Race-hustling charlatan Al Sharpton prepares another demagogue-a-thon
Thanks to his bipartisan enablers in politics and the media, race-hustling charlatan Al Sharpton never lacks a stage. Yesterday, still coasting on the Jena Six fumes, he announced an anti-hate crimes demonstration that will take place Nov. 16 in Washington, D.C., outside the Justice Department. He’s targeting both the Bush administration and Democrats who haven’t pandered enough to him and his small flock of career grievance-mongers:
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton complained on Tuesday that the Democratic presidential candidates have been less than forceful in speaking out about recent hate crimes and the policies of President Bush’s Justice Department.
The New York-based reverend was in Washington with Martin Luther King III and other activists to discuss a march next week at the headquarters of the Justice Department, which they contend has taken no serious action to prosecute a spate of recent noose-hanging incidents following the Jena Six case.
Sharpton said he was upset those issues weren’t discussed last month at a debate among the Democratic candidates.
“Hate crimes and racism and Jena never came up one time. Even the Democrats have not, in our judgment, raised their voices to the level they should,” said Sharpton, who ran for president in 2004. “Don’t come to us for our vote and then not speak about our needs when you’re center stage.”
The march’s organizers plan to walk around Justice Department headquarters, located on Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and Capitol Hill, seven times “just like Joshua marched around the walls of Jericho” Sharpton said.
Why any responsible mainstream media organization or political candidate continues to give this hate crime-hoaxing smear merchant and malicious racial demagogue oxygen is beyond me. Is it really worth the entertainment value and eyeballs to continue propping up this poisonous snake who is irrelevant to the vast majority of decent Americans of all colors?
As for the supposed reluctance of politicians to follow the pied piper of racial grievance-mongering, the myths surrounding the Jena Six case, coupled with the exposure of more and more Tawana Brawley-esque fake hate cases, are reason enough to stay away without charlatan Sharpton leading the parade.
But they won’t stay away.
They always go back to Sharpton–kissing his ring, welcoming him to their table, preaching at his pulpit, giving him airtime. The same people who now decry the injustice done to the Duke University lacrosse players cluelessly continue to embrace Sharpton and treat him as a moral, credible voice on race matters.
Challenge: How about offering equal time to Steve Pagones every time Sharpton is booked to appear on the air to inveigh against racial injustice and hate crimes?
That would be must-see TV.
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“just like Joshua marched around the walls of Jericho” Sharpton said.
with more than enough hot air to blow his own horn no doubt!
Al Sharpton is half way around the world before the truth has put it’s shoes on . . . nothing to “revere” about this man.
The writers strike is going on, and the daily shows need some fresh material… so go to rev al in 3…2….1…
I have given up any hope that this man will change the color of his spots and apolgise the blood on his hands and the racial divisions he maintains. The list of victims would be almost as long as the deceased attached to the clinton legacy.
Ah yes, I remember the passage clearly now:
“And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, ‘You must go to the city of Jericho and make noise and create a scene so that you can stay in the spotlight and bring to light important issues like the wrongful prosecution of teens who cruelly attack a fellow student.’”
#2 W_over_w:
“Al Sharpton is half way around the world before the truth has put it’s shoes on….”
Excellent use of a Mark Twain paraphrase!!
Good one!!
He has no entertainment value - he’s awfully close to having no value at all. Not even worth the time it takes for me to make this entry.
And he certainly doesn’t speak for decent Americans - I shudder to think what would have happened to this country if he had succeeded in his bid to become POTUS - if we think things are bad now, they would be a thousand times worse.
Maybe Isiah Thomas can calm him down.
If they have to do this silly march, I hope they do it silently like the Israelites did in Joshua’s day. Or is that a faux pas these days?
The Dems haven’t pandered to him enough - could it be because Al’s hot air is contributing to “global warming”?
Good one $harpy. That was all about racism? At the 7th circle, will you have a bunch of Joooos blow their horns? If not, are you not being racist?
*praying the wall falls on Al
Isaiah Thomas, rev al&jessie, and the racebaiters need the “ESPN Rush” treatment. I say fire thomas and bring in Assistant Coach Paul Westphal from the Dallas Mavericks
Ooops, my mistake-accountability is only for the ethnic group in power.
GSP
How about this for a theme song: “What if they gave a protest and nobody came?”
Oh! I like that, RaisedRight! ROFLMAO
Keep pulling the “Hate Card” Al, doesn’t make a crime any worse, just goes to motive.
He’s got a point there. I mean, how can a national debate for presidential candidacy take place without Jena coming up?!?
Al Sharpton has contributed more to the escalation of racism in the US than anyone in recent history imho. When will he realize that reverse racism is still racism? My guess is never.
