Posted on 01/13/2011 7:16:25 AM PST by markomalley
Director Spike Lee, along with his wife Tonya, came on Wednesday's Today show to promote their new children's book, but he couldn't leave without blaming the NRA for the Gabrielle Giffords shooting and slamming the United States of America for being "the most violent country in the history of civilization."
Initially both Lees just talked about their new book, Giant Steps to Change the World, but Today co-anchor Meredith Vieira couldn't let the controversial director of such films like Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X go, without pressing him to comment on the Tucson massacre as seen in the following January 12 exchange:
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.
TONYA LEWIS LEE, WIFE: And I think words are powerful but I will tell you I was really inspired by listening to the parents of the nine-year-old girl, who unfortunately passed away.
MEREDITH VIEIRA: Christina Green.
SPIKE LEE: Christina Green.
TONYA LEE: Yeah her, I mean I was so moved by them. Because I was, I was inspired by what they said about her, just in how much she thought about other people. And we, and we need to focus more on thinking about the good in other people as opposed to just ginning people up for our own political gain.
Guess he’s never been to any countries in Africa.
What an uninformed tool.
Maybe he would feel more comfortable in some other, less violent country. Like Rwanda.
Ummm, Spike: a majority of the violence is being committed by “your people”, so STFU....
Errr Spike, i hate to say it but it’s people who live in Democrat areas, urban areas, who cause the vast majority of the violence. And guess what, African Americans do cause the a hugely disproportionate amount of the violence. Sorry but those are the FACTS.
Got his talking points just this week.
“as opposed to just ginning people up for our own political gain.”
As they walk over the dead bodies for their own political gain.
Take a hike, Spike! Stick to going to Knicks games.
Spike Lee Attacks NRA, [...Further Shows the World How Utterly Stupid and Ignorant He Is].
Mexico?
Spike and his wife strike me as people with IQ’s on the lower end of the scale.
Hey Mr. Spike, it probably would be a less violent country if we could get rid of all that gangsta rap, eliminate the rat-infested tennements the Democrats created through the welfare program, and encouraged minorities to get an education leading to a job and social betterment.
I guess you have to be pretty dense to be a Knicks fan these days.
There are so many tribes and factions that have butchered, butchered! humans even of their own race there it's disgusting. It goes back as far as I can remember - Mau-Mau's
He is really an embarrassment to his race.
Propaganda boy selling his Rev. Wright slock to the morally spineless. That cap he always wears has over heated his head.
What say ye about that?
Bravo.
Any idea if this punk owns a gun? I bet he does.
He should go to Africa where they are killing all the whites and then each other in tribal warfare.
They top it off by raping their youth thinking that is what cures their AIDS.
Mr. Lee America is wonderful, please show me your version of utopia in the world.
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