CoppellAg93 said:

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Joe Biden is said to be devastated over the loss of Jesse Jackson and is sending condolences to his brothers Michael, Tito, and Jermaine.

— Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) February 17, 2026

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nortex97 said:

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He'd have been a better president than Carter or Clinton, imho.

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LOYAL AG said:

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Very mixed emotions here. I've told this before on here but this thread deserves the other side of Reverend Jackson.

My parents divorced in 1997 and my dad took it really hard. He kept it inside like most men and he contemplated suicide for a period of time. He had a business trip planned to New York and decided to go early to Niagara Falls where jumping was seriously on his mind.

When he took his seat in first class Jesse Jackson was seated next to him. They began to talk and dad began telling him how much pain he was in and how he wanted to end it all. They end up kneeling in front of their seats for an extended time, hand in hand, praying together with Jackson asking God to help my dad find joy in his relationships with me and my sister and with God and to help him find a way forward.

To this day Dad will tell you Jesse Jackson saved his life. My son (first grandchild) was born less that a year later. About two years after that dad was remarried to a woman he met a couple of months after that trip and finding happiness in a new life.

So yeah I simply can't muster the anger at his politics because I know there was a good man in there and when the cameras were turned off he saved my dad's life.

RIP Reverend Jackson. Thank you.

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JamesE4 said:

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CoppellAg93 said:

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Joe Biden is said to be devastated over the loss of Jesse Jackson and is sending condolences to his brothers Michael, Tito, and Jermaine.

— Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) February 17, 2026

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A little late for Michael.

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ShotOver said:

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……wonder what POTUS will say….? Probably an opportunity to talk about all he's done for African Americans…

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Muy said:

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ShotOver said:

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……wonder what POTUS will say….? Probably an opportunity to talk about all he's done for African Americans…

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I haven't read through this thread but I assume you are your crow pie over this stupid post?

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CanyonAg77 said:

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nortex97 said:

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He'd have been a better president than Carter or Clinton, imho.

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Low bar

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Muy said:

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ShotOver said:

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……wonder what POTUS will say….? Probably an opportunity to talk about all he's done for African Americans…

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I haven't read through this thread but I assume you are your crow pie over this stupid post?

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LOYAL AG said:

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Very mixed emotions here. I've told this before on here but this thread deserves the other side of Reverend Jackson.

My parents divorced in 1997 and my dad took it really hard. He kept it inside like most men and he contemplated suicide for a period of time. He had a business trip planned to New York and decided to go early to Niagara Falls where jumping was seriously on his mind.

When he took his seat in first class Jesse Jackson was seated next to him. They began to talk and dad began telling him how much pain he was in and how he wanted to end it all. They end up kneeling in front of their seats for an extended time, hand in hand, praying together with Jackson asking God to help my dad find joy in his relationships with me and my sister and with God and to help him find a way forward.

To this day Dad will tell you Jesse Jackson saved his life. My son (first grandchild) was born less that a year later. About two years after that dad was remarried to a woman he met a couple of months after that trip and finding happiness in a new life.

So yeah I simply can't muster the anger at his politics because I know there was a good man in there and when the cameras were turned off he saved my dad's life.

RIP Reverend Jackson. Thank you.

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doubledog said:

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Just a question, what happens to an activist when they achieve their original goals?

Do they just keep moving the goal posts?

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• Those who are motivated by specific goals, and having achieved them, are satisfied and stop complaining. An example is the publishers of The Negro Motorist Green Book, which was discontinued after the 1966-67 edition because it lost its market due to it now being easy to find racially-integrated motels without it.
• Those who are motivated by activist mentality, and once having achieve their goals, move onto newer, often less reasonable, goals. This includes many Black leftists today. ("Sure, we have desegregation, voting rights, and preferential treatment in college admissions and job hiring, but this country is still fundamentally against us.")