All,
Al Sharpton and his NAN folks are very selective about what they protest. Have a look at this link, remember when Rev Al Sharpton was going to picket hip hop and rappers, and when he was going to picket the Knicks, well this link is all about how Isiah Thomas apparently doesn’t have to apologize after all. Hm…what is this called: double standard? There is a book and a movie called “Bonfire of the Vanities” and one of the characters appears to be based on Rev Al Sharpton. None of this is new so why does it keep playing out over and over again? Bonfire of the Vanities part Deux?
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2007/11/04/2007-11-04_isiah_thomas_must_stop_his_desperate_spi.html
from the linked story:
What about his stance on whites?
Yes, silence was the key to that command from God. Not a sound but the trumpets and the marching feet. Do you really think that Al could keep his mouth shut just marching once around?
I guess Al, missed that part of his bible lesson. As he missed the lessons from MLK in his strategy for civil rights.
nyc123me -
Clearly you didn’t ace your
Indoctrinate UUniversity of Delaware “treatment.”A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people living in the United States… people of color cannot be racists, because… they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities or acts of discrimination.
Not politically correct these days, but recorded and played extensively & publicly throughout the 20′, 30′ 40’s/ Here is an Al Sharpton adaptation from ‘Journal of American Folklore (1915), XXVIII, 142 (from Tennessee mountain whites, 1912)’”mama’s little baby loves shortnin’ bread”
Mammy’s little baby loves shout’in shout’in
Mammy’s little baby loves shout’in loud.
Put on the TV, Put on the mike
Mammy’s baby gonna do some shout’in tonight
I have just one question….
If Al Sharpton is playing Joshua, then who’s playing Rahab???
Maybe Ms. Mangum could help him out on that score……
Sharpton is a reason to like Giuliani. Rudy never did business with this fraud.
Re the GWU “fake” hate case:
That investigation remains open. Sarah Marshak has admitted to three of the six swastikas but still claims she was a victim of the first three. She drew the others to hasten the investigation. The reasons to be skeptical of her are legion.
However, there have been other instances of racial and anti-Semitic intimidation around campus. Someone was apprehended last Saturday night writing swastikas, “white power,” and the dreaded N-bomb on campus whiteboards and posters. So, yeah, there have been real instances of hate crimes in Washington.
The damage wrought by Sarah Marshak was that her actions made people forget that there were several instances of real racial and anti-Semitic intimidation on the Foggy Bottom campus.
I’m no Sharpton supporter, but anything that can increase awareness of the racism still prevalent in America is ok by me.
I do not think that Al understands that he does not help.
No Michelle, it’s not. I think most Americans would not walk across the street to urinate in his ear if his brains were on fire. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
How long do we have to listen to this bloated race-baiting scum? Why do people even pay attention to this greased up gas bag? Why aren’t more people listening to “real” civil rights leaders like Alan Keyes, Walter Williams, etc..etc..they’ve proved themselves through hard work and self accomplishment, unlike Sharpton. What school did he get his divinity degree from? “The Joe Schmoe School of Divinity for People that Don’t Want to Really Work for their Degree” what mail in school did he get his degree? and what church is he the pastor of?…come on..this is an evil man, nothing he’s ever done has bettered anyone, except himself and God willing, he’ll get his in time
Couldn’t he just march around Columbia until we get to see the security videos involving the noose?
Sharpton and Jackson … (to paraphrase Will Rogers) … “never yet met a microphone they didn’t like” …
This race baiter and his traveling church of what’s happening now needs to “go away and never come back!” To quote another disgusting creature he bears a resemblance to.
@ RaisedRight - “A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist. The term applies to all white people living in the United States..”
LOL, how ignorant of me to overlook that truth.
As a ‘white’ university student suffering extreme financial difficulties completing my studies (and may have to drop out and work full time for a few years before I can return), may I say that of all the scholarship offerings available at my college (CUNY), I qualify for ONE, and one only, based purely on academic achievement.
I was one of 18 who were actually awarded that scholarship. The other 80+ scholarships were not available to me because of the color of my skin.
I would love to be at least partially a member of some ‘minority’ so I could afford an education, and all sorts of other anti-white racist advantages through life.
Americans? What are Americans?
# 30 - Ah, yes, but in the end Gollum managed to make everything right - any bets as to whether the “Rev Al” will ever make ANYTHING right?
I think I might do that. Anyway, I am glad I read MM so I know about all of the myths. Or are we really supposed to think they are heroes and the new Rosa Parks?
I mean that in regard to the Jena 6, of course.
Sharpton is a clown whose circus act never wears thin with the liberal media because Slick Al knows how to turn their guilt on and off like a faucet.
