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However he is rendered ineffective in 2018. The original intent of his actions have been buried and everyone has co-opted his message. 45 has used it to fire up his racist and xenophobic base by perverting Colin's message on Twitter. Nike is now exploiting the optics to increase shareholder wealth All the while nothing in the Black community has changed -- other than for the worse. My sentiments as well. I also agree with Cynique that Colin is being elevated by others seeking to capitalize off of him by either villifying him or using his image to make money. I think some are trying to make a "Black Jesus" sacrificial figure out of him which may infact do even MORE damage because it will encourage our many of young men to lay down and just play VICTIM hoping someone will feel sorry for you and give you a break....instead of standing up and actually FIGHTING against injustice or establishing your own industry. Instead of organizing and buying your own team or better yet your own league...... "Don't choo pay dem folks no neva-mind! Just keep own doin' whachoo doin' boy and somewheah....somehaah.....some GOOD white folk go feel sorry fo' ya and come 'long and SAVE ya!"

Troy you will impress me if you just accept that you misunderstood the meaning of these terms, learn from this, and move in. Like the rest of us, you are merely human and capable of making a mistake -- is it not a big deal. We all do it. You should be MORE impressed that my allegiance is to the TRUTH and the literal definition of words instead of simply agreeing with their more popular MIS-understandings. People toss around words like Democracy, Republic, and Oligarchy without properly knowing what they ACTUALLY mean and too often end up being manipulated through their ignorance. If the masses are ignorant of the true definition of words...which public education in the United States seems to ensure.....then it's easy for someone to point the finger at another nation and accuse THEM of being ruled by an Oligarchy when THIS nation is also ruled by one too. Del I'm not sure where you got that definition from but I usually go to MERRIAM-WEBSTER for my definitions because it's a traditional soure and according to THEIR definitions...... OLIGARCHY 1 : government by the few 2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligarchy REPUBLIC 1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law (2) : a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republic 　 So according to Merriam-Webster an Oligarchy is a government in which a small group EXERCISE CONTROL. And a Republic is government either with a chief of state who is not a monarch or a government in which supreme ower resides in the body of it's citizens entitled to vote AND IS EXERCISED BY ELECTED OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES The key concept you need to focus on is that in a Republic the power is exercised by the ELECTED OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES.....not the citizens! In a Republic the citizens may vote in people to represent them, but the citizens themselves aren't the ones exercising the power but it's that SMALL GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS who have that power and you can only HOPE that they exercise it to your satisfaction. Which basically means a Republic IS an Oligarchy in which that Oligarchs (those exercising power) are elected. 　 Cynique A republic is not an oligarchy because it is not ruled by a small group of people; it is ruled by a large governing body elected by its citizens to represent them. The words "small" and "large" are relative. Congress who makes the rules consist of over 500 people, but that's still a TINY group compared to the 300+ million citizens they were elected to make the rules for. 536 elected Oligarchs (if you add the President) who exercise power over the mass of hundreds of millions.

Dang woman you posted a lot for me to delve into, lol. It's so late in the night I'm gonna have to take my time to digest all of this info and give it the proper respect it's due before responding.

I knew you were a homo BEFORE declaring your love for Del....lol. HomoSAPIENS...that is.

Mel 　 I don't see ANY parents and children participating in any criminal activity -if I did I'd report them to the authorities. I have written and broadcast news reports on sexual assaults against minors when I was Television News Reporter / Anchor. As I've written, even with a small percentage of black people in the Ohio valley - color doesn't matter. Sexual assault is an equal opportunity crime. BY THE WAY, HOW MANY WHITE PARENTS HAVE YOU SEEN participating in these sick and freakish events? You don't have to look very hard. Don't tell me you've never heard of these child beauty pageants that are shown on televison and held across the nation where little 3 and 4 year old girls are being put in bikins and daisy dukes and getting spray on tans made to be sexualized. Nearly ALL of the participants are Caucasian. Jon Benet Ramsey is just one example of what could be the unfortunate end result when sick perverted inclinations are allowed to be turned into entertainment. My overall point is how so many women of ALL races are up in arms and angry about men who flirt or get a little too aggressive with their touching.....things that AfroAmerican men are more prone to do. Yet when it comes to EXTREMLY sick and perverted behavior like promoting pedophilia and molesting children like these Catholic priests and other Caucasian men are doing....most of these same women don't seem to be nearly as outraged and seem not to even be concerned. I will agree with you on this point. Because every woman is different. Finally! This is almost common sense so ofcourse we agree. So if every woman is different then we can agree that SOME women LOVE to be touched by a man and welcome sexual assertiveness as long as it's not forced on her against their will. So why aren't THESE women speaking up more and adding some balance to the argument? Because the narrative is being framed to FRAME Black men...that's why. Chev I can't believe that you can't see this for what it is. Ms. Grande's smiling mean noting to his behavior. You're right that her smiling doesn't change the appropriateness of HIS behavior. However her smiling says a lot about HER mindset and whether or not she WELCOMED his behavior. I say again, how do we know she DIDN'T want to be touched by this man? I'm not saying she did or didn't...but she's not saying....WE the public are doing all the saying and assuming about what she was thinking. He borderlined if not crossed the line on what is criminal, and that is why the news reports showed the clip. It's obvious. I was taught that a person doesn't even have to touch you, and certain behaviors is considered 'AN ASSAULT'. What that man did was inappropriate...I admit....but is no where NEAR an "assault". And if it is...then we might as well say that EVERY man who has held a woman in his arms is guilty of sexual assault. Ms. Grande may have smiled and kept up an decent reaction due to being 'caught off guard' and for the sake of the situation being public, but she was clearly tensed up at his grabbing her like that. It's true that she MAY have been smiling to cover up her nervousness but again, that's US assuming this. We don't really know what's going on in her head and she has YET to actually speak out on it.

