Comments on: Flap your Lips Friday

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:05:28 +0000

America is neither “White” nor “Black”!

It is America, a place where we all live, work, get educated and co-exist with each other regardless of the amount of melanin in our skin.

We try not to visually reject each other any more, we now try to take a few minutes to listen to words that come out of our mouths and our compassion for our America regardless of color that we support.

We are evloving into the America that it should have been created to be, a land of the free and the brave!!

Our America is one of hope for a better future for all of our children. If the Republican Party is defining themselves as “White,” then shame on them!!

They have made this election about color. It should be about ideals! ~We are an America where everyone can Dream, Believe and Achieve.

Amen to the comments by Brain#17, who reminds us all that racism is a learned behavior.

By: Gill

Gill — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:00:16 +0000

Whenever I read or hear trump, I remember these words that have been attributed to English Literature:
“I do not like thee Dr. Fell, the reason why I cannot tell.
But this I know and know real well, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell”.

It is sad that trump with his privileged birth and wealth is not “comfortable” in his own white skin, thus in order to feel superior, he seeks to diminish and demean those of us who are black and/or other people of color.

One day, trump’s obituary will be written. When Alfred Nobel read his own obiturary that was printed by mistake and he saw that up to that point, his greatest contribution to society was listed as a participant in the creation of dynamite, he introduced the Nobel Prizes.”Trump, and you?”

By: Hogan

Hogan — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:57:09 +0000

This is a very powerful Article Michelle. I’m also touched by the outpouring of emotion and support for our President. It is my belief that we have the responsibility to correct our so-called friends when they spout racist comments.

Racism is a learned behavior and as long as people are tolerant of racist comments from their so-called friends, they allow racism to live in America. It is time to put people like trump in their place and stop accepting their remarks and covering for them with Statements like “that’s just trump being trump, not politically correct.”

Believe it or not, when those racist friends talk to others, they’ll mention you as a supporter of their remarks since you’ve never taken the opportunity to correct them. Think about it, then get involved.

By: John

John — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:53:13 +0000

I wish that we could truthfully say that Patrick Buchanan’s way of thinking had gone the way of the dinosaur. But this election tells us different.

This powerful, angry, racist and bigoted group for whom he speaks have bided their time since the Obama victory of 2012 until an opportune moment (such as the appearance of a crude in your face racist ).

Now the worst elements of the group appear in the form of a violent, extremist movement determined to do anything to get their guy elected. If they can get him elected, they will attempt to turn the clock back to the times when white male rule was unchallenged in the hands of the police and the courts.

How do I know this? Because people in Weimar Germany were saying that anti-Semitism was old and dying out, and yet, all it took for the Nazis to rise to power was propaganda, fear of Marxism and a terrible economy.

What is America other than propaganda, fear of Marxism and a bad economy? Yes, people, it IS time to be afraid!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:44:31 +0000

Amy#15, While it may be true that LBJ used the n-word (by the way, probably my least favorite word), one must place this in the context of history.

I’m sure he wasn’t the only one at the time who did so. Doesn’t make it right, even through our lens. And I wouldn’t say he’s a hero. But he did sign the Civil Rights act.

And Michelle, I too want to thank you so much for your eloquent statements.