Unfathomable: Church Massacre

[Pea-n-Me]

Well I finally watched the video I've been trying to see for days: President Obama singing Amazing Grace at Reverend Pinckney's funeral:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...amas-singing-of-amazing-grace-is-so-powerful/

He had some guts to do that!

He, in the video, and the article, further talk about grace.

 

[rickybobby]

Well I finally watched the video I've been trying to see for days: President Obama singing Amazing Grace at Reverend Pinckney's funeral:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...amas-singing-of-amazing-grace-is-so-powerful/

He had some guts to do that!

He, in the video, and the article, further talk about grace.

Sorry, fail to see what was so gutsy about singing at a funeral.

 

[christineann]

Well I finally watched the video I've been trying to see for days: President Obama singing Amazing Grace at Reverend Pinckney's funeral:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...amas-singing-of-amazing-grace-is-so-powerful/

He had some guts to do that!

He, in the video, and the article, further talk about grace.

One of the family members told me last night that he gets an A for effort, but "Lord, that man can't sing!" I told her there were probably people in the congregation mumbling, "Oh, help him, Jesus!" which is commonly heard around here during the singing of hymns by those off key and if a preacher is having trouble with his sermon

 

[rickybobby]

I love it. If it is something to be proud of, then let your FREAK flag fly.

I do not fly a confederate flag, nor do I own one. But I am insulted that you call this a freak flag.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Sorry, fail to see what was so gutsy about singing at a funeral.

Did you hear him?

How many here that can't carry a tune in the bucket would have the guts to do what he did???

He could have just recited the words to the song, but he didn't.

Did anyone else see that the klan has scheduled a rally there next month? They have said that Roof was on heading in the right direction.

 

[rickybobby]

The Ku Klux Klan really is a very small, impotent organization.
Black Panthers are basically the same, and are very dangerous.

 

[pat fan]

Did anyone else see that the klan has scheduled a rally there next month? They have said that Roof was on heading in the right direction.

And does ANYONE in their right mind agree with them? No. Just cause the klan says he was going in the right direction doesn't mean they or he were right in that assumption.

The Ku Klux Klan really is a very small, impotent organization.
Black Panthers are basically the same, and are very dangerous.

Both crazy and dangerous groups. Unfortunately, we do have free speech. Well, not unfortunately, but you have to take the good with the bad with that. They can spew all the garbage they want, we just need to pray and love and drown them with that. Same as the Westboro Non-Baptist Non-Church. They are no Christian organization, I would lump them with the KKK and Black Panthers, although they have not participated in any violence that I am aware of, although it wouldn't surprise me.

We need to emulate the behavior of those that were killed and their families and stop screeching at one another. (not necessarily on the DIS, but IRL).

 

[TLSnell1981]

It just tells me those companies are afraid of the PC police.

If you do not think or act like them, you must do as they say or you are toast! These companies have no courage or convictions. They go with which ever way the wind blows. Sadly, this is true for many Americans. They are afraid, so they sit back and do nothing...anything to keep the peace. Others jump on the bandwagon because they want to be one of the cool kids. Meanwhile, those silly little freedoms lose meaning and are eventually lost forever.

 

[Disneychick75]

Did you hear him?

How many here that can't carry a tune in the bucket would have the guts to do what he did???

He could have just recited the words to the song, but he didn't.

Did anyone else see that the klan has scheduled a rally there next month? They have said that Roof was on heading in the right direction.

Yes, I did. Did you see that activists in New York plan to burn the American flag by the “Disarm NYPD” group? They want to “set fire to this symbol of oppression....We maintain, unwaveringly, that both the Confederate flag, and the American flag are symbols of oppression. We must keep in mind that the Confederacy only lasted four years. Between the years of 1776 and 1861, slavery was upheld by the United States of America, not the Confederacy. In the years following the war, Jim Crow, segregation, and the extreme expansion of the prison industrial complex were all upheld by the United States of America, not the Confederacy. And now, in the 21st century, foreign wars are fought in our name for capitalist imperialist interests, while at home, systemic racism is alive and well.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1443431215979069/

 

[disneyjunkie]

The Ku Klux Klan really is a very small, impotent organization.
Black Panthers are basically the same, and are very dangerous.

