Personally, I think that most times, blacks who don't like whites are not racists, they're bigots. Racism is a notion that ones own racial stock is superior to that of others. A difficult conclusion to come to for blacks in America. Bigotry is just hatred. Based in jealousy or fear or resentment or whatever. Gates is a bigot.
On Jul 30, 6:42 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Those of us who are trying not to be racist. We fail because the goal > posts keep moving and yet we find that the racist blacks are not racists > after all because they are black. If one is racist, so is the other and > for our president to prey on the people of pallor as being racist, which > he has been doing since childhood even with his grandmother, is totally > beyond the pale, both color and point. > > Mark wrote: > > Dick... Who really (actually I pity the ignorant fools that do) > > cares?? It is the height of stupidity to allow someones spoken inbred > > hatred bother you. It simply sustains the ciurcle of violence. > > > Wasn't your proud nation originally settled by those that were > > "different" and outcast ?? That you should perpetuate that cycle is in > > itself sad, that anyone excepts it as harmfull does the same. The > > religious fanatism present then is still there now. as late as the > > 60's it was an absolute that interfaith marriages would produce > > retarded children. You are industrially great while remaining > > infantile in general acceptance of basic differences. > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM, dick thompson > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Considering that Gates made a racial slur and Jesse and Al are > > forever making racial slurs, why should this one bother anyone at > > all. What makes you believe that only whites can make racial > > slurs. Ever heard the term Honky or Cracker? What do you think > > those are if not racial slurs. > > > THE ANNOINTED ONE wrote: > >> I didn't justify ANYTHING. I stated absolute fact. > > >> The fact that a "racial slur" is given credence by "you people" is > >> what is wrong. What possible difference does what you think of my > >> ancestry have to do with the price of potatoes or my self-esteem ?? > > >> I really would like an answer to that. > > >> On Jul 30, 10:13 am, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >>> You have no idea how blindly ignorant and bigoted you just sounded > >>> trying > >>> to justify an obviously racial slur. > > >>> On Jul 30, 11:50 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> > >>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> VT, > > >>>> "......like a banana eating jungle monkey..." > > >>>> Does not even imply that Gates IS one... only that on that day at > >>>> that > >>>> time he acted like one. > > >>>> Living in rural CR and having more than a few banana trees I do know > >>>> what a "banana eating jungle monkey" acts like. Normally Howlers are > >>>> very serene beasts that simply lie around in the trees most of the > >>>> day, they do LOVE bananas. Have you ever tried to climb a banana > >>>> tree ?? Obviously not. They bend and bow and do all sorts of things > >>>> that "normal" trees containing the other fruits that monkeys love do > >>>> not. It requires that enough of the family unit climbs the tree to > >>>> get > >>>> it to break or bow enough to get the ristra to the ground. There is a > >>>> lot of gentle fighting for position, frustrated screaming and and > >>>> constant scratching (there is a kind of black ant that lives in these > >>>> trees and they bite really hard). The whole ordeal is very disturbing > >>>> to the normal tranquility of the area and out of character for 99.9% > >>>> of the normal status of the monkeys. The whiteface monkeys are even > >>>> worse as they weigh far less requiring even more of them in the tree. > > >>>> To have said this about Gates is in reality (whether or not the > >>>> author > >>>> knew it) a really good description of non-normal behavior that can be > >>>> found in us all at one point or another. > > >>>> You are welcome to come to my home, sit on the terrace with a nice > >>>> Hefeweizen and see for yourself...... > > >>>> On Jul 29, 11:55 pm, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> > >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > > >>>>> The actual > >>>>> email...http://opendebateforum2.blogspot.com/2009/07/full-email-sent-by-justi... > > >>>>> On Jul 30, 1:46 am, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> > >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> Boston cop calls Gates 'banana-eating jungle monkey' in mass e-mail > > >>>>>> UPDATE II > > >>>>>> The Fox affiliate in