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07-18-2020, 01:43 PM #1
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RIP John Lewis
A great man, a true hero. To endure what he endured on the Edmund Pettis Bridge and over and over again other places is difficult to comprehend. .
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07-18-2020, 02:08 PM #2
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Courage personified.
I remember seeing footage of Bloody Sunday on our little black-white TV. Watching kids my age get beat just for a being at a protest march was cathartic.
RIP Mr. Lewis
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07-18-2020, 03:17 PM #3
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/john-l...obit-1.5654707
wasnt on my radar up hereLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-18-2020, 03:20 PM #4
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Agree and thanks for creating a thread.
I’m sorta bummed POTUS’ written condolences had a grammatical error. I don’t follow Twatter but no doubt shit slinging resulted. Sigh.
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07-18-2020, 03:20 PM #5
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RIP to one of the last of the good guys in Gov't
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07-18-2020, 03:25 PM #6
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RIP.
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07-18-2020, 04:01 PM #7
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RIP, good man.
Originally Posted by frorider
Not as bad as Marco's though. Eeeeessh...
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07-18-2020, 04:10 PM #8
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Cringe.
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07-18-2020, 04:37 PM #9
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The twitters are killing him. Originally Posted by Soups
RIP, good man.
Not as bad as Marco's though. Eeeeessh...
So they are lowering the White House flag. Until the end of the day.
All this name change talk, surprised you aren’t seeing protest to change White House to something else.
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07-18-2020, 05:23 PM #10
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How is this not polyass?
Good dude. But politician.. . .
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07-18-2020, 05:44 PM #11
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He made more contributions to this world than the lot of us before becoming a politician. I’m ok with it, for what little that’s worth.
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07-18-2020, 06:04 PM #12
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Politician for the correct reasons. Not the wrong like most, hence big difference and political or not, kindly fuck off with your comment coreshot Originally Posted by Core Shot
RIP to a man of action.
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07-18-2020, 06:10 PM #13
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RIP John Lewis
FIFY Originally Posted by Core Shot
Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums"Zee damn fat skis are ruining zee piste !" -Oscar Schevlin
"Hike up your skirt and grow a dick you fucking crybaby" -what Bunion said to Harry at the top of The Headwaters
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07-18-2020, 07:18 PM #14
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John Lewis had his skull fractured marching across a bridge to fight for his rights. Core Shot repeatedly lamented his employees making too much money and posts about how wearing a mask might not work and hurts his little feelings.
Our country sucks, we’re far from being any kind of great.
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07-18-2020, 08:50 PM #15
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07-18-2020, 08:56 PM #16
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RIP and thanks!
The is such a cool story
https://laist.com/2015/07/11/photos_..._years_ago.php
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07-18-2020, 09:27 PM #17
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Allegedly a highly humble and gracious man in person per my father in law who was fortunate to have met him.
Hopefully his shoulders will be stood upon.Uno mas
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07-18-2020, 09:35 PM #18
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WTF are you on about? If Pelosi or Pence (2 random examples) died you don’t think it would warrant any mention here? Originally Posted by Core Shot
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07-18-2020, 09:58 PM #19
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This wasn't on the 2020 sucks calendar.
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07-18-2020, 10:20 PM #20
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You really don't get that John Lewis was in at the beginning of civil rights which therefore demands a certian respect which is above the whole politcial thing ? Originally Posted by Core Shot
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07-19-2020, 12:21 AM #21
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John Lewis is a reminder of the degree of organization, strategy, and planning behind the Civil Rights Movement in the 50's and 60's. Protest and civil rights movements for all causes would do well to follow that example.
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07-19-2020, 12:42 AM #22
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The fact that one of the original freedom riders lived amongst us is a testament to the fact that racism still lives with us. Hard to argue that with some of the posters that are allowed to still espouse their racist ass shit here in the here and now.
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07-19-2020, 08:42 AM #23
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RIP John Lewis
Originally Posted by BobMc
^^ BobMc speaks the truth. ^^ Originally Posted by BobMc
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07-19-2020, 09:20 AM #24
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I met him when he came to speak at my law school, Emory University, one commencement to receive an honorary JD.
Fascinating man. RIP.I still call it The Jake.
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07-19-2020, 01:12 PM #25
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Some people are talking about renaming the Edmund Pettis bridge for JL. Sounds like a plan.
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