Race War?

Commentary Magazine ^ | September 2, 2008 | Abe Greenwald

[Jbny]

At the Philadelphia Daily News, Fatimah Ali warns:

If McCain wins, look for a full-fledged race and class war, fueled by a deflated and depressed country, soaring crime, homelessness - and hopelessness!

Sounds like a pretty enfeebled bunch of warriors to me. Deflated, depressed, homeless, and hopeless. What makes Ali so sure this gloomy mob will be able to rally themselves and rise up against the rest of the country? Oh yeah, that’s right: hope.

[Exton1]

Booker T. Washington wrote about way back in 1911:
“There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”

also,

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

[Lent]

I agree and it will be because of the race-hucksters like this writer fomenting a rabid and virulent reaction to the loss. Creating such a bleak picture of the U.S. and their saviour Obama can be the only one to save them from this ruinous country. We can see what the cult of personality does.

[CJ Wolf]

"Took a whole lot o' tryin' just to get up that hill. Now we up in the big leagues, gettin' our turn at bat. As long as we live, it's you and me, baby"

[Calamari]

But Barry is half white and no slave blood. He’s not authentic. Or so I’ve heard. So this is about skin color and not the content of his character?

[webrover]

Makes it sound like McCain is running against someone like Mugabe. And in a sense, he probably is, given the violent, anti social tendencies of some of his “hopeful” supporters.

[Ukiapah Heep]

Is this a death threat against white people?

[BubbaBasher]

What makes Ali so sure this gloomy mob will be able to rally themselves and rise up against the rest of the country?

FREE TVs!!!!

[Centurion2000]

Sounds like extortion to me. Obama or else...

Sounds just like his cousin Raila Odinga ... lose an election. Riot, murder and burn until there's a "power-sharing" agreement

[DuncanWaring]

The original Fatimah Ali article here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073078/posts

[debboo]

full-fledged race and class war

Bring it on!!!!

[Centurion2000]

Is this a death threat against white people?

Why yes it is.

[MEGoody]

What Fatimah really means is that terrorists will be ticked off if we elect someone who will continue the war on terror instead of pulling back all the troops and trying to make nice with the terrorists.

There is not going to be a race/class war. Maybe a few race riots, but they'll riot in their own neighborhoods, realize how stupid they are being, and stop.

[Dick Bachert]

I’ve been predicting THIS one ever since old BO won the nomination.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD and they will make the post-MLK killing riots look like a warm-up exercise.

I vividly remember the 1968 Hough riots in Cleveland. My pregnant wife’s Ob/Gyn’s office was in the University Circle/Western Reserve area and I recall seeing jeeps with NG troops manning .50 cal MGs at every intersection.

A standout moment was when a TV reporter stuck a mike and camera in the face of a sweet old black resident and asked her what she thought about what was going on. She looked up the street to the gang of thugs trashing and burning some cars and softly remarked “I think those ni**ers are gonna get some of us black folks killed.”

I’m glad she’s no longer here to see what their behavior will bring THIS time should BO lose.

[BobbyT]

but they'll riot in their own neighborhoods

That's the key right there. When you talk about those ignorant enough to take to the streets to grab any club-like object and attack anything that looks different, you're talking about a small group of people who get up around noon (no need for a job), anxiously await their "entitlements" (extorted from those who do work for a living), and as a corollary don't have the means or foresight to travel further than the two-block radius they spend their life in.

That means the damage will be localized, and for the most part done to their own already-neglected property. Unfortunately there will be innocents caught in the cross fire...we can only hope Heller brings his guns to DC in time. Chicago's 2A infringements won't be struck down in time, so hopefully the thugs will be too enraged to hop an El train turnstile and spread their destruction past their own blocks.

[cubreporter]

She should be ashamed to even suggest something as ugly as that but...if that’s what she is advocating...she should be very careful. People are sick and tired of all this kind of hate talk and have had enough on BOTH sides. I think this person is all talk and no substance.

[cubreporter]

She should be ashamed to even suggest something as ugly as that but...if that’s what she is advocating...she should be very careful. People are tired and have had enough on BOTH sides. I think this person is all talk and no substance.

[shaft29]

Yep. Let’s get it over with once and for all for the sake of our children and grand children.

[Thumper1960]

The loons threaten violence if their boy doesn't make the WH.

Fatima, honey, just come on over after the big diss in November. But, be warned: I'm armed and a damned good shot.

And, BTW, the next time you folks dare threaten warfare over hurt feelings, re-think your petulance and think clearly how your legacies would end.....very abruptly.

[Shadow44]

I hope they do riot. Then the National Guard should be to occupy Philadelphia, and dismantle the corrupt political machine in place. Imagine, Pennsylvania actually being a REAL swing state, with no massive amounts of voting fraud!