Powergamz1 -> RE: UNMODERATED ZIMMERMAN (7/15/2013 6:21:06 PM)
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It is apples and oranges, but in no way excuses the harm that Sharpton and (arguably more so) Jackson have done. They didn't loose the dogs, and orchestrate the assassinations of MLK, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, etc. They stepped into the power vacuum and turned greedy and corrupt. quote:
ORIGINAL: dcnovice quote:
Sharpton incited a riot in NYC which burned out a Jewish business for being in a black neighborhood, black security guard was killed. Conner unleashed the dogs and used the fire hoses in direct violation of Wallace's directives (not cause Wallace was such a humanitarian but because he was aware of the backlash) I'm no fan of Sharpton's, but I still don't think history warrants equating him and Jackson with Connor and Wallace, who spent years--while theoretically in the service of the public--abusing the machinery of government to uphold Jim Crow laws, deny African Americans the vote, circumscribe economic opportunities for blacks, deny blacks justice in the courts, and terrorize anyone who dared disagree with them.
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