Speaking of Jena

[reality_hammer]

Speaking of Jena....
In early December the case of the "Jena Six"--the six African-American high school students in Louisiana accused of viciously beating a white classmate in 2006--collapsed dramatically with a felony guilty plea by one of the defendants. As something that was going to trigger "America's next great civil rights movement" (to quote

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[reality_hammer]

Al's come a long way from the track suit days.

Not far enough, but a lot farther than Jesse ever will. I think Jesse knows that outside of pimping for the Democrats he doesn't have much in the way of job prospects.

[jordan179]

Once Revs. Jackson and Sharpton were on the ground, the Jena 6 could have been convicted of whistling at a white woman, sentenced to 60 years, and Christian-Rightists would not have protested the lunacy of such a sentence because their distaste for Jackson and Sharpton is that strong.

On what do you base this theory, given that they were in fact in trouble because they severely beat someone, apparently without provocation? Do you realize how extreme an insult your claim is, given the history of the Ameican South?

You are trivializing the sufferings of the truly innocent victims of lynchings, 50 and more years ago, by comparing them to these thugs who are being punished by due process of law for committing an actual felony crime.

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[jordan179]

That's all very nice, but the fact is that you were implicitly trivializing lynchings by comparing the trouble that the "Jena 6" got themselves into. One big difference is that the "Jena 6" would be in exactly the same trouble were they black or white -- aggravated assault and battery is a felony, no matter what the color of your skin.