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ZombieHorde

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90. MLK for his argumentation and fearless civil rights work.
Fri Jan 3, 2014, 11:39 AM
Jan 2014

Susan B. Anthony for her contributions to politics.

Joseph Campbell for his contributions to theology.

Robert Anton Wilson for his contributions to philosophy.

Kenneth Burke for his contributions to rhetoric.

Noam Chomsky for his contributions to rhetoric.

Two Questions: [View all] H2O Man Jan 2014 OP
Ben Franklin, Lincoln, FDR, Ike MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #1
if she runs i think she`ll win... madrchsod Jan 2014 #23
Ben Franklin is at the top of my list, also Warpy Jan 2014 #50
A thought-provoking question. democrank Jan 2014 #2
Mark Twain. Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #3
You beat me to it, Kingofalldems. lob1 Jan 2014 #55
My list would include James Earl Carter, 39th President of the United States. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #4
Dylan, Malcolm X, Flannery O'Connor, Bill W. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #5
Without giving your question much thought, the names that immediately lept to mind were scarletwoman Jan 2014 #6
Melville? Seriously? hootinholler Jan 2014 #18
What can I say? I read Moby Dick from cover to cover 4 times. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #22
The 19th Century one hit wonder hootinholler Jan 2014 #31
You're just being mean. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #32
hoot read the Classics Illustrated version. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #36
Oh wow - I totally remember those! scarletwoman Jan 2014 #37
Nah it was some book club leather bound edition hootinholler Jan 2014 #40
No. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #42
Hey I'm not criticizing *you* hootinholler Jan 2014 #39
Forgive me, but I don't really know what the "Boston Album" might be. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #43
Michener! Of Course! hootinholler Jan 2014 #49
I read something ABOUT Michener hfojvt Jan 2014 #82
I think Melville is quintessentially American, and "Bartleby the Scrivener" is genius -- & also El_Johns Jan 2014 #71
I have often thought about reading "Bartleby the Scrivener" but A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #80
Hmmm 2naSalit Jan 2014 #73
Mark Twain. ljm2002 Jan 2014 #7
MLK and RFK. Scuba Jan 2014 #8
A very moving remembrance of Jim etherealtruth Jan 2014 #11
I have to kick this because I really want to read more responses. (nt) scarletwoman Jan 2014 #9
excellent question Adam051188 Jan 2014 #10
haven't seen Harriet Tubman's name yet Adam051188 Jan 2014 #24
Helen Keller, socialist, labor rights activist, suffragist, early supporter of the NAACP... Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #12
Such an excellent choice. Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #25
Eugene V. Debs - TBF Jan 2014 #13
Three. westerebus Jan 2014 #14
Mark Twain, Joseph Heller, Henry James, Emma Goldman, Edward Snowden, Joan Baez, Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2014 #15
Claudette Colvin rug Jan 2014 #16
Thank you for remembering this remarkable forgotten woman Laughing Mirror Jan 2014 #86
Will Rogers Brother Buzz Jan 2014 #17
+1 FreeJoe Jan 2014 #100
I'll add some more names in order to keep this kicked up. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #19
Duke Ellington, Kurt Vonnegut, Susan B Anthony, Orson Wells, Harvey Milk, Malcolm X. Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #20
ike.... madrchsod Jan 2014 #21
The millions of Americans who struggled most every day and died forgotten. Kaleva Jan 2014 #26
+1 El_Johns Jan 2014 #72
Smedley Butler and Edward Snowden GliderGuider Jan 2014 #27
Hear, hear! scarletwoman Jan 2014 #29
+100! nt LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #104
living - Bernie Sanders why? he knows what empathy is. deceased - they're all dead... Agony Jan 2014 #28
Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King. In the modern day - Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald quinnox Jan 2014 #30
A long list Beringia Jan 2014 #33
Nobody as disgustingly anti-Semitic as Henry Ford deserves a place on the list (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #41
Thomas Merton, yes. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #34
Waterman, it's not like you to post and run. I'm looking forward to you making some comments here. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #35
We're having a big storm H2O Man Jan 2014 #54
It's been below zero here for most of a month. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #62
I'm kind of partial to Sojourner Truth in the historical figure category Zorra Jan 2014 #38
A few of mine: H2O Man Jan 2014 #44
I simply can't answer this question hootinholler Jan 2014 #45
Some others: H2O Man Jan 2014 #46
John Trudell. Vine Deloria. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #52
Yep. H2O Man Jan 2014 #53
+1000 catbyte Jan 2014 #77
OK Skittles Jan 2014 #47
Yes, Rosa Parks, of course. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #51
A couple of friends: H2O Man Jan 2014 #48
Jodette Johnson. LeftyMom Jan 2014 #57
Very cool Beringia Jan 2014 #66
RFK, MLK, FDR abelenkpe Jan 2014 #58
To those above, I would add Robert Ingersoll and Dizzy Gillespie. immoderate Jan 2014 #59
Oh, Eugene McCarthy. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #60
Yes! scarletwoman Jan 2014 #64
Yep. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #65
You've never heard of them. Neither have I. Mister Ed Jan 2014 #61
I don't think the best our society has produced is newsworthy enough to know by name NoOneMan Jan 2014 #63
Good answer. polichick Jan 2014 #68
Thomas Paine and Howard Zinn, though I could choose so many others. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #67
Grace Lee Boggs. (nt) scarletwoman Jan 2014 #69
Its obvious the answer is. Ron popeil and the sham wow guy! Drew Richards Jan 2014 #70
"the sham wow guy" H2O Man Jan 2014 #87
OMG H20 you crack me up Drew Richards Jan 2014 #91
didn't the sham wow guybgo fucking nuts or something? nt arely staircase Jan 2014 #99
George Washington Carver Rex Jan 2014 #74
When I lived in Europe, I had a circle of acquaintances who, when I was in a bad mood or El_Johns Jan 2014 #75
Martin Luther King, Jr. catbyte Jan 2014 #76
John Lewis is right up there... babylonsister Jan 2014 #78
George Carlin. westerebus Jan 2014 #79
ditto B Calm Jan 2014 #88
truth to power.. westerebus Jan 2014 #102
I'll drink to that CFLDem Jan 2014 #96
cheers westerebus Jan 2014 #103
Jonas Salk, Thomas Edison, Vida Dutton Scudder hfojvt Jan 2014 #81
Complex Question............ PDJane Jan 2014 #83
Clara Lemlich, she fought tirelessly for worker's rights, to the very end. countryjake Jan 2014 #84
some very great names here. let me add Satchel Paige, Randolph Bourne and Aldo Leopold to the list villager Jan 2014 #85
Roberto Clemente, Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, Louis Armstrong, Annie Peck, Joey Ramone, FSogol Jan 2014 #89
MLK for his argumentation and fearless civil rights work. ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #90
Norman Borlaug WilliamPitt Jan 2014 #92
Stephen Colbert. randome Jan 2014 #93
Dorothy and Bob DeBolt TexasBushwhacker Jan 2014 #94
FDR, Harry Hopkins, Steven Spielberg, George Gershwin and Upton Sinclair. LanternWaste Jan 2014 #95
Republican Jesus CFLDem Jan 2014 #97
Lincoln, MLK for how they shaped the country politically arely staircase Jan 2014 #98
my dad FreeJoe Jan 2014 #101
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