FACEBOOK MUST STOP BLOCKING BLACK HISTORY

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

FACEBOOK MUST STOP BLOCKING BLACK HISTORY
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HOW IS POSTING BLACK HISTORY ANY DIFFERENT FROM POSTING PHOTOS AND NARRATIVES OF THE HOLOCAUST?
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A MESSAGE TO FACEBOOK

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I'm writing you about what I consider a freedom of speech issue on Facebook.  I'm a journalist, and granted, I tend to broach subjects that are considered taboo by many, but they're factual and not unnecessarily provocative.  They simply address issues in a forthright manner that many don't want to face. I posted one such piece today, and I've been blocked from posting for 30 days. 
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This is having a chilling impact on my honest attempt to provide the Black community with badly needed information that needs to be addressed.  How can Black youth and the community be informed of their history if the horrors of that history has been deemed so horrendous that it cannot be shared in a public forum? That’s exactly what’s going on here, and what's been going on in America for the past 400 years. That's why Black history is only understood by the American people on a very superficial level.  I am not a wild-eyed radical revolutionary; I’m simply an educated Black man dedicated to the proposition that American progress must be based on unobstructed truth.
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Facebook Community Standards specifically states, “Sometimes we will allow content if newsworthy, significant or important to the public interest – even if it might otherwise violate our standards. Because of the diversity of our global community, please keep in mind that something that may be disagreeable or disturbing to you may not violate our Community Standards.” So I need your help here in reversing an action that I truly believe constitutes the denial of free speech as a primary component of institutional racism.  Please review the following post and correct this gross assault on knowledge, education, and history.
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So I need your help here in reversing an action that I truly believe constitutes the denial of free speech as a primary component of institutional racism.  Please review the following post and correct this gross assault on knowledge, education, and history.
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I'd like to thank you in advance for your assistance.
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(A new ticket was created. Ticket ID is: LTK121940167930248X)
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Eric L. Wattree

BLACK PEOPLE:
GOD WILL NOT SEND YOU TO HELL FOR THINKING FOR YOURSELF

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When I discuss religion it has nothing to do with God.  I'm a political writer, so I'm discussing religion as a political issue. Religious manipulation is holding Black people down, and it always has, because its primary tenets are not to think, to have unwavering faith in what you’re told, and to let the White man have this world, and you’ll get what's due you when you die. That's the biggest lie ever told, so I simply feel that it’s time we bring this nonsense out in the open and re-take control of our own minds. Black people are not stupid, but due to our ridiculous fear of “going to Hell” for thinking for ourselves, we're acting like it.

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Slaves, Obey Your Earthly Masters:
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart."
- Colossians 3:22-24

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THE CONVERSION

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"Come here nigga and let me teach yo crazy, animal ass about the Lord.
The first thing you got to learn is to Love thy Neighbor . . .
especially me."
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"Yes sir, Massa. Why would anybody not love you, Sir? You so good to
me, Massa. Anybody don't love you needs to have dey ass beat real
good, Massa."
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"Shut up, nigga. I'm talkin'."
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"Listen, you been blessed already, and you don't even know the Lord.
The Lord made it where you don't have to worry 'bout a thing. I feed
you, I put clothes on yo nasty ass, and I give you a shed to sleep in,
and all you have to do is whatever the hell I tell you to. Do you know
how blessed you are?"
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"Oh, indeed I do, Massa. You take good care of me. I's so happy."
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"Now, listen real good 'cause dis impotant. God said, thou shalt not
steal from me, thou shalt not kill (unless I tell you to), thou shalt
not stick another coon's wife (unless we tryin' to make some mo
niggas), and nigga, whatever you do, thou shalt not even look like you
want to stick a white woman, or we gon lynch yo black ass. You here
me, nigga?"
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"Oh yes, Massa. We know dat! But Massa, I thought you said thou shalt not kill?"
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"Dat means people, fool - real people! Dat don't go for niggas. God
wants us to keep you in yo place."
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"Dat's right, Massa. We sho gotta keep niggas in dey place. No tellin'
what a happen if we let dese niggas git loose. God so smart."
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"I said shut up, nigga, and listen to the word."
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"The next thing you got to learn is, whatever happens on this
plantation is God's will bein' done. And if you listen to me, you'll
get to live like I do when you die and go to Heaven."
."Live like you, massa? A nigga ain't got no business livin' dat good.
What a Po nigga like me gon do with all this? You know I ain't got
sense enough to run nothin' like this."
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"Just shut up, nigga!" When you dead you gon get some sense - the lord
gon give it to you. The Lord can do anything, even give sense to a
nigga. And he gon give you all the other niggas you gon need to help
you in the fields, too."
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"Massa, you so good to me! Thank you for tellin' me all dis. I'm gon
be a good nigga - the best nigga you ever seened. Look, I'm gon pray
for you right now, and thank the Lord for givin' me so good a massa."
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"Shut up and get up off your knees, ya dumb nigga! The fields need
tendin'! You pray to the Lord on your own time. God don't won't you
talkin' to him when you s'pose to be workin'."
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"A couse, Massa. What I been thinkin'? I's so dumb. I don't know why
you put up with me, Sir."
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"How many times I got to tell you to shut the hell up, nigga?"
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"Yes Sir, I's a shuttin', Massa. I's a shuttin', right now."
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"Now get yo ass out there in that field and let's get some work done
around here . . . Oh, and Toby, have yo woman meet me in the barn. I
need to tell her 'bout the Lord too."
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"Yes sir, Massa."
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"And another thing, Toby, if my momma come a lookin', tell her I'm
playin' in my tree house."
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"Why you gon go fibbin' to yo momma, Mr. Tommy? She knows you like to
sit wit Lou Ann."
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"Just shut up, nigga, and do what I said! And tell Lou Ann to wear
that pretty dress I like, cause we gon be talkin' 'bout the Lord, so
it's gon be like chuch."
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"Yes Sir, Mr. Tommy."
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. . . "Whaaaaaaat a friend we have in Jeeeeesus . . ."

