Time For Bill O'Racist To Resign In Disgrace

[marmar]

from HuffPost:




Bob Cesca
Time For Bill O'Racist To Resign In Disgrace
Posted February 21, 2008 | 12:30 AM (EST)


A cursory internet search reveals the shocking truth for those of us who weren't there: photographs depicting a variety of howling posses composed of fire-eyed redneck thugs -- terrorists, if you will -- skulking through the woods with hounds and lengths of rope; hauling with them an American citizen of African descent, and making their way to a not-so-clandestine location where a cowardly, ritualistic, vigilante execution will take place.

Sepia-toned photographs retaining in permanent clarity the faces -- the proud, grinning white "men" gathered like hyenas around the mangled corpse of a black man who had been beaten and hanged by these reactionary monsters. As if the deeds themselves weren't shameful enough, these ghoulish lynch mobs would often take away souvenirs of their homicides: body parts, clothing, hair -- and those terrible photographs.

There are too many of these images. There are too many stories -- more than enough to justify any thinking-person's reluctance to pledge unconditional pride in the entirety our national heritage -- a heritage which includes a 1922 U.S. Senate filibuster against an anti-lynching law.

This isn't ancient history. These aren't isolated incidents. Perhaps as many as 4,000 American blacks were lynched in the eight decades following the end of the Civil War.

Similar events, in practice and symbolism, occur even today. As recently as last year, nooses were used to intimidate African-Americans. The noose, it seems, has become a newsworthy issue in the fourth American century. Almost exactly ten years ago, in 1998, a black man was tied up and dragged behind a pick-up truck in Jasper, Texas until his body was so decimated it was practically unrecognizable as being the remains of a man. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/time-for-bill-oracist-to_b_87714.html

[tabasco]

1. LOL. On Faux News?

They'll give him a freakin' award.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

7. Bill just made "Employee of the Month"

nt

[DS1]

2. Keith should just give him 3rd, 2dn, and 1st worst person in the world for this

[tridim]

6. Or a lifetime achievement award.

The dude is #1 WPITW so often he might as well.

[tavalon]

3. Wow, how idealistic!

The Rethug propaganda channel is going to get rid of their best draw because he said exactly what his master's want him to?

BTW, I dated a black man in Austin in the late nineties and early aughts, and we never went outside of Austin together (actually, we went to Aggiecon with each other once, but until we actually got in the doors, we pretended we were barely friends. I know only too well, the history of the South. I was raised there and in fact, during my teenage years, I was raised by my grandparents and my grandfather was a prior KKK member. Disgusting.

As in interesting aside, I had told my partner last night that I was going to write to my aforementioned friend tonight. Thanks for the reminder. One of the things I love as a polyamorous woman is that few of my prior relationships are rancorous and in fact, the man in question, is a friend of my partner's as well.

Off to write a letter. Don't worry, I'll send Faux "News" a letter to. I have a boilerplate one that I adjust as necessary. I don't like to spend that much time tilting at the Nazi windmills.

[greenbriar]

4. to me this is FAR worse than

nappy headed ....

[spanone]

5. enough is enough of his vile, vindictive, hateful persona. america should reject hate for hates sake