Troy Seriously @Pioneer1, you wrote that a Republic was "just ONE FORM of an oligarchy." If you would just name two other forms, I think I can help you think about what the terms mean and why saying something like, "A nation can be an Oligarchy, Plutocracy, AND a Republic all at the same time" is like saying a fruit can be an apple, pomegranate, and a kiwi all at the same time. If you would have carefully read what I said I actually GAVE you another form.....China. China...a nation of over a billion people....is governed by a small group of people in the Communist Party that probably numbers no more than 1 million. A small group ruling the masses. And if you want more examples of yet another form of Oligarchy you can look at Iran, Saudi Arabia, or the Vatican....nations with governments that rule through religion. They are known as THEOCRACIES but still consist of a small group governing the masses. These are just various FORMS of a small group ruling the masses....but still a small group ruling the masses none the less. As an aside, it would also be interesting to read some of the other reasons you are "GLAD" you did not go to college, I'd like to hear other reasons why you are happy to have not gotten an education. Do you feel the same way about a high school education too? Well for one thing, I'm debt free. I don't have a degree but I don't owe the government any money for student loans or for other obligations so all the money I get is mine. Another reason I'm glad is when I look at how college seems to INDOCTRINATE the students into a particular mindset. They claim college is suppost to be about education and professionalism but when I look at most college students today....most of them don't have enough sense to blow their own nose when it's stuffy nor do they even wash their hands before eating....but they can program a computer or argue Einstein's theory of relativity. You're basically taught to put all your faith in "science" and what the leaders of science tell you instead of questioning how true it is and finding out for yourself. As far as highschool..... Honestly, I don't feel I learned anything of value FROM highschool. I learned a lot of things DURING MY HIGHSCHOOL YEARS about people and society in general, but academically...very little. Most of what I know academically I was either taught by my mother at a young age or I learned on my own through reading and travel when I got old enough. School did little to nothing for me as far as imparting knowledge. Del A Republic is in essence opposite to an oligarchy. So while yiur definition of oligarchy is acceptable. Your usage if the word T Republic ic is not. Correct usage doesn't require a college degree. However rationalising your error by exporting it isn't sensible. A Republic implies indirect rule by the people. A Republic is NOT an opposite to an Oligarcy, it's just another form of the same thing. This isn't very hard...... Again, an Oligarchy is simply a form of government where a small number of people rule over the masses. THAT'S IT. When you talk about a Republic....despite what it "implies" or what some statesmen TELLS you....you're still talking about a government where a small group of people are ELECTED to represent and rule the masses. It doesn't matter how you chop it up or RE-NAME it....it still amount to a small group of people ruling the masses. The only forms of government I can think of right now that AREN'T forms of an Oligarchy would be a Democracy and an Anarchy....where either the majority rules or nobody rules. And neither one of those governments exist on this planet currently, to my knowledge.

((sigh....shakes head)) You know, Seeing how confused so many well educated people can be over simple issues like the one above is one of the reasons I'm GLAD...I didn't go to college!

Chev Have you ever read a book by Sigmund Freud called "Moses and Monotheism"? If not, I think you would find it very interesting.

