• maxalmonte14@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Reminds me when Morgan Freeman said he didn’t want a Black History Month, I immediately went like “dude, shut the f*** up”.

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      5 days ago

      Surely he was just saying ‘All history is our history. Why would you relegate it to a month and label it?’ He’s allowed to feel aggrieved as it does feel like apportioning it to something lesser, like ‘Here,have the short month then shut up about it.’

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        5 days ago

        i’m sure he’ll be happy to know that all talk of black history, period, will be gone, as soon as pres elmo gets his way

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      4 days ago

      Try finding the whole clip then watch it in context. He wants black history taught in American history classes. He doesn’t want it to be separated.

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        thats kinda of a wierd justification from him, he doesnt want a month of honoring AA people, but only taught in class, where its obviously not there anyways.

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      5 days ago

      there are two people i lost some respect due to a shitty r/iama: Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman

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        4 days ago

        Harrelson was so early the AMA process that he should be cut slack. He was there to promote a movie not answer a question about a person he might have had sex with.

        Freeman is/was old and likely never gave a fuck.

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        4 days ago

        To paraphrase an old saying, “Never get to know your heroes.”

        With the exception of Robin Williams. He is, was, and always will be the GOAT.