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applegrove

(130,070 posts) Mon Dec 29, 2025, 04:19 PM 10 hrs ago

Federick Douglass:

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Federick Douglass: (Original Post) applegrove 10 hrs ago OP

K&R LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #1

Great quote from an extraordinary man PatSeg 8 hrs ago #2

You beat me to the punch BaronChocula 8 hrs ago #3

Ah, so it wasn't just me PatSeg 7 hrs ago #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 8 hrs ago #4

Yes and I believe that a lot of people PatSeg 7 hrs ago #6

Frederick Douglas also said, in my favorite quote from him especially in this time, Jack Valentino 3 hrs ago #7

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." live love laugh 1 hr ago #8

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,549 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:52 PM

8 hrs ago

PatSeg

(52,005 posts)

2. Great quote from an extraordinary man

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:24 PM

8 hrs ago

“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

(3,984 posts)

3. You beat me to the punch

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:36 PM

8 hrs ago

Great minds...

PatSeg

(52,005 posts)

5. Ah, so it wasn't just me

Reply to BaronChocula (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:03 PM

7 hrs ago

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

Evolve Dammit

(21,446 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

8 hrs ago

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

PatSeg

(52,005 posts)

6. Yes and I believe that a lot of people

Reply to Evolve Dammit (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:05 PM

7 hrs ago

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

Jack Valentino

(4,292 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

3 hrs ago

"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

(16,178 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

1 hr ago

My favorite quote of his.

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