You're right about Turkey having once been a Black land. The entire Earth used to be Black....lol. Now to understand Paul and his role in deception, we have to understand that there is a difference between Jews and Israelites. One is an ethnic group made of multiple people's while the other is more of a nationality that involves a more narrow bloodline. Israelites came from Jacob, but Jews actually came from Babylon. Jews and their religion of Judaism was INVENTED in Babylon by mixing some of the teachings of Moses with certain Persian and Babylonian beliefs. That's where the Talmud came from too btw....Babylon. Unlike the Israelite who according to the Bible had a bloodline back to Jacob, the Jews were a mixture of Israelites AND Persian AND Babylonian converts who all added their beliefs to help shape the new religion. So when King Cyrus finally allowed them to return to Jerusalem, they returned with a NEW religion and NEW holy books that were tampered with and weren't in line with the original teachings of Moses. They also had to come with overseers to monitor them and make sure they were teaching this new religion....called Pharisees. Pharisees were PERSIAN overseers that King Cyrus sent to Jerusalem to be the religious authorities over the Israelites who were there to make sure they kept the laws of the NEW religion called Judaism. Jesus recognized this. The Pharisees were among his biggest opponents. Paul wasn't just a Jew...he was a Pharisee and part of an organization that was invented to be oppressive overseers of the people.

Troy Again, I know what an Oligarchy is and it has NOTHING to do with how the leaders got in office. It doesn't matter if they were elected to office, born into office, or got in as a result of a coup....the definition remains the same. A FEW IN CONTROL OF THE MANY. There is no argument about it, the United States IS an Oligarchy and it has ALWAYS been an oligarchy from it's conception. It makes no different if the public ELECTS their oligarchs to represent them. Republics are just ONE FORM of an oligarchy. China where a relatively small group in the Communist Party who govern that nation represents another form. And guess what? A nation can be an Oligarchy, Plutocracy, AND a Republic all at the same time. Wasn't a billionaire just ELECTED by the public to be President? Didn't New York ELECT a billionaire to be it's mayor?

Anyway................ That chicken wing chewing minister Jasper Williams is the one who offended me, not Bishop Ellis. This is supposed to be a eulogy for Aretha and celebrating her life and this negro wants to get up and hoop and holler about "black on black crime" and "out of wedlock births" talking about "Black lives don't matter". I'm glad Steve Wonder got up and CHECKED his ass and corrected him shortly after. Now we're getting word that Franklin's family were also offended by his sermon. Some of what he said was actually true, but it was out of place and inappropriate for the occasion.