It’s why he gets a pass despite the Tawana Brawley case, despite the corruption, despite his personal civil rights organization that is a proven front for robbing his own people blind.
Not even incitement to murder in his past has put this guy beyond the pale. But all he has to do is appeal to the guilt gene in the liberal media and he immediately gets glowing, syncophantic coverage.
Disgusting…
As you yourself point out Rusty, Sarah Marshak’s actions have distracted people from the other incidents on campus. And the number of times we’ve seen “self-persecution” now makes that the first hypothesis for racial graffiti incidents.
They only way to shut this kind of thing down is to throw the book at people like Ms Marshak. Just like the people behind real incidents.
Al Sharpten is as sharp as a bowling ball.
So many black box words in that definition leave it impotent to describe reality in America where race prejudices have been reified in many subtle and not-so-subtle ways, and do affect people across the racial spectrum.
When it comes to Sharpton, his narcissistic pomposity and arrogance know no bounds; nor do the groveling predispositions of media wonks.
I find it deeply hypocritical of Sharpton to invoke one of the more powerful Judaic images in history- that of Joshua.
Isn’t this the same anti-semite who inspired buildings of Jews to be burned in New York City resulting in at least one death of a Jew?
Sharpton is a rancid self-serving bigot with deep racial prejudice against his would-be oppressors were he a poor young black woman anywhere in America. But instead he derives patronage from her and his would-be oppressors in classic colonialist fashion.
And that, my friends, is the fruit of racism itself.
It is a twisted world.
Michelle,
PLEASE investigate sharlaton and his NAN and let the public know who is funding this clown. I DO NOT want to support any company that gives him money so he can destroy race relations. I’d ask Bill Oreilly to do it but he is too busy kissing his Al’s ring.
WHO IS FUNDING THIS CLOWN???????????
It looks certain that, at the very least, she’s being expelled.
Hmmmm, seems $harpy is on Bill O’ a lot. It that a reflection on Bill or the MSM?
soap –
I wholeheartedly agree with you about Bill O and mALadjusted SHARPTON…thought I do think it is more a reflection of the MSM than Bill.
Hey john,
—
Leave the bowling balls out of it, mine are very sharp when it comes to hitting the 1/3 pocket
al however couldn’t the broadside of a crapweasel if he was standing right next to one.
Shocker.
Sharpton is a race pimp, using his undeserved power to twist the news and maintain his own relevancy.
the way he skews news is beyond ridiculous.
He stood up for the Jena 6, all of whom committed a crime. They will all still be punished. He will pretend that it is all racially motivated, while ignoring the fact that these 6 kids perpetrated a racially motivated attack. Hate speech? That’s what was coming out of their mouths as they beat a white kid who was trying to walk away - you know, like any civilized adult would do when attacked by 6 thugs.
Two of them appeared on the BET awards, pretending they were important - they aren’t. It’s a shame that race pimps like Sharpton continue to get press.
Smart black people don’t like him, don’t trust him, and claim he doesn’t speak for them. Morons stuck in victim mode love him.
Sadly, he does more damage to the black movements than all the nooses ever could.
The liberal hobby horse: “increase awareness”.
bear1909 - the problem with Sharpton is that he creates racism.
Sorry Bear, that should’ve been addressed to Rusty.
So Rusty, manufactured awareness is ok with you? Just like the news…huh.
At first blush, I thought he was going to be demonstrating AGAINST the idea of hate crimes. Alas, I then looked out the window and saw no flying pigs… A girl can dream though, right?
#24- Rusty. Double, heh?
I don’t quite follow. Manufactured awareness? If this raises awareness of a legitimate problem then there’s nothing manufactured about it. And it’s still a problem. Nooses in Jena, the legitimate swastikas at GWU, and, my personal favorite: this.
Some people working for this administration still think blackface is ok! That’s crazy! So, yeah, awareness is good.
Feebiebabe, I don’t follow that either. Double what?
That ought to tie him up for awhile!
I hate hate crimes and the hating haters of hatred promotion.
In the dictionary a Democrat is somewhere between a Demagoguer and a Demonizer
KaosKlerik
to repeat my response to this same post of yours in the other thread …
it’s also between Demobilize and Demolish … exactly what Billy Boy and the Dems have always wanted to do to the military …
Rusty, racism obviously still exists, but the majority of people who perpetrate it are too cowardly to do it out in the open where people can see them doing it. I believe that is because most Americans are not racist and believe racists are ignorant, disgusting people. Al Sharpton has actually taken part in accusing people of racial crimes which turned out to be false (Tawana Brawley), so I don’t think the ends justify the means.
Fair point. And Sharpton’s inclusion means that people will focus on him instead of the message (with this site being an excellent example).
