MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Charges 9/11 Gave Americans 'Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome'
The host of MSNBC's weekend program The Melissa Harris-Perry Show used a racially charged speech on Monday to claim that the events of 9/11 sent America into a “nationalist fervor” that resembled post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
While addressing the liberal Take Back the American Dream Conference in Washington, D.C., Harris-Perry asserted that “for about a year, there were African-American men walking around the city of New York with NYPD hats on. That can only be explained as a PTSD response.”
According to a video published by The Blaze, the Tulane Professor of Political Science also said that the terrorist attacks gave people in the United States the ability to “stomach a kind of horrific racial violence in the name of national security,” something that “we have been willing to stomach as a people over and over again in our history.”
Americans, of course, responded in very typically American ways to [terrorism], something that many people in the rest of the world had already experienced. We began with a kind of nationalist fervor that was justified as reasonable patriotism.
Harris-Perry added that “the other thing that happens in that moment, I don’t want to miss this, is that a new version of what America typically needs emerges, and that is a racial enemy,” which includes Muslims, Arabs, Sikhs, “or something else.”
She added that “Americans in part identify who we are, and who deserves what, through our notions of whiteness and of the racial enemies that are the non-whites.”
The weekend program host then turned her attention to the USA PATRIOT Act, which stands for “Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism” Act of 2001.
That legislation “was not the act of a Republican president working alone,” Perry said. The law was the result of “a bipartisan decision by both parties. It was not bought and paid for by corporations; it was bought and paid for by our fear.”
We have to remember that it was our collective angst that gave permission to Democrats in the House to rally behind Republicans in the White House under the banner of nationalist patriotic security with the goal of both reducing our civil liberties and giving us an entrance into what at this moment is an everlasting war.
“We made those choices,” Perry noted to tepid applause from the audience.
From there, she summarized all of her points by discussing one of the nation's worst disasters, Hurricane Katrina, which “shamed us into an anti-war stance.”
From September 11, 2001, until about September 4th, I'm gonna give it, of 2005, we are trying to participate in the nationalist patriotic fervor against the imagined racial enemy that is those others over there that are activating terrorism against us right until the levies failed, we realized that we've allowed our own citizens to drown, to die, to dehydrate on camera, and we go “Oh!”If you can't get water to an American city for a week, how can you prosecute a foreign war?
I find it interesting that Harris-Perry uses events after 9/11 to promote the concept of America having an “imaginary” enemy, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were in no way “imaginary,” nor were they caused by “imaginary” people.
Nevertheless, as NewsBusters previously reported, Harris-Perry regularly uses racial terms to make her points, even on the first day of her weekend program on MSNBC. During her debut on February 18, the liberal host joked about one of her guests being “the last black Republican left in the party.
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If Dr. Hype-Pointless would like to discuss her racist obsession
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:22pm.
with blaming all problems on others, I will be more than happy to discuss her practice of a health care profession without a license. Not to mention her monumental misuse of psychoblab she clearly has no intellectual capacity to comprehend.
Dr. Hype-Pointless
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 12:57am.
First name Malicious.
Since she has been rewarded in her life for being a race baiter, I doubt there will be any positive change anytime soon. Every rating's point or industry recognition of her inflammatory performances further cements her behavior like a pet Pavlov dog on the Democrat plantation. She is Harvard professor, and beer summit buddy of Obama, Henry Louis Gates but with twin X sex chromosomes and a daily national microphone.
And
Submitted by LaVallette on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 5:17am.
And Mendatious
It sounds like
Submitted by Shreve on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:29pm.
she is blaming the response to Katrina as Bush's fault.
Ray Nagin and Kathleen Babineaux Blanco bungled that response more than Bush ever could have.
➚ Millie Harry-Perry
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:43pm.
I would say "disgraceful" except Millie stands on the shoulders of Sharpton and Jackson.
And the problem with the Race Industry . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:52am.
. . . is that everything in the world is tied to their concept of race. When one wears Race Goggles, everything looks like a racial issue.
I recall a brief encounter I had with a college-age black woman in Washington DC in October 2001, weeks after 9-11. I was downtown as part of a small counter-protest group during a big ANSER-sponored anti-US/capitialism parade and rally. The young lady asked why we were hated Osama bin Laden, and after we explained the obvious, she said -- and apparently in all sincerity -- "You all hate him because he is a man of color."
I can only imagine that this young woman was steeped in the kind of dogma that Harris-Perry, Sharpton, and Jackson promote. That dogma includes the assumption that whites can never accept non-whites as equals, and as Harris-Perry espouses, must always have a non-white enemy to fight. They are blinded by the dogma, and when they appear on TV, they blind white liberals who don't have the brains or the courage to call them out on it.
meet Ms. Hateyouwhitey
Submitted by Barabbus on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:45pm.