Delano A Minister is feeling a women up at a public funeral. Hown many levels of wrong is this. I think it's wrong on the level of "ethics". As a minister his profession urges him to be modest and restrained when it comes to touching women so it was inappropriate because of his profession. But morally speaking what he did was NOT wrong, it was natural. It's not like he actually had sex with the woman or tongue kissed her.....he just got a little squeeze on. Chev I'm glad you were able to get away from that clown. I think it's normal for men of all ages to find young women attractive but you have to know "your lane" and he obviously had a problem if he couldn't control himself from hitting on teenage girls. However, I don't think your unfortunate encounter with a stalker and potential rapist is on the same level as a man sneaking a quick squeeze on a grown woman's breast and giving her a hug in a public setting. One is distasteful, but the other is down right CRIMINAL. Yes, She did pull away. She absolutely looked uncomfortable. I didn't see her pull away and you say she looked uncomfortable, it's hard for me to tell. Perhaps she was, but she didn't show it to me because she was smiling through the entire thing and even gave him a hug before leaving. Come on. Well, what about the other way around. I find it attractive when a woman shows interest in me and lets me know in so many ways she finds me attractive, but if she CHASES me or gets head over heels GOOFY around me.....that's a a bit "off putting", lol. 　 Mel "Feeling on" someone is a predatory act. I would agree somewhat. But the most successful men DO have a predatory instinct and this goes back to the beginning of history where it made men bold enough not simply to push up and squeeze on the woman they found attractive BUT ALSO brave enough to HUNT vicious animals to bring home to her and their children and DEFEND his woman and child from danger. With nature you have to take the bitter with the sweet. Since our laws have something called consent then it's illegal to touch, "feel on" as you say, anyone that doesn't consent. While we may never hear from Ariana Grande publicly - her initial reaction was one of alarm and to pull away initially towards his microaggression.  This was indicative or her lack of consent. You and Chevdove said she pulled back. I didn't see this.....not in the clip Troy provided atleast. I've been looking for OTHER clips of the entire exchange but can't find one that hasn't been diced up and commented on but I don't remember EVER seeing her pull back from him, make a funny or angry face, or give ANY OTHER indication that she found his embrace offensive. It seems to me you're making a lot of assumptions about how she feels and what was going through her head instead of dealing with what we all saw in the video. Which was two adults embracing eachother and smiling. I hear more objections from the public than I've heard from her. 　 You've already stated that is normal for men to feel on who and what they find attractive. Therefore, it wouldn't matter what color they are. You've already stated it's normal. So what's left, is a lot of covering up and people not speaking out. I didn't say that it was normal for men to feel on who and what they find attractive. Go back and reread my exact words. there are far too many crime reports of black men sexually assaulting and raping children and babies for anyone to point fingers. ANY report of Black men sexually assaulting and raping children is too many. However that number STILL can't compare to the number of Caucasian men who are doing it and you just can't make it be so despite your attempts to "spread the blame" around. The fact is pedophilia is FAR MORE pervasive and even tolerated in the Caucasian community than in the Pan-African community. The evidene of this goes all the way back to Greek culture where grown men having sex with young boys was common up until today with beauty pageants that feature toddlers. How many Black parents and children do you see participating in these sick and freakish events? 　 Terror usually produces one of two reactions - Fight or Flight... There been a few reports of men beating the shit out of homosexual men who hit on them. One highly publicized crime report Kidd Creole, of grandmaster flash and furious five stabbed a man to death who he only thought was making a move on him.  When this story hit social media - more men came out to respond they would have killed the "bitch" too if he came after them. These men exhibited fearful behavior in response to unwanted sexual advances. While you're correct that terror will produce fight or flight, to claim that men beat up homosexual men for hitting on them because of "terror" and fear is an incorrect interpretation of the feelings of most heterosexual men. It's more of a mixture of anger, disgust, and resentment along with the strong need to maintain a public image of masculinity and strength that leads to such a violent reaction and NOT fear. Men will physically attack a woman they find ugly if she pushes up them .... Lol....I actually DO know a few who will. But most won't. Most men will try to avoid her or if push comes to shove (no pun intended) will resort to insulting her in order to drive her away, but most men don't do that. Infact, many men will USE her for her money or for "quickies" if she just won't leave him alone...before resorting to violence. This appears to be an attempt normalize unwanted behavior. I don't condone it. I asked a question. It wasn't intended to normalize or promote any particular behavior but to get an answer...and honest answer from you. 　 This assumes facts not in evidence LOL....LOOK WHO'S TALKING!!! After all those assumptions about how Ariana and how much a victim she was being "sexually assaulted" by the big bad boogy man.....while she's standing there with a big smile on her face...NOW you wanna deal with the facts that are evident?????? and it assumes because a man looks a certain way it should give him the right to sexual assault a woman No being an attractive man DOES NOT give a man the right to sexually assault a woman. However we shouldn't assume that just because a man touches, feels up, and even makes the first move on a woman that she NEVER likes it or enjoys the feeling of it. I know from personal experience since back in my highschool days that simply putting my arms around a girl I didn't know and playing with her was SOMETIMES enough to form a sexual relationship with her....and other times enough to get you slapped. The point is not every woman feels the same way and not all are "offended" at men touching them. Troy but no one will forget the the Catholic Church's offenses because "bishop" grabbed him some grande tittie. We can remember more than one thing at the same time. I think you're overestimating the attention span of the public and Grande's encouner with the Bishop is almost a household topic, meanwhile after a few days of reporting the incident in Pennsylvania the media there is a virtual media BLACK OUT of the massive coverup and I bet neither you nor anyone on this board can remember the NAMES of the Priests who were guilty of those wicked sexual crimes. Like I said, the racists in the media NEEDED to find a distraction to take the heat off of White men and this was a perfect opportunity for them. 　 The rant against 45, the dig against Obama absence were uncalled for inappropriate -- That kind of rhetoric was apropo for the old Tavis Smiley State of Black America Conference . ???? I must say, I'm a little suprised at your reaction to his words. We finally get a well educated AfroAmerican man who is willing to stand up on live television and speak truth to power and tell it like it is....and you say it pretty much amounts to immature ranting? 　 Cynique I didn't read this post by pioneer because I -wouldn't be able to understand it anyway? I know. Lol, say no more.

