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1 posted on 02/17/2020 12:33:07 PM PST by blindsangamon
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To: blindsangamon

Wow that’s horrible!!!


2 posted on 02/17/2020 12:34:09 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: blindsangamon

Well. Judging from his mug shot, the movie gave him a real boost!


3 posted on 02/17/2020 12:35:37 PM PST by albie
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To: blindsangamon

Reeducation - it’s the next phase.


4 posted on 02/17/2020 12:35:45 PM PST by Old Sarge
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"So, which is it, you wanna die or are you going to watch all 9 hours of Roots?"

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking"

6 posted on 02/17/2020 12:36:42 PM PST by circlecity
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To: blindsangamon

Did he at least give her some popcorn? A bathroom break? Glad she lived to tell!


7 posted on 02/17/2020 12:37:22 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: blindsangamon
Alex Haley plagiarized the story.
8 posted on 02/17/2020 12:38:18 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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ping


9 posted on 02/17/2020 12:38:33 PM PST by stylecouncilor (Dreg of Society)
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To: blindsangamon
They musta meant the fictional account of folks rescued from africa?😲
10 posted on 02/17/2020 12:41:09 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: blindsangamon

Chicken George was my favorite


11 posted on 02/17/2020 12:41:15 PM PST by PGR88
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12 posted on 02/17/2020 12:41:17 PM PST by Bon mots
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...so he took her against her will, held her captive and forced her by fear of death to do as he commanded.. Watch a movie about people who were taken against their will, held captive, and forced by fear of death to do as they were commanded...


13 posted on 02/17/2020 12:41:45 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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You can kill me but don’t spread my body parts across Interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.


14 posted on 02/17/2020 12:41:56 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: blindsangamon

I definitely won’t get “woke” being forced to watch Roots.


15 posted on 02/17/2020 12:42:01 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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You mean the book “The African” that Haley stole his material from?


16 posted on 02/17/2020 12:43:02 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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IIRC, Red Buttons the comedian 1970’s joke about “Roots”:

Red Buttons:” Yeah I watched “Roots”, but after about 15 minutes and NOBODY scored a basket, I turned it off....”


17 posted on 02/17/2020 12:43:22 PM PST by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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18 posted on 02/17/2020 12:43:47 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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After all, it is Black History month — you know, each February when half of blacks blame white people for what the other half did to them.


19 posted on 02/17/2020 12:44:25 PM PST by twister881
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To: blindsangamon

Plus - most of “Roots” was made up...


23 posted on 02/17/2020 12:46:04 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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Over the course of living 65 years, I have met some disturbed people. One was a black man who made a huge sign about the black man who was killed during an arrest in New York, for selling untaxed cigarettes. He drove his truck up and down the town’s main street over and over shouting something I couldn’t understand. (Sounded really angry, though.) Another was a white guy who was walking around the parking lot at work copying down license plate numbers. I asked what he was doing after he copied mine. With a wild, incredulous look he breathlessly squeaked, “Do you have any idea how many times “j” and “a” show up in license plates!”

Fortunately, with two notable exceptions, I have been able to identify and avoid crazies like this.


26 posted on 02/17/2020 12:46:39 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: blindsangamon
Was it the 1977 version with Ben Vereen or the more recent remake?


27 posted on 02/17/2020 12:46:51 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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