http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/liberating-forrest-park/Content?oid=3348901 Comments On: Liberating Forrest Park by Chris Herrington en-us Copyright 2013 Memphis Flyer. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Memphis Flyer readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Memphis Flyer. wil@desert.net (Memphis Flyer Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by 7th Generation Georgian]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:21:53 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by jerrybutler]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:02:56 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by crackoamerican]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:21:49 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Another point to be made is that "kind and gentle grandma" is old.

Old people pass away and their attitudes pass away with them.

New generations rise with new attitudes.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:36:30 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Bakeman90]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:21:47 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by CL Mullins]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:47:54 -0600 Memphis Flyer
BTW,

Nice use of the word "pedantic. Damn hard to employ that word in everyday speech.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:33:24 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Hijacking, my dear sir?

Is that your term for comments that you either do not like, or , in your opinion not as close to the point as you desire?

Then why did you, a film critic at that, put your oar in the water on this topic? Or in print, rather.

I would have thought that someone who works for a paper, albeit in a very minor role, should appreciate that public discourse is messy, sometimes contenitous, often heated and profane, very rarely direct, and altogether glorious.

Which is why you really doth protest too much.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:13:54 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I'll own up to being unnecessarily pedantic, at least in this case.
Posted by clegg]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:54:50 -0600 Memphis Flyer
And I'd say, sadly, that the hijacking of this comments section has more than justified the "quagmire" description in the essay.
Posted by Chris Herrington]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:34:08 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I did not say I had no opinion on the matter. I said that I didn't care if the statue stayed or went away or went somewhere else.

I also find it strange that you keep on with this, since you surely have found my post in the other thread and my opinion should be clear.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:01:00 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I just thought it strange that you spent time arguing with me over the legitimacy of honoring the confederacy and it's leaders in city parks, only to say you have no opinion on the matter.
Posted by clegg]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:51:33 -0600 Memphis Flyer " ...brutality, racism, anti-intellectualism, defiance, and belligerence of the citizens of Memphis of that time. "

Hmmm.
Posted by Mundus Novus]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:51:13 -0600 Memphis Flyer
You should choke on your words of calling me a coward. You of all people.
Posted by clarion]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:46:26 -0600 Memphis Flyer
You really should stick with your basketball blog or reviews on music and films. Your psychology degree just doesn't cut it.
Posted by clarion]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:08:17 -0600 Memphis Flyer
It was on the other thread which you might go back and read if you wish providing and can find it.
My first post on the thread you mention is that I was not advocating about the statue one way or the other, which speaks for itself. Certainly these two posts together should describe my position, but if you are still concerned for some reason come back and we will talk some more.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:11:14 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by I am a man]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:09:57 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Now the hard part would be justifying Tony in statue form, considering I don't know that anyone has ever seen Tony sit still.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:36:43 -0600 Memphis Flyer WINNER
Posted by Chris Herrington]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:13:03 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by 38103]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:11:11 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I'm not saying it never happens. I'm confident it does, because there are ignorant people out there, but just because someone says race was the issue doesn't always make it so.

However, you do bring up a good point about the EEOC suits.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:38:58 -0600 Memphis Flyer
You pick two cases out of millions and think that does it.

You, too, know better than that.

I would think that these major companies that have been and are under suit for employment and promotion discrimination is just a pipe dream.

You can fool youself but you can't fool the rest of us. It is still happening and is more prevalient than anyone wants to admit.
Posted by oldtimeplayer]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:44:12 -0600 Memphis Flyer
You make very valid points, and I know of people of all races that feel that they were passed over due to their race, either because a minority was hired, or because a white person was hired.

The ones in particular that I loved were when Larry Finch and Nolan Richardson were fired from their respective positions as basketball coaches at Memphis State and Arkansas. Both Finch and Richardson hinted that race was an issue.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:05:06 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I just read through our conversation the other day and I saw no such statement, did you write that on another story?

This is the one I was referring to:

http://www.memphisflyer.com/CityBeatBlog/a…

And I didn't make a charge, I asked a question. Why did you defend keeping the statue if you don't care about keeping it?
Posted by clegg]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:39:38 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I believe I said, just the other day, that I didn't care one way or another what the City does with the statue.

Came right out and said that.

I regret it seems another that way to you, and you assume that your "seems" is a rational basis for a charge of bad faith toward another.

And I have to go and do use some useful work, so I cannot fight until later.

Be well.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:08:58 -0600 Memphis Flyer