Posted on 04/12/2007 5:58:50 PM PDT by doug from upland
Kopel: Media skip other side of Sharpton
'Hate-crime perpetrator' given a pass by Denver dailies et al. in CU appearance Evan Semon © News
The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Feb. 13 [2006], addressing students and the public about government and what CU can do to deal with race issues on campus.
In 1989, a young woman jogger in Central Park was viciously raped and beaten by a gang of youths. Sharpton led a mob outside the court which claimed, without a shred of evidence, that "the boyfriend did it," and screamed that the victim was a "whore."
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Since he didn’t make fun of her hair, that makes all the difference in the world.
Ths POS Sharpton rose to prominence on the Tawana Brawley lie. Has he ever apolgized for that?
At a rally in Harlem, Sharpton denounced a Jewish small business owner as a “white interloper,” and then stood by approvingly while one his associates incited the crowd to violence. Later, a listener killed seven people in the store. Sharpton then lied and claimed he had never been at the rally.
He didn't? How gracious of him. I am sure it looked a mess, all caked in blood and dirt from having her head crushed.
bttt
".. There was more, of course-always more. In the spring of 1989, the Central Park “wilding” occurred. That was the monstrous rape and beating of a young white woman, known to most of the world as “the jogger.” The hatred heaped on her by Sharpton and his claque is almost impossible to fathom, and wrenching to review. Sharpton insisted-against all evidence-that the attackers were innocent. They were, he said, modern Scottsboro Boys, trapped in “a fit of racial hysteria.” Unspeakably, he and his people charged that the victim’s own boyfriend had raped and beaten her to the point of death. Outside the courthouse, they chanted, “The boyfriend did it! The boyfriend did it!” They denounced the victim as “Whore!” They screamed her name, over and over (because most publications refused to print it, though several black-owned ones did). Sharpton brought Tawana Brawley to the trial one day, to show her, he said, the difference between white justice and black justice. He arranged for her to meet the jogger’s attackers, whom she greeted with comradely warmth. In another of his publicity stunts, he appealed for a psychiatrist to examine the victim. “It doesn’t even have to be a black psychiatrist,” he said, generously. He added: “We’re not endorsing the damage to the girl — if there was this damage.”.."
What is infuriating is how black leaders get a continuous pass for vile racist comments and whites are destroyed for them. There should be equal treatment. If there was we would not be seeing Sharpton on TV any more.
The "nappy headed" comment made 'em go crazy. Still, the white folk continue to believe it's about the "ho's" ~ which is nuts. "Ho" is mentioned 241,000,000 times on www.google.com, and "nappy headed" a mere 360,000 times until this Imus deal. Then it jumped to 1,790,000 references.
Last evening "nappy headed" was still down there in the low 20 thousands though.
It's a regular growth industry.
Barney Frank is Greek?
Unbelievable.
Again, the simple test here is the following: If a conservative had used these expressions, would it have been denounced by liberals? The answer, obviously, is yes. Imagine if George Will had called Colin Powell a “house slave.” Imagine if Pat Buchanan had called Barney Frank a “nasty faggot.” Imagine if Trent Lott had called Hillary Clinton a whore. Do you think they’d be invited on “Larry King Live” to further elaborate on their comments?
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/col/sullivan/2002/10/25/belafonte/index.html
Liberals have said all those things about Republicans and not one of them have been fired. In fact, the press barely mentioned those ugly statements.
As we speak, NBC is airing 30 Rock featuring Tracy Morgan as an ignorant negro.
I remember the heat that Dick Armey got for accidently referring to Barney as "Barney Fag."
No he has not, nor has apologized for numerous other atrociities.
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=2411
True.
Yah but the didn’t call her knappy headed so its OK.
*rolling eyes*
I'm so sick of the hypocrisy, but the good news is, I think other people are really sick of it too.
Freepers have reported on other threads that CNN and MSNBC reporters have been stunned at their e-mails from viewers who are disgusted with the race baiters double standards.
We all know who the real whore is.
And poverty pimp.
And race-baiter.
Sharpton will never apologize for his trespasses, because...hey, he's above it all, doncha know?
He's a man of Gaaaawdddd - uh!
Pass that collection plate to the front, if you please!
Al needs another gold medallion the size of a dinner plate to hang on his sexy chest!
The man disgusts me.
I’m no Imus fan, but he was right. Where is the apology for the Duke Lacrosse Team debacle. I think there should be universal outcry for this.
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