tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post301322986368746510..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Shades Of Huey Newton--Black LiberatorAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-52808341690852439042011-02-05T00:39:41.142-05:002011-02-05T00:39:41.142-05:00T_Rav: I have to admit that despite my current pe...T_Rav: I have to admit that despite my current peaceful valley isolation, I've been in the thick of a lot of history, much of it by pure happenstance. While a sophomore at UC Berkeley, I had the distinct displeasure of meeting both Huey Newton and Sonny Barger (founder of the Hell's Angels). I was working part-time as a photographer's assistant to help pay for my dorm fees. He covered largely radical and underground groups, and I was the perfect foil since I was a radical myself. Newton was one of the few people in my life who just plain scared the crap out of me. It wasn't the public threatening and strutting to impress the cops and the liberal press that got to me, it was his utter hatred for nearly everyone who wasn't in his inner circle. When I read about his ignominious end a few years later, all I could think was that it couldn't happen to a nicer person.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-44589498374854267732011-02-04T23:28:26.553-05:002011-02-04T23:28:26.553-05:00By the way, I should add that I only learned much ...By the way, I should add that I only learned much about Huey Newton a year or two ago, via the excellent "A Conservative History of the American Left," and how anyone could make the decision to follow that man in all his sadism and debauchery is beyond me.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4779265061972686732011-02-04T20:22:59.190-05:002011-02-04T20:22:59.190-05:00Tennessee: I actually knew more about Holder than...Tennessee: I actually knew more about Holder than I did about Obama up until it became obvious that the Democrats were going to nominate their post-racial messiah. I had no doubt that the administration would lean toward persons of color, and actually didn't have a serious problem with that. It's common practice and human nature to go with what you know and who you know, so long as race isn't the only reason.<br /><br />I had no idea how blatant and how vicious it would be however. Playing the race card at every opportunity, while at the same time doing the very things they publicly condemned. The New Black Panthers dismissal was merely the smoking gun. I don't coddle the skinheads just because they're white. The New Black Panthers are the same kind of sick hate group, but Obama and Holder coddled them anyway. I don't need a twenty-five page instruction booklet to tell me why.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-32827065801456671902011-02-04T20:09:03.787-05:002011-02-04T20:09:03.787-05:00LawHawk, I know. But Delaware's a fairly blue ...LawHawk, I know. But Delaware's a fairly blue state (at least the Wilmington area), and anyway, universities hardly reflect the political climate of the surrounding area anymore, unless it's a smaller state school. Go to any of the 50 states, and you can find a hotbed of liberalism at the university.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-19602602264613270552011-02-04T19:43:59.599-05:002011-02-04T19:43:59.599-05:00The why of it all that you refer to is probably no...The why of it all that you refer to is probably not only rhetorical, but in our hearts also pretty obvious. Race is still the third rail. We knew "O" and Eric would act this way, perhaps just not so blatantly.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-59877705324530327642011-02-04T19:19:48.640-05:002011-02-04T19:19:48.640-05:00T_Rav: Jeez! I spent my entire academic life in Be...T_Rav: Jeez! I spent my entire academic life in Berkeley and San Francisco, so that kind of blatant nonsense doesn't surprise me. But Delaware?!?! It sounds like the administration got its information from Malik Zulu Shabazz. I think Huey's laughter just got louder. At least at UC Berkeley they pretend to be neutral in their admissions guidelines.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79975566808283933072011-02-04T18:48:21.961-05:002011-02-04T18:48:21.961-05:00Joel and LawHawk, I haven't yet had anyone com...Joel and LawHawk, I haven't yet had anyone come right out and say to my face that it's impossible for blacks to be racist (though I'm only on my second year of grad school, so who knows). However, I have read part of the school guidelines for the University of Delaware, which flatly assert just that. Under the civil rights section, it states, "'Reverse racism' and 'black racism' do not exist. These are terms invented by racist whites to excuse their continued oppression of African-Americans." Okay.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85101800858637513482011-02-04T17:23:58.592-05:002011-02-04T17:23:58.592-05:00Joel: And the Committee on Oversight and Governmen...Joel: And the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is exactly the right place to do it. The Judiciary Committee would make a hash of it by arguing fine legal points when this is actually a matter of political misfeasance and malfeasance. We need to know who did the bogus internal investigation at DOJ and why they stonewalled the Civil Rights Commission for over a year and a half.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-16579601697458710262011-02-04T17:04:44.546-05:002011-02-04T17:04:44.546-05:00Andrew: As we both know, the liberals talk a good...Andrew: As we both know, the liberals talk a good game, but they won't defend their own philosophy when there is one of their manufactured exceptions to the rule. Here, the rule is "blacks can only be discriminated against, but can never discriminate." It ties into the belief that only whites can be racists. And ultimately, there's their practical rule: "Don't mess with the black caucus."<br /><br />It will be interesting to see if the House will take up the investigation now that the Republicans have the majority. There's much to be done first and more critically, but this is not an issue that should be allowed to go away. Until now, Holder and Obama had the Democrat majority to cover for them and assist in quashing information harmful to the DOJ and Holder.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-7975140357755346122011-02-04T16:59:48.667-05:002011-02-04T16:59:48.667-05:00What bugs me LawHawk, there are people who actuall...What bugs me LawHawk, there are people who actually believe that blacks can't be racist. Nor bigoted. That and when it is a confrontation between a black and a white, the white first has to justify his/her existence as well show that he/she isn't racist.<br /><br />This is one of the cases that Issa should investigate.Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-5427217683578568632011-02-04T16:43:28.072-05:002011-02-04T16:43:28.072-05:00This is another one of those things the Republican...This is another one of those things the Republicans need to investigate. They need to expose the DOJ civil rights division for being a collection of racists who believe that the civil rights laws are only meant to protect non-whites (and non-Asians of course). This report is nothing more than a cover up for blatantly racist actions. And if liberals actually meant the things they say, they would be out there criticizing DOJ for these issues.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com