Earlier, Brent Baker reported that ABC's Pierre Thomas went off the deep end with a story claiming that America's white population was increasingly prone to a "wave of domestic terror." Now the Associated Press also wades into the same murky waters with a June 11 piece claiming that the "potential for an increase in violence from whites who feel they are slipping from power is high." Naturally, the AP employed the Old Media's favorite source for the claims. It's "some say," and "others believe."
Worse than the "some say" line of proof employed, this tale also relies on some experts that end up being expectedly biased sources. The AP asks a white supremacist what he thinks -- as if there is any doubt that he would be for increased racism -- and a university professor hawking a book on racism -- as if there would be any doubt that she'd see racism everywhere. There is also all sorts of claims and worries by authorities, but no proof of any real "growing racist movement" is presented.
As ominous as the ABC report referenced by Baker, this AP report starts out with foreboding words.
Crazies. Lone nut jobs. Isolated loonies. Those are frequent descriptions of people like James von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist accused of opening fire at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and killing a black guard.
Others believe he represents something more dangerous: a growing racist movement motivated by a number of converging factors, including the first black president.
The potential for an increase in violence from whites who feel they are slipping from power is high, people from across the ideological spectrum say.
And who does the AP turn to to prove out these dark predictions? Professor Carol Swain, a professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University, is trundled out to tell us, "I believe we are headed for an unprecedented level of conflict and racial turmoil."
It shouldn't be surprising that Swain sees racists under her bed, though. After all she wrote the book "The New White Nationalism in America" so she has a vested interest in alarming people enough about resurgent racism to go buy her book.
This AP piece goes on to reveal that "federal agents have increased their monitoring of white supremacist groups since Obama's election, and have noticed increased chatter and membership." Not that this isn't a prudent move, but it is not proof that they are actually finding a "growing racist movement" in America. Only that they are looking.
Then the AP asked the chairman of the "National Policy Institute," which is a white advocacy group, if he thinks racism is on the rise. Surprise, surprise, the guy that wants to see racism on the rise tells the AP he sees racism on the rise. Shocking, eh?
But in a nation of 300 million people, the AP has but three cases to point to as evidence of this "growing racist movement" in America. Not very convincing.
Now, let us look to past American history and see some real evidence of racial separatists that bespoke real trouble.
Let's take the 1930s, for instance. Nazism was a real worry in the United States then and it was not peopled by just a few nuts and fringe wackos like it is today. Nazism in America was so big then that an actual political entity had grown around it in New York and New Jersey. Called the German-American Bund and headed by Fritz Julius Kuhn, the organization once commanded a crowd of 20,000 New Yorkers to a parade and speaking event in February of 1939. Of course there was violence at that event.
And we don't even have to mention the many hundreds of thousands of Ku Klux Klan members that held sway in this country on up into the 1950s. The KKK was so strong at one time that it controlled nearly the entire Indiana legislature, including the Governor. It wasn't until 1924 that the rape and murder of a woman named Madge Oberholtzer by Indiana's Grand Dragon, David C. Stephenson, caused the unseemly connections between the Klan and Indiana state government to come to light toppling the government and leading to Stephenson's imprisonment. The Indiana Klan supposedly once counted some 180,000 members.
Now those are some real racist oriented organizations that presented real dangers to America. These historical troubles make the "some say" reporting of the AP and other Old Media outlets today look foolish by comparison.
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This is becoming alarming.
June 12, 2009 - 06:10 ET by motherbeltThe Department of Homeland Security pushing the line that white men are becoming a greater danger, and the willing media obligingly propagating that line for the government. One has to wonder what "preventive" measures they have up their sleeve, waiting for the right moment and mood to spring them.
Not implying that white men will be rounded up and sent to camps, but this is how Hitler started: by blaming "the Jews" for Germany's troubles.
We will be swept up into the White House with powers that will make Martial Law seem like anarchy. -Mrs. Iselin in "The Manchurian Candidate"
I'm no black helicopter conspiracy theorist, but that line repeatedly comes to mind lately.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
They are right
June 12, 2009 - 06:32 ET by MidAmericaThere is a huge amount of racism against blacks. But it's from other blacks. Blacks deliberately targeting other blacks is at an appalling level.
Here in California, in Los
June 12, 2009 - 09:00 ET by mostlymoderateHere in California, in Los Angeles, it is also Mexican's (mostly gang's) that target blacks.
