Well said/written ;)

You're comparing Thurmond to someone's "dead grandfather"? WTF? How does that even measure up?

Secondly, when someone "we like," whomever he/she may be, dies, then come on over and say whatever it is you like. Hey, maybe we can do the same thing that you all did and DELETE THE POSTS! Wouldn't that be great?

Thirdly, I can only speak for myself, though I can support the comments of others that have posted here or otherwise on the topic, but nothing "bad" was said about your "Brother Thurmond". Most of the comments were THE TRUTH! Was he not a segregationist? Was he not a racist? Did he not do the absolute least possible in terms of integration, equality, etc. when he decided to "change"?

Just like it took your brother damn near 50 years to "change" his views, holla back at me in 2053 and see how it has turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!! Come back soon!

FWIW, here's a GREAT thread from MetaFilter.com on Ol' Stromy:
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/26659

(I've given up on the Chit Chat thread about him and thought I'd post it where it would be appreciated.) ;)

How old is Jesse now? I had forgotten about him when I was thinking about dead segregationists.

I am really glad that everyone's holding it down here in AKA-land. No one over in CC wants to talk about, or even remember, the reign of terror ol' Stromboy had going on for decades in the South (love that revisionist history!), but it cannot be denied. Even though in my recent memory, Strom has been basically a joke, we cannot forget how terrible a person he was in the 1950s and so on. It's not just racial stuff, either--the man was a chauvinist pig, even up to his last term in Congress.

Nothing bad has been said yet, like Refined Diva said--just the truth. If you can't handle the truth...

In the words of Monteria Ivey, host of HBO's 1995 "game show" SNAPS
 

....Shame on your black [behind]

I certainly don't cheer at anyone's grief or hardache and truly wish no one harm, but do people REALLY expect someone to feel sadness toward someone who obviously meant them no good?? Would you chastise (sp?) a rape victim for not shedding a tear when her rapist dies?? Of course not. Folks want to mae-like ol' Strom had a change of heart. Do you remember how he treated Carol Mosley Braun when she joined the Senate?? That was NOT that long ago. Oh, and the argument about him hiring someone black... Hate to give you this newsflash, but they have been "hiring" us for years..... Sometimes we were paid, and sometimes we were not :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Must...fight..to..control...fingers....

Must...not...go...to...chit chat......

Really though, I'm not. I already KNOW what I'd be reading and why waste my time feeling bad that all those people still dont want to acknowledge that black people are human beings?

I am with you guys. Good riddance. Hope he brought a fan. Maybe they'll give him one with MLK at the gates.

A girlfriend of mine (who is white) posted this on another board I belong to:

That is some http://www.spacespider.net/emo/sign_funnyshit.gif

That is messed up what your girl said but funny in its own way.

I did not like the man regardless of what he stood for and I will leave it at that. I also don't have time to wish evil on his soul because I don't want nobody to with evil on me, regardless whether anybody like me or not. At the same time, I'm not going to put him on no pedestal either. I don't have time to argue with folks anyway.

Oh no I don't wish evil on his soul either...just thought it was hilarious

So THAT'S why America is so shaky...we had Strom as a pillar!

How did he SHOW CHANGE?

Who is "someone like [us]"? Let me know. Are you "someone like Strom"? If so, I find that sad.

I just think it is funny the way people are acting over there like they have NEVER said anything bad about a dead person. So I guess we all must respect Jeffery Dahmer's memory. He is dead, so of course we mustn't speak ill of him! :rolleyes:

Hitler did great things for his nation as well...but he also did some *bad* things. You don't hear people in Germany saying "Shh!! Don't speak ill of him, he is dead!" Come on now. It is yet another case of pople trying to silence views simply because they don't agree with them. VERY common in chit chat.

I will 110% agree with this one!

As for the Jesse Helms comments -- we used to have these two morning dj's on one of the popular R&B stations who were so freakin' funny -- they would do this weekly bit where "Jesse" supposedly would call in. Of course whomever was doing his voice was HILARIOUS and would add in just enough of the overkill on the Southern drawl to make it so funny you thought you'd have a wreck while driving. Well everytime they would be "ending" the conversation, you'd hear a buzzer go off in the background and then Jesse would say (think overkill Southern drawl voice now...) "Oh, I got to go - the sheets must be dry" and you'd hear the phone hang up -- every week you knew it was coming, and every week I would still have to pull the car over so I could quit laughing long enough to get to work! Anyway, they stopped doing it a couple years back and I really do miss it because every week you knew you'd be having to go to the ladies room and re-do the eye makeup!

As for the CC forum - I think more than anything, the summer heat has gotten to a lot of us! I'll admit that several people on GC have been all fired up over this or that (not the thread this or that though ;) ) every day for the past few weeks (guilty!). I think that once the "shouting" begins, that many of us are guilty for not being able to fully comprehend the meaning behind others posts. Now I am not saying that this is always the case - I am simply trying to say that once the emotions heat up, that in many instances the point is lost.

Y'all have a good day on the Ave!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!;) :D

Thanks for stopping by, AXO Alum!

I understand what you mean about the posts. Everyone is always in such a heat to make their own points that they don't take time to comprehend what everyone is saying. However, it seems as though everytime "we" or whomever else tries to come in to the perfect "homeostasis" that is known as Chit Chat, most people jump on the defensive. "We" do not come over to stur up trouble or make everything a "race issue," as we are so frequently charged with doing. We simply want to state a point-of-view from the "other side of the tracks." Since we are stating comments that do not conform to the norm, then we are censored and accused of trying to start "race wars" and whatnot.

We just want some people on GC to open their eyes and realize that WE ARE HERE! Stop trying to blend everyone into on perfect little non-colored/one-colored package. God created us as such. Some people need to stop trying to devalue our experience as Black Americans and take what we say into consideration. Even though, here on GC, it seems like A LOT to ask. However, it will continue to be put out there becaus eit deserves to be heard... UNCUT AND UNCENSORED!

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!