Every thought this woman has is based on hatred. And I don't think I'm overstating it. She blazes with hatred for this country, and especially whites. 9/11 to someone like that just becomes a new medium to espouse her hate. The brush that applies the colors to her own demented tapestry. Her theories are illogical, but that doesn't matter to her. Just spitting her venom at us is her "kick", and that's all she's inteterested in.
And for the record professor, the muslims, Arabs, Sikhs and all the "something elses" (like Africans, Italians, Irish, Chinese, Asians etc. etc. are what make up America. To hate an American is to hate the world. Which the terrorists do) Her rage is limited. Just whites. Specifically white men. Most definitely white Republican men. Another phony intellectual who's an 18 carat genuine bigot. I'm sick of A-holes like her.
Sad thing is, by most
Submitted by Shreve on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:14pm.
Sad thing is, by most standards, MHP is biracial. Her mother was/is White.
The color of your skin
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:22pm.
is not what makes you a racist...
I know
Submitted by Shreve on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:28pm.
but it's like she hates half of herself.
BINGO!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:13am.
.
Remember this in the coming weeks-
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:01pm.
I suspect we'll see this theme replicated by many on the left, particularly among African Americans and the CBC. If so, it's either plagiarism by everyone who follows, or a concerted effort (plan of attack) to divert American's with another shiny object. Anything to not talk about Obama's failed record.
Melissa Harris-Perry
Submitted by Jnoble on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:11pm.
She sure is pretty. Pretty dumb.
The hyponated name also makes her look pretentious.
Now there's something new and refreshing...
Submitted by James3 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:13pm.
A black liberal host on MESSNBC blaming all of America's past problems on White people....
She should be fired for this
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:15pm.
....her hate filled rant is disgusting.
That MSNBC gives her a platform to spew this vile idiocy is disgusting.
She's the female version of Jeremiah Wright.
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Fired? By MSNBC?
Submitted by Chaitealover on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 12:17am.
It's more likely she'll get a big fat bonus.
Chai
SOP
Submitted by Tjexcite on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:17pm.
When MSDNC had complains by the radical racial left that the channel was monochromatic to counter that they got Al and Melissa to fill that request. Par for the course for the Obama super Pac.
What can you say?
Submitted by Delsa on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:21pm.
An idiot is an idiot!
Wow. I MEAN, WOW.
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:23pm.
I am actually at a loss for words here. So wearing an NYPD hat by black Americans after 9/11 is "NATIONALIST FERVOR"? While you are at it, You might as well call them all racists too. Hey Ms. Perry, you are an absolute disgrace.
I am now starting to believe that every single a**hole (women included) on M-BS-NBC are trying to out-do each other about who can say the most vile stuff.
Melistha Harrith-Perry
Submitted by Texndoc on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:21pm.
She's the one who once stated the country "didn't deserve Obama" with a convoluted argument he was too brilliant. She also lispths. She's not so bad, just the opposite 180 degrees from me politically. Surprisingly she's the one MSNBC host who might have people on her panel she disagrees with and lets them talk.
Cripes!
Submitted by BBallleaper on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 7:59am.
I had to sit through an hour long harangue of whites, men, Conservatives, America, and motherhood at the Wellesley commencement. It took an entire bottle of Advil to make my brain stop hurting. I actually think my head exploded before I went into a coma.
But it's a cute lisp.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:15am.
:-)
This sent me off the rails a moment ago
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:26pm.
"She added that “Americans in part identify who we are, and who deserves what, through our notions of whiteness and of the racial enemies that are the non-whites.”
What do you mean by "and who deserves what"? Everybody has to get off their ass and make things for themselves. Nobody owes you JACK SQUAT.
If whitey hated her she
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:44pm.
If whitey hated her she wouldn't be where she is today. I believe that she is jealous of whites and asians, rather than attmept to improve herself she wallows in self-pity and bigotory. She is just another " gimme dat" ghetto negro.
She fits the MSNBC mold...she
Submitted by d1carter on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:46pm.
She fits the MSNBC mold...she should do well as long as Comcast puts up with that crap.
It really irritates me when
Submitted by tecumseh75 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:56pm.
It really irritates me when leftists in the US and Europe say that 9/11 wasnt a big deal because terrorism is nothing new to the rest of the world, implying that this was a new experience for us. Besides Israel, I cant think of another country who has been the victim of terrorism more than we have since 1979. To me, 9/11 wasnt the first act, but rather the last straw. It was a "no more Mr. nice guy", moment for us. As far as what happened in New Orleans, she seems to have forgot that its african American civic leaders bolted before the storm hit. As far as I know, they still havnt returned.
A hyphenated last name means only one thing
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 12:20am.
Stoopid lefty communist b*tch.
Ignore them all.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
No no,...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 7:56am.
at the Wellesley commencement she described herself as an 'angry progressive feminist who hates men!' I guess the two divorces didn't help.
White men
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:19am.
or black? Um, they were men, right? I mean, men-haters come in all flavors. Right?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Notice a pattern of bigotry
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 12:20am.