This is very true. I was
June 12, 2009 - 09:21 ET by Tom PaineThis is very true. I was on a parents’ committee at our high school a few years ago and I read a study that said the biggest resentment faced by high achieving black students came not from white students but from other black students. Because of their good grades they were accused of “acting white”. Which begs the question; if getting good grades, following the rules and getting ahead is seen as “acting white”, what constitutes “acting black”?
Let's see... 16,000+
June 12, 2009 - 06:35 ET by JerryLet's see... 16,000+ murders, 90,000+ rapes, 11,000,000+ crimes every year and 2 isolated murders by crazy individuals represents a SPIKE in white violence... some are saying.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Some Say AP is Biased
June 12, 2009 - 06:37 ET by allanf... and incapable of honestly reporting the news.
liberals are anti-white
June 12, 2009 - 08:10 ET by Mike76Well, there's going to be a spike in violence during economic hard times. There's going to be a spike in violence across every racial group. Sure, the recent abortion doctor murder, and the holocaust crime were committed by white men.
But the liberal media, has, and will continue to, ignore the day-to-day higher crime rates of non-whites, some of which are more brutal and bloody than either one of these incidents.
They don't exactly shout it from the rooftops every time an illegal alien goes off the deep end, and rapes or murders, do they? I don't recall any reports of the "spike" in black crime when Tookie Williams went on a rampage.
The liberal media doesn't care about racial crime, they only want to highlight it when white people do it, and sweep in under the rug when non-white people do it. Liberals aren't against racism, Liberals are against white people. Liberals are anti-white.
Have we ever heard a word
June 12, 2009 - 09:26 ET by Tom PaineHave we ever heard a word about the DC Sniper who turned out to be black after Phil Donahue assured us and preemptive apologized for the fact the crime spree was caused by a “bunch of white guys”. In all of the frenzy over the murder of abortion Doctor Tiller, we still haven’t heard about the Muslim connection of the man who murdered the Army Recruiter. Just an oversight on the part of the media, I’m sure.
Seriously
June 12, 2009 - 06:49 ET by ThisnThatThis is a serious charge. How could anyone doubt the seriousness of this charge? Since the charge is so serious, serious consideration needs to be considered -- by some serious individuals who are seriously concerned about the seriousness of this serious charge.
Do you doubt the seriousness of this charge, WTH? From your writeup, it seems like you might be an anti-protect-our-citizens-at-all-costs type of individual. Some might say that your motives are questionable, and therefore, you yourself need to be questioned. Please report to the Serious Charges Czar NLT noon today for a serious checkup. Thank you. The Obama Admin.
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
Some...
June 12, 2009 - 06:51 ET by Warner Todd HustonSome have also said that I am a pain in the butt. However, I WANT PROOF!
LOL
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PROOF??? We don't need no
June 12, 2009 - 07:14 ET by motherbeltPROOF???
We don't need no stinking PROOF!!!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
LOL
June 12, 2009 - 07:26 ET by Warner Todd HustonLOL
This is my "innoent" face.
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Why do they ignore the fact
June 12, 2009 - 07:18 ET by motherbeltWhy do they ignore the fact that "some say" this administration is using the financial situation to facilitate government takeover of major banks in the US?
Why do they ignore the fact that "some say" President Obama wants to destroy our capitalist system and replace it with socialism?
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Transparent Maneuver by Communist Organizers
June 12, 2009 - 07:48 ET by reasonsjesterMotherbelt: Why do they ignore the fact that "some say" President Obama wants to
destroy our capitalist system and replace it with socialism?
This transparent maneuver by the Democrats of "destroying capitalism and replacing it with socialism," and then charging people who cry foul as "racists" is getting wearying. This is the classic Alinsky manuever of putting your opposition on the defensive and in the awkward position of proving a negative (that you don't actually believe something - which is actually unprovable). Control over the school system has wrought so much damage that many people aren't able to think rationally and see through the scheme. I am completely serious in hoping more states assert their constitutionally guaranteed rights and counterbalance the drive toward the centralization of power in the Kremlin - I mean, Washington.
Doncha just hate---
June 12, 2009 - 07:41 ET by misterbill-- when someone comes along and disagrees (a little) with a building consensus.
In extreme times, extremists will do extreme things. (Profound, eh?)Thus, at any time in history when things were going badly, there was always those who did something wrong or stupid or violent. Feeling ignored is, in my opinion, a major reason that people strike out. The majority of white middle aged men are being ignored today in America. I believe there will be more violence.