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We’ll never move forward until we tear ourselves away from this kind of brainwashed mentality.

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Eric L. Wattree
wattree.blogspot.com

Ewattree@Gmail.com

Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)

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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.

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WHATEVER HAPPEN TO THE PROGRESSIVE MINDSET OF MY PEOPLE?

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

WHATEVER HAPPEN TO THE PROGRESSIVE MINDSET OF MY PEOPLE?

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The true meaning of what it means to be Black seems to be gone. When the White man saw the progressive development of Black people during the 60s, he said this is unacceptable, and then used BET and MTV to re-educate Black youth in his own way.  As a result, we don’t seem to have Black people anymore; we have what is essentially dark-skinned caricatures of the White man's vision of what Black people are supposed to be.  Then he dangled a carrot, and now we're chasing that carrot right down his Yellow Brick Road. 
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Where are our intellectuals, our great writers, musicians, and philosophers?  We don’t have them anymore. What we have instead or writers who write nursery rhymes, musicians who can’t play instruments, and grey-headed philosophers in saggin’ pants who’s never opened a book.  I bear witness.
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I BEAR WITNESS
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I sit, I watch,
and I grow ever more obsolete
as I bear witness.
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I bear witness
to a once vibrant people greedily gulping down society’s hemlock. Even as they claim to be “keeping it real,“ they continue to maim, kill, and despise their own in hot pursuit of the prime directive with the passion of a sheetless klan.
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I bear witness
to Black fists in the air in false solidarity promoted by self-serving poverty pimps as the world looks on and giggle at crooked fingers pointed elsewhere.
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I bear witness
to the superficial attempt to ban the “N-word” while the new "un-niggas" stand around watching children killing children and fathers drugging sons, as they celebrate, lionize, and enrich those who denigrate the very womb of their culture with impunity.
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I bear witness
to a generation of lost knowledge, cut off from its roots by Ronnie’s “Just say no” generation of crack, greed, death, and political corruption; A generation where the new N-word is pronounced “Responsibility” and the keepers of the flame completely ignore the destructive power of bitch, slut, whore, and tramp.
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I bear witness
to the reckless disregard of the words uneducated, irresponsible, and classless. Should we not ban these words as well, or should we ban banning words altogether as we celebrate their meaning?
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Yes, I do bear witness.
I bear witness to a new world -
a world where gross ignorance comes disguised as enlightenment, and funky sneakers look down with disdain upon the sweet smell of Florsheim; a world where saggin’ pants and gaudy glitter enable country bumpkins to masquerade as elegant, and the exquisite surrender of eloquence is the very essence of what it means to be hip.
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Where's Langston? Where's Baldwin? Where's Oscar Brown, Jr?
We need you stormin' this beach, because . . .
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I now bear witness
to a world where motherhood stands alone, to be “dope” renders a smile, and posterity is forced to embrace the wind for paternal sustenance; A world where the walking dead strut about rapping the wisdom of idiocy, and we praise the illiteracy of vulgar nursery rhymes as profound; a world where the mother of salvation's final gasp is compared to the pigmentation of brown paper bags.
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Malcolm, Martin, where are you?
I once stood with a crowd.
Now seemingly alone, I'm forced to bear witness -
horrific witness . . .
to the imminent demise of our people,
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And my heart bleeds.
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Eric L. Wattree
wattree.blogspot.com

Ewattree@Gmail.com

Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)

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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.