I just hope that the message doesn’t get lost.
Rusty said:
Are you suggesting that fake hate crimes are really OK because in general Americans(read whites as opposed to blacks or hispanics or any other race) really are “racist”(an undefined term) and hateful so anything that keeps light on this is OK? Perhaps I misunderstand you?
Rusty … I don’t always agree with you … but at least you are willing to see through Sharpton …
if it weren’t for the Sharptons, Jacksons, and the other racial extremists from all sides perhaps more progress would have been made in the last 50 years in this area of American life …
most Americans are not racist at all and are more offended by these individuals continually trying to color every level of disagreement or conflict between people of different ethnic backgrounds as such … and although it is less discussed there is significant reverse discrimination as a result of these individuals continual agititation on this issue … can’t let it ever die or they are out of business …
most of my black friends consider these individuals to be pariahs on the black community … they despise them … they do not revere them … their self-aggrandizement is disgusting … it is for their own egos and enrichment … not for the black community …
the same applies to all the other ethnic extremists … regardless of the race or ethnicity …
between Al, Jesse, Geraldo and all the other race-baiters I will soon need a new remote control … the mute button is getting worn out …
Rusty writes,
It’s the word, “anything” that is troubling. And the dictionary defines “prevalent” as widespread, common, ascending, accepted, to name just a few. Fake swastikas, fake nooses, false rape allegations, racially motivated violence (six of one race beating on one of another)….these things seem to be “prevalent”, by the definition I found. So, no, those are not acceptable ways of raising awareness of any problem.
Im not an English major,I speak hillbilly and a little English but when I hear Al baby talk its like listening to ghetto rap.He never can get a complete sentence out.I think his funding comes from highjacking companies with threats of( your a racist company),contribute to my organization and the threats go away.
How can one increase awareness of racism? I doubt you could find one adult in this entire nation who isn’t already aware of the existence of racism, what it is, what forms it can take. . .etc. etc.
The problem with Al, is that Al Sharpton doesn’t increase public awareness of anthing except Al Sharpton. I suspect that’s just how he wants it.
Yashmak, great points. The awareness of evil already exists….Sharpton, on the other hand, is all about trying to stay relevant, if he ever was in the first place.
Statements like that send race hustlers the message that false flag operations (like the one at GWU) are a good way to “raise awareness.”
Slightly OT
Michelle, this screencap choice rivals AP’s skilz over at Hot Air!
…yes, great screencap!
Let’s see- on the relevance of “awareness of racism” as a liberal concern.
“I am aware that discriminatory hiring based on race is ruining your career.”
“I am aware that discriminatory hiring based on race is ruining my career.”
“I am aware that red-lining real estate properties based on race is ruining your potential to purchase a home in any neighborhood you can afford.”
“I am aware that red-lining real estate properties based on race is ruining your potential to purchase a home in any neighborhood you can afford.”
“I am aware that discrepancies in disciplinary practices based on race in elementary schools are affecting the academic achievement of your black child.”
“I am aware that discrepancies in disciplinary practices based on race in elementary schools are affecting the academic achievement of my black child.”
“I am aware that hiring practices based on racial preferences in the name of “honoring diversity” are affecting your career.”
“I am aware the hiring practices based on racial preferences in the name of honoring diversity are affecting my career.”
What do any of the above have to do with changing the status quo around any of these issues that are framed by racism?
My opinion? Nothing. Awareness is like the parsley on the side of the plate of food.
More parsley anyone?
“Raising awareness” in an affluent society is the liberal hobby horse. It’s the infatuation of the trust funders sipping umbrella drinks plotting their next “non-profit” thrust in fighting “this” or fighting “that”– usually a strategy to make themselves valuable in the “fight” that is never over and ensures they continue to get paid.
Sharpton has been in the game for a long time since Tawana Brawley. He plays like the rest of the non-profit system plays. Pressure politics. Non-profit status used for advocacy work. Soft money. Lack of accountability. Media politics. Shake down donors (”Let us put you on our list of donors so the world doesn’t think you hate any of the above listed “protected groups” that we qualify as legitimate to receive money through our laundering operation.)
Sound familiar?
He’s no reverend, except a $25 special. A real man of God wouldn’t be as dumb as he is and do the things he does. Using God to advance one’s own power and money isn’t exactly Godly. Also, he shouldn’t use MK King as a prop. Anyone who knew King and his ideas would know that King would snub him. All in all….a phoney.
Preach it, bear1909
Without something to fuss about, there would be no Sharpton. He is what’s wrong about race relations.
Having had years of experience on college campuses where “hate crimes” were common occurences, I am of the opinion that the self-inflicted graffiti used to mimic white supremacist variety hate crimes were usually nothing close to awareness raising as far as their impact was concerned.