Boston has published the text of the email > >>>>>> Boston > >>>>>> police officer Justin Barrett sent in which he referred to Harvard > >>>>>> professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., as a "banana-eating jungle > >>>>>> monkey." > > >>>>>> It now appears Barrett's email was a letter to the editor of the > >>>>>> Boston Globe, complaining of the Globe's coverage of the Gates > >>>>>> arrest > >>>>>> on July 16. > > >>>>>> Of Gates, Barrett wrote: "He is a suspect and will always be a > > >>>>>> suspect." > > >>>>>> "If I was the officer [Gates] verbally assaulted like a > >>>>>> banana-eating > >>>>>> jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC [pepper > >>>>>> spray] deserving of his belligerent non-compliance." > > >>>>>> Barrett then went on to berate the author of the Globe article to > >>>>>> which he objected. > > >>>>>> "You are a hot little bird with minimal experiences in a harsh > >>>>>> field," > >>>>>> Barrett wrote. "You are a fool. An infidel. You have no business > >>>>>> writing for a US newspaper nevermind detailing and analyzing half- > >>>>>> truths." > > >>>>>> AP reported that "Barrett was trained in racial profiling > >>>>>> prevention > >>>>>> and had shown no signs of racial discrimination in the past." > > >>>>>> Barrett's tirade has spawned an instant flurry of comments on blogs > >>>>>> and talk shows. > > >>>>>> "If this is what [police officers are] putting in emails, imagine > >>>>>> what > >>>>>> they're saying in private," blogged The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan. > > >>>>>> UPDATE > > >>>>>> The police officer who called Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, > >>>>>> Jr., a "jungle monkey" is a "cancer on the department," Boston > >>>>>> Mayor > >>>>>> Tom Menino said Wednesday. > > >>>>>> A blog posting by Cindy Adams at Examiner.com also says Menino > >>>>>> called > >>>>>> for the officer to be fired immediately. > > >>>>>> The Boston Globe reports that Barrett will be represented by the > >>>>>> Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, the local police union. The > >>>>>> union is expected to make a statement on the case Wednesday > >>>>>> evening. > > >>>>>> ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES > > >>>>>> A Boston police officer has been suspended and likely will be fired > >>>>>> after sending an anonymous email that referred to Harvard professor > >>>>>> Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a "jungle monkey." > > >>>>>> According to the Boston Herald, 36-year-old Officer Justin Barrett > >>>>>> was > >>>>>> placed "on administrative leave pending a termination hearing > >>>>>> yesterday afternoon. When a supervisor confronted Barrett about > >>>>>> the e- > >>>>>> mail - in which he called Gates a 'jungle monkey' - he admitted to > >>>>>> being the author." > > >>>>>> ABC affiliate WCVB reports that Barrett sent the email to > >>>>>> colleagues > >>>>>> at the National Guard -- he is also a reserve soldier in the Guard > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> and to the Boston Globe. Police traced the email back to Barrett on > >>>>>> Tuesday. > > >>>>>> Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis "immediately stripped the > >>>>>> cop > >>>>>> of his gun and badge," the Herald reported Wednesday. > > >>>>>> Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested on the front porch of his > >>>>>> own > >>>>>> home on a public disturbance charge July 16 in an incident where a > >>>>>> police officer suspected the Harvard scholar of being a burglar > >>>>>> after > >>>>>> Gates jimmied his way in. Gates says he was a victim of racial > >>>>>> profiling. Charges against him were quickly dropped. > > >>>>>> The incident became an even larger controversy when President > >>>>>> Barack > >>>>>> Obama said last week that the Cambridge police had "acted > >>>>>> stupidly" in > >>>>>> arresting Gates. And most recently, the neighbor of Gates whose 911 > >>>>>> call started the incident said she never mentioned that the two > >>>>>> persons on Gates's porch were black, and didn't talk to the > >>>>>> arresting > >>>>>> officer, Sgt. James Crowley, at the scene. > > >>>>>> Both of those claims contradict Sgt. Crowley's police report on the > >>>>>> incident. > > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/boston-cop-calls-gates-jungle-monkey...text > >>>>>> - > > >>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >>> - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > Mark M. Kahle, , > > www.filacoffee.com<http://www.filacoffee.com> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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