01-03-2017, 09:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2017, 09:32 PM by Eric the Green.)
(01-03-2017, 09:19 PM)Danilynn Wrote: I never owned slaves.
my parents never owned slaves
my grandparents never owned slaves
my great grandparents never owned slaves
my great-great grandparents never owned slaves.
my dad's family didn't arrive in this country until 1913.
they came from Germany,
they never owned slaves.
Good for you! We're even then. See, it's not a personal issue then, is it?
Quote:Mississippi is a friendly state and is really pretty with some beautiful countryside and churches filled with charitable people.
My neighborhood is black, white, latino.
we get along really well.
NOT ONE OF US OWNS SLAVES.
Good, but did you watch that program about Our Mockingbird? The fact is that Mississippi and Alabama are still thoroughly segregated. all progress toward integration has been reversed, especially the 1954 decision. What does it say about you, that the only thing you can say about this issue, is to defend yourself personally? That's what I never understood about you. You are unable it appears to discuss issues in a general way.
Quote:for the love of God, we aren't evil and nor are we the antichrist. we just have different meanings of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness than you.
PLEASE STOP maligning us as evil incarnate.
I will not stop making the posts like I have been making recently about slavery and its legacy, although maybe I won't use the word hillbillies if you're around. It seems to rile you, but you could also embrace it. I certainly don't feel maligned if you call me a hippie, although you probably mean it that way as retaliation. To me, it's a compliment, so thank you
I don't know what "different meanings of liberty" you have, but I doubt it could be established that there are different meanings. Some people are confused about it, that's for sure. They think untrammeled "free enterprise" is "liberty," when it's really slavery. But, you know what George Orwell said about doublespeak. It's very often practiced today, especially by our president-elect.
As Atticus Finch said, "for the love of God, DO YOUR DUTY!" Stop covering up for and excusing the sins of your state, and face up to the world we live all in.
And you can criticize California all you want. We have very far to go too, and have multiple sins for which to atone. I've told you that before too.