak Jun 2014 #225
I tried as hard as I could to make sense of your rambling post brentspeak Jun 2014 #130
It refers to a post he made about black families. bravenak Jun 2014 #131
It's in reference to other stances the poster has taken in the past... countryjake Jun 2014 #133
k&r for exposure... giftedgirl77 Jun 2014 #110
Kick...and I would alert on the alerter. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #114
I wish i could.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #115
Send an email directly to Skinner, or post in AtA. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #117
Thanks.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #118
Send an email of the jury results to the admins. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #116
Thanks.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #119
There IS racism in White Liberal America. Many people of color have experienced this Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #121
Go to AA. bravenak Jun 2014 #122
I think I read it. I haven't been on DU for awhile, but I do remember. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #127
and it is flaming DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #128
Not much, though. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #135
How do you know this? You don't. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #143
interesting stuff. i bought two books for my kindle based on this thread. m-lekktor Jun 2014 #138
I am just trying to let people see the world through my eyes. bravenak Jun 2014 #139
I would rather you don't go. Jamastiene Jun 2014 #183
If i do i will make sure to do a GBCW for you and let you know where i go or get your facebooks. bravenak Jun 2014 #184
Yeh. Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party, was a racist who owned slaves. Zorra Jun 2014 #142
You have gotten the wrong message. bravenak Jun 2014 #150
Thanks. Zorra Jun 2014 #180
Hi Zorra. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #173
There is no explanation you would willingly understand. kwassa Jun 2014 #188
K&R Thanks for posting this! mwrguy Jun 2014 #149
Yeah. Coates's writings over the past two years have been amazing Recursion Jun 2014 #189
WATCH HERE: White, black, red, brown, yellow, and *other* liberals march with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Zorra Jun 2014 #209
What a great post! Waiting For Everyman Jun 2014 #212
I'm very glad you think so, Waiting For Everyman, thanks. nt Zorra Jun 2014 #214
Outstanding post...recommending people read it..thank you. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #217
Some progressives remind me of Janet Parshall randys1 Jun 2014 #226
She was terrible. bravenak Jun 2014 #227
Of course they save the in house shill for the last word ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #228
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