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Jasper Williams Jr. speaks 'truth to power' at Aretha Franklin's funeral

“Speaking truth to power” is a four-star virtue for left-wing script writers. But what happens when someone speaks truth to power to African American and left-wing elites? Boos fall like rain. Condemnations are issued. Apologies are demanded for hurt feelings. Such as the reaction when Jasper Williams Jr. spoke truth at Aretha Franklin’s funeral. The Queen of Soul’s... Read more »

By Dennis Byrne,
September 5, 2018 at 9:29 am

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- Aquinas wired
  
  1 week, 4 days ago
  
  Yes, it seems there's been a tsunami of apologies or demands for them. Apologies? Look where it got…
  
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- Greg Kurtz
  
  1 week, 5 days ago
  
  I'm sorry, Dennis. I have no idea what I'm sorry for, but I'm so sorry nevertheless.
  
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- Bob Angone
  
  1 week, 5 days ago
  
  Right on Mr Byrne, rememer the City of Chicago wanted an apology from Jussie (Steven Spielberg) Smollett for his magnificence…
  
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- Greg Kurtz
  
  1 week, 6 days ago
  
  In reply to Aquinas wired:
  
  .....because the media was too busy covering for them the same way they attack Trump but thanks for playing.
  
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- Aquinas wired
  
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  In reply to Greg Kurtz:
  
  Not one person in Obama's cabinet and administration was indicted.
  
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