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Offline TomSea

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Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« on: October 03, 2018, 05:41:42 am »
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Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post Published 5:17 pm PDT, Tuesday, October 2, 2018
 
Tulsa's mayor said Tuesday that the city will reinvestigate whether there are mass graves from a century-old race massacre that left hundreds of African Americans dead.

The announcement comes in the wake of a Washington Post story about the unresolved questions surrounding one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history.
 
As Tulsa prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the rampage, Mayor G.T. Bynum, R, said in an interview: "We owe it to the community to know if there are mass graves in our city. We owe it to the victims and their family members. We will do everything we can to find out what happened in 1921."

Read more at: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tulsa-s-mayor-reopens-probe-into-possible-mass-13276581.php

Good job by Mayor Bynum of Tulsa, Republican.

Democrats, wrong back then, wrong now. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

It's kind of like what Rush Limbaugh says, the Confederate flag is the legacy of the Democrat party.
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2018, 02:29:33 pm »
There are a number of times, Confederate soldiers massacred slaves, escaped-slaves. So, this was post-civil war, took a while to eradicate the evils done to men.
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2018, 02:33:56 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on October 03, 2018, 02:29:33 pm
There are a number of times, Confederate soldiers massacred slaves, escaped-slaves. So, this was post-civil war, took a while to eradicate the evils done to men.

So, @TomSea, you think there were Confederate soldiers in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 massacring slaves?  What the hell are you trying to say here?
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2018, 03:08:24 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on October 03, 2018, 02:33:56 pm
So, @TomSea, you think there were Confederate soldiers in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 massacring slaves?  What the hell are you trying to say here?

Maybe he means the grandchildren of Confederate soldiers...
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2018, 03:21:09 pm »
Quote from: thackney on October 03, 2018, 03:08:24 pm
Maybe he means the grandchildren of Confederate soldiers...

...were massacring slaves? 
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2018, 03:26:55 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on October 03, 2018, 03:21:09 pm
...were massacring slaves?

grandchildren of slaves...

(just trying to help highlight the ridiculousness of the claim)
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2018, 03:30:59 pm »
Quote from: thackney on October 03, 2018, 03:26:55 pm
grandchildren of slaves...

(just trying to help highlight the ridiculousness of the claim)

I appreciate the effort.   :laugh:
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2018, 03:36:06 pm »
I have read a number of accounts of this purported "massacre." None of the accounts I read can substantiate the worst claims.
I'm not saying I don't believe that innocent people weren't killed, but there needs to be a better account  of what happened than anecdotal stories.
Certainly, stories from liberal or progressive sources can't be believed on the surface.
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2018, 05:31:05 pm »
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Re: Tulsa's mayor reopens probe into possible mass graves from 1921 massacre
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2018, 03:55:19 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on October 03, 2018, 02:33:56 pm
So, @TomSea, you think there were Confederate soldiers in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 massacring slaves?  What the hell are you trying to say here?

Hey @TomSea, still wondering what you were trying to say here.  Or, just doing a drive-by?
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