Posted on 05/06/2012 1:18:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I’m in favor of reparations for Irish Americans for the abuse we took.
Get over it! My Scottish family has. They were oppressed by the English. Other than the radicals, most Scottish just don't give a shit about the William Wallace history. They just want to live the good life. Sheesh.
That should just about say everything about his credibility.
Did we need to know anyhting more than that to understand his point!
Can’t have one without the other. After all, if they want reparations, the only humane thing to do would be to repatriate them to their “homelands” at the same time. They obviously aren’t Americans, right?
It’d be worth it to get rid of the deadwood. So, by all means, give reparations to each and every black person in America who wants it — providing they renounce their American citizenship, self deport to whichever “homeland” in Africa agrees to take them, and understand fully that they will NEVER EVER BE ALLOWED BACK IN.
Believe it or not, he’s actually well-known and listened to in the “urban” milieu, as it were. Not as much as Ben Jealous of the NAACP, Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, but almost. This could happen in Mr. Obama’s second term. But then again, what couldn’t?
If you say so...but he preaches to the choir.
Almost all American slaves were captured and delivered to white merchants by other Africans.
Is it not fair that Black African slavers be required to pay reparations, too?
I think it’s a kind of mass “win the lottery” delusion that many have. I will move to another country the day it’s enacted.
$10 trillion (and counting) isn’t enough??
Oh, wait, there weren't any.
Enough is enough. I have rebuilt my world from scratch a couple of times in less time than that.
“The goal of conservatives is to polarize American voters...”
WTF?
Has this guy been in a coma for the past 3 and a half years?
Their progeny don't have any money!
Black Americans owe me. My great great grandfather lost a leg at gettysburg.
Mohamed sold you into slavery, go get a refund from him!
Exactly! Wellfare, foodstamps, WIC, public housing, etc.
When does it end?
Well, when it does...take cover!
“Almost all American slaves were captured and delivered to white merchants by other Africans.”
Very true and a proven fact.
What few people ever mention (or are afraid to) is that the ones that were captured and shipped to America were the slowest runners and not smart enough to avoid capture.
Just a thought to ponder.
I agree on reparations. For every Black person alive today who was a slave prior to 1865, we give them 40 acres and a mule.
It should surprise no one that the American Negro expects reparations just as they expect government handouts, it is called Welfare. Why should they do anything to receive money they didn’t earn or claim history that isn’t theirs to claim. True Americans of any race, color, or background work for a living.
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