I'm not an expert on Jack Johnson, but have read before that he was a serial woman abuser & pimp.

Seems to be a trumped-up charge he was convicted on though.

I never heard of Jack Johnson till seeing this thread.

Could care less either way if he is pardoned or not.

Fuck Stallone and his self aggrandizing championing of that generations paid thugs.
He isn't doing this to do anything more than glorify himself. Steroids have rotted his hypocritical brain.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
.I have learned long ago that if I'm going to enjoy any movie or musical entertainment I have to take politics out of it. Stallone being anti gun makes no more difference than me being pro gun. Neither one of us are making law.

I have more respect for some commie celebrity who hates guns, won't touch one, and is for bans, than one who is for banning firearms for private ownership while collecting handguns, getting a concealed permit denied to 99.9% of.the rest of his city. He wants to benefit from the 2A and deny it to the rest of us. Fuck him.

I bet he’s got a Jack Johnson movie in the works.

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Originally posted by reflex/deflex 64:
The spin?

He beat men as a form of entertainment and bragged of it That's the thing Trump admires brutal thuggish behavior, no surprise he pardoned Johnson.

By the way History on Fire has a wonderful podcast about Jack Johnson.

Who said he'd been pardoned?

I'm sure President Trump has a lot more on his plate than a pardon for somebody who was wronged 100 years ago and died before he (Trump) was even born, and on the request of one guy, to boot. If he were still alive or he had a spouse or (legitimate) children still alive, it might be different. The meme I posted earlier was a roundabout way of suggesting that.

The thread inspired me to look up Johnson (I had a vague recollection of the name) and find out the scoop on him, so even though I'll probably never use this new knowledge, the time spent gaining it is never wasted.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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Originally posted by reflex/deflex 64:
The spin?

He beat men as a form of entertainment and bragged of it That's the thing Trump admires brutal thuggish behavior, no surprise he pardoned Johnson.

Who said he'd been pardoned?

I believe you missed his point.

President Trump has a maximum of two terms to get things done. It's wonderful that this country is in such fantastic condition that the President has time to dick around with pointless shit like this.

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Originally posted by Warhorse:
I never heard of Jack Johnson till seeing this thread.

Could care less either way if he is pardoned or not.

Well, I had heard of Jack Johnson, but the one I heard of is a left leaning musician. I was wondering what he had done and why President DJT might have any interest in pardoning him.

After a little Wikipedia reading, I learned about the other JJ. If what I read is right, it sounds like he may have gotten a raw deal, convicted of something in a law that was passed after he did it, but so what. It is old news and what affect does it have on anyone’s life. Or to quote some skank, “What difference - at this point, what difference does it make?”

Sounds like typical leftist garbage, get spun up about feelings about ancient history.

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He isn't doing this to do anything more than glorify himself. Steroids have rotted his hypocritical brain

And those are his good points

Stallone virtue signals with an obscure historical figure. The only good that could come of this is to provide a public opportunity to virtue signal. JJ is no more free nor any less oppressed than the day he passed. What happened to him was a shame, but life is full of tragedy and exploitation. All suffer it in some way or another and at each other's hand. You know what they say in Russia? TOUGHSKI!

Silly me. I had a whole different Jack Johnson in mind when I read the thread title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqUdI4AIDF0

Looks like he got his posthumous pardon.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m...le/amp/idUSKCN1IP31F

Well now he can breathe easy...

Something tells me BLM won't be impressed

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Originally posted by egregore:

LOL. Those two...

I think the pardon was another middle finger for Obama.