"I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men." - Clarence Darrow.
Keith Olbermann again cuts through the bullshit and talks about what many of us fear... and how to prevent it. If only we'd listen to reason.
I know, what a concept.
Yes, of course he's a partisan!! How the hell could you not be in this starkly obvious election? This election is hopefully not a premature referendum on the maturity of the proverbial hearts of men.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-me-palineffigy28-2008oct28,0,7613791.story
ReplyDeleteOf course, if this was Obama, it's a "hate" crime.
Oh gosh, you got me there Jamie. Olbermann named the asshole "The worst person in the world" last night for it just so ya know. And no, if someone had hung an Obama effigy, it wouldn't be a hate crime, just incredibly bad taste since it was hung on his own property. Seriously, when are you going to give up on this whole seemingly inferiority complex-driven need to try and one up my fact-based opinion that racism towards non-whites is serious and still exists in this country? Are you intimating that I am somehow a "race traitor," in fighting against it? Did you joing the Klan or something? WTF, seriously.
ReplyDeleteAnd the guy who stupidly hung up the Palin-look-alike maniquin was white... is he a self-loathing caucasian like me too? ;-\
ReplyDeleteNo..it might not be a "hate crime", yet, but they got arrested for opening up wounds from racial tensions. Once again, naive Steve. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/30/obama.effigy/index.html?eref=rss_topstories.
ReplyDeleteOh by the way, supposedly hate crimes do not involve gender. Figure that one out.
I love your apples and oranges comparisons Jamie, and with your defense of racism continuing unabated, is just pathetic. They were not arrested for the effigy itself, but for trespassing and burglary.
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