If It Walks Like A Duck,....
This story bothers me. For a whole bunch of reasons, but mostly because it's All About Race.
It bothers me because some white kids at a public school has the stupidity to hang nooses from a tree because black students were sitting under the tree. That was All About Race.
It bothers me because six black kids beat the crap out of a white kid over these nooses. That was All About Race.
Those six kids were rightly arrested and prosecuted for assault. And, because they are black kids, the Race Pimps Jackson and Sharpton stepped up, fomented a rally, and declared that the Jena 6, as the assaulters are being called, are improperly being prosecuted because they are black. That was All About Race.
Some are saying that the kids who hung the nooses should have been arrested, too. And since they weren't arrested, the Jena 6 should not have been arrested.
So, let me get this straight. Because the six black guys were provoked into assaulting a lone white guy by some other white guys hanging nooses from a tree, we should excuse the assault as a non-crime? In other words, some jerk puts a sign in front of his house saying "Death To NASCAR Fans," six irate NASCAR fans beat the crap out of some innocent bystander, those six should not be charged with assault because the sign provoked them into committing the crime, therefore it is not a crime?
The logic here is non-existent; it's grade-school, feel-good liberalism at its worst.
But that's not the point.
Assaulting someone is a crime. Period. And it's inexcusable to attempt to justify that crime by some previous offense, regardless of how blatant and racist that offense.
Offending people is not a crime. To insist that it is - especially in this day and age - is All About Race.
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posted by Tomás @ 9/21/2007 01:25:00 PM
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