To: ridesthemiles
I was in Balt and witnessed it first hand. First, the death of King was not comparable to ending welfare. Second, all of the rioting was in the black community. It was lawless thugs and thieves, not a principled reaction to oppression.
375 posted on
09/05/2012 7:15:11 PM PDT by
Louis Foxwell
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To: Louis Foxwell
I was in Balt and witnessed it first hand. First, the death of King was not comparable to ending welfare. Second, all of the rioting was in the black community. It was lawless thugs and thieves, not a principled reaction to oppression.So you're saying that in 1968, when the "Great Society" had barely begun to work its evil, that there were alreay enough lawless thugs and thieves in the black community to carry out a riot, with full bellies.
444 posted on
09/06/2012 9:29:18 AM PDT by
DuncanWaring
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