I will when Gates and Sharpton and Jackson and Obama and Holden and Michelle are. If I am being blamed for being what I am not then I should have the right to return the compliment. If I try to return the favor to the black racists then I am blamed for being racist while they get away with it. I refuse to stop being sensitive about this issue.
Mark wrote: > 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] <mailto:[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...quoted >>>>>>> text - >>>>>>> >>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >>>>>> >>>> - Show quoted text - >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mark M. Kahle, , >> www.filacoffee.com <http://www.filacoffee.com/> >> >> > > > -- > Mark M. 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