Really???

How many churches have the black panthers burned down? How many people have the lynched? How many white families have they terrorized? How many crosses (or clinched fists) have they burned in front of white homes or churches?

Yeah, they are full of hate. However,they are small potatoes compared to the klan.

 

[christineann]

This is our police chief, Reuben Greenberg (retired and recently deceased), reading the rules to the head of the KKK before a 1987 march in Charleston. Chief Greenberg then led the parade as a message - that they had the right to free speech. We also saw it as a message that this is OUR city, and our chief (who happened to be black and Jewish) is in charge and is a true leader. He is remembered as a true hero here.

If the KKK comes to town, they will be met with the same "welcome" as the Black Panthers were - peaceful but none of the typical Southern hospitality.

 

[luvsJack]

Really???

How many churches have the black panthers burned down? How many people have the lynched? How many white families have they terrorized? How many crosses (or clinched fists) have they burned in front of white homes or churches?

Yeah, they are full of hate. However,they are small potatoes compared to the klan.

Not sure about the Black Panthers, but the klan has burned many crosses in front of white homes. They are a terrifying organization that should have disbanded long ago. No one listens to them or cares what they have to say. The last time a "rally" was scheduled around here, no one came. The last time I remember even seeing them was when I was 16, scared the beegeeus out of me!

 

[pat fan]

Yeah, they are full of hate. However,they are small potatoes

The Black Panthers committed to a violent image and to actual violence from their inception.

For example, one author writing in 1976, observed that the group's "paramilitarism was clearly visible from the start, as Black Panthers strutted around in their black jackets, black berets, and tight-fitting black pants, their pockets bulging with side arms, their clenched fists high above their defiant heads (Albert Parry, Terrorism from Robespierre to Arafat).

The group acted on its image. In some instances, members would appear en masse and simply threaten violence.


In others, they took over buildings or engaged in shootouts with police or with other militant groups. Both Black Panther members and police members were killed in confrontations.

• 1967-1968: A number of shootouts between Black Panther members and the police, leave a number of both parties dead
• April 6, 1968: An armed confrontation between Black Panthers and police led to a 90 minute confrontation at a building housing Panthers. Eventually, the Panthers surrendered. Over the course of the day, at least four policemen were wounded and one killed. One Panther member, Bobby Hutton, was killed by the police and seven others were arrested.

I didn't look hard, but those popped up. I don't think you could call the Panthers small potatoes, but the Klan sure has been around longer. I will add that the Klan is pretty much underground these days while there is a New Black Panther group that has way worse ideology than the original group ever did. Read their manifesto, it's chilling. At least the original group evolved over time and then went away. The new one is

 

[dinolounger]

Yes, I did. Did you see that activists in New York plan to burn the American flag by the “Disarm NYPD” group? They want to “set fire to this symbol of oppression....We maintain, unwaveringly, that both the Confederate flag, and the American flag are symbols of oppression. We must keep in mind that the Confederacy only lasted four years. Between the years of 1776 and 1861, slavery was upheld by the United States of America, not the Confederacy. In the years following the war, Jim Crow, segregation, and the extreme expansion of the prison industrial complex were all upheld by the United States of America, not the Confederacy. And now, in the 21st century, foreign wars are fought in our name for capitalist imperialist interests, while at home, systemic racism is alive and well.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1443431215979069/

The dwindling occupy NYC crowd is always looking for ways to try and return to the spotlight. So it's no surprise they're looking to piggyback onto the currently fashionable "burn-a-Battle-Flag-of-the-Army-of-Norther-Virginia-flag" thing. It will attract the usual suspects : anarchists, socialists and professional agitators, who have all been looking for something new to demonize and destroy since their rioting/looting in Baltimore and Ferguson has run its course.

 

[christineann]

The Black Panthers committed to a violent image and to actual violence from their inception.

