Posted on 11/06/2016 11:27:08 AM PST by MagillaX
Don't want to hit crack-cocaine again?
Context is everything. And you completely missed it.
This is about remarks before the NAACP. And a hot-button issue for the NAACP is the penalties for crack possession, vs. the penalties for cocaine possession.
The penalties are/were much more severe for an equivalent amount of crack. This resulted in disproportionately higher penalties for crack addicts -- who are mostly black.
Crack was invented to provide a cheaper alternative to cocaine, and addicts are overwhelmingly black. In contrast, cocaine is more expensive and addicts are mostly white.
Verified.
Maybe I’m wrong, but normally the most recent response is what’s at the top of an email, right?
I say let the Clintonista explain ‘that crack’.
Implies.
I remember when black leaders were begging for more enforcement of crack dealing and usage. We had crack babies, crack whores, crack this, crack that as the scourge of black neighborhoods. Meanwhile powdered cocaine was seen as a little bit of upper and upper-middle class nose candy.
Yep - context is everything...
Depends on how the replier formats his/her response. But in this case, it looks like the most recent is indeed the cited text.
We all complain when Trump is quoted out of context.
And then, some of us do the same thing.
It's a vicious circle.
They are crap with their English too.
They imply
Shoe on the other foot. Imagine if Trump wrote an email like that and people got hold of it.
EVERYONE — both sides would demand he explain himself.
I agree that the headline overstates it, but it does bring up an important question. Why the remark about crack when talking about the NAACP?
I simply think it’s only fair that we be allowed to ask.
I think it’s only fair we be allowed to ask — why the remark about crack?
They are KNOWN racists.
After all, Hillary has ties with a notorious klansman — Robtert KKK Byrd who used the ‘n’ word to the day he died. He was her mentor in the senate — her own words.
And the DNC is DEAD silent that candidate Ross [DNC candidate for senate in NC] sat by and said nothing when a man remarked, “Blacks are f-word in the head.”
Silence. The old media is racist too. Crickets.
[Project Veritas video.]
They don’t give a rat’s rear about civil rights.
So let them explain themselves at every turn.
The “harsher” penalties were DEMANDED by black leaders at the time...some of whom are now trying to portray the sentencing guidelines as “white racism”.
Sorry, I thought it was obvious in my post #2.
The author (Corey Ciorciari) is asking if they should "hit the crack-cocaine" ISSUE again.
Meaning: should they bring it up in a speech at an upcoming NAACP dinner, and advocate a change in the law to "level out" the penalties for crack and cocaine?
There is plenty of damning information in the Podesta emails. Bringing up something that can be so obviously discredited simply undermines the impact of the truly bad stuff. Instead, you'll make the discussion about how "those stupid people can't even read".
Even though the left does the same thing, you can't expect fair treatment. Stop playing into their trap, and stick to what's real.
Not obvious to me. I sense absolute scorn in that post.
Please post your data so when someone says, “What do you mean black leaders demanded harsher penalties....”, we have some ammo. Thank you.
The NAACP is probably a bunch of crackheads and certainly a collection of parasites.
What I mean is that Team Clinton demonstrated contempt for the NAACP — a very scornful view. And many others would want that cleared up as well.
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