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    ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slavery

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    Actor and progressive political activist Danny Glover informed a group of students at a Texas A&M University-sponsored event that the Second Amendment was created to put down slave rebellions and subjugate Native Americans.

    LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/lethal-weapon-...mt-container-b

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Glover is a complete POS

    Slavery was wrong. No question about it...

    However today the blacks and POS's like Glover are now the most racist group in the country. No question about it.
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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Alot of people believe when the second amendment was ratified in 1791 slavery played a big part in it danny glover is not saying anything new.

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    I agree with GB, Danny Glover is a POS and slavery was a horrible thing. Now, with that said, and this is going to sound insensitive, and I am sorry for it. African Americans need to get the fuck over it! Yes, slavery was horrible, and yes, conditions in which the African American ancestors sometimes lived in were horrible. I know that and I do feel bad for how they were treated. Fast forward to today, if it wasn't for slavery ALOT of African Americans would still be in Africa, instead of living in the greatest country on the earth (currently). If it wasn't for slavery, many African American women would have their breasts cut off because they were a member of another tribe, men would be burned alive, and kids would be abducted and drugged to fight for some crazy ass warlord. I know not all African Americans are like Glover, but he needs to step back and realize that yes, slavery was a black eye on America, but because his ancestors were possibly slaves, he is now a millionaire actor in the greatest country in the world.

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Pretty hypocritical coming from a guy who used a gun and shot people like crazy in the Lethal Weapon series and made a HUGE profit off of it

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    My only problem is that many blacks (not all) STILL blame slavery and white people for their CURRENT life situations instead of focusing on bettering themselves. It was wrong, it is over, now go out and chase that Amercian dream.

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    I dont know what it has to do with blacks getting over slavery? Historically the second amendment gave the right for people to bear arms so they could form state militias to protect against uprisings or any other forms of attack against that state. I dont like glover either but all he did was point out what second amendment helped protect during that era.

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by SteelerEmpire View Post
    True ? False ?

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    Actor and progressive political activist Danny Glover informed a group of students at a Texas A&M University-sponsored event that the Second Amendment was created to put down slave rebellions and subjugate Native Americans.

    LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/lethal-weapon-...mt-container-b
    It's partially true. The right to bear arms was written into the constitution for free (meaning white male) people to have the ability to protect themselves not only from the government, but also to easily put down uprisings and rebellions to protect their interests. Therefore, and in the case of the latter, only whites were given the right to own guns, while black slaves and Native Americans were not. Glover is only reciting history in that regard. But he went WAY off the plantation by calling America in general "racist and elitist." That is the far-left liberal hack "victimology" coming out in full-force, and is also why actors should only be seen and not heard.








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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Slavery was a horrible idea and an even more horrid practice , that being said I am pretty sick and tired of always hearing how it is all white peoples fault ((( this was 165 years ago for Gods sake and nobody alive today underwent slavery or was a slave owner))) , many of the slaves that where brought to this country where actually sold to the white slave owners by black tribes in Africa who had taken them captive from battles of rival tribes ... is the blame not two fold ?

    Maybe we as Americans should still be pissed at the Japanese after all Pearl Harbor is 100 years fresher in our minds ?

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Terminator View Post
    It's partially true. The right to bear arms was written into the constitution for free (meaning white male) people to have the ability to protect themselves not only from the government, but also to easily put down uprisings and rebellions to protect their interests. Therefore, and in the case of the latter, only whites were given the right to own guns, while black slaves and Native Americans were not. Glover is only reciting history in that regard. But he went WAY off the plantation by calling America in general "racist and elitist." That is the far-left liberal hack "victimology" coming out in full-force, and is also why actors should only be seen and not heard.
    I hear you on that one...



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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Terminator View Post
    It's partially true. The right to bear arms was written into the constitution for free (meaning white male) people to have the ability to protect themselves not only from the government, but also to easily put down uprisings and rebellions to protect their interests. Therefore, and in the case of the latter, only whites were given the right to own guns, while black slaves and Native Americans were not. Glover is only reciting history in that regard. But he went WAY off the plantation by calling America in general "racist and elitist." That is the far-left liberal hack "victimology" coming out in full-force, and is also why actors should only be seen and not heard.
    ^^^This.
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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    Slavery was a horrible idea and an even more horrid practice , that being said I am pretty sick and tired of always hearing how it is all white peoples fault ((( this was 165 years ago for Gods sake and nobody alive today underwent slavery or was a slave owner))) , many of the slaves that where brought to this country where actually sold to the white slave owners by black tribes in Africa who had taken them captive from battles of rival tribes ... is the blame not two fold ?

    Maybe we as Americans should still be pissed at the Japanese after all Pearl Harbor is 100 years fresher in our minds ?
    I'm also sick and tired of the insinuation that slavery was only ever practiced in America during the 17th-19th centuries.