My, my, my! A lot of stuff here to unpack.....lol. Then by this logic, if it is normal behavior for men, specifically clergy to sexually assault women then the catholic priests are normal. No, I didn't say it was normal for men to SEXUALLY ASSAULT women. I said it was normal for men to love to feel on and be around atttactive women. There's a difference between the two behaviors becaues the former clearly implies contact with a woman AGAINST her will. The question I have is, did Ariana pull away from or resist physically or verbally to what the Bishop did? Maybe in an effort to keep their vows they turn their natural inclination on unsuspecting boys. Perhaps. Celibacy is clearly unnatural behaviour for most people and it could lead to problems, however I'm not a psychologist and can't assume that this is the entire problem. Perhaps these priests were homosexuals or pedophiles ALREADY and joined the priesthood specifically to molest young boys AND PROTECT EACHOTHER in doing so because this sounds like a massive conspiracy that has been going on in the Catholic church for centuries. No need for a coverup. Media is just pointing out the widespread activity that also occurs in the black church. I'm sure pedophilia occurs in the Black church and in the greater Black community to SOME DEGREE but I seriously doubt that it occurs to the same degree that it occurs in the White church because from all accounts and reports PEDOPHILIA ITSELF isn't as widespread in the Pan-African community as it is in the Caucasian community. If we look at the percentages of Caucasian adults who have been both accused and convicted of molesting children and compare those figures with the percentages of African adults....I'm sure we would find thier numbers being FAR greater. There are some who would like to make African men JUST AS GUILTY of this sick perverted behavior as Caucasian men for the same reason some in the media are inflating and exaggerating Bishop Ellis's touching of Ariana Grande as some sort of evil and wicked deed to COVER UP the recent exposure of hundreds of priests who conspirted to molest thousands of boys over the decades.....they want to make Black men seem just as if not more guilty than White men. But the number and reports just don't support such assertions. Pedophila is still a predominately Caucasian perversion. Now it makes perfect sense why so many heterosexual men are terrified of homosexual men... I'm not sure that most heterosexual men are "terrified" by homosexual men but as a heterosexual man I will grant you that most or atleast a large percentage feel UNCOMFORTABLE around homosexual men because of the concern that these men may find THEM sexually attractive....but that's a long way from being terrified. If it's natural for men to advance on and assault women when they choose It's natural for men to advance on....but NOT to assault....the women they choose. It's also natural for most women to find their advances ATTRACTIVE. While assaulting women, stalking women, and harassing women are not acceptable in a civilized society, would you concede that most women are NOT attracted to "shy" men or men who are afraid to approach them or make the first move? Traditionally men have been the more assertive of the sexes and most women found this quality attractive. ; then it's perfect;y natural for a gay man to feel up on any man he chooses. If he's gay then perhaps it's natural for him to WANT to feel up any man he chooses, but it's not natural for him to ACTUALLY do so because living in a predominately heterosexual world prevents him from doing so. Most gay men are smart enough to know that doing so would get them seriously injured or killed. BTW, with all of this talk we have YET to hear from Ariana herself about how she felt about the Bishop's behavior. How do we know Ariana DID NOT find his behavior appealing or attractive? He's not a bad looking man and he's certainly a man of wealth and means and power. Are we to believe that she found him THAT repulsive and disgusting?????

Chev What do you mean 501C3? This is the IRS code for the tax exempt status most churches receive from the government. In exchange for promising to not get involved in politics, not only do they get special status to NOT pay taxes on all the money they take in but many churches also get special grants from the federal and state governments simply for keeping their mouths shut about political and social issues. Much of the money that now goes to churches to feed the poor and shelter the homeless USED TO come from the fedral government and go directly to the people but NOW it passes through the hands of the preachers and the staff of local churches allowing them to get a cut of the money before it even reaches the people. Many of these churches are WORSE than businesses. Why? Because atleast when a business wants to get work done they will hire and PAY employees atleast a minimum wage; but most churches have elderly and female members working FOR FREE and instead of paying them they tell them they're doing "the lord's work" . ....while the preachers get the actual money. What do you mean when you say this? Are you saying that Christianity was FOUNDED by European racist after the movement was started, or are you saying it was founded by them, meaning that none of the friends of Jesus had anything to do with it, Both. Christianity was founded by Paul who took the teachings of Jesus and modified it to make it more palitable to the Romans and Greeks by adding some of their religions to those teachings. Jews said you had to be circumcised and couldn't eat shell fish. Europeans couldn't tolerate that so Paul CHANGED for them. Paul was a hired Roman agent who went around hunting down and persecuting the followers of Jesus who were called "Nazarenes"....not Christians. So it's not suprising that he would distort those teachings and use them to form a new religion based on Greek and Roman mythology rather than liberating the land from the Roman occupiers. Christianity wasn't founded by Jesus in Jerusalem but was put together by Paul and other Romans and Jewish collaborators much later on after Jesus and they eventually convened in a city called Antioch in what was then called Asia Minor but today is called TURKEY and Turkey is part of what we now call Europe today. Even the Bible says this in Acts ch.11 "25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." It's funny how according to the Gospels Jesus tells his disciples to go ALL OVER THE WORLD to spread the word, but when you read the New Testament you're only getting letters from Paul visiting European place like Antioch, Patmos, Corinth, Ephesia, and Galatia....... You hear nothing about the disciples of Jesus like Thomas or Andrew who went to Africa, or China, or India, ect.....

