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5 Myths about Rosa Parks, the woman who had almost a ‘biblical quality’
Washington Post ^
| 11/30/15
| Justin Taylor
Posted on 12/01/2015 2:51:51 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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Justin Taylor is executive vice president of book publishing and the book publisher for Crossway in Wheaton, Ill. He blogs at "Between Two Worlds," hosted by thegospelcoalition.org.
To: SoFloFreeper
Amazing to me that the Washington comPOST would publish something from a writer at The Gospel Coalition, but there you have it.
To: SoFloFreeper
Yeah, a few myths. She was secretary of the NAACP chapter (I think) and took the place of another volunteer who had a “slutty” reputation. So, it wasn't impromptu. She was in the black area of the bus but needed to move because white people were getting on board. So what? She changed the course of history.
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12/01/2015 3:00:12 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
To: SoFloFreeper
Washington Post? Amazing.
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12/01/2015 3:00:18 PM PST
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Ray76
To: SoFloFreeper
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12/01/2015 3:00:23 PM PST
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: SoFloFreeper
I wonder if she would have found the energy to remain standing if she had known about Obama?
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12/01/2015 3:01:09 PM PST
by
Steamburg
(Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
To: SoFloFreeper
Check out the old movie Barbershop; a comedy from 2002. Listen to what Cedric The Entertainer had to say about the ‘beloved’ Rosa Parks. It sums up what many other black think of her almost mythic stature and influence on Civil Rights.
“What did she really do? Not all that much!”
To: SoFloFreeper
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12/01/2015 3:03:30 PM PST
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hout8475
To: SoFloFreeper
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12/01/2015 3:03:40 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: hout8475
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posted on
12/01/2015 3:03:57 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: SoFloFreeper
None of that BS matters. There shouldn’t have been a section she couldn’t sit in. Attacking it in any manner was fair game.
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posted on
12/01/2015 3:04:34 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
To: SoFloFreeper
It was a staged event totally for the theatrics and the optics.
God, the average American is dumber than a sack of hammers..
God..!
To: SoFloFreeper
Comrade Rosa pulled off one of the biggest con jobs in history. Read more
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posted on
12/01/2015 3:07:40 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: DesertRhino
I’m not arguing with you on that. :)
To: SoFloFreeper
Yes, Rosa Park’s move was scripted and thought out beforehand. But it was an important symbol that woke people up all over the country about bullshit racist laws, and so, IMO, deserves the recognition it received.
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12/01/2015 3:09:19 PM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Just weird to think there was a time these attitudes and behavior were codified, promoted by communities at large and somehow acceptable.
No one should be treated differently because of the color of their skin.
All man, should always be accorded equal stature and respect.
Disgusting period in America and senseless when over 600,000 died over an argument about this.
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posted on
12/01/2015 3:10:36 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy" Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Original Lurker
Absolutely correct. Completely staged.
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posted on
12/01/2015 3:12:24 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Fiji Hill
Well if the story at your link is true, it’s a shame that communists had to play a role in getting the buses desegregated. For that matter, it’s also a shame that we cede this civil rights territory to the liberals, when in fact, it was a very conservative and patriotic thing to not give up that seat on the bus. A person pays their fare, they should be able to sit just like anybody else. Also, any man who would make a woman give up her seat for him is no man at all.
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posted on
12/01/2015 3:12:39 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
To: SoFloFreeper
Is her bus tour still rolling?
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