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Where's the march for justice in murder of girl?

When five black teens have been charged with killing a 12-year-old white girl, where are the 40,000 people who should be marching in Moore County for justice? Why will white people march to save whales or a tree, but not for a child? Why don't white people have an equal to the NAACP or someone like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton to step up? This isn't intended to be racial. I just can't believe the way white people are afraid to march.

Allen Hooks
Greensboro

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Dan [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

"This isn't intended to be racial."

You just answered your own questions Allen.

neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Good questions Allen. Unfortunately, you will be branded a racist for even asking such questions by guilt ridden white liberals and professional racists like Sharpton and Justice Jackson who view such an act as this as simply 'black rage' and is nothing more than payback for 250 years of slavery that was ended a scant 150 years ago.

And with American politicians at the highest levels of government pandering to these professional racists, don't look for any improvements anytime soon.

Styler27410 [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

All of the accused were charged with first degree murder. Where's the injustice?

Carol Dunn [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

I agree, Styler. What's to march about? The case is being handled by the legal system. Let's let them do their job.

James D. Rockefeller [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

All fellow Blogger are WRONG.

The reason are these:

Liberals don't care about Children. All they care about is more governement handouts.

Conservatives are too busy building great capitalist empires to worry about the little people.

Simple.

ghost from white oak [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Allen when you said :
"Why don't white people have an equal to the NAACP or someone like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton to step up? "
I do hope you were kidding. If there is anything this country doesn't need ,it's more like those.

Crime Dog [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

An interesting concept, white people marching on a racist issue. Actually there are groups of white people that do. They are called Klu Klux Klan, American Nazi's and other supremist groups of that nature.
I'm one of a handfull of white people that are members of the NAACP. My membership number is 104304021. I did not join this organization for racial reasons. I joined it to fight against the degradation of human dignity.
I do not back negative racial knuckle thumping idiots like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or others like them. As far as I'm concerned, these guys literally suck the life blood from the minorities they claim to stand up for. They do have a high standard of living compared to the people that financially support them.
Interesting thought here. Where was the "team" when that white collage student was shot and killed in Wilmington, NC. by a sheriff's deputy during his arrest for larceny? He was shot through a closed door about 2 months ago or so. If these guys are going to represent and be a powerful voice for the oppressed....then represent all the oppressed. Well, the Dog's outa here.
Crime Dog

Darryl [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

JDR, I enjoy reading your responses! I do so much enjoy the way the posts keep people on their proverbial toes!

Shalom

THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

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Styler27410 hit the nail square on the Head.
As usual, the true "racist", neocon lays yet another egg.
Darryl, I too love to read the Crime Dog's posts. And CD, my hat's off to you for your NAACP membership. Like many here, you "Get it".

James,
Great tongue in cheek response that went right over the heads of the ones you intended it for.


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Dan [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

"...my hat's off to you for your NAACP membership. Like many here, you "Get it".

Are you a NAACP member Demon Deacon? If not, why not?

Dog, I respect the history of the NAACP and what it has accomplished over decades. Today's NAACP is altogether different.

When Julian Bond spoke at Fayetteville State University and said ""The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side" and referred to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and predecessor Colin Powell as "tokens", you can see why it is different today.

Another Bond quote from July 2001 (pre-9/11 mind you):

"Bush" has selected nominees from the Taliban wing of American politics, appeased the wretched appetites of the extreme right wing, and chosen Cabinet officials whose devotion to the Confederacy is nearly canine in its uncritical affection."

So dog, you do not back racial thumping idiots like Sharpton and Jackson, yet you are a member of an organization who's leadership spews out this kind of filth? I don't get it.

As for stylers post, I do agree, let the justice system take it's course. That of course did NOT happen in the Duke Lacrosse case.

Dan [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

While we are on the subject of race, one of my new, all time favorite Demon Deacon quotes:

"I could never be a Republican, because I would have to hate black people, Mexicans, and gay people."

Posted on October 3, 2007 12:28 PM

Seems you an Julian Bond have something in common Demon Deacon. Both of you take an ENTIRE group of people and make one huge ignorant generalization. Makes you proud huh?

You never answered my question so I will pose it again.

Using your statement if you please, if one is black, Mexican, gay or any combination of the three AND Republican, does that mean he/she automatically hates blacks, Mexicans or gays?


THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

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Dan,
NAACP Membership? Yes, like the Crime Dog, I am a white member. What's your problem with that?

In your other ridiculous question: First of all, the Mexican would not be able to be a Republican, because being a Mexican means you are a citizen of Mexico.

