anti-racism or racism itself IS racist. only when someone is allowed to speak his mind freely and describe a negro as a negro or a caucasion as white or a whatever as whatever he obviously is will racism be extuinguished. quit being so fricking sensitive.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:42 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]>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]> >> <[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]> >> <[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]> >> <[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]> >> <[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...quoted >> text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text - >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark M. Kahle, , >> www.filacoffee.com >> >> >> > > > -- Mark M. Kahle, , 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. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
