Discussion: Tombstone Of 'Roots' Author's Grandmother Vandalized: 'White Lives Matter'

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Republicans are D;cks…

Film at 11…

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Well… that’s depressing. And I had set out to give people the benefit of the doubt this morning and everything.

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“Alex Haley was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” which is the story of an enslaved African-American family.”

And the co-author of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”.

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These cowardly racist bitches just want to stick their dirty thumbs in decent people’s eyes, y’know?

There are those who do their best to make the world a better place and then you have those assholes who simply want to tear it down.

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Keep a watch our for their new mini-mini series “Irony Lost.”

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White Lives Matter, look at the dozens of YouTube videos of Whites doing open carry, defying the Police and other nonsense. Do White people get shot and killed by overzealous Cops? Yes, but the disparity is staggering- just look at the stats.

BTW, Dylan Roof killed nine people, fled the state and got caught. The officers stopped at a fast food joint to get him a burger. The judge reminded people at his arraignment that his family was suffering in this tragedy as well. Trust me Sparky, we know White lives matter, we get reminded of that daily.

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That’ll teach ya to keep your expectations reasonable. Things you can give the Teatrolls the benefit of the doubt on are more along the lines of “I’m going to assume that he’s not going to get some of those CocoPuffs stuck in his lungs by trying to mouth-breathe and swallow at the same time.”

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Some day the people of Tennessee will look back in wonder upon the days when the axiomatic and the aspirational were treated as equals.

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That took a bit of wasteful effort.

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I’m surprised the dumbasses spelled any of the words right.

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When the suspects are apprehended, tried and convicted part of the sentencing should include having them read both books and view the movie versions.

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There are some actions in this world that I will just never understand – Maybe it’s because I just don’t want to —

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I don’t remember Roots, but I kinda liked “Malcolm X”. It wasn’t perfect, but it changed the public perception of the man.

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Roots was a big deal back in 1977 when the mini-series was king. It pulled in Super Bowl like ratings. As Archie Bunker said “I saw Roots, the slavery part filled me with shame”.

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That is a real low blow, even for racist ass holes.

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The stupid runs deeper than roots in the south…

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I was around, but I’d stopped watching TV during those years.