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Idiot Spike Lee: “The United States Is the Most Violent Country in the History of Civilization”
Gateway Pundit ^ | 1-12-11 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 01/12/2011 1:38:48 PM PST by Justaham

Director Spike Lee, along with his wife Tonya, were on the Today show this morning to promote their new children’s book. But, Spike coudln’t help himself. When he was asked about the Tucson shootings Spike told Meredith Viera (who is still pushing the line that Loughner snapped because of the tea party, etc.) that, “The United States is the most violent county in the history of civilization.

MEREDITH VIEIRA: I want to talk a little bit about what happened in Arizona last week-

SPIKE LEE: Right.

VIEIRA: -because there’s been so much discussion about discord in this country-

LEE: Right.

VIEIRA: -and the level of rhetoric. And not saying that it was responsible for what happened, but that it just adds to negativity, in general.

LEE: Here’s my, my take in it. I think that, as film makers, as politicians, as artists, we have to understand that all, whatever we do goes out in the universe. And you should be aware of what you’re doing. And you cannot just say “Well I just did this and, and my – had nothing to do with what happened.” That’s, that’s not, that’s not the case. Also the United States of America is the most violent country in the history of civilization. And this NRA thing. We gotta turn this around. You know these, these guns are out of hand. And I know they have a very powerful lobby but something has to be done about the gun control in this country. That’s my opinion.

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To: Justaham

When they banned guns in Germany they wiped 6 million Jewish men woman & children off the face of the earth but we are the most violent county in the history of civilization and need to ban guns.

When they banned guns in the Soviet Union they killed >20 million people but we are the most violent county in the history of civilization and need to ban guns.

We NEED to ban spike lee


21 posted on 01/12/2011 1:47:07 PM PST by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: Justaham
...to promote their new children’s book.

Another "Spike Lee Joint"?

22 posted on 01/12/2011 1:47:20 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("New laws are always a "good idea" until the first time you have to enforce them." - Unknown)
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To: Justaham

t’s just absurd. Why do we ever take these people seriously? The most violent country in the history of civilization. Ever heard of Nazi Germany? Ever hear of the USSR. Ever heard of the ChiComs? My God, how do the ignorant get rewarded in this country by having their opinions asked of them?


23 posted on 01/12/2011 1:47:27 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Truman: The buck stops here. Obama: Buck? What buck? Did I tell you how it's all Bush's fault?)
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To: Argus

Also, what business does Vieira have asking this boob about Tucson while he’s on the show to promote his “children’s book” (and God help me if I ever let my kids anywhere near Spike Lee’s idea of a children’s book)?


24 posted on 01/12/2011 1:47:27 PM PST by Argus
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To: Justaham
And this NRA thing. We gotta turn this around. You know these, these guns are out of hand. And I know they have a very powerful lobby but something has to be done about the gun control in this country.

Like what, Spike? A Constitutional Convention to eliminate the 2nd Amendment? Then what? Will you start a draft and send young men from the hood to kill and die for your cause?

25 posted on 01/12/2011 1:47:53 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: Justaham
"these guns are out of hand"

OMG LOL LOL LOL

26 posted on 01/12/2011 1:48:07 PM PST by DejaJude
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To: aces
Idiot, go to somalia and become someones slave...

I expect all he'd qualify to be in Somalia is some mullah's bumboy.

27 posted on 01/12/2011 1:48:07 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Justaham

Donning my flameproof suit, good ole Spike might want to speak to his own community when it comes to violence.

Something is wrong when 6% of our population commits ~~50% of the crimes.

I respect the words of Bill Cosby, Alan Keyes 100000000 times more than Spike.


28 posted on 01/12/2011 1:48:07 PM PST by Wurlitzer (Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
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To: Justaham

It is an idiot assertion

But still, think about this

Spike and his gangsta buddies have gotten very very wealthy making violent angry misogynist music, movies and art to sell to our kids
Just sayin’, bro


29 posted on 01/12/2011 1:48:44 PM PST by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: All

Guys, he’s right.
Places like LA, Atlanta, Detroit, New Orleans, Compton.....anyone notice a pattern?


30 posted on 01/12/2011 1:48:49 PM PST by Maverick68
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To: Justaham

He is blessed his ancestors were removed from Africa.

Then he’d would have seen violent countries with violence reaching back hundreds and hundreds of years.


31 posted on 01/12/2011 1:49:23 PM PST by NoLibZone (Five time DNC backed candidate Fred Phelps: "God sent the shooter".)
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To: Justaham

Spike Lee obviously preferred to live in Nazi Germany or Stalin’s Russia.
Surprising that he is yet to move to the safe havens of North Korea or Zimbabwe.


32 posted on 01/12/2011 1:49:33 PM PST by alecqss
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To: Justaham

And Spike Lee is the most articulate man in the history of civilization.


33 posted on 01/12/2011 1:49:58 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Illinois has become California without the climate or the glamor)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
He definitely doesn’t know much about history or civilization.

I guess he hasn't seen 300.

34 posted on 01/12/2011 1:50:05 PM PST by DejaJude
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To: Justaham

What a fool. Has he ever been to the Sudan or Darfur? What about Indonesia, they burn Christians there, behead them and throw acid on them. What about Mexico? Where the drug cartel is massacring hundreds of people weekly.


35 posted on 01/12/2011 1:50:37 PM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Justaham
Yes we have a very powerful lobby Spike...it's called the second amendment.

I do agree about the violence in this country. Stay away from,Detroit,Camden NJ,Philly.....

36 posted on 01/12/2011 1:50:53 PM PST by 4yearlurker (I can't afford anymore hope and change!!!!)
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To: Justaham

He said this right after he left the Christians vs. lions fight at the Colosseum, right?


37 posted on 01/12/2011 1:51:24 PM PST by tcrlaf (Democrats Outforced America's Jobs for 40 Years. Now The Bill Is Due)
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To: bill1952
When they banned guns in Germany they wiped 6 million Jewish men woman & children off the face of the earth but we are the most violent county in the history of civilization and need to ban guns.

There was no Holocaust. Just ask Spike Lee. He'll tell ya.

38 posted on 01/12/2011 1:51:30 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Tyrants flourish only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.)
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To: Justaham

Spike the dog has more sense than this faux intellectual. He reminds me of another pretentious poseur, Cornel West.


39 posted on 01/12/2011 1:51:39 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Justaham
Also the United States of America is the most violent country in the history of civilization.

Typical libtard evasion and ignorance:
Nazi Germany,Stalin's Soviet Union,Mao's China, and countries in Africa and middle East, too numerous to count were some examples of worse.

40 posted on 01/12/2011 1:51:53 PM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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