Ldotters "celebrate" Rosa Parks (only as they can) [View All]

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Reply 2 - Posted by: NoLibsNoLies, 10/24/2005 10:56:51 PM

Sorry to sound crass, but I fear this is an opportunity for The First Black President And His Pretend Wife to bite their lips and wipe a tear in unison.

BTW, I saw "Barbershop."


Reply 6 - Posted by: Zarin, 10/24/2005 11:25:42 PM

May she rest in peace. And yes, she was courageous. I, however will take with a grain of salt all the lauds about how she 'spontaneously' decided to sit in front of the bus. It is well documented and in several books that she and Rev. King were part of a group that were very well organized - ready & waiting for the opportunity to challenge the 'back of the bus' rule. They attended several weekend workshops up in the hills sponsored by some 'peace orgainization' - off hand I would say it was Saul Alinsky's group - but I'm not sure. When Rosa refused to go to the back of the bus - the word went out immediately via a phone 'tree' so all the community was ready to act.


Reply 9 - Posted by: jond, 10/25/2005 12:17:55 AM

Glad to see I'm not the only heretic here. The image of the 'simple black woman'
strikes me as racist, as if AAs were untouched and unfamiliar with anything beyond
pickin cotten, raisin chilluns, an cookin pancakes fo the massa.


Reply 10 - Posted by: paiso, 10/25/2005 12:25:33 AM

Of course it was organized and staged and was not a singular act of courage. It's amazing how many people fell for the excess adulation given to her for taking on the challenge alone. Let her RIP in reality and the history books.


Reply 11 - Posted by: Orion, 10/25/2005 12:34:51 AM

Rosa Parks was a secretary for a local civil rights group and staged the event that got her arrested. That being said, what she did really was courageous for the times when civil rights activists were being hunted down and killed by the Klan.


Reply 14 - Posted by: gator, 10/25/2005 2:10:19 AM

Now comes the pack vultures (Jackson, Sharpton, NAACP, etc, etc) to fatten their wallets on her remains.


Reply 19 - Posted by: dwots, 10/25/2005 3:28:07 AM

Now we git to re-name another street in every town in the USA


Reply 20 - Posted by: steveW, 10/25/2005 5:43:59 AM

We should remember that "civil rights" means something radically different to our friends on the Left. To them it means their "right" to force socialism on the nation, their "right" to force sameness of outcome (not equality of opportunity), their "right" to weaken or destroy marriage and the family so the State takes over those functions, and their "right" to punish success and reward failure. When they claim to celebrate Rosa Parks, those are the inverted values they'll really be celebrating, not the true civil rights we all cherish.


Reply 22 - Posted by: veryrightofcenter, 10/25/2005 6:27:37 AM

I wonder if any of the people who sat in front of abortion clinics and refused to move and got arrested will ever be glorified as much as this woman has been.

Civil rights for unborn babies!