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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:24 AM Original message |
Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! |
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ebdarcy (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for posting this. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't remember that part from Blazing Saddles. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I never thought I'd believe Blazing Saddles |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Question. What would have happened if there been no slavery in the US? |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Interesting counterfactual question |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Counterfactual? All theoreticals are "counterfactual". Give it a try. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Counterfactual reasoning is a style of causal explanation |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Deleted message |
izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Wow that's pretty fucked up. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. "Believe" something that is "counterfactual"? It's a theoretical. Argue it. Don't ridicule it. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. . |
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ebdarcy (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. You have some fucking nerve. That's disgusting. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Slavery was beneficial? I am basically asking a simple "what if" - what if there was no slavery? |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Yes, slavery created opportunity |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. OMFG, no you didn't |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Kick for one of the most disgusting comments I've ever seen on DU. n/t |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. America would probably be equivalent to a third world country. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why does Frederick Douglas hate America? |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Zombie Frederick Douglass '08 |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. Funny. I See No Mention In There Of Blaming Us For 9/11 Or Purposely Infecting Blacks With Aids. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Why don't you get the quotes right? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Funny. I Don't See Any Quotes. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. My comparison is to how the message is received. |
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