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@Cynique, I worship no man. But I'm also careful not to allow the likes of a Mark Zuckerberg to dictate to me who is a purveyor of hate -- especially when they are judging another Black person.

Yes, they are cool to you. Again, this is my point; you, describe Mel "cool." Del observed a recent conversation I was having with Mel as combative. You and Mel are never combative with each other. I know you and Sara and others went at each other like no one else on the forums have -- regardless of gender, so i'm not saying women treating each others more gently than they do men is universally true in all cases. But is seems to be the default condition. Of course this is all a matter of perception and personal observation.

@Cynique again Farrakhan does not express publicly (he is real careful with his words if you ever listen to him) a hatred of all Jews (antisemitic). Of course he would deny he is antisemitic. OK since you can't find anything on Facebook to support your claim that Farrakhan is an antisemitic Nazi (your words). Find me something anywhere. He has tons of YouTube videos and the Final Call is on the web. I'll wait...

Yes that us what I mean. You will strongly disagree with me on occasion but never with Mel or Chev. Maybe @Pioneer1 has a point. 🤔

One of the nicest Jamaican restaurants I been to is right here in Tampa. It is owned by a young Black couple. You can't use Detroit as your yard stick Brother. I went to a terrific soul food restaurant in ATL a few years ago. Im not sure if it is Black owned, but every soul in the restaurant was Black so I assume it was.

@Pioneer1 what is stopping you (anyone) from doing it here?

but I'm talkin' 'bout @Pioneer1...

Necessity. @Pioneer1 you need to visit places like ATL, the DMV, or NYC. There you will find proper soul food restaurants with great service, fine decor, and excellent food. Even here in TPA there are excellent Black owned establishments. when i used to get my hair cut i did it at a fine black owned salon. They would serve you a glass of scotch or bourbon in a nice glass too. Even AALBC.com servives because of the support of Black people. All is not lost. The problem is we must do MUCH better and there are inidications that we are.

I don't, because i dont buy into the premise of your accusation. Perhaps if you shared a single vile thing Fsrarrkhan wrote on Facebook i could respond to your question. I'm still waiting... I actually agree; he should communicate with the public the way a normal POTUS does. But Twitter is making too much money to stop him. There needs to be new rules defining how a president communicates with the media and public. Yes, because Mark and the rest of them are full of shit. We have that. It is called the World Wide Web.

Toward Fair Trade in the Hood There is a trade deficit in the hood. This trade imbalance is initially internal: North American Africans refuse to patronize each other, preferring to enrich others who rarely buy from North American Africans, including whites, Asians, Arabs, Latinos, et al. As we make our daily round, we should ask ourselves how much money do we spend with each other and how much with others than our own kind? It is simple math that our businesses will soon go out of business for lack patronizing by us. Yes, other culture groups thrive on each other and us. Ask your self why we have a trade deficit with Arabs, Asians, Africans, Latins,et al. Ask yourself why are North American Africans the 16th richest nation in the world with a trillion dollars income but languishes in poverty because of the internal and external trade deficit. Why do we spend money with people who never or rarely spend money with us? Is this not the sign of mental illness? Buy Black campaigns are a failure. The Kwanzaa ujamma or co-operative economics is a joke. Often vendors at our fairs and festivals are non-Black such as Koreans selling us barbeque but when has a Korean bought anything from a North American African? This trade deficit must end immediately. We want fair trade or no trade. And no matter how painful it may be for us to patronize each other, we must do so for our economic survival and thrival. Imagine this: if we spent most of our trillion dollars annual income with each other, we can tell the white man fuck you and your reparations. We will give reparations too ourselves. We will give economic justice to ourselves. We will solve our traumatic slave syndrome our selves through peer counseling and discarding all residue of white supremacist values and behavior, including bullshit learned from public schools, European religion, literature and the monkey mind media, including television and Hollywood that perpetuates the world of make believe and conspicuous consumption Dr. E. Franklin Frazier told us about in Black Bourgeoisie. --Marvin X

@Cynique thanks for the thoughtful response. It is clear that men regularly express disagreement with each other and the women on these forums. Men even go as far as to wager on those differences. Here is a question for the women who regularly post: @Mel Hopkins, @Chevdove, and Cynique have you, in recent memory, disagreed with something written by one of the regular female posters mentioned and have expressed that disagreement? If so, would you describe ths issue or post a link to it. Thanks.