Post Katrina, if one is black and/or Gay AND is a Republican, I think a competency hearing should be ordered at the very least. : )


Oh, and Dan, what is factually wrong with the statement you posted above:

"Bush" has selected nominees from the Taliban wing of American politics, appeased the wretched appetites of the extreme right wing, and chosen Cabinet officials whose devotion to the Confederacy is nearly canine in its uncritical affection."

Hey little fella, when the shoe fits, you've got to wear it! The truth WILL set you free.

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Dan [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

No problem with you being a member of the NAACP Demon Deacon, I just asked if you were or not. Will you provide your membership number like Crime Dog? Betcha won't.

However I will pose the same question I posed to Crime Dog. Here 'tis:

"So dog, you do not back racial thumping idiots like Sharpton and Jackson, yet you are a member of an organization who's leadership spews out this kind of filth? I don't get it."

Perhaps you DO back racial thumping idiots like Sharpton and Jackson? If so the question is moot. Do you support Julian Bond's statements about Republicans? Yes or no?

"First of all, the Mexican would not be able to be a Republican, because being a Mexican means you are a citizen of Mexico."

Ok, fair enough. Let me rephrase the question. I one were an American citizen of Mexican descent AND a Republican, would that mean he/she hates Mexicans? According to your statement the answer is yes.

I noticed you conveniently left out gays and blacks, as most gays and blacks in the U.S. are American citizens.

Sooooo, quit spinning Demon Deacon. Include blacks and gays and my rephrased Mexican question. If one is a gay and/or black American AND a Republican does that mean he/she automatically hates gays and/or blacks?

You know you can't answer it and your post was absurd. You cornered yourself with that one and trust me, it will be used often. You posted it so live with it.

One more time:

"I could never be a Republican, because I would have to hate black people, Mexicans, and gay people."

Posted on October 3, 2007 12:28 PM

One more question. I am a conservative, not necessarily a Republican, but I mainly vote R, much to my dismay these days as Republican politicians have abandoned conservatism.

But for simplicity, let's assume I'm a Republican. According to your statement, therefore I hate black/Mexican/gay people correct? If unsure please read your statement again:

"I could never be a Republican, because I would have to hate black people, Mexicans, and gay people."

Posted on October 3, 2007 12:28 PM

OK here is the question. If I'm a Republican and, according to your statement, therefore hate black people, why would I spend thousands of dollars and two weeks of my life to visit Tanzania? (Hint: Tanzania is in Africa and there are beaucoup black people there). Hmmmm, why would I do that?

If I hated black people why would I allow my black neighbors to take my son to school and why would my wife and I take their black daughter to school?

Got some answers?

"I could never be a Republican, because I would have to hate black people, Mexicans, and gay people."

Posted on October 3, 2007 12:28 PM

You know you stepped in s**t with that post, it's almost as priceless, but not quite, as this one:

Ned,
This is a great letter and I share your thoughts. As I contemplate another international trip with my family, I am even more disturbed at our standing in the world. While visiting London and France, we sewed Canadian flag patches to our backpacks---it saved us from the ire of many and we met many new friends through that act. I only wish we did not have to do that again.
Thanks again for your letter.
Posted by THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE | March 20, 2007 9:47 AM

Good night Demon Deacon.


Dan [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

"I could never be a Republican, because I would have to hate black people, Mexicans, and gay people."

Posted on October 3, 2007 12:28 PM by Demon Deacon

BTW, there are gay Republicans:

http://online.logcabin.org/about/

Does that mean they hate themselves?

And black Republicans:

http://www.nbra.info/

Does that mean they hate themselves?

Face it Demon Deacon, you have been had on that post. There are gay and black Republicans, probably those of Mexican descent too, and they don't hate themselves.

It will be saved in the archives for future use when appropriate. Don't give me any s**t about my narcissism and assorted BS, these are YOUR WORDS, not mine. Live with it.

neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Some of my best friends are homosexual black republicans of Hispanic/Asian origin.
They make the lightest fajita corn fritters you ever et.

neocon [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

BTW, for those bleating about "where's the injustice", the letter never said there was an "injustice". He was simply wondering why white people never march and send money to garden variety reverends to make them filthy rich while pretending to speak for the downtrodden and poor.

Tom Shuford [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Crime Dog:

"I'm one of a handfull of white people that are members of the NAACP. My membership number is 104304021. I did not join this organization for racial reasons."

Unlike you, Mr. Dog, I am not a member of the NAACP. I do, on occasionally, take note of its performance:

Stuart Taylor (author of UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT):

“What you would hope might come of a case like this is that the NAACP of North Carolina, for example, seeing what has happened to black people like the Scottsboro boys many times in the past — and not only that long ago, seeing that the criminal justice process is often unkind to innocent black people even when there isn’t terrible abuse by the prosecution, ...seeing all this . . . what an opportunity to establish a coalition of people against abuse in the criminal justice process . . . to build a cross-racial coalition for serious reforms of, say, the grand jury process to make it a real safeguard . . .

