tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post7362992683406463797..comments2024-03-29T07:35:12.517-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: fear and rage in Americaellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-26054766803867610392015-05-03T10:33:48.070-05:002015-05-03T10:33:48.070-05:00Such a powerful post, and you are so right. I don&...Such a powerful post, and you are so right. I don't think most light skinned Americans have a clue what this country feels like for those with darker skin. It's shameful, what is happening in our cities. I had a very uncomfortable conversation with a friend who used Freddie Gray's rap sheet as justification for what happened to him, as if anything justified his murder! <br />Thank you for writing this post. Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-30933977576388742272015-05-01T22:03:31.645-05:002015-05-01T22:03:31.645-05:00Tears...Tears...The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-23869937013686822672015-05-01T05:50:27.840-05:002015-05-01T05:50:27.840-05:00I don't know what else to say except, well sai...I don't know what else to say except, well said. I agree with every word.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-20423170717714588972015-04-30T18:57:05.411-05:002015-04-30T18:57:05.411-05:00Those are real men standing in that line.
I found...Those are real men standing in that line.<br /><br />I found a design on the net for Bluebird houses that I make 8 for about 30 bucks.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-58668222436160224082015-04-30T18:23:20.416-05:002015-04-30T18:23:20.416-05:00Thanks for this powerful post. I read it twice. I ...Thanks for this powerful post. I read it twice. I don't think I've properly considered the distinction between poor and oppressed. This is a powerful reminder.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-73443164705806448482015-04-30T18:22:53.566-05:002015-04-30T18:22:53.566-05:00Great post, Ellen.Great post, Ellen.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-32167028141391974002015-04-30T18:09:05.523-05:002015-04-30T18:09:05.523-05:00What is different today is pictures. This stuff wi...What is different today is pictures. This stuff with the cops has been going on forever but no one could ever prove it and so couldn't share it. Now that there are pictures as these atrocities occur, the oppressed are beginning to stand up and as they stand up others begin to stand beside them. I sound like I'm advocating violence but is there an alternative? If there is no violence, people won't listen. I hate the idea of anarchy but things will not change without it I'm afraid. The thing is "things" could change for the worse. Hello Brave New World.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-69938558763028550012015-04-30T15:52:06.423-05:002015-04-30T15:52:06.423-05:00History does seem to repeat, doesn't it? I am ...History does seem to repeat, doesn't it? I am afraid that I have been right in thinking that my grandchildren will have to fight in a revolution. Our government is corrupt on every level and shit flows downhill, making it's way into our police force.Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-15041566088936281112015-04-30T13:11:24.664-05:002015-04-30T13:11:24.664-05:00Somehow we've quite working to make society be...Somehow we've quite working to make society better. The we who go the polls. The generation that should have learned from Watts and Birmingham grew old and tired, or old and afraid. The old republicans, from Eisenhower on through Nixon believed in the middle class, believed a rising tide lifts all boats. The most of us out here now seem indifferent or hopeless. I truly do not know what can be done except what must be done by the majority--starting with law enforcement.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-64832544244488952522015-04-30T09:09:55.376-05:002015-04-30T09:09:55.376-05:00Obama hasn't been able to do much about this, ...Obama hasn't been able to do much about this, and I can't really see how any coming president can/will. In that sense it's no strange that the poor and oppressed don't even bother to vote. Why should they? No politician is willing to fight for their rights.<br /><br />Regarding violence and shooting by the police, I think this is also a cultural thing. I always found the gun culture in the US scaring. A major problem in the USA is that there are too many guns around.<br />There are other countries where the police is able to resolve situations without the use of guns. They just use other methods that don't involve shooting (black) people. In UK, 90% of the police force is unarmed. Our police force has never been carrying guns, except in very special situations.<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Cold As Heaven </a><br />CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-61737421394159729392015-04-30T08:49:05.070-05:002015-04-30T08:49:05.070-05:00You said it exactly right. And our government just...You said it exactly right. And our government just does not recognize nor represent the oppressed. And so it will never end. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-36643609819300187372015-04-30T08:04:20.680-05:002015-04-30T08:04:20.680-05:00The police are way out of control...they use deadl...The police are way out of control...they use deadly force for no reason, cop camera's are not the answer as they just passed a bill here to put cameras on cops they have cameras on the cars it brings the actions to light but it does not STOP the violence-the answer is accountability! Each of those cases you mentioned should have prosecuted and the cop who did it should have gone to jail! That is the answer. As for Oppression I live in SC where the upper middle class rule... and I have lived in NYC, the police force is brought in from all over America...mostly the Midwest! The have low tolerance to people of color. I was part of a 1/2 million people march when the GOP was there with George Bush on his second term as we marched up 8th Ave police lined our path with barricades and they were dressed in full riot gear, and had automatic weapons in their hands! It was a peaceful march and few problems but it showed me they are prepared to always use deadly force!Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485055844682296876noreply@blogger.com