Chev Cynique cares enough to take the time to debate with you so, I hope you can respect that. Right? My dear lady, Please don't confuse "care" or concern with OBSESSION......LOL. The woman is obsessed with me. Like Michael Jackson said.....she's dangerous. I'm not sure you're correct about blue eyes not being manifested prior to 6000 years ago. Black people have been around for millions of years and different mutations from white skin on one person, to blue eyes on another, and blonde hair on another, pops up among us every so often. Not in MASS NUMBERS, but it does happen. When you say that Arican hair is different than Native American or Asian hair, I know the SHAPE of the hair is different in the sese that kinky hair is more of a flat or oval shape coming out of the scalp than the straight hair of Asians and Native Americans that tends to be more of a round shape. But as far as the actual STRUCTURE or make-up of the actual hair shaft, are you saying the African hair has components that Asian and Native American hair doesn't have?

As usual, you're more than welcome. Speaking of religion, the oldest religions on the planet revolve around ancestor veneration. Some call it "ancestor worship". You basically pay homage and honor to your deceased relatives and seek messages and signs from them to help you in this life and also help you make the transition of death easier. You can find this still being practiced among many of the Native American and African indigenous peoples. Most organized religions were started to eliminate this practice. That's why when you read the Old Testament, it speaks so harsly against witches, wizards, and those who have "familiar spirits". A familiar spirit is a FAMILY spirit of a deceased relative.

　 Chev Vilitigo is not 'white as snow' in appearance. Isn't it patchy? Vitiligo starts off patchy, but as it progresses it will eventually turn the ENTIRE BODY white. I also for the most part agree with your assessment about the biblical references to psoriasis but I also believe that the type of so-called "leprosy" that covers the entire body was actually vitiligo in it's end stages because according to Leviticus 13 a certain form of "leprosy" changes the color of the victim's hair. "3 The priest shall examine the sore on the skin of the body; and if the hair on the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous sore. Then the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him [b]unclean. 4 But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate the one who has the sore seven days." Psoriasis DOES NOT affect the color of a person's hair and turn it white, but vililigo does. Psoriasis Vitiligo

Cynique You've never looked at the world through anything but your squinted eyes because you're handicapped by the tunnel vision that limits you to an Afro-centric view. Giiiiirl if I were YOU I'd be the last person to sit up and call someone else's eyes "squinted"...LOL. Your eyes are so tight it looks like somebody braided your upper and lower eyelashes together.

Del and Troy I already know the definition of an OLIGARCHY which is why I stand by my comments, however the official definition is: 1 : government by the few 2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligarchy The United States was set up so that 3 branches of government: President, Supreme Court, and Congress will rule the ENTIRE nation. It was SET UP so that millions of people would be governed by less than 600. If that's not an oligarchy then what is? But I have news for you...... Nearly EVERY nation in history was ruled by a minority of it's members. Whether you're talking about an African Empire or the Roman Empire. Whether you're talking about Hitler's Germany or the United States. Every nation has a government set up so that only a few elite can rule the masses. This is natural, because not only isn't everyone qualified to lead but MOST people aren't qualified to lead. Most people aren't "management" material and you can see this fact at the workplace. True Democracy...like Anarchy....would lead to chaos. It's a pipe dream. Again, the OLIGARCHAL STRUCTURE isn't the problem, it's the fact that this nation is turning more and more into a PLUTOCRACY that's more of a real problem. Furthermore, I've read the articles and this is OLD news. They aren't telling me anything that I don't already know. I'm ONE of the working-class or what some may even consider "poor" so the fact that this economy has been leaving tens of millions of it's own citizens behind while the rich continue to get richer isn't anything new. When you switch from an agricultural/industrial based economy where anyone with common sense and decent health could earn a good living.....to an investments/stocks/communications based economy where most people need advanced degrees and social connections to make a decent living for themselves, what else did we expect to happen?

