Boxlicker101
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Originally Posted by Boxlicker101 View Post
Rather than just citing the first phrase, why not say what was actually said?
Once upon a time in this country, there were ugly, racist, tyrannical rules dictating where a black person could sit on a bus. There were all kinds of these laws, actually, created and defended by the racists who benefited from them.
What kick-started change was an average, everyday woman named Rosa Parks, who had grown tired of being tired. Hers was not the first protest, nor was it particularly the best. It was merely the tipping point for many Americans long since tired of these immoral laws.
Perhaps they didn't want to make Dems look too bad, since that was the party who passed all the laws being mentioned.
Probably not quite that long ago, but you're right. The Jim Crow era ended when Dems lost control of state governments in The South.
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101 View Post
Rather than just citing the first phrase, why not say what was actually said?
Once upon a time in this country, there were ugly, racist, tyrannical rules dictating where a black person could sit on a bus. There were all kinds of these laws, actually, created and defended by the racists who benefited from them.
What kick-started change was an average, everyday woman named Rosa Parks, who had grown tired of being tired. Hers was not the first protest, nor was it particularly the best. It was merely the tipping point for many Americans long since tired of these immoral laws.
Perhaps they didn't want to make Dems look too bad, since that was the party who passed all the laws being mentioned.
That time was only fifty years ago.
Probably not quite that long ago, but you're right. The Jim Crow era ended when Dems lost control of state governments in The South.