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mountain grammy

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21. 'Lincoln' should be seen by all. A good American history lesson about how the president
Sat May 24, 2014, 04:40 PM
May 2014

and Thaddeus Stevens took a stand on the 13th amendment and what it took to pass it.

It's also a reminder of "how the party of Lincoln" is not even close.

I haven't read it either, but I'm all in favour. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #1
Yeah ismnotwasm May 2014 #2
Where are folks going to learn it? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #3
Excellent points ismnotwasm May 2014 #4
The right even created their own 'alternative history' channel... Blanks May 2014 #10
True that! ismnotwasm May 2014 #11
How To Tell Who Hasn't Read The New 'Atlantic' Cover Story Leme May 2014 #5
Really? ismnotwasm May 2014 #7
No. You must read it. brush May 2014 #15
"No. You must read it"; Are you over age over 30 or 40? Leme May 2014 #57
Quite a lot, and I was an activist in the '60s brush May 2014 #59
nice that you think that bit of added knowledge for you made a difference. Leme May 2014 #60
That and quite a bit more of the article brush May 2014 #61
The article is excellent. I've bookmarked it and read it over several days. mountain grammy May 2014 #6
It's an article to be savored for the knowledge and learned from, that's for sure ismnotwasm May 2014 #8
'Lincoln' should be seen by all. A good American history lesson about how the president mountain grammy May 2014 #21
^^^^^this^^^ mopinko May 2014 #9
Agree trocar May 2014 #19
What specifically? Just a single cash reparation could be disastrous. ErikJ May 2014 #12
The article is not about money brush May 2014 #16
Has to involve some kind of monetary reparation. The Japanese-Am got $1.6 billion. ErikJ May 2014 #17
Did you read the article? ismnotwasm May 2014 #18
Not yet, but Hartmann spent an hour talking about it yesterday ErikJ May 2014 #22
Read it ismnotwasm May 2014 #23
There are no specific reparations proposals in Coates' essay. Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #20
du rec. xchrom May 2014 #13
Republicans are walking headlines smallcat88 May 2014 #14
What is it about then? treestar May 2014 #24
Read it, reread it AnalystInParadise May 2014 #25
Why do you call it nonsense? You can't deny the facts and truth of the article. brush May 2014 #26
Those times the reparations were used to correct temporary situations davidn3600 May 2014 #29
Your first sentence makes the case even stronger for reparations brush May 2014 #38
You can't fight different problems with the same weapons davidn3600 May 2014 #39
What are you talking about people giving up their wealth? brush May 2014 #45
Yes AnalystInParadise May 2014 #32
That kind of blanket rejection of justice . . . brush May 2014 #36
Flagged for review, eh? After reading your posts in this thread it would be a shame if that review Number23 May 2014 #41
I'm surprised it has taken this long for that account to be flagged. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #43
I know it should be surprising. But it's not. And I have no doubt that after he's been "reviewed" Number23 May 2014 #44
I hope not ismnotwasm May 2014 #46
In a post to me they admitted to not having read it. sheshe2 May 2014 #53
I hope that they will be gone. sheshe2 May 2014 #54
yes, still not banned , and i bet it's already back under another name JI7 May 2014 #62
See you in July. Enjoy your hiatus :) Electric Monk May 2014 #42
LOL Hassin Bin Sober May 2014 #50
compensation for a great injustice = theft. nt killbotfactory May 2014 #28
Post removed Post removed May 2014 #33
Try reading without anger ismnotwasm May 2014 #30
Post removed Post removed May 2014 #34
you mean most white people, Democrats and Republicans noiretextatique May 2014 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #27
That 'reparations' word ismnotwasm May 2014 #31
Just saw the author on Bill Moyers Leme May 2014 #35
That critique is just a lame attempt by reparation supporters to discount people who question TNC aikoaiko May 2014 #37
i dunno Leme May 2014 #40
The article I posted is not the one in the Atlantic ismnotwasm May 2014 #47
ah, who made you the person to decide? What debate? This is a discussion. Leme May 2014 #48
I read the TNC Atlantic article. aikoaiko May 2014 #49
TNC does not explain what he means by reparations well Leme May 2014 #52
perhaps you understand what he is trying to do, perhaps not Leme May 2014 #51
When you didn't credit the author and your link where you said More led to some confusion Leme May 2014 #58
They...have a life?! maced666 May 2014 #55
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