Dagwood222 @ Dagwood222 @lemm.ee

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I'm waiting for you to post all the times MLK explicitly spoke out on LGBTQIA+ rights.

I've read the letter, and somehow the guy who worked hand in hand with Bayard Ruskin never mentions that stuff.

Almost as if King understood that you had to use strategy.

You keep on making my point for me.

Thanks for bringing in Winnie, because another thing I often post is that in WW2 many people who hated racism and imperialism joined hands with the racist USA and imperialist England to fight the Nazis.

As Winnie said, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I should find something nice to say about The Devil."

Again, thank you for proving me right.

Sure. Post all the times King explicitly talked about LGBTQIA+ rights.

For decades, 'middle class' in America was one income supporting a family of four. In those days, $1 million was considered a vast fortune. Then Reagan got elected. By 1993, when Bush Sr. left office, 'middle class' was two incomes to run the home, and $1 million was what a rich guy spent on a party.

Keep going. I find your desperation amusing.

Back in the day I used to know a group of old school Communists. Folks who'd gone to Spain to fight Franco and who had been blacklisted by McCarthy. One of the stories they told was about how back in 1968 they told young folks that they had to vote for Hubert Humphrey because Richard Nixon was going to be truly awful.

, while assiduously working for Lincoln’s election.

It's possible for good people to feel that someone isn't perfect and still work hard to get them elected.

Yes, AOC, Bernie and Omar are just salivating to have concentration camps open.

All have run as Democrats in elections.

Leading up to the 1860 election, Frederick Douglass was conflicted about who to support. David W. Blight argues in "Frederick Douglass" that the activist saw Republicans not as true opponents to slavery but rather as just opposed to the power that enslavers could wield politically. Still, he saw supporting the Republicans as his only real option because they at least "humbled the slave power" and fought against it as an institution. Douglass expressed a willingness to work with the Republicans even though he was disappointed by their overall platform. He wrote an article a few months before the election that was positive toward Lincoln.

In the months leading up to the election, Douglass continued to stump for Abraham Lincoln by giving many speeches, and he was involved in other campaigns, like trying to abolish the racist $250 property requirement for Black voters in New York (per Blight). He also worked as a recruiter, getting Black soldiers to join the war effort. A month after the election, Douglass wrote an article in his newspaper, "Douglass' Monthly," in which he stated the nomination of Lincoln "demonstrated the possibility of electing ... an anti-slavery reputation to the Presidency of the

https://www.grunge.com/853161/the-truth-behind-abraham-lincolns-relationship-with-frederick-douglass/

Your own link shows that Douglas campaigned for Lincoln.

He attacked Lincoln after helping him get elected. Almost as if a War breaking out changed things.

Schrödinger's Liberal. All powerful when it comes to stopping the Revolution; utterly powerless to stop fascism

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"The Source Of The Nile" by Avram Davidson. Science fiction short story.

Ad man is always looking for the next big thing. One day he notices some kids wearing their sneakers cut up. A few days later he realizes that the fad has exploded. He patiently tracks down where the fad started. It turns out there's one family that starts all the fads. It's never explained why or how, just that somehow these people are the ones who decide what's going to be popular for the rest of the world.

This is one reason to keep some cash on hand.

True story time.

I used to work in public health. One time I was assigned to inspect one of the local men's shelters. There were 'pods' where a dozen men slept together in one room. One guy had a full size cutout figure of Joanna Lumley as Patsy from 'AbFab.' She is in all white, holding a cigarette and a bottle of Stoli. My man was homeless, but he had his priorities straight.

I have found the King!

I like to point out that Frederick Douglas worked for Lincoln even when Lincoln was not running on ending slavery.

It's amazing how many people on the 'Left' think that Douglas was a traitor to his principles.

When the bring out the MLK letter from Birmingham Jail, I point out that King never explicitly supported LGBTQIA+ rights, even though one of his most important aides was gay. Suddenly, understanding the historic situation becomes important.

I have bowls. One near the front door for all the change in my pockets, another for keys and wallet.

Learn to cook the veggies right.

Some veggies taste better roasted. Experiment

They have plenty to be mad about.

Nixon ran as a peace candidate and tripled down on LBJ's mistakes.

Reagan ran on balancing the budget and exploded the national debt.

Bush had a war a week and crashed the economy.

Bush II started a forever war that spent $5 trillion on making sure every kid in the world grew up looking at Abu Ghraib photos.

Trump promised to build the Wall and get Mexico to pay for it.

They have plenty of things to be mad about. Too bad they are all self inflicted wouldns.