They were generally used as a covert tactic to do one, some or all of the following:
1) raise the level of legitimacy of a targeted racial group which was pumping their concerns about what it was like to be a “person of color” on campus;
2)give street cred to a tangential player in the racial drama on a campus;
3) provide a faculty member with academic credibility in the area of race and class struggles on campus;
4) provided a privileged, middle to upper class academic teacher or graduate student (usually caucasian) with material to be used for
a)writing a masters thesis about racism,
b) publishing an anecdotal paper on racism for presentation at a professional conference, and/or
c) creating a “course” on “race” (but not racism) for money.
In my experience, none of these activities, not once ever, involved anybody of a conservative political stripe.
Notice: the “awareness raising” is used to get attention. Then, the solution- given the perps new found “credibility” points to “solutions” predicated strictly on “raising awareness” and “sharing [my] stories”.
Liberal marxist entrenchment in academia: Opening the doors for groups such as the Muslim Student Association, La Raza splinter groups, Chicano Studies advanced degree programs etcetera etcetera etcetera.
This is a worn out formula from the late seventies. Still going strong. Still getting play on campuses where the liberal/anarcho/marxist pastiche of players seeks to make the altar to their own petty virtues stronger and more visible, for the sake of greater monetary rewards of a not-for-profit system run amok.
Follow the money.
Vickisoup! I feel ya. Keepin the light on the maggot population best i can wherever i am. Here in Berkeley they are out in force.
Berkeley? Definitely keep fightin’ the good fight, bear. I’m trying to carry the mantle here in the People’s Republic of Santa Cruz, myself!
You are so right Mrs. Malkin. Racism doesn’t exist. Rev. Sharpton just has a job because he believes racism still is out there. But we all know it’s not! Nooses and other hatred symbols are just decorations!
(/sarcasm)
Seriously, if racism is dead, then why are they reappearing out of nowhere?
Sharpnone and Jesse Jackson what a pair.
Hard to believe the black community still enables them.
Why does Jackson after all these years sound like someone who studied english as a second language?
But congress has important things to do there are TV Evangelists out there to investigate.
There is no racism…not even in government. Why just look at all the non-race related clubs in congress…the Congressional Black Caucus is just one of many…oh, wait a minute…what the…? I stand corrected, DarkKnight…racism is NOT dead. You are SO right…er…left?
/sarc off
My anything to raise awareness comment definitely needs some work. I know that everyone in America is aware of racism. I meant the racist displays like the ones I mentioned previously (Jena, the legit attacks at GW, and the administration Halloween costume).
Until nooses, blackface, and swastikas g away forever, there will be reason to march.
The poverty-pimping business is all about the hustle.
vickisoup
If you mean the S.C. in CA I am familiar … my oldest daaughter was born there …
Will this be another “Dozen Man March”?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bixby28oct28,1,3112368.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Where was Sharpten when this happened?
Dark knight: just wondering where you read that MM said there is no racism? Considering some of the names she’s been called (some of which were based on her race and used by liberals who claim to be soooo tolerant)I think she is fully aware of the ignorant people out there.
Rusty I am new, but I’ve read your posts over the past several weeks. I very seldom agree with you, but at least you seem to want to be intellectually honest.
How about pictures or drawings of a noose, a person in blackface, and swastikas? Are those also offensive? How about verbal dsscriptions of the above? Offensive?
Anarchists have the right to burn the American flag (which is highly offensive to me) and it is constitutionally protected free speech…Okay…
DesertLover, you are correct! I write from the beautiful Central Coast!
vickisoup
cool … I still get there once in a while … always come down when I am in the bay area on business come the weekends …
DarkKnight
Surely you are not suggesting that we ignore the very prevalent racial hatred from “people of color” against whites? Are you?
How about race hustlers, race groups and black on white crime?
Just because a crime is committed and the victim and perpetrator are of different ethnicity does not automatically make it a racial incident and a hate crime … despite the efforts of race-baiters like Sharpton to keep such appearances on the front pages of the MSM … not every crime can be so easily categorized … crime is crime … regardless of the colors of skin involved in it … but not all crime is racial hate crime …
Nooses, blackface, and swastikas will never forever go away. Racism will never completely go away. However, Al Sharpton has no credibility left, because he doens’t know how to choose his battles. Even if the cause is just, if Jesse and Al are attached to it, people automatically become skeptical.
I’m a 32 yr old black, criminal defense attorney. I’m immensely proud of being black, and I believe I’m a fighter for justice. But.
