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originally posted by: TheLead
a reply to: amazing
Nor did he do those things, but he was being bullied and stood his ground in the most literal sense and he was wrong. Surely you teach your kids of situational equivalence?
I wont keep you you have a great task of teaching your kids a lot about subjectivity by-laws in your parenting.
originally posted by: amazing
originally posted by: TheLead
a reply to: amazing
Nor did he do those things, but he was being bullied and stood his ground in the most literal sense and he was wrong. Surely you teach your kids of situational equivalence?
I wont keep you you have a great task of teaching your kids a lot about subjectivity by-laws in your parenting.
I think you know what I'm saying. I guess the question is, did he really need to stand his ground? No. Was the Native American wrong or overly aggressive? Yes. Were the Black Israelites offensive? Yes. Should they have been ignored? Yes.
I'm trying to accuse the kid of anything. I took the conversation off topic a bit, I'm just saying he could have de escaltated the situation. He's young. He'll learn.
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: Grambler
And told the media that these blacks were telling the kids harsh truths they were sheltered from in their white schools.
is there a link to a video of that?
"The Black Israelites, they were saying some harsh things, but some of it was true, too," Phillips said. "These young, white American kids who were being taught in their Catholic school, their doctrine, their truth, and when they found out there's more truth out there than what they're being taught, they were offended, they were insulted, they were scared, and that's how they responded. One thing that I was taught in my Marine Corp training is that a scared man will kill you. And that's what these boys were. They were scared."
originally posted by: amazing
You have to ignore people that aren't a threat to you, no matter how stupid they are.
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: ketsuko
you didn't read all of it, did you???
And, like I said, I was taught to respect my elders, even the ones that seem to be a little wackey. I would have just stepped aside and let the old man go on his way, beating his drum. What to you think would have happened if the kids did that. that's what other kids did, and he just kept walking. is there any reason to believe that he wouldn't have just kept on walking if the kid would have allowed him to go on his way also?
originally posted by: Grambler
So there are threads about these Black Hebrew Israelites, and why there homophobic racist remarks are getting a pass from almost everyone on the left.
Never mind the hurled racist homophobic slurs at kids, never mind the native Americans said the kids needed to hear some of these harsh truths they have been sheltered from; much of the media thinks we need to focus on that smiling kid they were attacking and what their school did at basketball games 5 years ago.
Of course this is all because of the lefts cultural Marxism identity politics.
But I wanted to focus on something else that came up around this issue.
People on ats and elsewhere seeking to blame the kids have said that they should have just ignored the crazy racist, or the chaperones should have done something.
In other words, deflect blame from the racist back to the kids.
But then something even stranger happened.
I started to see people in the media and elsewhere discuss how common this group is.
Such as this post from the voice of Bender on Futurama, who thinks these kids had the death threats coming on other tweets.
John DiMaggio
Verified account @TheJohnDiMaggio
4h4 hours ago
Used to grab a falafel or a slice & sit & listen to the Black Israelites spew their # on the street in NYC. I’d laugh at them, shake my head, finish my food, & then hop on the subway & continue on with my day. Nobody cares about them. Neither should you.
twitter.com...
SO dimaggio laughed at the racists and it was cool. But a kid with a smirk deserves death threats to him?
But anyways, apparently he had frequent run ins with this group.
Then I heard a woman on the view mention she has seen these people before and ignores them.
The I heard Ben shapiro say that anyone who has been opn a subway in New york has heard these people before.
And so I started looking around.
And yup, sure enough this group is quite regular in cities like New york and DC.
Here is an article from 2011.
A bushy-bearded man who goes by the name “Zodach,” with a small frame and a big voice, he is one of the few members of the ragtag House of Israel, a Black Hebrew Israelite group that is a final holdout of a dying breed: the New York City street-corner prophet. Zodach’s colors were so bright and cartoonish that there was something almost charming about him—if you could ignore the insults he was spewing at everyone passing by.
“Look at those crazy Negroids! They should be over here with us, getting ready for the end-times!” Zodach yelled. “They’re even sitting out in chairs, and it’s cold out here tonight!”
...
“Just go on drinking your pork Slurpee, you Egyptian!” Zodach screamed.
“Uh, we’re Indian—and this is chicken,” the man responded.
Pity also the “so-called white man” who slowed down to listen and heard, “After the race war, you’re going to be my slave, picking cotton in my field!” That message is echoed in a flyer that looks like a 200th-generation copy first mimeographed in 1985: “Will so-called white people go to heaven? Yes! In slavery!!!!”
...
The Westboro Church in Topeka, Kansas, comes to town but once a year. This freak show runs several times a week—and it’s free. If you want death-defying thrills and the possibility of bodily injuries, save the $200 Bono will charge to risk Reeve Carney falling on your head, and instead just ask a Black Hebrew Israelite, “Don’t you think Jesus said that God was a God of love?”
www.villagevoice.com...
So there is two points I want to make about this.
1. The fact that people going after the kids say the kids should just ignore these racist because they are always out is terribly ironic. SO ignore actual racism, but freak out about a kid smirking?
Not to mention this is incredible identity politics, excusing racism from "oppressed" groups. I chose to treat people based on character and not color, so I dont think black racist are to be laughed off.
2. This is the reason I am making this thread.
I constantly hear form the left about how prevalent white supremacists are.
Any time they show up anywhere, the media and many counter protestors are there. Even if only a dozen show up for a rally, it is proof to these people that white supremacy is rampant in this country.
Yet I dont recall accounts of them daily harassing people on the subway, so much so that its just a part of life for people living ion some cities.
And I know for certain that had neo nazis or kkk members been doing this daily, there would be a huge outcry, especially if their racism was directed at children.
But with these black racists, its almost an every day occurrence. And no one seems to really mind.
Isnt that odd? Why isnt this hatred gone after by those on the left that hate homophobia and racism? Instead they ignore it, or laugh at it. But if kid smirks at a native defending these racist that gets in his face, then thats HUGE news.
Lets see some of the things these everyday hate preaching racist that are ignored or just chuckled about by the left believe.
Black Hebrew Israelites regularly scream “bitch” and “whore” at women on the street.
But I thought the left was concerned about respecting women? Oh, thats right, its ok for black racists to shout these things at women.
Members of the Twelve Tribes believe homosexuality is a plot to destroy the human race. Black Hebrew Israelites verbally lash out at “fags” and “dykes.” Bisexuals drive them nuts, too. (A typical response shouted at a bi woman: “Why do you like pussy? Were you molested as a child?”)
I thought the left fought against homophobia? Oh thats right, only white homophobes.
But it’s cross-dressers who really get under their skin ...
The true offense to them is “showing little boys that it’s OK to dress like a woman, so they can grow up to be faggots!”
Trans rights? The left only cares if they can smear white people you see.
So what does this tell us?
That many many people on the left are perfectly fine with racism, homophobia, attacks on women, attacks on trans people; as long as the attacker is of a certain skin color.
But any small perceived racism or disrespect from oppressor groups like WHITE KIDS is unforgivable and must be attacked full on.
It also shows us that minority racists groups are more common than is let on, and treated as amusing annoyances, as opposed to thee seriousness that white racists are taken with.
Now not everyone on the left fits into this criticism.
But its an awful lot of them.
How many people on the left going after these kids have laughed off these racist? How many have seriously condemned these racist and focused on them instead of the kids?
Not many at all.
So the next time the "tolerant" left starts waxing on about how moral they are by fighting for gay rights and against racism, remember; for many of them its all a charade to just attack racial and political groups they don like.