tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post5307694548399704293..comments2024-03-28T18:11:29.865-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Civil rights substance and symbolsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-45575419595470866952017-08-16T00:35:54.746-04:002017-08-16T00:35:54.746-04:00I think this is a mistake. I grew up in the South ...I think this is a mistake. I grew up in the South and never thought I'd live to see the symbols of the Confederacy start to come down. That lack of hope is toxic. I think it's important to push for change and this is how it's happening. I believe in your argument that the left gets derailed into identity politics in lieu of opening up the tent wide. I believe there are other practical (less symbolic) steps our country should take to address the legacy of slavery. But here we are in 2017 debating that problem and legacy of slavery. But Trump was onto something. Should the statues of Washington and Jefferson come down next? Quite possibly if that's what it takes to admit the country's failings and start to address them in some other way than symbols.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-88886630398486398832017-08-15T07:48:39.728-04:002017-08-15T07:48:39.728-04:00The Durham protesters saved the city considerable ...The Durham protesters saved the city considerable funds, which should be noted at sentencing. The Dems have very little to show for the Black vote. It is all symbolic and a lost cause as if Clinton's crime bill and demolition of welfare entitles him to the Black vote. Which it didn't in 2008. Like slave loyalty to Scarlett O'Hara, only 15% of slaves escaped after Emancipation. Today that would be measured by not voting for the Clinton machine. But voting itself is symbolic. The black votes that toppled Sanders were in Southern states that meant nothing to Dems. Further we are not a democracy. Similarly for the GOP which only symbolically supports Whites but then wants to kill them with Trumpcare and in Afghanistan. So Dean was right, the neo-confederates might as well vote for Dems if they want to live but the Nazis should stick with the GOP if they want to send the sick to their graves in a reliable program to eliminate the unproductive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-26142621350776608192017-08-14T17:08:47.566-04:002017-08-14T17:08:47.566-04:00A thought-provoking piece, Sam. Thanks for posting...A thought-provoking piece, Sam. Thanks for posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com