All of the marching and victimhood is getting really, really tired. I have seen nothing to support a comdemnation of the justice department, or silent presidential candidates, just because of some isolated incidents. Jena was a cause I believed in due to the age of the parties involved. The was a call to action, and issues were addressed. Now, Al wants to lump Jena into some race victimization catchall march, and act like it’s 1963.
Ironically, I hadn’t heard anything about this march in the MSM, or anywhere else until I cam on this site.
I’m tired of Jesse and Al, they are not my leaders. I’m tired of hearing people bitchin about Jesse and Al. I’m tired up bitchin about Jesse and Al. I can’t wait until they officially “retire” and live out the rest of their lives healthy, happy, and irrelevant.
Good luck all of these symbols are apart of American and World history you will never eliminate them from history or the American phsyce. So I guess they can keep on wearing their shoes out.
Race Pimp wished I had thought of that but your right. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farricon, NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, etc. are just that they do nothing more than perpetuate racism with their politically targeted rants.
There is no such thing as reverse racism. Racism is racism not matter how you slice it, White on Black, Black on White or any other combo’s you want to put together, It’s still racism and should not be tolerated by any American. (I do understand what you where saying though and I agree)
Oh my,……….I can’t say that we’re both married.
Let’s respond to a couple of the posts shall we…
Upon first blush, it would seem that you are implying that the CBC is a racist organization? I will give you the benefit of a doubt and will not assume that you believe that. Even so, the CBC is a group that was organized so that members of the group would be better able to articulate and advance the needs of American American members of Congress. This is great for constituents who have a wealth of resources and contacts in dealing with issues pertinent to their community. Frankly, I don’t think that is a bad thing at all. The organization continues to do great things including scholarship program and other activities that continue to advance the cause for African Americans in the country. Everyone in politics knows that there is strength in numbers, so more power to them.
With that said, I do not believe that it is appropiate for the group to be exclusive to one party is trying to advance the cause of minority members of Congress. I hope on this point we can agree.
It is of the utmost importance that hatred based on race not be tolerated by anyone Altura! We agree on this point.
Interesting read. Isn’t it sad that our kids are now becoming victimes of hate crimes???
I thought this part of the article was interesting as well.
It is my hope that you remember the article that you posted, as well as:
the nooses hung by two teenagers in Houston
the nooses hung up in New Orleans a few days ago
on at Indiana State University
or at Miami of Ohio, or the University of Maryland
Think of these things everytime you read about “race hustlers” and “race baiters” etc. etc. etc.
Racism is alive. It is so incredibly say that the message (as Rusty so eloquently put it) is being over shadowed by the messenger. All you people do it being up Tawna Brawley and all of sudden anything he says about race in this country is dismissed. Sad.
I will disagree. I think that we all have a responsibility to work together to get these symbols to go away. These symbols are filtering to the children. I don’t know about you, but that is downright scary. Parents have a responsibility to teach the kids do know better. Do they not???
In my local paper, there is a daily column where people write the paper asking for information. This morning, someone was aking for the addresses of rev al, rev jesse, and malik shabazz, because her son was in jail on “trumped up charges.” Lord, spare my city the pain of enduring the presence of even one of those race whores! There are enough problems without the (in)Justice Brothers blowing their own horns (again).
When is Dog scheduled to go down on him anyway ?
I think he is absolutely right.
There has not been enough people speaking out against the heinous hate crime committed in Jena.
After all, those six thugs who beat the white kid near to death are being treated like celebrities, even presenting awards at the BET event, giving two of them star treatment and their families a “much needed vacation away from all the stress”
More people should be talking about and doing something about the hate crime they committed.
What? What do you mean that isn’t what he was talking about? What other hate crime was committed?
And Dog will be marching front and center with Al. Now there’s a visual.
Reading this has made me curious. Does anyone have economic numbers for the day last week when people were supposed to not shop in order to support hate crimes legislation. Since I have seen no stories about it I am assuming it was NOT a rousing success
Glad I missed that day. I do not support the racist and race-baiting process known as “Hate Crime legislation” What it does is place a false sense that some people’s lives are worth more than others. It is fundamentally flawed and another knee-jerk law which has done nothing to stem the tide of such hate-filled crimes and has given an already litiginous sociey just one more excuse to fill the courts with frivolous law suits.
My best friend of 25 years was murdered back during the Memorial Day weekend this year. Should it be found out that a black or hispanic person did the crime and, while repeatedly stabbing him in his sleep muttered/yelled various “honkey”, “cracker”, “white-boy” epithets while doing such a thing it will not bring him back nor woukd it have prevented him from dying in the first place. It does not make his murder any less violent, or worth more or less than any other person’s.
