The Obama Administration apparently very afraid of any discussion about race,that they run the other way whenever there is a hint of a race issue; especially after the Professor Gates issue. While the race-baiting fearmongers in The Tea Party and FOX News have no compunction whatsoever about using race as a political tool.
It¹s beyond time to call them out and stop letting them get away with it. I wonder what would happen if 100 Black, Puerto Rican, Mexican or whatever showed up at say a Pat Toomey rally openly brandishing guns as part of THEIR Second Amendment rights. If one idiot with a billy club can start such fear, I cannot imagine what would happen. These people have declared people of color as Enemy of the State and are getting away with it, including their crusade to shut down public education, ONLY in the poor inner-city mind you, and profiteer off poor people¹s children rendering them without any access to an education if they should be dropped by charter schools. Charter schools by and large do not deal with English Language Learners, Special Ed. students and behavior problems. Closing public schools and firing teachers because of test scores is not the answer. By the way, someone I know who went to Tulane at the same time with Andrew Breitbart, who by his own admission says he drank his way through college, is pissed because he was a rich kid from Brentwood in LA and basically was taking up a spot that could have been used by someone who would have actually studied! On 7/22/10 10:01 PM, "Kimm Tynan" <kimm.ty...@verizon.net> wrote: >> The irony is he ended up proving that one false word from a White man >> with dubious credibility had the power to unjustly affect the livelihood of >> an African-American woman without due process, or no questions asked. > > Amen, Wilma. > > The NAACP thing is bizarre and sad because, institutionally, it had first-hand > knowledge of what was actually said she was talking to them! But I am far > more disappointed in the Obama administration. As her employer, as the > federal government, it had far more of a duty to take a measured, rational > approach. The fact that they just freaked out like a massive jellyfish at the > prospect of the story appearing on Glenn Beck and acted with no independent > investigation, no due process, is deeply, deeply disturbing. > > As soon as I first started hearing the first peeps about this story (I¹ve been > very out-of-touch with the outside world the last few days), I thought, ³Wow > this sounds very ACORN-like.² Then my husband informed me yesterday it was > the same source. Huh. How bout that. > > But, hey, what do I know I¹m just a crazy commie lefty. > > Kimm > > > On 7/22/10 11:59 AM, "Wilma de Soto" <wil.p...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> The Sherrod incident is troublesome on many fronts. >> >> Andrew Breitbart stated on NBC News that he deliberately posted that >> mis-edited video as, "retribution for The Tea Party because of the NAACP's >> comment that The Tea Party should check and distance itself from the racist >> elements in the movement." He wanted to "prove" the NAACP is racist. >> >> Just because he felt like it, I guess. >> The irony is he ended up proving that one false word from a White man with >> dubious credibility had the power to unjustly affect the livelihood of an >> African-American woman without due process, or no questions asked. >> >> It's a textbook case on racism. >> >> My biggest disappointment was with Ben Jealous and the NAACP rushing to >> condemn Ms. Sherrod, knowing her history so quickly and playing into the >> "white persons as victims of blacks card", that is the cornerstone of the >> extreme right-wing movement. >> >> Breitbart also showed since one false accusation by a White person against an >> African-American and the subsequent reaction by the NAACP and The White House >> Administration demonstrates clearly, that African-Americans have no control >> over our lives; even if one of us is The President. Racism is prejudice with >> power to act on said targets of prejudice and affect the quality of their >> lives. >> >> >> On 7/22/10 9:40 AM, "Glenn moyer" <glen...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>> > Members of our listserv have had a great deal of experience, in past >>> years, >>> > watching the straw man technique used against Ms. Sherrod of the USDA. >>> > (Cutting and pasting words out of context is used to completely change the >>> > intended meaning of the speaker.) >>> > >>> > Then, a barking cheese gang (Fox News) is ready to run amok with the >>> created >>> > straw woman to make the initial lie into the big lie (see Goebbels >>> description >>> > of the big lie). >>> > >>> > >>> > As in the Sherrod case, the creation of the straw man is usually done >>> because >>> > the victims real meaning can not be defeated through logic and rational >>> > arguments! The power of the deceiving gang and repitition of the lie is >>> > designed to overpower the individual victim, who has limited resources to >>> > fight back. It is also a condescending technique against all citizens, >>> > designed to manipulate everyone, who might accept the lie. (All of >>> America >>> > was the target of the Sherrod lie, not merely Ms. Sherrod) >>> > >>> > When this deception technique is exposed and shown to be deliberate, >>> citizens >>> > must completely reject those who originate and knowingly support the straw >>> > creation. Otherwise, like here in the district, some "community leaders" >>> will >>> > employ the technique over and over. This type of deception used against >>> ACORN >>> > and Ms. Sherrod must not be ignored or swept under the rug, as was so >>> often >>> > demanded in this district! >>> > >>> > Logic, rhetoric, and philosophy need to be brought back to the curriculum >>> in >>> > American education! Otherwise, this technique will continue to be used >>> > against all of us! >>> > >>> > Glenn >>> > ---- >>> > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>> > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>> > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >> >
