Liberals Learn About Race-Baiting…
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Let me be clear: I don’t think Shirley Sherrod should have been fired, nor should Andrew Breitbart have published the video clip of her speech without publishing the full video context of her speech.
But Shirley Sherrod is just one of many casualties of the intense focus on race in America where so many accusations of racism prove hollow.
I don’t have to talk any more about the Tea Party movement, which Keith Olbermann thinks is racist because some people at rallies hold signs comparing Obama to white communism Vladamir Lenin. (This particular sign featuring Obama and Lenin, which is actually a billboard in this example, has been referred to by Olbermann and others as racist, even in it’s non-billboard form.)
Even aside from the Tea Party, anything that Hillary Clinton or John McCain said during the 2008 campaign was “racist.”
Take a look at these most egregious examples of false accusations of racism and think for a moment what the racism charge means today and why we must lie about people to make political points:
Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe: “Former President Bill Clinton said of Obama’s Iraq war opposition, “Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”
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It increasingly appears that Hillary is unable or unwilling to break from the racial patronization of Bill.”
- “Hillary and the Race Card”
Bill Clinton defends “fairy tale” remark
“Dr. King’s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act,” Mrs. Clinton said when asked about Mr. Obama’s rejoinder by Fox’s Major Garrett after her speech in Dover. “It took a president to get it done.”
Fallout: Politico
Rev. Michael Pfleger: Hillary is a White *****
Harry Reid: “The only connection that people bring up between [disgraced former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin] Raines and Barack Obama is that they both are African-Americans.”
Barney Frank: Conservatives trying to blame economic woes on blacks
Bill Press: “All we’ve seen and heard from him for the last month is a string of personal attacks, culminating in yesterday’s ad smearing Obama as “the biggest celebrity in the world.” He’s just another famous, pretty face, in other words, and not ready for the presidency.
True? No. Childish? Yes. But that’s not all. This ad is also deliberately and deceptively racist.”
AP: “Palin’s words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating the false image of a black presidential nominee “palling around” with terrorists while assuring a predominantly white audience that he doesn’t see their America?”
Rep. Alcee Hastings: “If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention. Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through.”
UPDATE: Sherrod told CNN that Breitbart “wants to take us back to the days of slavery.” Wait, wasn’t Sherrod just complaining about false accusations of racism just a day ago? See what I mean…
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Posted by mhblatt on July 23, 2010 12:31 pm
» Filed Under Bald-face lies, Barack Obama, Bigotry, Democrats, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Politics As Usual, Propaganda, Racism, Tea Party/Protests, liberalism, race baiting
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So, let’s review the Breitbart gang’s allegations:
When … she expresses a discriminatory attitude towards white people, the audience responds with applause. False.
The NAACP … is cheering on a person describing a white person as the other. False.
The NAACP audience seemed to have approved of her actions when she talked about not helping the white farmer. False.
They weren’t cheering redemption; they were cheering discrimination. False.
As Ms. Sherrod recounted the first part of her parable, how she declined to do everything she could for the farmer because of his race, the audience responded in approval. False.