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Webleymkv · June 19, 2012, 05:59 PM

What's most ironic about all of this is that many of the gun control laws which Jackson and his ilk demand are little more than recycled Jim Crow laws which were originally intended to keep people of color disarmed and helpless at the hands of their white oppressors in the old south. I'm not sure whether Jackson is too historically uninformed to know this or simply too politically motivated to care, but that really doesn't matter. Over the last 10-15 years, Jackson has increasingly shown his true colors: he doesn't really give a rodent's posterior about the "plight of the black man" but rather about what he must do in order to retain fame, power, and people willing to write him a check. Because of this, Jackson's opinion on pretty much anything doesn't hold much weight with me.

June 19, 2012, 05:59 PM	#4
Webleymkv Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 10,446	What's most ironic about all of this is that many of the gun control laws which Jackson and his ilk demand are little more than recycled Jim Crow laws which were originally intended to keep people of color disarmed and helpless at the hands of their white oppressors in the old south. I'm not sure whether Jackson is too historically uninformed to know this or simply too politically motivated to care, but that really doesn't matter. Over the last 10-15 years, Jackson has increasingly shown his true colors: he doesn't really give a rodent's posterior about the "plight of the black man" but rather about what he must do in order to retain fame, power, and people willing to write him a check. Because of this, Jackson's opinion on pretty much anything doesn't hold much weight with me.