Posts by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
(DIR) Post #AUoWLwIQl8GWNNd5pw by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-04-19T15:22:51Z
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@npr_bot This is the second wet-kiss obituary I've read about this minister. In 1979, he joined Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye, D. James Kennedy, and Greg Dixon and founded the Moral Majority.In 1986, he said AIDS was God's judgment against homosexuality.A segregationist, Stanley had guards stationed outside his church to keep African Americans out. This was as recent as the 1970s. https://tinyl.io/8NfyMiss me with the accolades. #CharlesStanley #BlackMastodon #LGBTQ
(DIR) Post #AUynOrP92o5ksJLdho by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-04-24T13:56:45Z
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@doctorjaymarie This is info people like Ron DeSantis & Greg Abbott don't want people to understand, hence their push to whitewash Am history. A few examples: A social studies textbook in TX actually described enslaved Africans as "immigrants" and "workers." The Great Migration often is framed as Southern Blacks moving North solely for job opportunities with Jim Crow & the terrorism of lynching omitted. More recently, Rosa Parks stood for something, but the text doesn't say what.#Histodon
(DIR) Post #AVDQi0Yfqs3FByMiUS by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-05-01T15:48:21Z
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@lowqualityfacts "Stop singing. Stop." That's what I had to tell my 6-year-old daughter when that song came out. (It was especially disturbing when she squealed, "Ooh, touched for the very first time.")Q: Do you know what a virgin is?A: No. A: Well, you are one. Stop singing that song.
(DIR) Post #AVeRQvNXgbcXzemeW0 by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-05-14T16:29:47Z
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@patmikemid @FrankFrank @tomcapuder *If horses could draw, they would draw their gods as horses *--Xenophanes
(DIR) Post #AVtIQsdFn4P1VSseEC by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-05-21T20:00:08Z
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@RememberUsAlways @Mary625 @CStamp @copter_chief Take a listen to Rachel Maddow's Ultra podcast. She will tell you about the concerted effort to overthrow the U.S. gov't by those favoring the Third Reich. https://tinyurl.com/yu78nrjs
(DIR) Post #AXMHAuLMPRY4CuDa7c by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-04T15:42:37Z
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@gwensnyder *We often like to make white supremacy a testosterone-fueled masculine expression, but it is just as likely to wear heels as a hood. *Charles Blow, NYTimesGift article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/opinion/racism-white-women.html?unlocked_article_code=CSW6m01YUx54jLIQo-1F1KWuGzwyWY6S1xzdPy9Kc-zpw3l41s8qN5UrxTQgg3oixFNfjZ6C1cxnfU49rxRSLZ-g65B5ZQctjOBq6HN4tVfpan2nzpTSZFKviFiGmyZhyeXLqaV8vZMkNNyNBkQ5jPMED64nAuR0KyNop-vngC-NL26-leYzJwJVDMVePkiolXdnIbTN87Ypz0vJInB6sYvRMh5h078sW5tjbQl0k6L-FUKknGYYWVTEKD7xQY0qg3fOyh1HcaDk7S9wRt-RJslCvN6YdVH8NHeZJ9Ef664I-o9fIimLLOW2uHxd2JOiwUmnXrFeF7MyLIeJ3g&smid=url-shareHistory is replete with white women making false accusations resulting in the torture and lynching of Black men. It's for this very reason I look askance at the "believe all women" demands of #MeToo. As a Black woman, I say let's not rush to judgment before learning the facts of the matter.
(DIR) Post #AXXJkHPYZl4JpH4e4O by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-09T15:26:05Z
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@TenPenny @LizDylan @StillIRise1963 The Dyke Van Dyke Show? No.Make Room for Daddy? No.The Donna Reed Show? No.Father Knows Best? No.The Flintstones? No.Leave it to Beaver? No.I Love Lucy? No.These 1950s and 1960s primetime shows had none of that and Alice knew Ralph wouldn't dare. There were plenty of issues with these white-bread, shows, but which ones featured domestic abuse as an acceptable practice?
(DIR) Post #AXjP19lE9gkSzkL3tA by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-15T17:12:38Z
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@BenjaminKlein @tob @maxkennerly What happened to the woman who was going to run the place?
(DIR) Post #AXkaPyTWXqm3t33SAi by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-15T17:56:04Z
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@StillIRise1963 Next thing you know, you will be told you have to "be patient." That's the ish I heard back in the '60s, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. You wanted to smack such well-meaning people (at least that's how they saw themselves) for telling you to be patient acquiring rights they themselves had and had the luxury of taking for granted.
