Official Coretta Scott King Funeral Thread 9

[bliss_eternal]

:hi:

[helderheid]

1. thank you - thank you!

[KyndCulture]

13. Dr. Bernice King IS her mother and her father....

I hear them both speaking to me...

[bliss_eternal]

2. Wow--their daughter is a powerful speaker--

she got the family gift.

[carolinalady]

4. yes she also spoke at Rosa Parks funeral and was very

dynamic.

[malaise]

9. This part is pretty good n/t

[Sydnie]

3. Did she just speak about herself in the third person?

That's a bit bizzare, isn't it?

[malaise]

8. I had the same thought

I will never understand religion or religious people.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

28. Well, I don't think that's

a religious characteristic. I've never encountered it, myself.

[malaise]

43. True

but I had both thoughts.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

46. LOL

[Nightjock]

5. Did any tv coverage show

pickles and her hubby reaction shots while the speakers were skewering them with the truth?

[helderheid]

6. she is amazing.

[helderheid]

7. question the media!

[helderheid]

10. LISTEN TO HER!

[bliss_eternal]

11. The CANCER is eating away at us...

so profound...

[helderheid]

12. CHILLS

[bliss_eternal]

14. There's a danger when we become a THING oriented society

rather than a PEOPLE oriented society.

Go GIRL! :applause:

[helderheid]

15. Time for a REBIRTH!

[Sydnie]

16. She is a powerful speaker for sure! n/t

[malaise]

17. This part is really good n/t

[bliss_eternal]

18. It's time for the world to be BORN AGAIN!

Whoa...

[KyndCulture]

19. She is her mother and her father... I hear them speaking... nt.

[helderheid]

20. YES!

[KyndCulture]

21. She is giving us their gift right now... HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt.

[bliss_eternal]

22. Church had crippled us...

no truer words...

[me b zola]

39. I certainly do not hear her mother nor her father speak through her

Bernice is a gay-bashing wing nut.

[Sydnie]

23. I don't get all the number references -- is that a baptist thing? n/t

[bliss_eternal]

25. Which references?

I may have missed them...

[Sydnie]

29. the number 5 - the hour of glory and the number 8 which she referenced

several times.

[bliss_eternal]

50. hmmm--I'm guessing a religious, perhaps biblical reference.

I'm not up on biblical references, though. Sorry, I can't be of more help. :(

[bliss_eternal]

24. Please vote in this poll if you haven't already...

MSNBC is out of their minds...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x350534

[helderheid]

26. thank you!

[bliss_eternal]

30. no, thank you--

for DU-ing it!

[KyndCulture]

27. What the hell??? that poll is whacked!

I voted...

[bliss_eternal]

32. Isn't it?

I can't believe so many freeps have OBVIOUSLY voted! :eyes:

[w8liftinglady]

34. What a powerful sermon.So appropriate.

[speedoo]

Sorry but I have to say...

I believe I am a spiritual person and she did not touch me at all.

Of all the speakers at this service, she reached me the least.

[spanone]

31. This has to be historic in length.

All day long. Amazing.

edit: I mean no disrepect whatsoever. :-)

[carolinalady]

33. How long was Rosa's? I think it is a close second.

[Sydnie]

35. 5 and a half hours so far!

And almost every minute riveting.

[bliss_eternal]

36. It was beautiful--

so glad I experienced it...

[indie_voter]

37. Is the liberal media going to take her to task

for politicizing her mother's death?

:sarcasm:

Tweety and his ilk should be ashamed of themselves. Coretta Scott King was an ACTIVIST, how else do you honor an activist but by promising to continue her work?

[bliss_eternal]

49. I hear you. I can't believe them, either.

I guess I would have been more surprised had they chosen to be mute and say nothing about any of it.

If there is a hell, there is a special place for those men, speaking ill of people honoring a woman's life, her legacy--their legacy. Beyond jerks! :mad:

[helderheid]

38. A flower is gone but the fragrance will linger on forever.

[Catchawave]

40. That's lovely, thanks.

[helderheid]

42. I wish I could take credit - it was Robert Schueller

[malaise]

41. Great send off

but I am surprised not to hear Lift Every Voice and Sing.

[spanone]

44. What a Legacy. Martin Luther King - Coretta Scott King.

[malaise]

56. Indeed

I do think Rosa Parks ceremony was more meaningful. Having those people hating hypocrites spoiled the ceremony.

[hopeisaplace]

45. Bernice King was amazing and inspirational

mom of four, in Canada, preparing dinner, screaming and jumping up and
down in my kitchen, saying "yes" "yes" "yes"....
Bernice King for Queen of the world. :)

[bliss_eternal]

48. I loved it when she acknowledged "sexism does still exist..."

She's incredible! We can't let her down--we must all fight in the spirit of the Kings! :hi:

[hopeisaplace]

51. She helped me keep hope alive again...thanks Bernice King

..I guess we find our way by finding our "contribution"
..that's my big thing when I talk with people,
"what's your contribution"..it's my own little saying,
my own message that I spread to others...however
we decide to make our contribution is fine, so long as we make it,
and make it non-violently.
Bernice King helped me remember my own conviction, to
"make my contribution".
:hi:

[bliss_eternal]

52. It was a tremendous speech!

My heart goes out to them, she and her siblings. They lost their dad before they were even at an age to understand what had happened. Now to lose their mom, a woman loved and embraced by so many,...can't be easy for them now.

They are going to need our 'contributions' so much. Now more than ever!

[helderheid]

53. unfortunately I've heard she is very anti-homosexuals. :(

[bliss_eternal]

54. That must have disappointed her mother...

who was very pro-gay rights.

[helderheid]

55. yes, I would think so!

[bliss_eternal]

47. The funeral will re-air on CSpan 2 tonight...Thank you all

for being here and allowing me to share this experience with you! :grouphug: It's been an absolute joy!