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Posted: Tue Apr 17th, 2007 01:26 pm |
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Hypocrisy of the 'wonderful people'
http://www.wnd.com
April 17, 2007
Let's stipulate, uncourageously, that Don Imus' epithet toward the Rutgers
women's basketball players was vile, offensive and despicable. That said,
I am troubled that, as usual, certain race hucksters seized on the event and,
as usual, our society has allowed itself to be bullied into conceding their
legitimacy and emboldening them. But I am even more concerned about what the
firestorm surrounding Imus' whirlwind demise portends for the future of
political discourse in this nation.
[ed. They don't want discourse, they want control, by fair menas or foul]
I've grown suspicious of the sanctimonious types - in the media and
elsewhere - who slobber all over themselves in self-congratulation when they
publicly condemn statements or actions as racist.
I wonder whether their inner feelings and private conduct match their very
public statements apparently designed to make the world believe they are
compassionate, enlightened and, well, just wonderful people. Do they care as
much about the plight of minorities as they do cultivating their image as
wonderful human beings?
As others have said, if they are truly worried about the plight of
minorities, especially blacks, then why don't they decry and organize
against the racism and misogyny in rap and hip-hop music? "That's
different," they say, "because it's art." Or, "That's different, because
it's not racism when a minority disses his own."
[ed. Or even when a minority "disses" whitey...]
Though this may be news to the culturally elite, placing something under the
rubric of art doesn't immunize it from standards of decency - assuming you
accept such antiquated notions. And whether or not it's technically racist
for a member of a minority group to degrade another member of that group,
surely reasonable people can acknowledge that one of the sins of racism is
its disrespect for and degradation of members of a race.
As such, there is no excuse for the hucksters and the "wonderful people" to
turn a blind eye toward or hoist a protective shield over much of hip-hop
and rap music today. There is no excuse for their condemnation of Bill Cosby
for trying to elevate.
Also, isn't there a hint of subtle racism in the hyperbole of some of these
wonderful human beings regarding the presumed helplessness of the Rutgers
ladies who, they imply, are going to be permanently damaged by Imus'
remarks? While I won't downplay the offensiveness of the insult they were
dealt, I'd like to give them more credit than to patronizingly assume
they'll be crippled by it.
Isn't that message inconsistent with the theme that these ladies are
accomplished, decent, honorable and self-respecting people? Aren't we
sending mixed signals by overplaying the victimization aspects of the event?
Can't we give these ladies more credit than to assume their futures have
been destroyed by three nasty words from a talk show host who doesn't know
them and couldn't possibly know anything about their character?
Shouldn't we quit treating these young ladies like they're helpless and
fragile? Haven't they proven quite the opposite with their dignified
response and their gracious acceptance of the Imus apology?
And wouldn't it be shockingly refreshing if the Reverends Jesse Jackson and
Al Sharpton would take a page from the ladies' playbook and begin to promote
Christian forgiveness and redemption, rather than racial divisiveness?
[ed. No money or power in forgiveness...]
We've come to expect this kind of exploitation from professional race
agitators, but they're not the only ones who exploit race to elevate
themselves and advance certain political causes. The growing danger is that
this larger group of "wonderful people" will capitalize on the Imus event to
raise to a new level their practice of making false and politically charged
allegations of racism, sexism and the like to muzzle their political
opponents.
While the wonderful people haven't yet succeeded in resurrecting the
Fairness Doctrine to emasculate conservative talk radio, the Imus affair
will doubtlessly energize them to redouble their efforts to demonize and
silence conservatives.
For according to these moral arbiters, conservatives, by virtue of their
conservatism, are racists. Case closed. How else could they make the
unconscionable charge that President Bush delayed the federal response to
Katrina because of his presumed racism? How else could they tag Sen. Trent
Lott as a racist while ignoring Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd's repeated use of
the "N-word"? How else could someone like Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel say
without fear of public rebuke, "They used to call it 'Jim Crow,' but now
they call it 'tax cuts'?"
For the wonderful people, it's not the words you use, but what the wonderful
people choose to pronounce you meant by them. Heaven help us if these
Stalinists are ever completely in charge of speech in this country.
[ed. Newsflash! They Gulag Brigade ARE in charge. Cultural Marxism (PC) is
alive and well and the rhetorical noose is tightening daily. The question is
will you stand against their coup?]
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