[TennesseeGirl]

Was Rosa Parks/bus incident in AL a set-up? The answer to both is yes, according to Tammy Bruce. Bruce wrote in 2005 that "There was an importance early on with casting her as the Everywoman who simply had had enough. Getting the sympathy and support of the average American was key when it came to changing segregation laws. I believe it would have been more difficult to rally people around the deliberate arrest of an NAACP activist compared to the happenstance arrest of an average citizen.

So, the romantic presentation of Ms. Parks as a “tired seamstress” was born. Was she sometimes tired and a seamstress? Yes she was, but when she refused to give up that seat on the bus she was a civil rights activist and officer with the Montgomery NAACP.

And for those of you who still question that her ride on the bus was simply “to go home,” consider this: Six months prior to her arrest she traveled to Tennessee to attend the Highlander Folk School, an education center for workers’ rights and racial equality.

Rosa Parks was not just a member of the NAACP since the 1930s, but an officer. She wasn't an illiterate, uneducated poor soul, but she was a high school graduate back when the majority of the U.S. were not.

Was the Starbucks incident a setup? Of course. Both Nelson and Robinson are both college graduates with degrees in finance and/or marketing.

[ichabod1]

That what I mean - like they intentionally sent high school students into Montgomery knowing they were going to be arrested violently so they could screech “they’re attacking the chilllldren!!!”