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Plantsmantx

(20 posts)
5. Perspective:
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 08:10 PM
Jan 2012
The need was real. And the man who best perceived that need -- Louis Farrakhan -- preached bigotry, and headed a church with a history of violence, and patriarchal and homophobic views. We knew this. Some of us even endorsed it. A few of us debated about it. But, ultimately we didn't care. Farrakhan--and his cadre of clean disciplined black men and modest, chaste black women--spoke to our deep, and inward, sense that we were committing a kind of slow suicide, that--as the rappers put it--we were self-destructing.


http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/the-messenger/250685/
this is such an excellent article SemperEadem Jan 2012 #1
He always gives that "certain" very SPECIAL group of folks a smack right in the forehead Number23 Jan 2012 #2
Perspective: Plantsmantx Jan 2012 #5
Perspective for whom? Farrakhan never ran for president or any elected office Number23 Jan 2012 #6
"As Coates admits, even many blacks never liked Farrakhan" Plantsmantx Jan 2012 #8
It is your opinion that this is "head shoulders and then some above what Wise wrote" Number23 Jan 2012 #9
Provide what information? Plantsmantx Jan 2012 #10
It is clear that you have missed Wise's point and you seem to have missed Coates' as well Number23 Jan 2012 #12
Really? Plantsmantx Jan 2012 #13
Do you not realize where you are? Number23 Jan 2012 #14
"This is the AA forum. Most of the participants in this thread are black." Plantsmantx Jan 2012 #15
And now we get to the crux of the matter Number23 Jan 2012 #16
Well, I don't know Plantsmantx Jan 2012 #17
LOL You should be embarrassed but that would involve a measure of honesty and self-awareness Number23 Jan 2012 #18
. nofurylike Jan 2012 #19
This poster had a post hidden in another thread where he went after ANOTHER black poster Number23 Jan 2012 #24
i see it. nofurylike Jan 2012 #25
How interesting Number23 Jan 2012 #26
i agree. it is surreal and indecent. on that note, i have been wondering, nofurylike Jan 2012 #27
Yep, you're supposed to alert using the button on each of the posts Number23 Jan 2012 #29
thank you, Number23! i will start alerting offenses. nofurylike Jan 2012 #30
No, he doesn't represent all white liberals, and that's a good thing. Plantsmantx Jan 2012 #20
Keep posting. I encourage it. The hole you dig with each post gets deeper and deeper Number23 Jan 2012 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author SemperEadem Jan 2012 #28
thank you so very much for posting this outstanding article!! nofurylike Jan 2012 #3
Hey there! FrenchieCat Jan 2012 #4
Hey there, You! nofurylike Jan 2012 #7
Interesting Article... onpatrol98 Jan 2012 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Alien Nation Refugee Jan 2012 #21
The Case Against Ron Paul Alien Nation Refugee Jan 2012 #22
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