The link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32209525/
I wasn't going to post anything on this, but it's just gone too fucking far.
Let me start off by saying that Henry Louis “Skip” Gates jr. is a race baiting douchebag, who has risen to considerable success and power based solely on the fact that he's an erudite black racist. He's the James Lipton of Negroes. He fawns over the work of actual talent, gets his smeg all over the words of real black authors and poets, and because he's a poncey voice of modern liberal guilt poltics, he gets a nice house.
And, yes, as we know, sometimes the front door of his house gets stuck, and then his driver tries to shoulder it open, and somebody thinks it's a break in, and the cops come, and Gates freaks out on them, spends four hours in jail, charges are dropped, all the race baiters freak the fuck out, Obama sticks his foot in his mouth, etc. etc. etc. We know this.
And we also know that the accused racist cop isn't a racist, and actually teaches racial sensitivity classes for his department, and Gates was so far out of line that even the rabidly liberal Daily Show had to mock him and Obama for being a pair of indefensible race-baiting twats.
So, that happened. But did the race-baiting twats take their lumps, and crawl back to their fancy Cambridge manse and shut the fuck up for a couple weeks?
Of course not.
Instead, they said “look, this cop may have been innocent, but we're bigger than the 'facts.' Go find me the last cop in Massachusetts to say the word 'nigger' and get him.” And, hey, that's Justin Barrett, a National Guardsman who was probably just expressing confusion over why his racial sensitivity training would tell him that all black people are awesome and wonderful, when Henry Louis Gates jr. is clearly an arrogant, entitled, racist twat who should die.
So, that's how it works. When the race-baiters are shown up, they just go find somebody else to rake over the coals. It's not about right and wrong, it's about them keeping their agenda front and center.
"An individual preaching hate has no place in our society," [Boston Mayor] Menino told the local television station.
Seriously dude? You're going to banish this guy from society because he said a single WORD? That doesn't make you racially sensitive makes you an authoritarian lunatic. It makes you draconian, reactionary and stupid. It's a WORD. ONE WORD. Can you not see that?
The race-baiting bullshit needs to stop. It's just a ploy to keep black people marginalized and scared, so they never truly join society, and thus never deny the race-baiters the source of their power.
Let's get ourselves straight here... People are going to use racist words. Let's not freak out about it. As long as everyone can get a job, raise their kids, and live their life, we're doing pretty good. And let me point out that blackness hasn't stopped Henry Louis Gates jr. from getting a job, it's actually the only reason he even has one. The fact is, people like to use accurate words when they're mad at other people. If they're mad at a fat person, he's a “tubby fuck.” If they're mad at a skinny person, he's a “fuckin beanpole.” And if they're mad at an arrogant, poncey, race-baiting twat, they call him a “loudmouth nigger.” It doesn't mean they want to lynch black people. It just means that a black person you don't like is a “nigger.” Just like a black person you do like might be “Ray.”
We don't need to keep ripping open old wounds over this shit. Let's call people crackers, or niggers, or whatever, and not have a goddamn hissy over it, and move on. Yes, we've got some history to work through. And yes, some people are still full on racists (mostly black people). But if we're going to disengage from this shit, we're going to need to let some shit go.
It's like you just got into a brawl with somebody. If you can't just let him get in a “faggot motherfucker” as you go your own ways, you're going to be punching each other forever. Just give him a “punkass bitch” back, and move on.
It's infuriating and disappointing. The race-baiters know that Obama's election is a nail in their coffin. It's official now, a black man can accomplish ANYTHING in this country if he puts his mind to it (and has the fawning adulation of the entire mainstream media at his back). It's encouraging that even Jon Stewart knows a race-baiting douchebag when he sees one, but we've still got a long way to go in burying these goddamn people. They can still ruin people at their whim, and blather their lie all over the media.