Comments on: About that race-based benediction: “When white will embrace what is right” http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/ news and commentary from a conservative perspective Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chief of Staff Army George Casey lies about backlash to coverup « Old Atlantic Lighthouse http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-839240 Chief of Staff Army George Casey lies about backlash to coverup « Old Atlantic Lighthouse Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:36:18 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-839240 [...] http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/ [...] [...] http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/ [...]

]]> By: Salon denounces whites as racists over Richmond Rape blogs « Old Atlantic Lighthouse http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-832865 Salon denounces whites as racists over Richmond Rape blogs « Old Atlantic Lighthouse Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:28:03 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-832865 [...] http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/ [...] [...] http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/ [...]

]]> By: Assassination Fantasies | Track-A-'Crat: The Roll Call of Democratic Delinquency http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-832524 Assassination Fantasies | Track-A-'Crat: The Roll Call of Democratic Delinquency Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:31:29 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-832524 [...] As with the repellent racist Joseph Lowery, this marks approximately the seven quadrillionth time that Democrats have gotten away with saying something for which a conservative would have been publicly, and gleefully, crucified. [...] [...] As with the repellent racist Joseph Lowery, this marks approximately the seven quadrillionth time that Democrats have gotten away with saying something for which a conservative would have been publicly, and gleefully, crucified. [...]

]]> By: I Can Say What You Cannot « Track-A-’Crat: The Roll Call Of Democratic Dishonor http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-635533 I Can Say What You Cannot « Track-A-’Crat: The Roll Call Of Democratic Dishonor Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:44:48 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-635533 [...] I didn’t really do that.  But it would be the equivalent of what Joseph Lowery did with his inauguration prayer. [...] [...] I didn’t really do that.  But it would be the equivalent of what Joseph Lowery did with his inauguration prayer. [...]

]]> By: Showing Your Ass: What was not reported about the Inauguration of Barack Obama « Princepunchline http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-632018 Showing Your Ass: What was not reported about the Inauguration of Barack Obama « Princepunchline Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:26:59 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-632018 [...] because your president (as if the one before was not also yours) “is black”, or to zero out “white” [people] as the only one’s who need to “embrace what is right”[28]! And you certainly should not do and say these things with cheering crowds and applauding [...] [...] because your president (as if the one before was not also yours) “is black”, or to zero out “white” [people] as the only one’s who need to “embrace what is right”[28]! And you certainly should not do and say these things with cheering crowds and applauding [...]

]]> By: Cult Watch: 1st Graders Forced To Pledge Allegiance To… Obama?s « Nice Deb http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-606971 Cult Watch: 1st Graders Forced To Pledge Allegiance To… Obama?s « Nice Deb Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:34:09 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-606971 [...] be de rigueur at the inauguration? Or that the benediction at his inauguration would turn out to be a race-baiting mother goose rhyme? I feel like I’ve been conditioned to expect  mind-numbed cultlike Obama worship at every [...] [...] be de rigueur at the inauguration? Or that the benediction at his inauguration would turn out to be a race-baiting mother goose rhyme? I feel like I’ve been conditioned to expect  mind-numbed cultlike Obama worship at every [...]

]]> By: Jason L. http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-604451 Jason L. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:03:48 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-604451 On January 20th, 2009 at 3:52 pm, fmfnavydoc said: Why do the Donks/Civil Right people still fight the Civil War? Both sides of my family came over to this country after the war! Does that make me guilty of what their ancestors went through during slavery? And, if I recall, weren’t the Donks a proponent of slavery for years, well before the Civil War??? ————————————– You bring up a few interesting points: 1. Slavery did not begin, and sadly, did not end with the founding of the U.S. But, somehow, in the eyes of men like this, we get all of the blame for our involvement in it and none of the credit for whatever part we played in ending it (as far as outlawing it in this country). 2. How many whites here now are directly descended from someone who owned slaves/faught with the Confederate Army? More of us probably come from people who arrived here long after the Civil War. In any case, we deserve no credit or blame for anything any of our long-ago anscestors may have done. 3. What if someone can prove that someone in their family faught for the Union, that no one in their family ever owned a slave, that their family (going back to my previous point) was not even here yet during the Civil War? They still have to literally pay for the past? Reparations is a stupid and unfair idea all around. ---frostrt _______________________________________ These people, too, forget that blacks in the South -- both slave and free -- willingly chose to pick up weapons, don the Grey Uniform, and defend the South from the Union Armies. The black man who was going to the front lines in <em>Gone with the Wind</em> -- Scarlett O'Hare's slave? He was an example of thousands.... On January 20th, 2009 at 3:52 pm, fmfnavydoc said:
Why do the Donks/Civil Right people still fight the Civil War? Both sides of my family came over to this country after the war! Does that make me guilty of what their ancestors went through during slavery? And, if I recall, weren’t the Donks a proponent of slavery for years, well before the Civil War???