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Terminator View Post
    It's partially true. The right to bear arms was written into the constitution for free (meaning white male) people to have the ability to protect themselves not only from the government, but also to easily put down uprisings and rebellions to protect their interests. Therefore, and in the case of the latter, only whites were given the right to own guns, while black slaves and Native Americans were not. Glover is only reciting history in that regard. But he went WAY off the plantation by calling America in general "racist and elitist." That is the far-left liberal hack "victimology" coming out in full-force, and is also why actors should only be seen and not heard.
    I was having a Gun restriction debate the other day, and did some research on something that I found interesting. Did you know that part of the reason for that despicable Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling was that if the court found for the slave, giving him freedom, the court feared that it would also give him the right "to keep and carry arms wherever they want." The opinion went on to state a fear of uprisings by both slave and free black people in the South.

    So yeah, you're dead on right. It's something I didn't realize until I looked that up a few days ago.


    Quote Originally Posted by fansince'76 View Post
    I'm also sick and tired of the insinuation that slavery was only ever practiced in America during the 17th-19th centuries.
    Wait! That can't be right! We're the evilest of all civilizations! I wonder what it means that the last western govt. to give up slavery is also the first western govt. to have a black man in as it's president/Prime Minister. Like I said the day he was elected in 08: "I'm proud of my nation for electing a black man to office. I'm ashamed of my nation for electing a Chicago Democrat to office."


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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    Slavery was a horrible idea and an even more horrid practice , that being said I am pretty sick and tired of always hearing how it is all white peoples fault ((( this was 165 years ago for Gods sake and nobody alive today underwent slavery or was a slave owner))) , many of the slaves that where brought to this country where actually sold to the white slave owners by black tribes in Africa who had taken them captive from battles of rival tribes ... is the blame not two fold ?

    Maybe we as Americans should still be pissed at the Japanese after all Pearl Harbor is 100 years fresher in our minds ?
    Why would we still be pissed at the japenese after pearl harbor, i would say we got our revenge for that by declaring war and ultimately dropping an atomic bomb on them.

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    I dont really know if alot of black people are blaming slavery for their current situations in todays day and age, do some blame racism or discrimination, yes im sure that feeling is there but thats a whole different ballgame than slavery. Do I agree with glovers views, no not usually, do i think he should shut up, no this is america and he can bitch and moan all he wants wether hes an actor or not. I mean someone on here actually tried to make the arguement that blacks should be happy about slavery otherwise they would be in africa getting mutaletd, lol what a favor we did for them.

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    Oh and Native americans you should be happy to if it wasnt for us stealing your land and bringing disease you wouldnt have all those beautiful casinos in your backyard, i swear people are so ungrateful.

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by steeldawg View Post
    I dont really know if alot of black people are blaming slavery for their current situations in todays day and age, do some blame racism or discrimination, yes im sure that feeling is there but thats a whole different ballgame than slavery. Do I agree with glovers views, no not usually, do i think he should shut up, no this is america and he can bitch and moan all he wants wether hes an actor or not. I mean someone on here actually tried to make the arguement that blacks should be happy about slavery otherwise they would be in africa getting mutaletd, lol what a favor we did for them.
    Lol. If you do a google search, you'd find that most of the top 10 or so richest black people in the world are Africans or non-american blacks.
    Yes there are trouble spots over there, but the continent IS making a comeback. The richest black man and woman (yes, MANY times richer than Oprah) are doing their thing (I enclosed a couple links). In fact, I've "heard" from more than one source the Kenya's productivity should rival Japans in the next 20 yrs.

    Worlds richest black woman: http://atlantablackstar.com/2012/12/...-half-billion/

    Worlds richest blacks: http://www.therichest.org/world/weal...-black-people/

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by steeldawg View Post
    Why would we still be pissed at the japenese after pearl harbor, i would say we got our revenge for that by declaring war and ultimately dropping an atomic bomb on them.

    because it happened ..... why else are so many still up in arms about slavery when none of them lived it from either side of the isle /shrug ... nobody is saying forget it happened , but it is time to 110% time to get over it , but many can not even though they never lived it

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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Terminator View Post
    and is also why actors should only be seen and not heard.
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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by steeldawg View Post
    Why would we still be pissed at the japenese after pearl harbor, i would say we got our revenge for that by declaring war and ultimately dropping an atomic bomb on them.
    Uh....I dont know ONE single person who believes they are owed anything by the Japanese for the bombing of Pearl Harbor....nor does anyone immediately act victimized when talking about the Japanese people.

    TERRIBLE example.
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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    False. It was used for that purpose, but that had nothing to do with the original intent.
    Even the "putting down insurrections" wasn't a direct supporting argument for the individual right to bear arms. That was actually an argument *against* the Federal government having a permanent standing army.
    Throughout the discussions in the federalist and antifederalist papers, the subject of enforcing slavery or killing natives as a reason to have a second amendment never came up, because all the folks who were arguing *for* it were abolitionists. Ol' Danny left that little fun fact out.

    So... Danny Glover shoulda stuck to acting, 'cuz he sucks as an historian. Also not much of a debater.
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    Re: ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor tells students 2nd Amendment was intended to preserve slave

    Quote Originally Posted by LLT View Post
    Uh....I dont know ONE single person who believes they are owed anything by the Japanese for the bombing of Pearl Harbor....nor does anyone immediately act victimized when talking about the Japanese people.

    TERRIBLE example.
    I didnt make the example he did, he compared the two not me. the reason we are not mad at the japenese because it would be hypocrytical considering we dropped an a bomb on them killing many innocent people.

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