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Rev. Jesse Jackson 1941-2026
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
He walked with Dr. King. He didn't have the same impact but he was part of the movement. A part of history is now gone. 
Amish Death Metal
Member
Tim Conway Jr used to do a radio bit where he'd play Jesse Jackson clips and have people try to guess what the hell he was saying.
confused_pumpkin1506
Banned
wrong on what exactly
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
RIP 
DaciaJC
Gold Member
For example, he was quick to join the accusers of the Duke lacrosse players, going so far as to promise to pay the tuition of the alleged victim regardless if she was telling the truth or had made up the whole thing up and ruined those men's reputations (it was the latter). He threw his weight behind the "defund the police" movement and BLM, which turned out to be in many ways a scam and one of the worst influences on race divisiveness of the last twenty years.
FalsettoVibe
Member
RIP
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Yes, 3 sentences before he made the eulogy about himself. A new record perhaps.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
When he ran for President, it was the first time that I felt like being black wasn't a barrier to shooting for the stars.
Maybe most of y'all can't understand that, but seeing a black man come so close to getting the nomination (he won a few states in the primary) made me look at things differently.
Maybe most of y'all can't understand that, but seeing a black man come so close to getting the nomination (he won a few states in the primary) made me look at things differently.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
RIP
ReBurn
Gold Member
Oh man
BillMaxwell
Member
I was around then and it still mystifies me that Dukakis won.
StreetsofBeige
Member
Only time I've ever heard Obama talk is when he'd do some old state of the union kind of address when he was president. Well spoken like a normal guy. Youre typical well spoken politician on TV.
I guess in the Jesse Jackson speech he had to turn on the ghetto way of talking to get his message across.
Hey Obama, here's a tip. How about you tell your community to stay in school, do well, and dont do dumb shit. It'll help them get a good job so the family has a good foundation. Not hard bud. Other poor people from other countries who dont even know English can pull it off.
I get it. If he brings that up it looks bad on the community if he has to act as father figure nagging his kid to get good grades and get a good job. Well, he's suppose to be a great leader. Then act on it, just like mom and dad telling their kids at the dinner table to dont screw around.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Trogdor1123
Member
This bothers me a bit. Just let the man rest and love him for who he was. Be his friends. Don't make a funeral a chance to speak about what you want. Sad.
Agave
Member
It pisses me off that he's engaging in active politics after office, something past former presidents (usually the ones who got two terms) don't do because It's considered tyrannical to attempt to use that position of power once out of office, even if it's for a small influence, because you were once the head of the country and of all military, centralized, and diplomatic powers.
An exception to this is when you're campaigning for someone while sitting in office, like Reagan endorsing Bush
That's disrespectful o_ o
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
During the 1988 Deaf President Now movement at Gallaudet University, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. famously declared, "The problem is not that the students do not hear. The problem is that the hearing world does not listen."
We lost a great man. He understood many issues modern politicians refuse to learn.
We lost a great man. He understood many issues modern politicians refuse to learn.
EverydayBeast
ChatShitGPT Alpha 0.001
Several good speechs, started the next phase of freedom for African Americans after mlk.