Posted on 05/10/2015 12:34:12 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Westport is the latest shoreline town to find "White Lives Matter" fliers dropped outside homes.
It's the third instance in two weeks. Residents of East Haven and Milford also noticed the racially charged leaflets, which first showed up amid violent unrest in Baltimore over the police-custody death of Freddie Gray.
Although it's not clear who is behind them, the fliers in all three towns look identical: "#White Lives Matter" is printed in large black font on a white sheet of paper. The fliers are enclosed in plastic bags and weighed down with rocks.
The phrase appears to be in response to the slogan "Black Lives Matter," which has gained support after the killings of black men by police officers in places like Ferguson, New York City and Baltimore.
Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe described his town as "open and welcoming" but condemned the fliers.
"I am deeply concerned and disappointed that statements like this have found their way to Westport homes. This kind of racial ugliness has no place anywhere, and certainly not in Westport," he said in a statement Friday. "This past year has reminded us that our nation still needs to deal with some serious racial issues, and now we know that Westport is not immune. I have asked TEAM Westport to work with the Interfaith Clergy, the Board of Education and the appropriate Town agencies, to lead our community's response to these outrageous statements and, more importantly, the behaviors and beliefs that underpin them."
Community members said they plan to join religious leaders and others to lead a response to what they see as outrageous statements.
"I think they’re horrible. I mean I don’t think any lives matter over others. I think all lives matter," said Westport resident Denise Torve.
Residents said it's also a reminder that the nation, including Westport, still has work to do when it comes to racial issues.
"I understand the 'Black Lives Matter' viewpoint because black lives do seem to be under a little bit more threat, and as a grandmother of a black grandson I am very conscientious of that," said Torve.
All the fliers appeared to have been collected and removed by Friday afternoon.
“I understand the ‘Black Lives Matter’ viewpoint because black lives do seem to be under a little bit more threat, and as a grandmother of a black grandson I am very conscientious of that,” said Torve.”
So it’s perfectly OK to make a statement like that and not be thought of as a racist. Nice double standard.
More evidence of the extreme hypocracy of the Left. This pi$$ on whitey business is getting serious.
“Black lives matter” is OK, but “White lives matter” is horrible?
spit!
#WhiteLivesMatter = insensitive, racially charged hatemongering.
#BlackLivesMatter = open minded, fair, sensitivity.
Any questions?
So, "Black Lives Matter", is a social statement but "White Lives Matter" is what, a hate crime?
Black lies matter.
Double standards are standard fare for the left. But I’ll bet she will expect the ‘racist police’ to respond in an instant the next time a ‘brother’ snatches her purse in a public place.
Why are liberals the most intolerant people I know?
More whites than blacks have been killed by cops.
So I guess the media was just HANGING OUT IN THE PARK, looking for a random local person to interview, and they found one - or make use think that’s what they found.
AND SHE JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE A BLACK GRANDCHILD...maybe coincidence, but no - yet ANOTHER example of the media toying with us.
The lady they interviewed spent most of her adult life as a “journalist”. I guess that’s a coincidence too.
Westport CT is just about as big an enclave of rich and elite Liberals as you can get. With a decidedly MSM/Hollywood focus.
If there was one town in the US Northeast where doing something like this would get a bunch of important and influential Libs really, seriously riled up, Westport is it.
“racially charged” “racial ugliness”
The left doesn’t want Whitey to be treated equally and fairly. It deliberately discriminates against Whitey and thinks that’s all right.
Isn’t westport pretty fancy schmancy? Or have things changed?
The fact that East Haven was hit early makes me suspect that the fliers come from there. A lot of the Italian descended residents there don’t get along to well with the black folks in the area. Westport is just filled with hypocrites like Marlo Thomas and Phil Donohue who say pious things, and keep the actual people at arm’s length.
Is #BlackLivesMatter racially charged too, or is this yet another double standard?
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