“Well, it didn’t happen. The local NAACP and other local black leaders — enough to be a critical mass — basically crusaded to attack the lacrosse players. They joined the mob. They misrepresented the truth regularly, repeatedly, and grossly. They supported the rogue prosecutor long after he had been proven a rogue prosecutor. They threw away the opportunity to build that cross-racial coalition and they threw away whatever shreds were left of their own credibility.”

Misrepresented the truth "regularly, repeatedly, and grossly."

COMMENT:

Unlike most, I see the NAACP not so much as a garden variety ethnic pressure group but as a representative left wing group, that is part of and characteristic of the American political left.


Tom Shuford [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

I should have provided a link to the source of the quote on the NAACP. Taylor made the above comments in the Q & A session, about 20 minutes after his 30-minute addressL

*UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case
by Stuart Taylor, Jr. and K. C. Johnson (BookTV.org video presentation, September 11, 2007)
[At the link click on “Watch” in the upper right corner]
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8608&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No

nitpicker [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

Crime Dog,

You made an interesting point. If a white group marches, they are labeled a 'supremist' group.

If a black group does the same thing, they are labeled a charitable organization.

Sorry, but I would never support the NAACP. There are plenty of organizations out there that truly try to raise people up that do a lot better job of it than the NAACP.

svanmeyja [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

NAACP?...Just a ZOG created, backed and funded Communist offshoot group.

svanmeyja [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

NAACP?...Just a ZOG created, backed and funded Communist offshoot group.

svanmeyja [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

NAACP?...Just a ZOG created, backed and funded Communist offshoot group.

THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

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Well, the point about racism seems to have been made by the last few posts.

Dan,
You claim I didn't answer your question about black people and Gay people, but I plainly did.

"Post Katrina, if one is black and/or Gay AND is a Republican, I think a competency hearing should be ordered at the very least."

Oh, and it is so nice that you are friends with Gay people and black people. That is very commendable and I am sure it sets you apart from most of those with which you choose to associate.

Do you think the GOP candidates who blew off the debate, hosted by Tavis Smiley, were "reaching out" to minorities?


Do you think African Americans feel valued by the GOP?

Do you think that George W. Bush acted properly in his response to Katrina?
If so, then I'm wasting my time arguing with a complete fool.

As to Gays in the GOP, that's just like the military---they've ALWAYS been there, but they operate, for the most part, as 'don't ask, don't tell'! The Log Cabin Gang is nothing but a eentsy teensy little group that exists outside the power structure. They obviously have no power within the party.. Maybe Larry Craig will admit he's gay and help them along! LOL!

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Dan [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE said:
“Post Katrina, if one is black and/or Gay AND is a Republican, I think a competency hearing should be ordered at the very least."
Posted on October 11, 2007 8:51 PM

Yeeeeessssss. Another priceless keeper!!!! The Bush govt. not only left blacks to die in New Orleans but gays too!!!!! I guess black gays were really screwed huh?

Sweet spin Demon Deacon, I haven't heard Katrina mentioned in this thread. Kudos.

Thanks for another jewel. It's still not as good as;

"I could never be a Republican, because I would have to hate black people, Mexicans, and gay people."

Posted on October 3, 2007 12:28 PM by Demon Deacon

But hey, you can't outdo yourself every day. Keep up the good work Demon Deacon.

Uhhhh, Demon Deacon one more time please. If I'm a Republican and therefore hate blacks (according to your statement) why did I mentor a black child for 9 years in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program?

That statement will stick around, trust me.


THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE [TypeKey Profile Page] said:

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Poor little Dan. He needs some validation for his volunteer work--clap! clap! clap! (or was it fulfilling of community service for an infraction?)
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Dan, you show your own ignorance with posts like yours above. You obviously have trouble with comprehension, so let me elucidate you here.

"Post Katrina" means "AFTER KATRINA".

It was not a discussion on the hurricane, but rather a demarcation of time, marking a low point for the GOP's disingenuous "outreach" to blacks and poverty sticken people of all races. Reagan had a term for it..."trickle down"! Of course you seem to think it was just people sitting around who should have pulled themselves up by the bootstraps. LOL! Little fella you dismiss the party's overt snub of minorities with some drivel that shows how little you actually know. God forbid you ever have to swallow that pride and admit you have had help from day one. You are truly a narcissist, but I hope keeping the "archive" makes you feel important...maybe we should clap for that too?


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