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Posted: 3/7/2015 7:55:25 PM EDT
I've seen a lot news stories today while flipping around regarding Selma, the chief executive, and how Ferguson is/was the same as Selma.    

Tell us about Selma, what happened, what lead up to those events, and how it the same or different than Ferguson.

Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:00:42 PM EDT
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It is in no way even close to the same thing as Selma.

Protestors in Selma were fighting for voting rights.

Protestors in Feguson are mad that a cop shot a black teen who was trying to kill him in self defense.
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:01:52 PM EDT
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It is in no way even close to the same thing as Selma.

Protestors in Selma were fighting for voting rights.

Protestors Racists in Feguson are mad that a cop shot a dindu in self defense.
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Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:16:38 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:30:07 PM EDT
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0bama =
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:34:00 PM EDT
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I learned yesterday who Edmund Pettis was.
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:34:54 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:35:15 PM EDT
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I learned yesterday who Edmund Pettis was.


ETA:

And I think the march from Selma to Montgomery originated in a shooting of a black activist.  I believe the thought was "take his body to Montgomery"
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:48:29 PM EDT
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Ferguson = an embarrassment.  



Selma = a legitimate statement.


Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:50:51 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:52:39 PM EDT
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When the wheels came off Sharpton's Ferguson clown car ANYTHING needed to be tossed into the shit soup so's he could get paid.  He was among the first to link Selma to Ferguson.



Same old Sharpton Shakedown.  Tell a lie loud and often & get paid.
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:55:54 PM EDT
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The only people trying to equate Selma to Ferguson are black racist agitators.
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So...the POTUS and his AG?
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 8:57:24 PM EDT
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The only people trying to equate Selma to Ferguson are black racist agitators.



So...the POTUS and his AG?



There were probably 30 to 40 places that Jesse Jackson declared "The Selma of the 90s"
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 9:41:57 PM EDT
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FPNI      
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It is in no way even close to the same thing as Selma.

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Protestors in Feguson are mad that a cop shot a black teen who was trying to kill him in self defense.
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Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:14:32 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:19:33 PM EDT
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I believe MLK himself would agree with this assessment.  

 



-White guy
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:20:35 PM EDT
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I wouldn't be caught dead in either after dark, so they have that in common.
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:24:24 PM EDT
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The only people trying to equate Selma to Ferguson are black racist agitators.



So...the POTUS and his AG?



Texas proud .

ANYONE associated with this admin falls in to that catagory
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:24:43 PM EDT
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delete for DT
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:26:34 PM EDT
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I watched Obungo's speech from Selma today, and thought to myself, "This is what they marched for?"
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:35:23 PM EDT
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Ferguson is a whole lot closer to a lynch mob.  

--Alleged crime  
--accused declared guilty before a trial/investigation based on race
--rioting mobs
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:46:02 PM EDT
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Born and raised in Selma. I've traveled a lot in my life and have never experienced a place quite like it. Selma is the U-bend of Alabama.
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:54:07 PM EDT
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The truth about Selma is that Democrats were trying to hold down Blacks.  And now Democrats own Blacks again.
Link Posted: 3/7/2015 10:59:30 PM EDT
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I need cites for Democrats trying to hold down the Blacks during that time.

Hard to argue against irrational liberals without facts, and I don't know shit about this moment in history other than firehoses and dogs.
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