Yes her dress was very short and as I watched her sing with those brown(ed?) shapely legs wiggling around, I had to wonder what was going on through the minds of Minister Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Bill Clinton who were all sitting behind her and got a close up view of her singing. She's Italian so I guess she tans easily, but I wonder did she make herself darker for the funeral knowing she'd be going before a Black audience. Now listen..... This so-called controversy concerning Bishop Ellis is nothing more than a DISTRACTION generated by racists in the media. It was started by them to DISTRACT us from the fact that hundreds of Caucasian priests were convicted of molesting THOUSANDS of young boys over decades. Yet we don't see THEIR names and faces all over the media like we do Bishop Ellis. I've remembered Bishop Ellis since childhood because his father was a preacher also and had a pretty big church and congregation. The brother's always been a bit flashy and bold. Would I have done what he did? No But he's a man, and MOST men love to feel on and be around attractive women and will take advantage of doing so every opportunity they get, it's just nature. If he had took Ariana back stage and asked for a LAP DANCE I wouldn't be a bit suprised nor would I be insulted or offended. Now those child molesting priests and the decades of cover-up......THAT'S offensive! 　 Troy but I'm not sorry I missed the funeral. It was a long funeral but two things you MUST check out are the words delivered by Al Sharpton and especially those given by Michael Eric Dyson. Dyson shredded Donald Trump and called him every name in the book. He also took a jab at Obama for not being at the funeral and sending a letter instead.

Del Because i think abstractly and intuitively and he is strictly experiential. I wouldn't say STRICTLY experimental, but definately MOSTLY. Some things I just have to believe without proof simply to function in society and get along. But in a world where so many people in authority lie to you, wouldn't it be wise to only trust what you have observed for yourself to be true? Cynique is just trying to bait us into turning on eachother by trying to get one to say something to insult or offend the other. Satanic, lol. Don't fall for it. Troy I've used language with @Pioneer1 that could justifiably be considered insulting. MANY times....lol. Like saying: "He is probably more inclined to come to the defense of someone he perceives as being being hurt (say Pioneer). " ....essentially calling me a pitiful "victim" of intellectual man-handling , lol. Actually, I think Cynique is far more sensative than Del. Del has ignored many insults and walked away from confrontations from both me and Krazy Al on a number of occasions. He just refused to engage. How many times has Cynique walked away from a conflict or insult? She feels a strong urge to respond to any and every perceived slight. Who's the most sensative: The one who can ignore insults and brush them off moving on, or the one who has their antenna tuned to pick up on and respond to every comment about them? I don't buy into a plan to a plan to control just Black people. I do however buy into a plan to control all people. The control being executed by the plutocracy to increase their wealth and power. Whether is is perverting religion and science hundreds of years ago to justify the enslavement of Black people or taking advantage of social media today it is all the same thing. Perhaps..... But as AfroAmericans we can't afford to be concerned with ALL PEOPLE because ALL PEOPLE aren't in the same position as we are. Pooor White people who vote for a fascist billionaire are basically siding with the powers that be to maintain a system that controls them and keeps them poor. It's a waste of time to even feel sorry for them because they've consigned their own miserable lot. Cynique https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/7466-del/Well, you and pioneer maintain a symbiotic relationship; he's not going to insult someone like you who has his back. Ofcourse not. I'm loyal and have respect for those who have respect for me. Lol.... Why you tryna' stir up shit and turn Troy, Del, and me all against eachother ANYWAY???? You've been around long enough to know the rules of social engagement men tend to abide by in order to get along with eachother. Most men don't go around broadcasting our feelings about eachother like most women and feminine homosexual men do, and you know that. https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/7466-del/Why people think proponents of certain conspiracy theories should be regarded as prophetic is what escapes me. People have been talking about this so-called secret plot to control black folks for 50+ years and mostly all adult blacks are aware of this suspicion and give it some credence. You don't have to be an astute maven to parrot ideas about the Grand Plan of The Man. Perhaps 300+ years of slavery, 100+ years of organized segregation, mass incarceration concentrated on a particular demographic that makes up less than 6% of the entire population and a community flooded with drugs HELPS to keep those "silly conspiracy theories" alive. 　 Chevdove kills you with kindness; she's so nice you hate to oppose her. So why do you keep TRYING to? Because it's in your nature....lol. Satanic.

