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Whitewashing “Brown Pride” vandalism in Denver ‘burb

By Michelle Malkin  •  April 16, 2008 11:13 AM

Abracadabra! Check out the latest P.C. disappearing act in the Denver media market.

Obvious double standard always worth pointing out: If the graffiti had said “White Pride” instead of “Brown Pride,” you’d see it splashed all over the front page.

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  1. #1
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:17 am, DaveC said:

    hello, Sanctuary City

  2. #2
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:24 am, RaisedRight said:

    Wow, I watched the local news report… They really made every effort to zoom in so close that the message could not be seen.

    I would say that this vandalism was most likely done by a bunch of stupid kids. What is gained by hiding what they spray-painted? I would think the “Brown Pride” message could be a key factor in locating the people responsible for this crime. What a bunch of buffoons.

  3. #3
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:24 am, Chuck said:

    Minorities can’t by the nature of their minorityness (sic) do anything bad. This happened because white people are bad and keepin’ ‘em down. Root causes, you know.

    “Nothing to see here folks. Move along.”

  4. #4
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:27 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Why ask why?
    ________________________________________

    While I am completely tickled pink that they are proud of themselves for having vandalized the homes, cars and mailboxes of people they don’t know. Exactly how does this boost the support that is so desparately needed for your cause? Didn’t think that one through did ya? I don’t they be caught unless they are stupid enough to go bragging about in which case lock em up and throw away the key.

  5. #5
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:28 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    I don’t know if they will be caught…

    Boy did I butcher that one.

  6. #6
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:29 am, bloghooligan said:

    liberals are going to have a harder and harder time explaining away their obvious double standard. when asking “what’s the matter with kansas” this would be one, of many, many answers.

  7. #7
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:29 am, almeehan said:

    The zeroed in picture makes it look like “bro”–so what’s new with the PC pukes?
    Obviously responsible typical white people will be out in force spray painting white pride all over the city.

  8. #8
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:38 am, DBNinKY said:

    Obvious double standard always worth pointing out: If the graffiti had said “White Pride” instead of “Brown Pride,” you’d see it splashed all over the front page.

    You got that right! There’s not a white man in this state that hasn’t been called “boy” at one time or another, it’s just how we talk; yet when Rep. Davis innocently used that moniker in a reference to Obama, one would think Davis had said the “n” word, given dust up that resulted.

  9. #9
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:40 am, Ron Rockstar said:

    Brown pride = the arugula must have gone bad.

  10. #10
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:43 am, tre said:

    I have very strong “white pride”. However, I don’t need to vandalize anything to show it. I show it by going to work everyday, providing for my family, gowing straight home every evening, spending the evening with my family, and, finally, taking my family to Church every Sunday.

    The way I see it, that’s the best way to show “white pride”, “brown pride”, “black pride”, “yellow pride”, “red pride”,…..

  11. #11
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:46 am, Mohawk said:

    Whom ever the vandals were obviously never went to school. They write like a 5 year old.

    This is going to continue to the point where they will be no choice for the citizens of this country but to take up arms against this local enemy of the nation.

    Our fore fathers must be turning in their graves.

  12. #12
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:46 am, Rip Ford said:

    I suppose the PC police don’t want us to racially profile the vandals either, right?

  13. #13
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:48 am, zorro said:

    If the graffiti had said “White Pride” instead of “Brown Pride,” you’d see it splashed all over the front page.

    Sad but true. Thank God for the “New Media”.

  14. #14
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:51 am, veprii said:

    I live in this area, it’s hardly “Gang Land” and it’s not even close to any “Bad” neighborhoods. It’s a middle-upper class area with a high school near by. Most of our problems seem to consist of smart ass high school students that will steal worthless stuff from your garage (if you leave it open). That’s probably typical of anywhere USA.

  15. #15
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:51 am, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, They have started their investigation with elderly white women recently seen in the area. They are canvassing all nursing homes and buffets, errah

  16. #16
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:54 am, spo-con said:

    Obviously the work of typical white people?

