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So what if he was a Civil Rights activist, so were darlings of Left like Charlton Heston (who really wasn't that bad of a guy) and Fred Phelps (who is that bad of a guy).
so are you saying he should have never been involved with the civil rights movement in the 60's?
According to a significant number of liberals here on CD, the church and anyone who has a religious inclination must not involve themselves with political matters because the church and state are to be separate. I'm not sure how you can divorce the civil rights movement or even the abolitionist movement before it from religious organizations, but that's what they want. Now the question for our liberal friends becomes should there have even been a civil rights movement which imposed religious values on secular governments?
If I'm to take the advice of the left on here, I should dismiss him immidiately for his age and the fact that he should be pooping on himself but I'd never know it because of his depends.
He's 84. Shouldn't he be able to enjoy his retirement that he earned, like all those Tea Party retirees who yelled "keep your hands off my Medicare"? They didn't have jobs. I guess their political opinions shouldn't count, either.
And in any event, Belafonte has worked in two documentaries in the past 3 years.
I was being sarcastic. My point is that just because someone was involved with the Civil Rights Movement doesn't make them above reproach. A lot of liberals and Left-Wingers hated Charlton Heston because of his involvement with the NRA and completely ignored that he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement at a time when high-profile Civil Rights supporters might be killed.
Also, Fred Phelps was a Civil Rights attorney and took many pro-bono Civil Rights cases back in the 60s. He also played a major role in reversing many of Kansas' Jim Crow laws. He did a hell of a lot more for Civil Rights than most people in the movement. Now, does his involvement in the Civil Rights mean that he is not a s--tbag? No, it doesn't.
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