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You bring up a few interesting points:

1. Slavery did not begin, and sadly, did not end with the founding of the U.S. But, somehow, in the eyes of men like this, we get all of the blame for our involvement in it and none of the credit for whatever part we played in ending it (as far as outlawing it in this country).

2. How many whites here now are directly descended from someone who owned slaves/faught with the Confederate Army? More of us probably come from people who arrived here long after the Civil War. In any case, we deserve no credit or blame for anything any of our long-ago anscestors may have done.

3. What if someone can prove that someone in their family faught for the Union, that no one in their family ever owned a slave, that their family (going back to my previous point) was not even here yet during the Civil War? They still have to literally pay for the past?

Reparations is a stupid and unfair idea all around.
—frostrt
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These people, too, forget that blacks in the South — both slave and free — willingly chose to pick up weapons, don the Grey Uniform, and defend the South from the Union Armies. The black man who was going to the front lines in Gone with the Wind — Scarlett O’Hare’s slave? He was an example of thousands….

]]> By: Jason L. http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-604447 Jason L. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:00:23 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-604447 Didn't a majority of whites help elect Barack Obama? Shouldn't that be considered a "right act" for 'whitey'? This pastor's benediction may turn some of them off..... Didn’t a majority of whites help elect Barack Obama? Shouldn’t that be considered a “right act” for ‘whitey’? This pastor’s benediction may turn some of them off…..

]]> By: Martin Luther King Jr’s dream is dead; Racism in a post-racial America « Northern Thoughts And Reflections http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-603018 Martin Luther King Jr’s dream is dead; Racism in a post-racial America « Northern Thoughts And Reflections Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:33:27 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-603018 [...] The election of Barack Obama was a milestone in American history, but that doesn’t mean that everything is been fixed, that the battle for Civil Right and Racial Equality has been won. The slogan “My President is Black” is proof of the continued existence of this rabid type of racism. Barack Obama is President, his genetic make-up shouldn’t have anything to do with his ability to govern the country, and yet “The One” himself brought this up several times during the election. How can he be the “post-racial President” when he continues to group Americans by their skin colour? My best friend is my best friend, and while we joke about ethnic stereotypes that are associated with his heritage (ex: He has a crippling disability for a Filipino, keeping him from performing his kareoke related duties; Stage-fright), I don’t see him in terms of what colour he has been assigned on the spectrum… Unlike Joseph Lowery, who had some “colourful” words on for Americans on inauguration da... [...] [...] The election of Barack Obama was a milestone in American history, but that doesn’t mean that everything is been fixed, that the battle for Civil Right and Racial Equality has been won. The slogan “My President is Black” is proof of the continued existence of this rabid type of racism. Barack Obama is President, his genetic make-up shouldn’t have anything to do with his ability to govern the country, and yet “The One” himself brought this up several times during the election. How can he be the “post-racial President” when he continues to group Americans by their skin colour? My best friend is my best friend, and while we joke about ethnic stereotypes that are associated with his heritage (ex: He has a crippling disability for a Filipino, keeping him from performing his kareoke related duties; Stage-fright), I don’t see him in terms of what colour he has been assigned on the spectrum… Unlike Joseph Lowery, who had some “colourful” words on for Americans on inauguration da… [...]

]]> By: The Good the Bad and the Ugly From the First Week of a New Leadership « The Crone Speaks http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-601468 The Good the Bad and the Ugly From the First Week of a New Leadership « The Crone Speaks Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:58:03 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-601468 [...] missed. The dude left out more than half the population focusing on male supremacy. While the righties are whinning (as David does predict will happen) about Lowrey’s benediction, I will leave you [...] [...] missed. The dude left out more than half the population focusing on male supremacy. While the righties are whinning (as David does predict will happen) about Lowrey’s benediction, I will leave you [...]