Minorities are not some sort of protected class of citizenry that needs to be protected. Hate is hate, no matter what race you are. The criminal needs to be punished immediately without turning their victims into some sort of cause celebre` for an alreasy hyper-bigotted Liberal system
Al is not Joshua, the Justice Department is not Jericho, and I doubt God is in this fight.
The sad thing about rev al is that several months ago he here in West Memphis, AR protesting a police shooting of a 12 year old child after the kid pointed a gun at the officer and the officer was cleared yesterday of federal civil rights charges.
More info can be found here
So it remains to be seen whether al will come back or just moveon dot org to the next thug needing the victim treatment.
GSP
Ultra-liberal, zero-tolerance demands for tolerance such as this:
lead PC idiocy like this:
Is this the society you want to live in?
I agree with many here who pointedly denoted that Al & Jesse are what they are - frauds. Big time frauds. They don’t have to apologize for any of their missteps no matter how egregious. They have added nothing of value to race relations. They fly in the face of everything holy. They make victims out of perpetrators. And the victims - well, who cares.
The moment the MSM stops lending credence to thugs, namely Jesse and Al is the moment they slip into the annals of obscurity.
They don’t speak for me. Never did, never will.
OK. I’ve read the Bible all the way through several times, and in several different translations. I re-read the passage that Mr. Al refers to, but I can’t seem to locate the part where God tells Joshua to make a spectacle of himself in order to give himself feelings of self-importance and to be the center of attention. Instead Joshua brought attention to the Lord, by, first, following His directives to the letter, and then by devoting Jericho and everything within it’s, now broken, walls to Him. I see no hint of grandstanding on Joshua’s part. Sharpton is in no way a man of God.
More college political correctness was reported this morning on the local radio station. It appears Boise State University will not allow the Veteran’s Affairs Office to organize a 21 gun salute to honor veterans at 1200 hours Monday on campus. The excuse by the leftist Administration is due to recent events it would be considered appropriate. There is a large block of mostly Air Force veterans going to school working on their degrees after either retiring from 20+ years of service or after being honorable discharged and settling in the local area along with many returning veteran’s wanting to better their station through education. There have also been 8 alumni from the school who have paid the ultimate price in Iraq and Afghanistan allowing the rest of us to go on with our daily lives. Folks have been calling in and are hoping mad about this. One good thing about the folks in Idaho they are true American patriots. I will draft a flaming e-mail to the administration myself a little latter in the day when I can contain myself from including any four letter words. Too bad our F-15 fleet is grounded due to the Missouri Air National Guard and F-15E strike on the Administration Building would work a little better than a 60s style sit-in to fight the power of our stuck on stupid College Administrators in this country. I am one pissed off veteran and have had it! Wonder if this will affect the BSU football fans in supporting them.
RetFireman (#98) -
I am sorry about your friend, that is tragic.
I completely agree with your post. I have never understood why the race of the people involved in crimes mattered from a legal standpoint. If a person is attacked or robbed or killed or has any other crime committed against them, shouldn’t the perpetrator be punished the same way he would be if both the victim and the attacker were white?
This is why I’m so confused over the Jena case. If six white kids beat another white kid, what punishment would they face…? Shouldn’t the Jena 6 face those same charges? And the same goes for the white students involved too. Whatever crimes or misdemeanors they may have committed (I don’t know the whole history of the case) they should be punished as any student would be. Besides, even if the Jena 6 were treated unfairly, they did still attack that kid… why are they being treated as celebrities?
They didn’t talk enough about the Caucasian boy who was beaten? Because I’m SURE that’s what the good Reverend is getting at IN ADDITION to the nooses…..
Something tells me if it hadn’t been for the ropes, well, Sharpton would’ve blown this off as quickly as the Duke case.
Sorry, Reverend, but the democrats are too busy trying to regulate talk radio to worry about that.
JSR:
So interesting you leave out the most important part of the article. And you accuse other people of idiocy?
This is from the Columbus Dispatch article that YOU quoted:
Is this the society YOU want to live in?
#107 Dark Knight
No, and I don’t think this is the type of society we do live in. From these reports you would think the streets are lined with nooses hanging menacingly. I personally have never seen one, nobody I know has ever told me of one they have seen, and doubt you have ever seen one. As for as howling mobs go, I’d say that is a far better description of the followers of Al Sharpton than the overwhelming majority of American.
The hate crimes debate always pops up here and it always strikes me as incredibly silly. Were the 9/11 hijackers guilty of 3000 murders or were they guilty of something more than that? They were guilty of more than just murder. They were guilty of terrorizing the American people.
Hate crimes are the same.
