Posted on 09/21/2014 1:05:11 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rather than waiting until specifics about the Michael Brown case are known — such as autopsy results, detailed officer reports, toxicology or other details regarding his death — some Ferguson residents, Brown supporters and various hangers-on decided to act.
Learning nothing from the Trayvon Martin case, people took to the street with demands for “justice” and homemade protest signs. They were aided by a media seemingly excited about exploiting the narrative that Brown’s death was at the hands of a brutal and possibly racist cop in a militarized police force that cares little about black residents.
Ensuing nights after the shooting brought out the worst in people — including looting and burning businesses, vandalizing property and the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson seeking to “organize” the masses.
Regardless of one’s feelings about the Brown case, there’s a need for honest reflection about the behavior of people assembling in Ferguson, Missouri.
The self-destructive and self-defeating behavior on display in Ferguson was inexcusable. It’s a disservice to residents because it takes a sympathetic, accommodating view of the anti-social, regressive behaviors present during the riots, most of which were, unfortunately, committed by blacks.
Sympathizing with looting, vandalizing, personal violence and confrontation with law enforcement essentially excuses it, which emboldens perpetrators. Furthermore, this bad behavior is at the expense of law-abiding local residents whose lives were disrupted by this turmoil — the majority of whom are black.
Aside from being disgraceful, this dysfunction has severe economic consequences for the residents of Ferguson. While vandals reveled in self-created chaos, they made the case that opening businesses there may not be worth the risk.
All this stems from moral decay. There is a noticeable absence of moral values and ethical virtues in the nation as a whole these days, but it seems more concentrated in the inner cities, which are disproportionately populated by blacks. Churches have flunked their mission. The optics are devastating as the stigma associated with these incidents of violence and unrest are projected onto blacks as a whole, unfairly defining an entire race by the misdeeds of a relative few.
Whether the disruptive behaviors witnessed in Ferguson are from locals or self-seeking opportunists from other areas is really of no consequence. Regardless of race, class or residency, people shouldn’t hesitate to condemn bad behavior. But it seems too many whites won’t publicly condemn this condemnable behavior, even though they may earnestly desire to do so. Whites appear culturally conditioned these days to withhold honest commentary and astute observations on race, particularly about blacks. Common sense has been labeled “racist” by the racial grievance industry.
Compounding the problem is that the stigmas of these disgraceful activities and inverted morality behind them are projected onto blacks as a whole and are extremely difficult to overcome. To use a sports metaphor, blacks swallowed their whistle. We’ve forfeited our obligation of self-policing and society seems far too hesitant to publicly confront the conduct undermining the reputation of a race. This stunts our socio-economic progress.
A “soft bigotry of low expectations” is created when we refuse to denounce disruptive behaviors within our own community.
We too often excuse and remove the stigma of detrimental behavior, minimizing the shame that once accompanied dysfunctional, destructive activity. Counterproductive behavior is justified as the legacy of slavery and discrimination. We act as if we are a standard unto ourselves, separate and unaccountable from what society should expect — and actually demands — from other races.
Excusing inexcusable behavior has sullied our reputation and proved to many that we’ve spent our currency as a moral, cultural and political force. The bar is set so low that many aren’t shocked by what happened in Ferguson (or in Chicago, Detroit or other places).
And on the occasions bad behavior is called out, the predictable and reflexive reaction is that such critique is racist. Once again, the behaviors of a disproportionate few define blacks as a whole. The radicals perpetuate the very stereotypes that make them cringe.
Blacks aren’t done any favors when behaviors we’ve seen in Ferguson are excused by white enablers or black defenders. Racial solidarity and racial empathy unfortunately seem less important to these people than dealing with the tribulation of overcoming the stigma associated with undistinguished behavior.
Blacks have a moral obligation to reclaim values and dignity worthy of respect and admiration. It is likewise incumbent upon blacks, particularly the black middle class, to forthrightly and aggressively condemn attitudes and behaviors that thwart our progress and impugn our collective character.
This begins with condemnation of these stigma-creating behaviors.
While the protests benefited the regime with the unassimilated ethnic underclass, it has undoubtedly deepened a racial rift between that demographic of “takers” (along with their president) and the remnants of WASP America (the “makers”).
The Dems and their media can only win of they can disassociate themselves from the Muslim foreigner in the White House; their candidates need to have their support for him hung around their necks to sink them.
The headline does imply that “stigma” is the problem, rather than the behavior, but the article makes the opposite point. The author is not expressing himself as clearly as he might, but he’s on the right track in his thinking.
The media has foisted two terms of Obama on the American public, and is doing its best to “fundamentally transform” America by destroying the WASP culture.
Ferguson is among the least of the crimes against humanity by the media.
“Unfortunately, morals are not considered culturally acceptable by a huge number of blacks anymore.”
This has spread to whites and others as well; the “divide & conquer” strategy has created an environment where whites can’t agree on some basic issues (homosexual “marriage”, abortion, affirmative action - still strongly supported by white women, etc.). “Black morality” (as such) is now everywhere; an increasing number of whites have children out of wedlock, for example.