(DIR) Post #AXkaQ0RpD8bU0MH7nk by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-15T23:16:52Z
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@servelan @Frances_Larina @StillIRise1963 Rosa Parks wasn't the first person to refuse to yield a bus seat to a white passenger. Earlier, a pregnant, unwed Black teenager was arrested for doing what Parks had done. But the NAACP, to which Parks belonged, didn't want to take up that particular case. The organization didn't want the focus to be on the teen's status as an unwed mom. (It was 1955. This mattered.) That's an example of a strategic tactic to advance, not hamper, civil rights.
(DIR) Post #AXvARfdc1bQ84a79ge by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-21T13:55:43Z
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He left his heart in San Francisco. Today, Tony Bennett left us at age 96, breaking ours. His first hit was in 1951 and topped the charts again more than 60 years later. He won 20 Grammy awards and performed for every POTUS, from DDE to Barack Obama. Bennett was devoted to civil rights. He campaigned for JFK & joined Dr. King in the march from Selma to Montgomery, AL. Gift article: https://wapo.st/3DsMs9e#TonyBennett #RIP #civilrights #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday
(DIR) Post #AXvVTw0cE7nKSmnLHM by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-21T17:52:16Z
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@realcaseyrollins @freemo @georgetakei Nah. It doesn't take much. He probably walked down the street while holding his husband's hand.
(DIR) Post #AXvWkWfrm1eGlZZ4ym by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-21T18:04:58Z
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@realcaseyrollins @freemo @georgetakei There's reference to flag burning, with the dare, "Try that in a small town." (Flag burning is the method used in the disposal of old flags; it's protected speech as well, yet the song promises violence toward such an offender.) So, there are lots of acts that one had better not try, even today, in a small town, including being Black after sundown. Aldean's message is loud and clear.https://tinyl.io/904Whttps://tinyl.io/904X
(DIR) Post #AXvWvboT0ZjPtBs9GS by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-21T18:07:54Z
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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @georgetakei As I said, the song promises violence for flag-burning, which is protected speech. You can be obtuse all you want, that line alone implies harm to others who *aren't* committing any crimes.
(DIR) Post #AXvX1o6UE0JNkHFxfE by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-21T18:09:39Z
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@realcaseyrollins @freemo @georgetakei That you conflate flag burning with sundown towns is a wonder.
(DIR) Post #AY4FLpVumL607jrIIK by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-25T22:38:52Z
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@StillIRise1963 Can you imagine being so fucking* *ignorant that you believe an *entire* *continent* of people have no skills in metal forging, woodworking, farming, herding, cooking, and other means to survive and maintain a standard of living? God.
(DIR) Post #AYA08Zkd99DwYxvXqy by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-27T12:40:29Z
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We're only effective if we get the word out. No one was running for the unoccupied schoolboard seats in Chapel-Hill Carborro, NC until they heard Moms for Liberty might get the 4 open seats unopposed. Now, there are 19 citizens running to prevent a potential takeover. -- Troy Adamsonhttps://tinyl.io/92Oe#SchoolBoard #MomsforLiberty #Education #history #bannedbooks #books #libraries #science #BlackMastodon #LGBTQ
(DIR) Post #AYEeYBq7RdzAjN6Qzo by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-07-30T23:34:18Z
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@grammargirl Analogy?
(DIR) Post #AYlbmM61hTGasHlbAe by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-08-15T17:52:55Z
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For more than 100 years, his image in a Louisiana family portrait had been obscured. Now that the painting has been restored and his presence acknowledged, Bélizaire, an enslaved young man of African descent, is prominently displayed at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift Article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/14/video/belizaire-frey-children-portrait-met.html?unlocked_article_code=9Q8e66G7g-ji5JAm5DIYiLnIA9CKV9VRAsnA3gwyKOXjswkPxuttM4h-ZRDga50IUT13oIBuaeipPXpfnSza_s4bC2RrXI3w931bl8Jh7QHAo-SGyKlLee7Bo_dquShHnVagcfEVWEVNx2I9b9y6BPYApPVY8nwxaR-kEFq0V2Wu4fjrUKG3IcPnuCkkqPbE6qwAuBmpO2ICovZcOlaSUypgaUFRyz-c9nLPx7FhQzYWugOYCvMyytZCAiBj5IHvv4UAC_ZsoCggLayBl8qDPw99mp5bi5HyuTYtDMjYbkU9rin4evyYzXLIexSwEvjnuLV5adTSvvYecBJX-J3zk3AYtyyfJ-FSkL2WtMFgtUPjCfZ5goZsKWw5CIu4&smid=url-share#Art #TheMet #MetropolitanMuseumofArt #BlackMastodon
(DIR) Post #AaF7mKUFp8ZEOaTon2 by SharonGibson3@newsie.social
2023-09-28T23:07:19Z
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@Swede1952 Some people confuse natural selection with eugenics, which is a totally different matter.