Balls and Walnuts
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A shout out to Daily Kos’s AverageBro, whose diary What Happens When A Liberal Black Man Goes To Glenn Beck’s “I Have A Dream, Too” Speech?!? is definitely worth a read. One money quote:
I didn’t know any of the black folks speaking onstage, other than Alveda King. There was some preacher who did his best King impersonation. A gospel choir that sang “Lift Every Voice And Sing” to a crowd that had no idea what the song was. King did her usual “token black Conservative” spiel, dropping a million and one references to an uncle she didn’t even really remember. You know what, I Have A Dream, myself: I want Alveda King to get a real day job and quit exploiting her last name for personal gain.
And a great photo he took of one of the tee-shirts on sale:
Close with another money quote.
The speeches were boring, purposely scaled back in tone to avoid criticism, and mindlessly generic. Any 8th grader with a 4th Of July Madlibs book could have written today’s script.
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That tshirt is offensive.
I had no desire to go to either rally today. Neither Becck’s or Sharpton’s. Rabble rousers, both of them.