We had a savage put down by police nearby last week; two had driven off the Newark NJ Welfare Hatchery in a stolen SUV, and tried to steal another car in a suburb. They were boxed in after a pursuit, the driver rammed a police car trying to get out, and he was killed.
Not a peep from anyone; it was a clean takedown of an escaped animal, and suburban NJ buries these stories.
Ah!....That would be true if the mission were to produce a nation of literate and morally grounded citizens...but...that is **not** their mission and never has been. Please read John Gatto’s history of government education.
Government schooling is fundamentally a price-fixed, single-payer, and socialist entitlement. It's mission is to produce citizens who are comfortable with big government socialism.
If the voting mob can give a child tuition-free schooling, isn't that child at risk of learning that same voting mob can give them **lots** of “free” stuff?
If a child sits in a godless classroom won't he learn to think and reason godlessly? He must just to cooperate in the godless classroom. How could it be otherwise?
If a child is **forced** into a prison-like government school environment, herded about like a prison, isn't he at risk of learning to be comfortable prisoner of the state?
Please remember that it only took one to three generations of the government's socialist-entitlement schooling to give the nation Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The churches have failed, too. Most fail because they turn children over to the godless government schools. And....Even many of the spouses of ministers work in the godless temples of humanism.
The so-called Christian teacher who works in the government schools risks sending an evil message to naive and inexperienced parents. Gee! If Mrs. Honey Bun ( who directs the children's bell choir) teaches in the the government schools, parents may wrongly conclude that the godless government schools aren't that bad.
Are there good Christian teachers in the government's godless and socialist-entitlement schools? Yes, there are but they don't last long. They are the teachers who warn all parents about the dangers and urge parents to remove their children. They are the teachers who actively protest the insane policies. They are the teachers who are shunned by the administration and fellow teachers. They are the teachers who don't last long in the system.
The racist black ‘Pied Pipers’ leadership has, for decades, led ‘their’ people away from societal and cultural assimilation for the sole reason of empowering and enriching themselves.
The ‘Pied Pipers’ have, sucessfully, encouraged their ‘brothers and sisters’ not to use Negro in their lexicon but, instead, use Black to further divide themselves from Caucasians. Black is the stark, polar, opposite of white and has, and is, a very successful tool to devide the races.
They have ‘encouraged’ their followers to start naming their children with African names to further the distance between themselves and the ‘oppressive’ white community.
Racism blooms in the ‘Black’ community and is watered and cultivated by their Pied Pipers.
The black man in chief loudly promotes homosexual marriage and homosexual behavior everywhere, crickets.
The black man in chief loudly promotes abortion-on-demand of black babies, crickets.
and you wonder why the community is falling apart? The answer is there for everyone to see. It starts at the top.
“Judging from the headline, someone thinks bad black behavior should have no stigma?”
The headline is misleading as the article indicates it is the BEHAVIORS that he wants to end. That will be hard to do since blacks have adopted these deviant behaviors as “their culture” and are offended when anyone suggests it they are a problem. Obama had a unique opportunity to advocate to change these self destructive behaviors. Unfortunately he went the other way and encourages them.
I think the DOJ might be complicit in that, along with political activist groups brought in by the Democrats and working alongside the DOJ to organize and incite residents to riot.
Events in Ferguson are being manipulated by people who don't even live there and ultimately it will be to the detriment of the people who do.
Voices of sanity, Project 21. God protect them from the persecution of the left...
Public schools have SUCCEEDED in their mission - their mission being to dumb-down all students by a factor of 10, and to thoroughly indoctrinate all students in a Marxist/atheist world view.
They have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, as about 60% don’t know the three branches of our government, and know nothing of current events.
Learning nothing from the Trayvon Martin case, people took to the street with demands for “justice” and homemade protest signs. They were aided by a media seemingly excited about exploiting the narrative that Brown’s death was at the hands of a brutal and possibly racist cop in a militarized police force that cares little about black residents... All this stems from moral decay. There is a noticeable absence of moral values and ethical virtues in the nation as a whole these days, but it seems more concentrated in the inner cities, which are disproportionately populated by blacks. Churches have flunked their mission. The optics are devastating as the stigma associated with these incidents of violence and unrest are projected onto blacks as a whole, unfairly defining an entire race by the misdeeds of a relative few.Yeah, we need to reach out to moderates in the black community and- wait a sec, why does that sound familiar? :') Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
Excellent, Ditto.
Of course, nobody dared complain about them because that would be "racist." No police were called. No hotel manager came by to tell them to keep the noise down. Finally around 2am, things started to quiet down. Out in the parking lot this morning is one big mess of bottles, cans and wrappers. They simply dropped their trash to the ground.
This isn't the inner city by the way, but a quiet suburban area.
With the current culture of "tolerating" black rage and even encouraging it, we can expect much more of the same. We are actually increasing the divide between blacks and whites with this approach.
The way the headline reads, many would conclude that he wants to remove the stigma from the behavior. He really want the behavior to change, God Bless him.
Not when you consider their mission changed sometime in the 60s, to creating good little socialists.
I submit that perhaps the Public Schools have actually succeeded in their mission.
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