Hardly worth fucking bothering with.
Over at Right Wing News, John Hawkins introduces a series of quotes from prominent African Americans -- I'd hardly call Louis Farrakhan a civil rights leader, but what do I know? -- with the following:
Since the 1960's the Civil Rights Movement has grown into a loathsome parody of itself. A movement that was once defined by Martin Luther King's fight against intolerance and unjust laws is today known for shakedowns of major corporations, never ending claims to victimhood, the Reparations Movement, institutionalizing discrimination against whites, anti-semitism, divisive racial rhetoric, & virulent denunciations of anyone who dares to disagree with their agenda.
Personalizes a very collective struggle -- marches? boycotts? any of this ringing any bells? -- with the center someone who is very dead, and whose legacy has been reduced to a snippet of the "I Have a Dream" speech. Great start, that.
And every time a right-winger uses an agentless passive, such as "is today known," God kills a kitten. Known by whom, fuckwit? Other than you and your crew?
But wait. It gets better.
Fortunately, men like Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, David Horrowitz [sic] , Bill O'Reilly, Alan Keyes, Clarence Thomas, Larry Elder, & Jessie Lee Peterson among others have spoken out against the hate speech, inequality under the law, & group think that has come to be identified with the Civil Rights movement today.
I'll pay for that sic by screwing something up in this very entry, I just know it. . . but no matter how you spell it, Horowitz isn't exactly toning down the rhetoric, and HorowitzWatch details his association with American Renaissance, although they admit his views and those of AmRen don't really align. If it's any consolation, I still think the man is an asshole.
As for the rest of the rogues gallery, I'm sure I wouldn't dislike them so much had I not been brainwashed by the Democratic Party and the NAACP using orbital mind-control lasers. If I were capable of making up my own mind, of course I would recognize the brilliance of Alan Keyes, Walter Williams and false, fleeting, perjured Clarence Thomas.
This holds for much of the community, unfortunately. The popularity of these gentlemen is nowhere near where it should be. Just take a pole.
No, I spelled that right. Take a pole, shine it up real nice, turn it sideways, and ram it up your candy ass.
I added the links in that quoted text, by the way. You shouldn't notice where most of the columnists appear. It's not the sort of thing you want to think about.
You paid for that [sic] with the link attached to Horowitz pointing at Sowell. Where's the number for this bug report?
Handcrafted poles for sale, by the way...
Is it because of your influence that I now respond "we who?" every time anyone says "we" to me?
Same with "they" "Them" "us" etc, etc.
Or am I just naturally annoying all on my own?
Interesting how these bottomfeeders invoke Civil Rights at all. They'd be the first ones to turn the nozzle on the waterhose, or claim King was a Communist stooge, if it were 1962.
Or 1982, even.
They don't know shit about the Civil Rights Movement(s).
wait...never mind. I think I'll know who is influencing me when I start saying "WE who, motherfucker?"
hahahahaha.
not personally being what you would call a "huge fan" of louis farrakhan, i do however find it rather interesting (okay, really only slightly interesting, then i change the channel to see what sam raimi's up to now) that many of the same people who drag his name out of the equine glue factory for beating purposes are the same folks who want us to trade in our judgement of people such as george wallace and richard nixon as "great and misunderstood statesmen who mellowed in their later years and learned the error of their ways". or, for those of you who live in seattle, tim eyman.
i particularly am amused (okay, honestly--i get a little queasy) when people--usually "white" people--start off these huge blanket statements such as "people in the ___ community", or as ross perot said, "you people". personally i have this feeling that one doesn't know shit about a "community" just from seeing people one assumes are part of it on TV--"that will and grace show is a fine avenue of expression for that community of the gays there!"--you know about a community by living in it, not simply (say for instance) collecting rent from it.
one of my favorite examples of the abundant opportunities for misunderstanding in this area was an earnest and intelligent young african american woman who worked with my brother some years back, who in the midst of a general discussion on race turned to my brother and said, "so what are people saying about this in the white community?" to which my brother responded, "...i'm sorry...the what??"
goneaway, it's true what they say about instant karma, ain't it?
Looks like Horowitz's blog is down; changed the link to plain ol' FrontPageMag.
Dru, don't even try blaming your bad attitude on me. I'm sure folks that knew you back in the day will testify that you was like this before you ever (virtually) met me.
Laura, I'm sure they caught an episode or two of "Eyes on the Prize" and "Roots." And, y'know, "What's Happenin'" and "Good Times."
fertile_jim, no clue why I never posted The reason why there's no white expo, execpt that I suck.
beautiful. file under "common sense ain't so common" etc. thanks.