If a black person is beat up for walking in a “white” area or if a noose is hung on a tree when blacks are hanging out on a typically white spot…that is terrorism. You are telling people, not just the specific victims but every black person in these communities that living their everyday lives will have terrible consequences. The Shephard case wasn’t just about a gay man being horribly assaulted and left to die. It was a terrorist attack on every gay person in that area. If you hit on a straight man, these are the consequences. Every gay man is terrorized.
Yes. They. Are.
They say give a monkey a typewriter and in a million years he will produce a master piece. So are you going to be the one that reads all the rough drafts?
This man has no integrity to speak on such an important matter. I will listen to peoples opinion that I respect or even if they just sound rational. So, YES…I will dismiss anything he says because I don’t have a million years for him to say something worth listening to. And since he has no integrity, I probably wouldn’t believe him when he did.
FYI: The KKK lynched over 1000 white people as well. Hanging has been around for thousands of years and taken many of life. The noose is not a black thing…it’s a death thing!
Something makes the news, and people go looking to imitate it, hoping for their 15 minutes of fame. How hard is that to understand?
It’s not like people magically learned to be racist in the last 10 weeks, it’s not (in my humble opinion) an expression of increasing racism.
Rusty,
Bringing imagery to an issue that no one here has denied doesn’t make your statement about black people being a protected class anymore true.
I am black and I have no desire to be a member of anyone’s protected class. It rings like affirmative action and reparations.
It’s insulting actually for you to think that my life is more important than another. I think that’s a ridiculous argument.
Besides, not many crimes are committed out of love. There is no need for hate crimes. There are laws on the books that deal with murder, rape, assault, etc…
Have you read the myths about Jena that Michelle posted? It would behoove you to do so.
This is simply untrue. Even if it were it would not be terrorism…
How is it not terrorism? The result of these hate crimes is a group of people afraid to show up in certain areas or afraid to live their lives as they say fit.
I like this definition:
Hate crimes apply.
I don’t think that. I think we’re all equal. I just think the terrorist aspect of these crimes warrants extra punishment.
And it’s not like hate crimes legislation protects only minorities. It protects everyone. If I get attacked for being white in Southeast DC, that is a hate crime and should be prosecuted as such.
Who is afraid, the white kid who was beaten by your beloved Jena 6?
Did you bother to read the myths Michelle posted? This would clear up alot of confusion. As your argument is based on things that did not happen.
This subject isn’t about racism it is about exploiting racial division, in our country…we don’t need to separate ourselves even more, then we already are, we need more cohesion-glue. We are at War, We have National security concerns, Trade imbalances, I think the country’s public school system is !@$#%!
There are so many American Issues, that are not dependent on ethnicity or political idealogy, that Americans can get together on…the MSM isn’t going to bring up these issue because you don’t get ratings reporting on what works in America. Laura Ingraham wrote a book about the “Purple Issues” Sam Waterson started Unity 08. They won’t get the attention that the train wrecks like Rosie and Britney get because they are not sensational. Americans are being conditioned by the Main Stream Media. The MSM is not reflecting American Life back to us, they are going for the cheap and easy sensational “events” I believe these “events in the above article” being reported - saturating the MSM, is to distract us and keep the Black Voting Block, whipped up, for the upcoming Presidential Election…MSM manipulation. People need to talk to each other, not at each other.
Aside from the fact that the first part of your post didn’t make any sense, I will respond to your accusation of not listening to Rev. Al Sharpton. If you don’t want to hear what Rev. Sharpton has to say, go right ahead! Bring up previous cases to justify your position. It is your right.
What I’m saying is that it is not appropiate to dismiss legit cases where racial inequality is present, based solely on the credibility of person. For example, I see all sorts of posts about Rev. Sharpton on MichelleMalkin.com, as well as Rev. Jackson, but have seen no opinion from Ms. Malkin concerning instances where nooses have been found such as the U.S. Coast Guard barracks, the University of Maryland, etc.
Why is that?
I will hypothesize that the purpose of calling people “race baiters” “race hustlers” etc. is not so much to talk about the racial issues they are discussing, but merely to talk about the person making the accusation.
Give credit where credit is due, I was pleasantly surprised to see her follow up on the Columbia University noose incident, but not before Rick Moran and others accused the professor of placing the noose there herself. To the best of my knowledge, they have yet to backtrack on their accusations.
So these complaints just came out of nowhere?
They are a reality in our society currently. Wake up.
Ummmm, no, high schoolers don’t get arrested for 15 minutes of fame. That argument doesn’t fly.
Laree:
The MSM is not reflecting American Life back to us, they are going for the cheap and easy sensational “events”
You bring several interesting points. But it was CNN who brought the investigation into why nooses are popping up all over the place.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/siu/the.noose/
This is not sensational, etc. etc. etc. This is a problem that has Americans justifiably concerned.