  17. #17
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:59 am, feeler said:

    Every Founding Citizen of The United States Of America was white. EVERY SINGLE ONE. There’s no debating it. But somewhere, somehow, SOMEONE decided America would be a better nation if those white people began to accept others. Others who “weren’t like them.”
    And soon, those “others” became THE DRIVING POLITICAL FORCE in America! Calls for “DIVERSITY” are seen as a relief or correction, instead of the blatant racial-discrimination they really are.
    The desire to retain our white majority is likened to Nazism, while the desire of brown people to attain THEIR majority is cast as honorable by the media and OUR OWN government! White majority = RACIST
    Brown majority = DIVERSE! ? ? ? Tired of the scam?
    White Americans need to develop a sense of RACIAL PRIDE. They are the ONLY AMERICANS that are punished for doing so! We will regain the pride that was mandated away from us, or we will become the taxpaying minority in a gigantic, third-world clusterf#ck! The choise is still ours to make. For now!

  18. #18
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, Knife-n-Dork said:

    New media” generally refers to blogs, podcasts, Twitter…digital technologies, that sort of thing. What we see here is pretty much your standard, boilerplate mainstream media template that has been in place for quite some time.

  19. #19
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, Grayson said:

    Those who vandalize can’t have pride. Pride, by its very nature, requires one to do something worthy of note. Any idiot can use spray paint.

  20. #20
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pm, Silkyinfamous said:

    Brown Pride, what does it mean? While doing minimal research,(which simply menas typing in Brown Pride on a search engine) apparently it has to do with cars,these little action figures called Homies and shoes. Thought it would mean something deeper.

  21. #21
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:09 pm, Silkyinfamous said:

    menas=means

  22. #22
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:10 pm, abstractmind said:

    Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were unavailable for comment.

  23. #23
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pm, Regulus said:

    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, Grayson said:

    Those who vandalize can’t have pride. Pride, by its very nature, requires one to do something worthy of note. Any idiot can use spray paint.

    Yes, but there is such a thing as false pride (widely taught in public schools today as “self-esteem”), and that seems to be what underpins the vandalism on display in this case.

  24. #24
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm, alexwest said:

    Whom ever the vandals were obviously never went to school. They write like a 5 year old.

    You are being too critical. It is very hard to hold something as large as a spraycan like a pencil and get a good result. If anything, these guys should teach an “urban art” call at the local community college.

  25. #25
    On April 16th, 2008 at 12:48 pm, bit_boy said:

    My Gibberish Dictionary definition of:
    Brown Pride
    1. deliberately mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property: vandalism of public buildings.
    2. the conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals.
    3. willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or literary treasures.
    4. a vandalic act.

    I’ll add if that brown essay had been white pride it would be a hate crime against that car.

  26. #26
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm, EWTHeckman said:

    Are we sure this wasn’t done by some messed up white fool borrowing a tactic from the left? We’ve been burned by that at least once. I’m reluctant to buy this one without a little cynicism.

    Even so, what makes this interesting is how hard the media is working to bury the anti-white racism in the message. Of course, I bet they will stop burying it if it turns out to be that borrowed leftist tactic intended to inflame whites against non-whites.

  27. #27
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, thewariscoming said:

    The minorities are going to keep pushing it until whitey is overthrown. That’s all there is to it. The question is, will we fight back?

  28. #28
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:05 pm, libocrat said:

    Maybe Jesus Obama can ’splain why these Brownies are bitter.
    And what do the “Browns” cling to?
    And aren’t the Browns from Cleveland?

  29. #29
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:10 pm, Boomer said:

    It’s time like this I am glad the tech sector went south in Colorado Springs forcing me to relocate to the middle of nowhere Idaho. The California invasion of Colorado continues to reap wonderful rewards. As I always used to say as the joker I was during my globe trotting days: When in Rome act like a Vandal, Osgoth, or Visigoth. Lovely people we are allowing to invade relatively unmolested through our wide open Southern border.

  30. #30
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pm, tony the tiger said:

    Obvious double standard always worth pointing out: If the graffiti had said “White Pride” instead of “Brown Pride,” you’d see it splashed all over the front page.

    Mebbe’ so - but then, you don’t usually hear about the “typical white person” rioting over news coverage, either.