]]> By: Alan K. Henderson http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-600265 Alan K. Henderson Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:44:50 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-600265 I was willing to give Lowery the benefit of a doubt, to write this off as a Trent Lott moment where he tried to be nice to someone but used words that unintentionally conveyed a very not-nice message - a belief that the dominant culture really hasn't accepted Dr. King's dream. But I didn't realize that he was the same guy who used the occasion of the Coretta Scott King funeral to deliver that political tirade against the President (who was in attendance). I was willing to give Lowery the benefit of a doubt, to write this off as a Trent Lott moment where he tried to be nice to someone but used words that unintentionally conveyed a very not-nice message – a belief that the dominant culture really hasn’t accepted Dr. King’s dream. But I didn’t realize that he was the same guy who used the occasion of the Coretta Scott King funeral to deliver that political tirade against the President (who was in attendance).

]]> By: A Profound Prayer Until…Wrong Turn! : NO QUARTER http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-599119 A Profound Prayer Until…Wrong Turn! : NO QUARTER Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:56:35 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-599119 [...] Michelle Malkin , who I usually don’t agree with, dubbed the benediction as race-baiting. As she put it, “Who wrote that line? Jeremiah Wright? And what would Obama’s grandparents and mother have to say?” [...] [...] Michelle Malkin , who I usually don’t agree with, dubbed the benediction as race-baiting. As she put it, “Who wrote that line? Jeremiah Wright? And what would Obama’s grandparents and mother have to say?” [...]

]]> By: Obama to America: F**k You! | Hennessy's View http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-598913 Obama to America: F**k You! | Hennessy's View Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:01:31 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-598913 [...] scripting quality endings to Stephen King’s movies.  But first, he symbolically flipped off everyone affected by Islamofascist terrorists, snub military heroes, and redifine ethics as the way one behaves when [...] [...] scripting quality endings to Stephen King’s movies.  But first, he symbolically flipped off everyone affected by Islamofascist terrorists, snub military heroes, and redifine ethics as the way one behaves when [...]

]]> By: President Obama’s Internet Attack On The American Family, Marriage and Values « Pronk Palisades http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-598832 President Obama’s Internet Attack On The American Family, Marriage and Values « Pronk Palisades Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:49:13 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-598832 [...] that Barack Obama’s ascension should be embraced as a moral victory for our side. The promise of post-racialism is a bogus [...] [...] that Barack Obama’s ascension should be embraced as a moral victory for our side. The promise of post-racialism is a bogus [...]

]]> By: frostrt http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/20/about-that-race-based-benediction/comment-page-3/#comment-598574 frostrt Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:06:08 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=21830#comment-598574 On January 20th, 2009 at 3:52 pm, fmfnavydoc said: Why do the Donks/Civil Right people still fight the Civil War? Both sides of my family came over to this country after the war! Does that make me guilty of what their ancestors went through during slavery? And, if I recall, weren’t the Donks a proponent of slavery for years, well before the Civil War??? -------------------------------------- You bring up a few interesting points: 1. Slavery did not begin, and sadly, did not end with the founding of the U.S. But, somehow, in the eyes of men like this, we get all of the blame for our involvement in it and none of the credit for whatever part we played in ending it (as far as outlawing it in this country). 2. How many whites here now are directly descended from someone who owned slaves/faught with the Confederate Army? More of us probably come from people who arrived here long after the Civil War. In any case, we deserve no credit or blame for anything any of our long-ago anscestors may have done. 3. What if someone can prove that someone in their family faught for the Union, that no one in their family ever owned a slave, that their family (going back to my previous point) was not even here yet during the Civil War? They still have to literally pay for the past? Reparations is a stupid and unfair idea all around. On January 20th, 2009 at 3:52 pm, fmfnavydoc said:
Why do the Donks/Civil Right people still fight the Civil War? Both sides of my family came over to this country after the war! Does that make me guilty of what their ancestors went through during slavery? And, if I recall, weren’t the Donks a proponent of slavery for years, well before the Civil War???

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You bring up a few interesting points:

1. Slavery did not begin, and sadly, did not end with the founding of the U.S. But, somehow, in the eyes of men like this, we get all of the blame for our involvement in it and none of the credit for whatever part we played in ending it (as far as outlawing it in this country).

2. How many whites here now are directly descended from someone who owned slaves/faught with the Confederate Army? More of us probably come from people who arrived here long after the Civil War. In any case, we deserve no credit or blame for anything any of our long-ago anscestors may have done.

3. What if someone can prove that someone in their family faught for the Union, that no one in their family ever owned a slave, that their family (going back to my previous point) was not even here yet during the Civil War? They still have to literally pay for the past?

Reparations is a stupid and unfair idea all around.

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