re: #26 makeitstop

I read through it all, including the links to wikipedia about this semi- or quasi-national group. My understanding from the material (given the neutrality of the wiki page was under dispute) was that it was a group that was klan-like but without the hoods and had to do with the businessmen in communities. Sounded worse than the Klan in that it denied blacks economic opportunities, although I don’t want to venture into a debate about whether crushing poverty through unwarranted economic sanctions is worse than threats and actions of physical violence and intimidation. Both sound equally awful. There’s no way given that information that I would defend that group. I will however, defend any politician who gives an account of what he remember in his town. I can’t possibly know what happened in Yazoo City specifically. And unless there is a link I missed, I always, be it the idiotic Danny glover non-troversy over what he said/didn’t say or imply about Haiti, to Barbour on this issue, or anyone on any issue give the benefit of the doubt, and let them clarify their statements before I rush to judge them based on my own biases and pre-conceived notion. Otherwise, this just becomes another gotcha website that serves no real purpose other than to smear and humiliate those political figures that are disliked.

Same with the link about the young girls in marriage. I don’t have time to research it, but the body of the link provided says the the GOP offered a counter-bill because of something unrelated to the part about protecting young women from unwanted marriages that amount to slavery. For goodness sake, use common sense and realize that most likely the vote was about some other procedural or spending issue that inevitably was tacked on to the bill, and was not voted against because they don’t want to protect young girls.

But for some it already fits into their pre-conceived notions, so no further analysis is needed.