  31. #31
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:35 pm, b4lucy said:

    Ha….Obama is Wright again…somebody is bitter, but I don’t see any bullet holes….or Bible Passages….Hmmm..probably not from a small town….How big is Denver, anyway

  32. #32
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:39 pm, JohnnyF said:

    This is obviously the work of bitter, deranged, elderly Caucasian womyn. Sadly, they have resorted to staged acts of vandalism to divert media attention away from their “typical” behaviors.

  33. #33
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I would think the “Brown Pride” message could be a key factor in locating the people responsible for this crime.

    Now now, no profiling. They immediately patted down a Catholic nun looking for paint cans, and when they didn’t find any, filed this under “Cold Case”.

  34. #34
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Lovely people we are allowing to invade relatively unmolested through our wide open Southern border.

    We have a southern border?

  35. #35
    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, md1964 said:

    Brings new meaning to (a take on the UPS Commercial)… “What can Brown do for you???”

    Well it it is Illegal aliens, it can bankrupt your city, overwhelm social services, push Americans out of work, raise crime rates and depreciate property values…. and those are just the few I can think of off the top of my head..

  36. #36
    On April 16th, 2008 at 2:13 pm, Knife-n-Dork said:

    Wait! How far is Denver from South Park? Could it be Mr. Hankey?

  37. #37
    On April 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pm, wighttrasch said:

    EWTHeckman said
    “Are we sure this wasn’t done by some messed up white fool borrowing a tactic from the left?”

    I would like to suggest it is ‘double-secret’ tagging! Browns did it to make it seem like Whites did it so that it would appear Browns did it.

  38. #38
    On April 16th, 2008 at 2:34 pm, joeschmedlap said:

    Where I live, in the adjoining state, the “Brown Pride” T-shirts and neck tattoos are everywhere. Awhile back I was talking to a guy at a local gym who was wearing one of the shirts and I asked him what he would think if I wore a “White Pride” T-shirt the next day. I swear he looked me right in the eye and said “Bro, that would be racist.”

  39. #39
    On April 16th, 2008 at 2:40 pm, RaisedRight said:

    On April 16th, 2008 at 1:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    Now now, no profiling. They immediately patted down a Catholic nun looking for paint cans, and when they didn’t find any, filed this under “Cold Case”.

    Ha! :lol:

  40. #40
    On April 16th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, cicerokid said:

    The devil wears pride, duh!

  41. #41
    On April 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm, NJRepublican said:

    This is not new stuff. I commented once in a women’s study class at Rutgers that I would never be able to wear a shirt that said “Proud to be a W.A.S.P.” and the whole class looked at me like I was nuts. Of course it was perfectly OK for black students to walk around with their red, green and yellow shirts reflecting black pride.

    That was almost 20 years ago.

  42. #42
    On April 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pm, Fat Jolly Penguin said:

    Now, now, we’re all over-reacting to this. It’s just an artistic expression of their cultural — oh, screw it. I can’t think like a moonbat.

  43. #43
    On April 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm, Azygos said:

    Leave it to the MSM whose motto could be “If standards are good then double standards must be twice as good.”

  44. #44
    On April 16th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    I’m not proud because of my racial hertiage, I’m proud because of what I’ve accomplished.

    Kinda puts a whole kink in the tolerance and diversity thing, though, :)

  45. #45
    On April 16th, 2008 at 4:04 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Paint,check. Brown pride,check. Let’s see, we find an old Latina whose house needs painting, paint it for her, and go home brimming with pride. Or not.

  46. #46
    On April 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pm, pdm32 said:

    Google “white pride” and you get references to racist and white supremacy. Google “brown pride” and get references to cultural and ethnic pride. See something wrong here?

  47. #47
    On April 16th, 2008 at 11:24 pm, hadsil said:

    Maybe John Edwards did have a point when he said there were two Americas, just not the one he thinking.

  48. #48
    On April 17th, 2008 at 4:51 am, radio relay said:

    Whenever the local Denver media reports crimes, if they don’t mention the race of the perpetrator, then he/she was hispanic or black. I don’t know if they realize it’s a given, or they’re playing some weird, racial/political card. They’ll just say something like “police are looking for a man with brown eyes and black hair”, and leave it at that.

    Of course, if the perp is white, well then race is the first thing mentioned.

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