This and many other stubjects... That's deep stuff @Chevdove.

@Delano why are you are so anxious to point out when someone else is wrong. Please tell me why what I wrote that was wrong or "kinda wrong." Did you read the title of the book that Pioneer posted? Did you comprehend the statement I made in reaction to it? Would you like to change you mind?

They could boot Jesus the Christ AKA Barack Obama and Black people would still not boycott Facebook. I wonder if the NOI will stop using Facebook. What?! You are simply parotting what anti Black white peoplw say about Farrakhan. OK @Cynique tell us what Farrakhan wrote on Facebook to "defile Jews?" ....I'll wait. Cynique, if being Muslim and speaking out against jews, or anyone, else who does bad things to Black people can get you booted off a stupid social media platforms where does the censorship end?

That is interesting. While I'm certain @Cynique and @Mel Hopkins have had disagreements (no two people agree on everything). They appear to keep those disagreements to themselves. Allow me to mansplain, I think part of the reason is that women recognize that they are more sensitive and don't express disagreement, opting for harmony, unless they really don't like the other woman, or otherwise don't care about how she feels. In the 20+ years I've run this forum it is only women that have taken something said to them so seriously that they left in a huff. Men, on the other hand, have tougher skin. I'm sure there is nothing cynique can say to you pioneer (much to her chagrin) to run you off these forums, but I'm not so sure that is would be true for the average woman. Del has admitted he was wrong on a number of occasions. Most notably he recently lost $50 to me for being wrong. Cynique generally expresses her opinion on subjects. While we may disagree with them, as I do from time to time, they are how she feels (ex Farrakhan is a Nazi). People are entitled to their opinions. Cynique does not express opinions that run counter to known science and assert them as fact; like there are multiple human races or that man's impact on climate is a hoax. So there really aren't too many opportunities where she needs to admit she was "wrong."

What! I'm playing 774 (pioneer's community reputation number) straight tomorrow. I did not know the Earth was the only planet not named after a God 🌍

Maybe @Pioneer1 is just a complex Brother, "and noone understands him but his woman...:

@Pioneer1 yeah @Delano often confuses me too...

I just finished listening to the entire 1 hour plus long video, during my walk this evening. It was not the Minister's most riviting talk and he did not say much about Facebook. The last 16 or 17 minutes is all you really need to listen to to get the gist. He suggests that his being singled out for hate speech is biased and inconsistent. Of course he is correct. Honestly, I could careless that Farrakhan has been booted from Facebook. It is not that Facebook is irrelevant to me, but I never followed Fararrkhan on Facebook. I know where the NOI's website is, YouTube has not banned him yet, and I buy the Final Call newspaper from time to time. It was a tactical error for Facebook to ban Farrakhan. Just another inidication that they are on the decline... good riddance.

It will not be enough to get him out of office before his term is over. Just haven't found the one yet. If you wanna describe that as a problem.

Taxes? That is not exactly a new problem. Too many possibilities is not my problem.

Yep that is the Pioneer I can relate to. I've said, even when disagreeing with @Pioneer1, that i know where he is coming from. You mean as in "never?" At least I did not try to shame you 😉

ROTFLMBAO!

@Delano we all have the same amount of time at our disposal. We simply chose to use it differently.

@Pioneer1 you asked for my opinion in this case and I gave it. I have no horse in this race I can agree with people can disagree with them just as easily. For the record I'be been know to change my position on issues as well when provided with new perspectives and additional information. @Pioneer1 can you reference a single incidence when you did this?