Mel In fact, I even stepped back from judging some of the things you've written. I've noticed that although I don't agree with some of your methods; I've found merit in it. Some of your positions have helped me see past my blindspot and find a solution to some of my own challenges. Now imagine, if you would have kept those thoughts to yourself and just been a lurker... been "invisible" then I may have missed an opportunity to move out of my own little 'world' ... I'm beyond pleased to have helped you with this! Even if a person doesn't agree with me, if I manage to convince a person to change and expand their way of thinking on a given subject I get an exceedingly rewarding feeling. I learned some time ago that one of the keys to solving problems and even developing one's personal creativity is to see the world we live in from multiple and often unorthodox perspectives. I decided to make a habit out of this to the point that even when I'm driving down the street I can look at a fire hydrant and come up with 4 or 5 different uses for it OTHER than what it was originally designed to do. 　 So, no I don't agree with Jesse but why would I fault him for being self-serving? Who isn't self-serving? If you don't help yourself you sure can't help anyone else? I don't fault Jesse for simply helping himself and doing what's in his best interests either. Infact, unlike most people I don't think selfishness.....like lust or greed....is necessarily bad in and of itself. As far as I'm concerned these are morally neutral concepts. When it becomes a problem is when your selfishness or greed influences you to HARM others in order to enrich yourself; now you're infringing on the rights of others and causing damage. If Jesse was taking money to simply keep his mouth shut and not speak out against racism and injustice I wouldn't have too big of a problem with him. I probably wouldn't even have heard of him. But he's getting paid to actually fight and argue with other AfroAmericans who want to fight racism and make them look silly. He is also getting paid to lie and spread falsehood, things that are inherently wrong. By the way, Hannity is still buying up Georgia ... so, Hannity is "ignorance" seems to be paying off too - Lol..... If you're bored, listen to Hannity get made a straight fool of by the late Dr. Khalid Muhammad on his own radio show many years ago when he used to have a radio show down in Alabama:

What people are calling "leprosy" today, in older King James translations was refered to as the "dreaded skin disease" in the Old Testament. I believe this refers to atleast 2 DIFFERENT diseases. One is probably psoriasis, but the other is most likely VITILIGO. In 2 Kings 5:27 a man named Gehazi and his descendants were said to be cursed with a type of "leprosy" that turned them White: "The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow" That's not psoriasis but some sort of disease that turns your ENTIRE body white but someone allows you to function in every other way without the other problems associated with psoriasis.

There are kids in Brooklyn who have never been to Manhattan, or a museum, or a Broadway Play, or the beach... NYC like much of the deep south is very stratified first by class and then by race. 　 As a black person you knew not to got to Bensnhurst or certain parts of the Bronx. Manhattan has stores where they buzz you in because the door is locked. I wasn't let into to a store I believe it was in the 1990's on the east side of Manhattan 　 I saw more racism in Pennsylvania than I did down south. Those "ethnic Whites" that are talked about so much in political arenas are the main cause of the racism of the Northeast. They are pro-union but anti-African which is why the Democrats have such a hard time keeping their vote. Those of Italian and Irish descent who are both Caucasian but they aren't AngloSaxon so they're constantly trying to PROVE their "Whiteness" by being overtly racist towards AfroAmericans and AfroLatinos. Many Italians have African and Arab ancestry and this effects the way they look, think, and see the world. I believe this stresses a lot of them out and in confusion and frustration they engage in racist behavior as a form of over-compensation for their feelings.

Cynique My mission is and always has been to encourage black people to utilize the freedom they have to exorcise themselves of stagnant ideas like yours that stifle their individual progress by trying to infect them with a herd mentality. i think they've earned the right to try and be all they can be, and want to be. Oh..... Well if THAT'S your mission, you should be taking your mission to the very people who are actually preventing Black people from being all they can and want to be and actually contronting THEM over it. Hiding behind computer screens and banging away at your keyboard isn't going to do too much toward advancing your mission, lol. Who doesn't know cigarettes contain nicotine which is addictive? Millions. And especially in the past, millions upon millions didn't know. Most people become addicted to smoking as teenagers when their reasoning facilities are still under developed; so you can tell them all day long about how addicting cigarettes are and how bad they are but they still won't fully grasp the long term consequences of smoking. 　 But I would still be smoking if cigarettes weren't so expensive and my lifestyle hadn't changed and i am no longer out partying and playing cards and boozing it up - something that i and millions of other people like to do, i thoroughly enjoyed smoking and drinking in moderation. That's why i did it. Nobody tricked me into doing it. i'm not interested in leading the life of a stoic. i like existing in the moment and having fun. They say salt and sugar are bad for you. I generously sprinkle both of these in and on my food because they make it taste better. Screw all of these restriction. it's my life and i don't need folks like you trying to influence my behavior and my habits. This is not to say that there aren't people who agree with what you advocate, And they're free to do so. i don't give a damn. Selfish. Do you give a damn about your children and grandchildren? And how THEY feel about their grandmother hang out at all hours of the night in different bars and hotel rooms playing cards, drinking whiskey, and gobbling down cheap and salty junk foods as she gambles so much of the family's money??? How is getting drunk every night, gambling, and chain smoking helping to advance your mission?