Posted on 09/09/2005 11:06:37 AM PDT by hipaatwo
But we do.
They are members of ELF and ALF and other radical terror groups. They have destroyed million of dollars in property and by spiking trees they have attempted murder. They are white for the most part. Yet that is not brought up.
If people want to be judged as equal- then live with the consequences of that .
If people are going to be judged as equal... but they are not.
A good part of this is the MSM. Stories about ELF members burning down homes and car dealerships are given brief mention. Race of course is never mentioned.
I would like to see people judged as equal. Currently that is not being done in the media.
There were thousands of refugees from NO. A small number committed crimes. There were also great acts of heroism. For some reason those are not being covered with the same fervor. You have to wonder why.
Oh, you should read some of Watie's rantings. Check him out on the Civil War threads.
Myself I needed the time off to calm down and collect myself. I don't feel that any points are made by sinkng down to the level of epithets and namecalling. I don't know how long I'll stay but I've heard of what forums can degenerate into once the bigots and neo-nazis take over. Speaking of which, they must be clapping their hands with joy that two prominent black freepers have left. All the more reason for me to stay.
I am late coming to this thread, and have just read your post #497....I can see why you are tired, and have considered leaving FR....it would certainly be FRs loss, to have you go...I have always enjoyed your posts, and like other posters have note, when you appear on TV, I point you out to my hubby(who never uses the computer), and tell him that you and I along with many others post of FR...I would really hate to see you leave...
Things on FR, from time to time, get really downright ugly...The Terri Shiavo story seemed to bring out the best and worst in people...it got very ugly and very nasty...on both sides...I suppose that as soon as one story which churns up the emotions, goes away, another story will come along to churn all those emotions up again...
But I hope you will stay...I always enjoy what you have to say...
And of course it isn't news to you that YOU do not know everything, that Mike does not know everything and that Rod does not know everything...is it?
They are free to leave, just like everyone else is- and they have left before, said some not so nice things about this website and then they have come back.
That is the nature of the internet. SO no, I do not feel as tho the world has come to an end. It is a shame because I think they are both valuable leaders, but they will be leaders here or there- and so it goes.
BTW- I never saw where anyone called anyone a racial slur. If you remember , I had told you I did not read the thread. I told you that twice as a matter of fact. I am responding to people who have posted to me, (except for one post I responded to for kicks and grins.) IF you would show me the posts you refer to where Mike or Rod is called a name, or someone is being out of line- I would like to see it- then I can address that person, like I have done in their regard a number of times in the past.
Cy I have been called a bigot a number of times on FR in a very public way, by posters who sole objective is to divide Freerepublic - did you say anything on that thread? Did you condemn that type of name calling or manipulation of posters?
No, you didn't. Neither did Mike or Rod.
Why is that?
I never said I would stop people from fleeing a disaster I said I would "close the bridge down" and implied it would be on criminals.
I don't know everything you are so right cy-And yes I am passionate about what happens during riots- because I worked with children trying to get out of the ghetto and saw many of them KILLED- I saw white and black neighbors killed and burned to death during the riots in LA- I know people who had their business burned and looted and they lost everything. I saw a man beaten close to death while teenagers jumped for joy ,and they dropped huge bricks and things on his head as they laughed and danced and sang, they were in a frenzy trying to kill him with their bare hands. There was blood everywhere as he stumbled to gain his feet and run away and the teenagers played cat and mouse with him and had a party- they dropped a huge brick on his head. And that happened 1/2 of a block from where I had done some work, and the world saw it and the world turned away and did nothing about it...and why did they almost kill a human being? Because he was white ......and that all pisses me off.. and I could go on....so pardon me if you don't agree with me on what should happen to those hoodlums.
And if you cared to ask me to clarify about the statement i posted, I would have told you that I meant for that to be symbolic irony and that is why I included the "". Perhaps that did not communicate well- but you could have asked before jumping to who I would kill and why.
That is the problem when it comes to racial issues- people trip when someone infers that ghetto folks need to be responsible for their own affairs at some point and that some of them are a waste of time.
Cy I have been called a bigot a number of times on FR in a very public way, by posters who sole objective is to divide Freerepublic - did you say anything on that thread? Did you condemn that type of name calling or manipulation of posters?
** If you ping to such threads then I most certainly will say something. I don't read every thread on FR.
BTW, it anyone who has a problem with what Mike says thinks it's just about what is said in Hurricane discussions, it's not. It's long been coming, in a whole lot of threads where I've seen freepers question the intelligence of black people, advocate free abortions for black people,etc. Since Mike posted his opus, I've not been in any of those threads myself.
Oh, and BTW- the MSM loves to stir the race pot- they are mostly while liberals with lots of guilt and that means they really want to keep the welfare society going...don't ever depend upon them to get a story right.
I always call a jag a jag when I run across one. I will continue to do so.
Sometimes, all I can say is "wow."
(That, and "Is my sarcasmeter jammed?")
I hate giving up which is why I've never made good on any of my attempts to leave. Somehow I think that there are people who actually listen to what I say.
I'd love to see an example.
Can I have the software?
I'm sure it has happened and if it ever does happen again, I want to know. I'll take Diva at her word BUT it's not only liberals getting suckered in by the MSM. It happens to conservatives too. Not referring to Diva or anyone else specifically but right now the MSM is in a total media meltdown because there are people like that young man who said this experience has changed his views about white people (to the better) forever. I said to myself, Ah another republican voter. Think the media wants that? No way!
Well partly right. It is not "white guilt" it is confirmation of their own superiority over poor people. In this case they happen to be urban black but they have been just as slanted in their coverage of rural whites.
It is a sort of a messiah complex. "Oh look at those poor people, only we are understanding enough to help them."
They then pat them on the head and give them a cookie.
Despite their stated desire to help actually doing something constructive is the last thing they want, you have that right. After all if you are going to be the great defender of the great unwashed you need the great unwashed to still exist.
I hope his new buds don't disappoint him and I hope that his message will not get lost in internet "playground games". I have a great deal of respect for Mike and his work- he is the real deal- but he should accept this Internet "war" between rival websites as childish and as frivolous background noise. There are the same idiots there as there are here, and they play the same games and have their flamers and harpies and maroons and back stabbers and game players too, and there is nothing to it that is going to change the world.
But. he is an adult and will make his own choices.
It is shame that he is gone-but people come and go all of the time.
Absolutely.
The bigots can't win. And if the good guys quit, they do.
Thanks for sticking around.
I agree with you.
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