Notice a pattern of bigotry and hatred coming from MSNBC? All these lunatics gathered on one network is not a coincidence. This blind stupidity comes from the top, whether it's hiring these "reporters" or passing along the White House talking points. And the general theme is: blame a racist America or Bush for all the evils in this world.
Piss on these people.
Is there any Black person on the Left who doesn't use the race
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 1:02am.
card disparagingly?
Um...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:20am.
Is it possible to use it some other way?
Good catch! I stand corrected. ♥♥
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 12:07pm.
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When people who shouldn't
Submitted by 98ZJUSMC on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 2:57am.
be trusted to pump gas are given college degrees as Cracker Jack prizes.
This is the result.
See my note below.
Submitted by BBallleaper on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 7:54am.
Not sure you knew she never graduated from high school but you are dead on.
racist "intellectual"
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 3:23am.
Oh yes, the racist left LOVES to hate on any event that brings us as a Nation together, going so far as to make it all about race, since that is the prism THEY see life through!
Ronald Reagan
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Charges
Submitted by 3_4wanda on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 5:45am.
Louisianians know Blanco and Ragin dropped the ball on Katrina. Harris-Perry planted herself in NO and has preceded to spout her bigotry to validate her topic. Cuckoo, Cuckoo!
Feel kinda sorry for people
Submitted by kevtheweb on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 5:51am.
Feel kinda sorry for people like her that live in this imaginary world where everything is a result to the color of your skin. This is an on going theme at MSDNC - where skin color dominates every aspect of America, politics, and Republican actions and values.
Such and such is because the skin color. Yadda yadda opposes this becasue skin color. He's the best, but his skin color makes people not think so. Asking a question - never dare if his skin color was white.
Its almost absurd at this point. I wish someone out there had enough free time to compile a "best of" video that wrapped all their doosies from the past year into one clip. Although, it would probably end up being closer to movie length.
Well,
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:22am.
It's a living. :-)
She gave the commencement speech at Wellesley.
Submitted by BBallleaper on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 7:53am.
She told the women to be "thick." Wanna try that one on for size?? She's nuts. No high school diploma but had NO trouble getting affirmative action in to college and graduate school. She's been married twice and divorced, said she hates men, and is raising her daughter to be just like her. Hating men, looking ugly, and being mad is no way to go through civilized society!
Maybe that is the reason that
Submitted by John21 on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:02am.
Maybe that is the reason that American got so stupid in 2008?
This woman has way too many problems that should be dealt with by a profession and would probably need some serious anti-delusional medications.
2012 Obama Girl Melissa Harris-Perry
Submitted by CT on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:22am.
Just another Obama empowered racist running her line of race based crap. After all everything is whitie’s fault.
And now..
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:26am.
we have the Un. of MN Duluth running a campaign that it's unfair to be white. :-/
And now..
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:26am.
we have the Un. of MN Duluth running a campaign that it's unfair to be white. :-/
~WTF?
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:34am.
“Americans in part identify who we are, and who deserves what, through our notions of whiteness and of the racial enemies that are the non-whites.”
Seriously, it's the first thing that comes to mind while reading that. Where the hell does this woman live and what color is the sky there? I don't know anyone who thinks like that. There's no evidence to support her ridiculous claim, and the very fact that she's spouting that vile, racist nonsense on a majority white-owned and operated network refutes it!
Wrathful Brunette
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:08am.
I think she left out the hyphen & meant to say African-Americans maybe? I know I sure don't think that way - people are people, group identity is for leftists.
Ronald Reagan
Harris-Perry has likely lived
Submitted by celator on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:05am.
Harris-Perry has likely lived her entire professional life mired in racial politics. The principles of racism have been pounded into her skull with vengeance by lefty academics and peers to the extent that her world view is completely shaped by this distorted gestalt. She been richly rewarded for repeating the approved mantras and has no reason to change her viewpoints or expand it so that she sees the entire picture of the world around her, rather than a tiny sliver of it. I actually feel sorry for her.
Just plain *^%$&&*%^%$&&^
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:36am.
I admit I have turned her show on VERY BRIEFLY and I can make this statement with a 100 percent certainty, she makes Maddows brother who is on before her, seem smart, inclusive and pro-american.
THAT is how bleeped up this "person" is.
Time for the bull**** to stop that Fox news from the right is on par with this "network", it is NOT.
thuffering thucasath
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:37am.
this bimbo is an idiot
she is a Black isolationist-so be it-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 10:27am.
Lady-someone at NBC is paying you. Is that racist?
you want to be an isolationist-you got it-pack up your stuff and move to wherever you feel the most comfortable. make your life as you see it-with those whom you are comfortable.and be away from us paranoid folks.
Great.
Pay your own way-leave the rest of us Phobia Folks-alone-so we can be paranoid all alone.
Perhaps you would feel good in a Muslim Country to be allowed to follow Sharia Law-Good for You
Great for the rest of us Paranoid.