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TRUMP IS GUILTY AS SIN AND A THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

TRUMP IS GUILTY AS SIN AND A THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
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Donald Trump's behavior says it all. An innocent man would simply quietly wait out the Russian investigation and review the results. But not Trump - he's been firing people, threatening to fire others, literally climbing the walls, and totally preoccupied with the investigation to the exclusion of everything else. Why? He's publically humiliated his own Attorney General for recusing himself and failing to maintain control of the investigation. Why?  He’s also been slandering our most respected government institutions who have a mandate to protect the American people. Why?  And he seems to be furious at everybody BUT the Russians who attacked our democracy. Why?
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And why did Trump try to set up back channel communications with the Russians that was outside the hearing of our intelligence services? In addition, Trump has refused to put sanctions into place that was voted in against Russia as the bipartisan will of the 2017 congress, and that he was FORCED to sign. Why?  Is Trump afraid of Russia for some reason? It sure seems like it, and it is essential to our national security that we ask ourselves, Why?  Trump struts around like Mr. Big Stuff when he’s calling Americans out of their names on twitter, but he whimpers like a wounded kitten when confronted by Putin. Why?
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Further, Trump tweeted that "If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!" If he recognizes those facts as part of Russia's agenda, why is it that his own agenda seems to be in perfect sync with that of the Russians rather than what's in the best interest of the United States? For the entire year that he's been in office he's mounted a relentless attack on all of America's most cherished government institutions, from his attacks on congress, to his unconscionable attacks on the FBI, CIA, and our other intelligence agencies, to his brutal undermining of our judiciary, justice department, and the press. Why?
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SHEPARD SMITH OF FOX NEWS GOES AFTER TRUMP FOR NOT CONDEMNING RUSSIA IN TWEETSTORM

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SHEPARD SMITH

Even FOX News seems to agree that Trump's behavior in this matter is peculiar. Shepard Smith of FOX News went after Trump for not condemning Russia in his tweetstorm subsequent to the announcement of the 13 Russian indictments.  Smith said:

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"The president spent the weekend defending himself, misrepresenting the truth and attacking others from his phone in Florida. " Smith went on to say, "Trump attacked the Department of Justice, the FBI, national security adviser H.R. McMaster, as well as Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), former President Obama and Oprah Winfrey.  Yet, "He did not attack Vladimir Putin or Russia, nor did he express concern that the Russians attacked the United States. Nor did he pledge in any way to put measures in place to stop future attacks."

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Trump was involved with the Russians long before the election, that's why Mueller indicted these 13 Russians. This is just the tip of the iceberg. It goes much deeper than just Russians interfering in our election. That’s just a small part of a much larger conspiracy. That explains why conservatives are telling Trump to simply pardon everybody involved in the Russian investigation. Why would they want to pardon people who attacked our democracy unless Trump was involved and they don’t want it to come out in plea bargains? 
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It's beginning to look like Putin is controlling Trump, and thereby, this nation. That’s why the Russians wanted him to win the presidency in the first place. It looks like the Russians have dirt on Trump, and they’ve turned him into the Manchurian Candidate. Even as we speak, Trump could be filling our government with Russian operatives, much like he did his campaign, and they, in turn, could be hiring others, so Putin will still have influence over the inner-workings of our government regardless to what happens to Trump. This is a serious situation, so the American people needs to take it seriously - very seriously.  This is not just politics as usual.  This is a fight for American democracy that is just as serious as WWII.

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IT WAS THE RUSSIANS WHO PULLED TRUMP OUT OF BANKRUPTCY AND WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH HIM. THAT IS WHY TRUMP DIDN'T WANT MUELLER DIGGING INTO HIS PRIVATE BUSINESS.

