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applegrove

(130,365 posts) Mon Dec 29, 2025, 04:19 PM Dec 29

Federick Douglass:

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Federick Douglass: (Original Post) applegrove Dec 29 OP

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Dec 29 #1

Great quote from an extraordinary man PatSeg Dec 29 #2

You beat me to the punch BaronChocula Dec 29 #3

Ah, so it wasn't just me PatSeg Dec 29 #5

That's why I attend a weekly rally. It's important, and 90% approval based on honks vs. middle fingers. People know Evolve Dammit Dec 29 #4

Yes and I believe that a lot of people PatSeg Dec 29 #6

Frederick Douglas also said, in my favorite quote from him especially in this time, Jack Valentino Dec 29 #7

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." live love laugh Dec 30 #8

"Power concedes nothing without a demand... alterfurz Dec 30 #9

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,080 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:52 PM

Dec 29

PatSeg

(52,226 posts)

2. Great quote from an extraordinary man

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:24 PM

Dec 29

“Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.”

Sorry, I couldn't resist!

BaronChocula

(4,043 posts)

3. You beat me to the punch

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:36 PM

Dec 29

Great minds...

PatSeg

(52,226 posts)

5. Ah, so it wasn't just me

Reply to BaronChocula (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:03 PM

Dec 29

That was one of his more unforgettable and even unbelievable moments. His ignorance about history and the world is absolutely stunning.

Evolve Dammit

(21,506 posts)

4. That's why I attend a weekly rally. It's important, and 90% approval based on honks vs. middle fingers. People know

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:38 PM

Dec 29

the danger we are in. Joe Biden articulated it well. We are in a fight for the soul of America.

PatSeg

(52,226 posts)

6. Yes and I believe that a lot of people

Reply to Evolve Dammit (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:05 PM

Dec 29

though that slogan was corny, but it was (and is) really so true.

Jack Valentino

(4,396 posts)

7. Frederick Douglas also said, in my favorite quote from him especially in this time,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:55 PM

Dec 29

"The only way to make the Fugitive Slave Law a dead letter is to make half a dozen or more dead kidnappers."

live love laugh

(16,204 posts)

8. "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:40 AM

Dec 30

My favorite quote of his.

alterfurz

(2,671 posts)

9. "Power concedes nothing without a demand...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:40 AM

Dec 30

...It never did and it never will...find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." -- Frederick Douglass

"Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached." -- Kafka

In their defense, you can't say that the current incarnation of the 1% aren't doing everything in their power to help the peasants find out their Douglass limit, and reach that Kafkaesque point!

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