For example, one author writing in 1976, observed that the group's "paramilitarism was clearly visible from the start, as Black Panthers strutted around in their black jackets, black berets, and tight-fitting black pants, their pockets bulging with side arms, their clenched fists high above their defiant heads (Albert Parry, Terrorism from Robespierre to Arafat).

The group acted on its image. In some instances, members would appear en masse and simply threaten violence.


In others, they took over buildings or engaged in shootouts with police or with other militant groups. Both Black Panther members and police members were killed in confrontations.

• 1967-1968: A number of shootouts between Black Panther members and the police, leave a number of both parties dead
• April 6, 1968: An armed confrontation between Black Panthers and police led to a 90 minute confrontation at a building housing Panthers. Eventually, the Panthers surrendered. Over the course of the day, at least four policemen were wounded and one killed. One Panther member, Bobby Hutton, was killed by the police and seven others were arrested.

I didn't look hard, but those popped up. I don't think you could call the Panthers small potatoes, but the Klan sure has been around longer. I will add that the Klan is pretty much underground these days while there is a New Black Panther group that has way worse ideology than the original group ever did. Read their manifesto, it's chilling. At least the original group evolved over time and then went away. The new one is

Folks who think the New Black Panthers are small potatoes need to google their message here in our city the past two weeks. They are advocating taking up arms here and committing violence. Those who are speaking for them here are violent career criminals. The National Action Network has told them to leave the city. The NBP are in the same class as the KKK in objectives, and there is no place in society for either group.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Folks who think the New Black Panthers are small potatoes need to google their message here in our city the past two weeks. They are advocating taking up arms here and committing violence. Those who are speaking for them here are violent career criminals. The National Action Network has told them to leave the city. The NBP are in the same class as the KKK in objectives, and there is no place in society for either group.

They are racist, who spread hate. They haven't acted (yet and hopefully they never will)on that hate in the same manner as the klan. I would lump them with the Westboro nuts, but not the klan.

 

[dinolounger]

Looks like Walmart's banning of Confederate merchandise is working really well to pacify the aggrieved victims of bigotry:

http://www.macon.com/2015/06/29/3821075_report-macon-wal-mart-mob-wanted.html?rh=1

 

[dinolounger]

It also happened in

Tallahassee

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/ne...llahassee-stranger-confederate-flag/29215281/

Orlando

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-confederate-flag-burning-20150525-story.html

New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/confederate_flag_burned_lee_ci.html

Texas

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ffer-burn-confederate-flags-article-1.2272740

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2015/06/23/29152307/

Charleston

http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story...ican-confederate-flags-in-downtown-charleston

And thirteen mostly southern states in May of this year

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/23/confederate-flag-burning-events-spark-outrage/

http://www.theroot.com/articles/new...mbolically_bury_and_burn_the_confederate.html

I didn't say the northern states had a monopoly on fanatical, zealous symbol destruction. That stated, the links you provided generally reflect paltry, small turnouts of the local anarchist/agitator crowd, a niche demographic you can find pretty much anywhere. Bottom line: if you're looking for the critical mass of flag burners, you won't find them on a front porch in Tupelo sipping mint juleps or lounging in a club on Bourbon Street. You'll do much better by visiting beer can strewn crash pads in Newark, Brooklyn or Chicago.

 

[luvsJack]

They are racist, who spread hate. They haven't acted (yet and hopefully they never will)on that hate in the same manner as the klan. I would lump them with the Westboro nuts, but not the klan.

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/2510/40-years-of-violence-murder-unhappy-anniversary-black-panthers/

I don't know, sounds pretty violent to me. Not defending the klan at all but one is as bad as the other. They just have different objectives.

 

[rickybobby]

Really???

How many churches have the black panthers burned down? How many people have the lynched? How many white families have they terrorized? How many crosses (or clinched fists) have they burned in front of white homes or churches?

Yeah, they are full of hate. However,they are small potatoes compared to the klan.

Key word from my post, is. Not was. How many klan attacks have you heard about in the last 5 or even 10 years?
Hitler was a tremendously dangerous threat during the "30's and early 40's. Not so much now.