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Soooooo, I could really care less if someone says Powell voted for Obama because of race. Especially after he hangs out with people like Farrakhan.
I missed the part where the media exposed Jayz and Samuel Jackson as racists for saying they voted for Obama because hes black.
Blind juvenile hatred. Those are two different scenes crop together. The truley pathetic and telling that you would attempt to start a thread based on a blatant LIE and in typical style and right on point your mindless cheerleaders will be along to agree with you with the typical ignorant drivel.
Wow........this is amazing and very telling. I can't believe this........couldn't rep you, but this is very good and tells us why he has done some of his thinking.
You wanted to rep someone for trying to pass off a badly edited photo. You guys don't even try anymore. Lol
soooooo, i could really care less if someone says powell voted for obama because of race. Especially after he hangs out with people like farrakhan.
I missed the part where the media exposed jayz and samuel jackson as racists for saying they voted for obama because hes black.
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Originally Posted by softblueyz
i'm not defending powell (who i like) or farakhan (who i don't like), but you might have wanted to put up the text that accompanied that photo. It was an event, by invitation, celebrating jamaica's 50th anniversary. Very possible that powell didn't know who received invites and that farakhan would be there.
The only reason Powell and Farrakhan took the photo together (aside from the hottie between them, a former Miss World) is that both men were in Jamaica for an event, as both are of Jamaican roots.
That's nice- When Powell was a younger man he would have made a great and intelligent first black President- but he was thwarted. He aged and his time and opportunity passed...with that passing of opportunity he became embittered and started to resent the white establishment- The white establishment made him wait to long...hoping he would go away...and he did. Farrakahan - I really don't know much about him other than I sense he is a trouble maker and a vile man.
Powell knows exactly who he is. If Powell still cared about justice and still had hope in white America he would have declined to stand for this photo- Power has given up and given in. To bad he WAS a great man at one time- but evil won.
I actually think Farrakhan, and the Black Muslim movement, has done a lot of good for the black community. Their emphasis on family and sobriety is a positive force. Yes, like most other religions at their beginnings, the ethnocentric nature of the Nation of Islam's teachings can be a bit offensive.
Farrakhan, to me, is a bit like Pat Buchanan, you have to get beyond certain excerpts and quotes and read them more in depth to appreciate their viewpoints.
The fact is the Nation of Islam has turned drug addicts and criminals into productive citizens. On balance, Farrakhan has done a lot more good than harm.
I actually think Farrakhan, and the Black Muslim movement, has done a lot of good for the black community. Their emphasis on family and sobriety is a positive force. Yes, like most other religions at their beginnings, the ethnocentric nature of the Nation of Islam's teachings can be a bit offensive.
Farrakhan, to me, is a bit like Pat Buchanan, you have to get beyond certain excerpts and quotes and read them more in depth to appreciate their viewpoints.
The fact is the Nation of Islam has turned drug addicts and criminals into productive citizens. On balance, Farrakhan has done a lot more good than harm.
In one sense he is good for the black community, in another sense he's not. Not really being familiary with him at the time, I heard him preaching about family unity and raising yourself up and fathers taking responsibility. I thought he was sending a good message and then he went off the rails.............got on his hate speech. He's really full of some serious hatred. Pat Buchanan just gets stupid.
Wow........this is amazing and very telling. I can't believe this........couldn't rep you, but this is very good and tells us why he has done some of his thinking.
That's just outright ignorant.
1. you have no idea if this was a photoshop picture
2. you have no idea why they would be seen together
3. you assume people together believe everything of the people they are with.
If it is guilt by association then millions are guilty. Sounds like a witch hunt to me.
This photo is clearly a proud moment for Jamaica. It's out of context in America and only serves a purpose for empowering Jamaicans.
Perhaps some photos of George Bush Kissing Arabs and Bowing to the Chinese would be appropriate here?
You wanted to rep someone for trying to pass off a badly edited photo. You guys don't even try anymore. Lol
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Originally Posted by AONE
That's just outright ignorant.
1. you have no idea if this was a photoshop picture
2. you have no idea why they would be seen together
3. you assume people together believe everything of the people they are with.
If it is guilt by association then millions are guilty. Sounds like a witch hunt to me.
Would the two of you like to prove this is a photo that has been editied??
So if President Bush or Mr. Romney stood with David Duke would the bold still apply??
Last edited by wildflower82; 10-28-2012 at 08:46 AM..
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