Posted on 04/25/2014 2:32:14 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
The Nevada rancher, who wondered if “Negro people” weren’t “better off” as slaves in a New York Times interview, is now blaming the perception that he’s racist on Dr. Martin Luther King for not finishing “his job.”
This latest comment took place earlier today during an interview on CNN. [Scroll down to watch.] Bundy said he didn’t understand the bipartisan outrage over his recent comments.
“I took this boot off so I wouldn’t put my foot in my mouth with the boot on,” Bundy said. “Let me see if I can say something. Maybe I sinned, and maybe I need to ask forgiveness, and maybe I don’t know what I actually said, but when you talk about prejudice, we’re talking about not being able to exercise what we think.
“If I say ‘Negro’ or ‘black boy’ or ‘slave,’ if those people cannot take those kind of words and not be [offended], then Martin Luther King hasn’t got his job done yet,” he added. “We need to get over this prejudice stuff.”
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Some are upset that Bundy upset their own apple-carts, but I find him refreshingly honest. When Holder said we were a nation of racial cowards, he was correct - we have let the Left beat us into submission to the point where we are afraid to speak plain Truths.
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