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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/emm...ts-has-n1035046

July 26, 2019, 12:15 PM EDT
By David K. Li
A vandalized memorial to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in Mississippi was removed and is set to be replaced by a new bulletproof sign.

The marker, near where the murdered 14-year-old Till's body was found in 1955, was at the center of a disturbing photograph of three white University of Mississippi students posing in front of the signs with guns.

One of those students posted the photo to his private Instagram account in March, according to an article published this week by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica. All three of the students have been suspended from their Ole Miss fraternity.

what they teach in the ole south ...trump era casualties.

Did they shoot it or just pose in front of it?

Btw, perfect, the dems segregated the south long before Trump.

And they also passed the Civil Rights Amendment.

Absolutely despicable. Hope something is done with them. Something that will make them think twice before ever desecrating any memorial again

Reread your history.

Democrat house and Senate votes were 63 and 69% of dems.
Republican house and Senate were 80 and 82%

Dems for civil rights worked with Republicans to to stop a Democrat filibuster.

Cool your jets. They haven't been charged with shooting the sign, just kicked out of their frat for posing.

LBJ twisted a lot of arms.

So you're saying it was the Republicans who fought for the Civil rights Amendment?

Well yeah, I mean what they did was perfectly fine, right? I mean that pose and picture, nothing bad about that, right?

Posing isn't a crime, last I checked.

Who has said it was a crime? Wrong isn't always a crime.

Wrong would depend on their intent for posing. If it was, "we wish we had shot the holes in this sign", or, "we approve of what happened to this kid", wrong. If they were posing with guns to say, "we will never let this happen again", not wrong. The story has no motive, no words from the posers, and no accusations on shooting the sign.

I suspect they did not pose with good intentions.

It's not. It is, however totally classless and.... yup- deplorable.

Helping Hillary Clinton look right- with each passing day.

I think your suspicion is right. Which is the point.

I also didn't see any party affiliations in the article.

who said anything about political parties?

Deplorable is as deplorable does.
Or do you NOT think this is deplorable?

You did. "Helping hillery Clinton look right"?

Don't you have to know their intent or motive first?

And would you feel foolish if that was their reasoning.

I think only a fool would believe that was their reasoning.

"What a fool believes he still sees the wise man has the power to reason away."

But you guys are all for tearing down memorials all over the South.

Interesting reactions when the shoe is on the other foot.

j/c:

I hate saying this in a way because I have spent such a great deal of my life defending, supporting, and helping minorities against the unfairness they have faced. I still believe in those things w/all my heart, but I do have to say this:

The posting on this particular board is not fair. It seems that any time a crime or perceived injustice is committed by a white person or law enforcement, this board lights up w/outrage and talk about how deplorable these acts are.

Yet, similar crimes committed by black folks are not even mentioned. We had the huge fight at Disney. Video of this huge black man landing haymakers on a woman. Police are doused by water and have buckets thrown at them by citizens in New York. Another black woman gets in a fight, drops her baby and the baby dies. She lied about the death of the baby and got a friend or relative to lie about it, too. There is a video of black guy throwing haymakers at some old white dude and then kicking him.

Yet, no one even mentions these things. I think that is wrong.

I don't like despicable acts carried out by whites against minorities. And I don't like despicable acts committed by minorities. In my opinion, such acts are wrong no matter who commits them. And it is wrong to only focus on the deplorable acts of one side when both sides are committing them.

And if you don't like that, too freaking bad!

Wrong again... as is so often the case.
I'd appreciate it if you'd not spread lies with my name attached.

You know full well that I've been the advocate for museums since this conversation started.

Museums. Or locked warehouses. That would work for me, as well.

So you have no problem with tearing down the Emmett Till memorial and moving it to a locked warehouse or museum?

What did Emmett Till do that was wrong?

Its not about doing wrong, its about removing history that offends some people.

I am sure there are those who are offended by his actions and would like to rewrite that history too.

I am sure if you dig into it you will find things he has done wrong in his life, like any Human Being.

Shoe on the other foot time.

That doesn't even make any sense.

It does make sense if you don't live in a bubble.

Good one.

Bye 40. I can't waste my time on you.

Bye, don't let the door hit you on the back as you go out.

Come on guys, get the brain in action!

You know how the game is played!

First you ignore all the great things a person has done in their life and focus on the wrong thing he did.

You make it all about that wrong thing and ask why anyone would want a memorial to someone who did X.

You make it all about the X and call anyone who disagrees with you a whole host of names.

Next you tear that thing down or lock it in a warehouse!

Actually, no.
I'd be just as happy visiting out in DC at the new Smithsonian.

Museums are actually cool (I threw in the warehouse snark just to see if it would trigger you...)

Well I don't feel triggered but I did feel the need to show you exactly why what you do is so terrible and wrong.

Just like what these guys did in posing for that picture.

I have guests arriving. I will get back to you, trust me.

You have guests coming over?

I can see it now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQtXEb7C30o

Here is another example I just stumbled upon.



No outrage?

Not when it's purposely planted to make a point.

You've been a teacher for years. You should know that tactic only works in a classroom where you call the shots.

The only thing he had time for in his short 14 years on this planet was to be lynched by two brothers. In 1955. Accused of flirting with and laying hands on a 21 year-old White woman, he was dragged from his home, beaten, mutilated, shot in the head, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River. Years later, the woman recanted her accusations.

Your two insipid statements quoted above indicate that you knew/know nothing about Emmett Till, and cared so little that you didn't even bother to Google his name before trolling other posters in this thread.

This kind of lazy, half-assed stuff is why I bust your chops on the reg.


It's like My Pops always said: "The first rule of being a smartass is making sure you're smart first. If you don't have that going for you- you're just an ass."





p.s. Told you I'd be back.

Deflect by pretending I was talking about the tragic happenings to Till but you know very well I was talking about the memorial and the way you on the left play the game to tear them down.

Nice try though.

Context now provided.
When the hole is deeper than you are tall, it's time to put down the damned shovel.