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Why are so many Freepers missing that this was never about Sherrod? Breitbart was exposing the NAACP’s REACTION to Sherrods story of racism.

'Why are so many Freepers missing that this was never about Sherrod? Breitbart was exposing the NAACP’s REACTION to Sherrods story of racism."

Because if you read the original story, which may be found here, it says nothing about the NAACP's reaction. Breitbart makes the story CLEARLY about this Sherrod woman, nothing more. He says...

"In this piece you will see video evidence of racism coming from a federal appointee and NAACP award recipient and in another clip from the same event a perfect rationalization for why the Tea Party needs to exist."
-snip- We are in possession of a video from in which Shirley Sherrod, USDA Georgia Director of Rural Development, speaks at the NAACP Freedom Fund dinner in Georgia. In her meandering speech to what appears to be an all-black audience, this federally appointed executive bureaucrat lays out in stark detail, that her federal duties are managed through the prism of race and class distinctions.

Nowhere in the Brietbart piece does he make mention of the crowd's reaction, as you assert. The article is wholly and plainly about her speech. Moreover, the story that is excerpted is not about her behavior while she was a federal employee, but a recounting of something that she was involved with while working for an NGO. Brietbart obfuscates this fact.

Lastly, if you read the entire speech, it's clear to anyone with half a brain, that she telling a cautionary tale about judging people on their color of their skin, when it should be about judging people on their individual circumstance. She's being circumspect in the recounting of the story.

Brietbart completely mischaracterizes and clearly takes out of context, the excerpts he comments on to further the point he's trying to make.

Liberals take Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives out of context all the time, and it's wrong. It's just as wrong here, irrespective of what Sherrod's other political positions may be.

“Why are so many Freepers missing that this was never about Sherrod?”

Because for all they say about the lame stream, some people still don’t get it.