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THE DUBIOUS FRIENDS OF DONALD TRUMP

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Retired Major General Paul Eaton penned what some have referred to as a "jaw-dropping" response to Trump's call for a military parade. The general said the following:

MAJOR GENERAL PAUL EATON

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“Donald Trump has continually shown himself to have authoritarian tendencies, and this is just another example, For someone who just declared it was ‘treasonous’ to not applaud him, and for someone who has, in the past, admired the tactics of everyone from Saddam Hussein to Vladimir Putin, it is clear that a military parade isn’t about saluting the military — it’s about making a display of the military saluting him.
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“The military is not Donald Trump’s to use and abuse in this way.” The retired major general went on to say that the military would not be “reduced to stagecraft to prop up Donald Trump’s image.
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“Unfortunately, we do not have a commander in chief, right now, as much as we have a banana republic strong man.”
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Trump has also been shunned by some of the United States' oldest allies:
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Donald Trump 'not welcome' in London borough after council passes motion opposing US President's visit
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So why is Donald Trump working with the Russians to de-legitimize the entire United States government?  At this point only Trump, the Russians, and Investigator Mueller know for sure.  But here’s something  the American people should know - Anyone who supports Trump’s effort, for any reason, is un-American, and the enemy of every American patriot who’s ever died for this country - and I’m not a Democrat. 

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Eric L. Wattree
wattree.blogspot.com

Ewattree@Gmail.com

Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)

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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.

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ABOUT ALL THIS PRAYIN’ AND CHURCH-IFYIN’

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

ABOUT ALL THIS PRAYIN’ AND CHURCH-IFYIN’
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TO EVANGELICALS:
IF YOUR GOD IS NOT TELLING YOU
TRUMP IS AN EVIL-MINDED LUNATIC,
YOU’RE TALKING TO THE WRONG PERSON.

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Wait a minute, lady, you just called me a “demonic lunatic!” Now, you know that wasn't very Christian of you, now, don’t you? We can't just be Christian when we want to be. So, tell me, whatever happened to that “Turning the other cheek”, and "Judge ye not” that you’re always talkin’ about?  But now that you don't like my political position your Christian love seems to have flown right out the window, hasn’t it?
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You see, there are two kinds of people who claim to be Christians, the first are the hypocrites, of which you seem to be a charter member. These people are Christian in flappin’ lips and spewin' Bible verses only. They love to go around spewing the Bible and criticizing others as they casually go about their lives molesting children, exploiting the weak, and grabbing the genitals of the opposite sex.  Such people place genuine Christians in a bad light. Genuine Christians generally keep their mouths shut and simply live their faith - all five of them.
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But what this is really about is that you called me a demonic lunatic because I don't like Donald Trump.  Now, the jury is still out on whether or not I’m a lunatic, but I don’t have to worry about all that demonic nonsense, because I'm not a Christian so I don’t believe in demons. So, you see, I'm free to say what's REALLY on my mind instead of trying to fool God by lyin' to him. I don't have to try to cover up bigotry and hatred of everybody who doesn't look, think, and act like me by claiming to love Trump because I want America to be great again.  God knows what's you’re thinking. He knows that you only love Trump because he's helping you to make America evil and racist again. So you fake Christians better hope like hell that God's not at Heaven's gate asking questions to see whether you'll try to lie to him or not, because if he is, all he'd have to ask you is one question, "Do you REALLY believe in walking dead men, talkin' snakes, and loving your neighbor?" If he does, you're all going to Hell for lyin'.
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You people are evil, and destroying this country.  While you’re running around talking about how much you love Jesus, you’re robbing, murdering, stealing, and creating absolute chaos all over the world. You've slaughtered over a 100 million Native Americans, and no telling how many Black people. So I mean, really, do you really think God is actually gonna let your hypocritical, lyin’, self-righteous asses into Heaven!!!? Not on your life. In fact, it would be impossible for one very simple and logical reason -  because with you in Heaven, it would turn Heaven into Hell for everyone else. Who would want to sit around listenin’ to Pat Robertson lyin' throughout eternity?  That would be more than even God could take. 
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But I ain’t just singling you White folks out. We have some very tiresome Black Christians as well - but I also blame you for that, because you’re the ones who taught ‘em to be lyin', greedy hypocrites.  For that reason, Black Christians are gonna have a very unique problem in Heaven. Since there's nowhere in Heaven to buy a big car, and T.D Jakes won't be able to find nowhere to buy his tailor-made fugadoo suits, they ain’t gonna be able to find nobody willing to preach.

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TURN OFF THE ONLY THING YOU KNOW GOD GAVE YOU!!!?

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I'M TRYING MY BEST, LORD, BUT THEY'VE BEEN BRAINWASHED FROM CHILDHOOD.  THEY THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE MAD AT 'EM IF THEY THINK.

HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH TO PEOPLE WHO GIVE AWAY THEIR MONEY AND THEN PRAY FOR YOU TO PAY THEIR BILLS? 

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Eric L. Wattree 

wattree.blogspot.com

Ewattree@Gmail.com

Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)

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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.

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