Obama is , in my opinion, the type of arrogant narcissist that will bring the crazies out of the woodwork. He is,leading us down the same path that Marx led Russia, Il Duce led Italy and Hitler led Germany.
A sane, patriotic and conservative Congress can alleviate some of the fear and anger felt by 50% of us. (Per recent polls which I have a hard time believing.)
R D Helm posted an link, yesterday, to an article by Charles Pierce. Some of it left me a little confused, but Pierce pointed out that Obama is moving at breakneck speed. I, for one, cannot follow at that speed and have serious doubts that most people can. This further alienates people and makes them restless.
I confess,even though I would not do it--I fantasize being able to "pie" Obama or water balloon him.
See --Professor Swain is right!
Misterbill, I
June 12, 2009 - 08:05 ET by motherbeltMisterbill, I disagree.
The vast majority of "angry white men" take out their revenge in the voting booth, not in violence. The congressional turnaround of 1994 is a good example.
The angry white men who do resort to violence would find another reason if we didn't have a black President. Unfortunately, like the poor, we will always have them with us.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
mother-
June 12, 2009 - 08:18 ET by misterbillhalf of what I said was in jest--I do however believe there are crazy people and they may (and probably will) do something stupid or violent and then the MSM will say all of us are----grrrr--violent.
Side issue -- I really don't remember well--but when Reagan got shot--when Lennon got shot, etal--I do not remember the press leaping in and saying it was leftists or rightists--it was just people who were imbalanced.
Feeling persecuted yet?
June 12, 2009 - 07:52 ET by ParagrouperI am. I wonder what the government plans to do with all this hate and fear that is being spread through the media? They must be for it. I have not heard a single administration official denounce it. by their inaction, the government seems to be content to allow the racist media to spew fear and hate against whites. Reports released by the DHS only add "credibility" to these lies.
So I wonder--what's next?
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." - General George Patton Jr
How about spurring fear as
June 12, 2009 - 08:09 ET by motherbeltHow about spurring fear as a pretext for increased government control over more of our lives?
Speech codes. Censorship. The "fairness" doctrine. More government snooping on "suspected" troublemakers (except Muslims and other "disenfranchised youths"...that' wouldn't be right).
Feel free to add to the list....
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
This is pretty disturbing.
June 12, 2009 - 09:04 ET by dronetekWhen was the last time the media put out warning about any people, much less "white people"? This seems like a pretty disturbing turn of events.
Has anyone contacted the AP and asked when te last time they put out a warning about a people based on skin color?
When you hear, "some say",
June 12, 2009 - 07:54 ET by HockeyKidWhen you hear, "some say", just replace it with "we would like you to believe". That's the truth of it.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Abortion
June 12, 2009 - 07:59 ET by sevenHow many aborted?
Is it as violent as it gets? It sure is but who favors it? violent people see it as a solution because the violence is hidden.
Brotherhood and all that....
June 12, 2009 - 07:58 ET by Pilgrim1949In the introduction to a wonderfully tongue-in-cheek song, "National Brotherhood Week" from the 1960s, Tom Lehrer noted:
I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man and I HATE people like that!
Cue the usually liberal-leaning audience's laughter, scattered a bit with doubtless more than just a little nervous self-awareness at the Bull's Eye aim of Lehrer's verbal barb. He did tend to be an equal opportunity satirist, delighting in slaying and barbequing the sacred cows of both ends of the political spectrum.
"Some say".... These might be the oft-quoted "experts".... people who used to be pert? Jeeez Loueeeeez. Some belly-button-lint-inventory existential navel gazers might also claim we're all the product of someone else's dream....
"Some say" that these ersatz journalists should just, as the venerable Archie Bunker used to say, '"stifle yourself!"
But, that's just what "some say".......
Yeah...
June 12, 2009 - 08:08 ET by Warner Todd HustonWhile funny and sometimes taking after some lefty shibboleths, Leher is DEFINITELY a raving leftist himself.
Ah, but give me a rousing chorus of "The Masochism Tango" any day!
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Lefty Lehrer
June 12, 2009 - 13:19 ET by Pilgrim1949Yup, I agree, he's basically a Lefist, but at least he had the courage to clobber a few of the Left's favorite pinatas. The current crop of Kool-Aid drinking "comedians" are too in-the-tank or cowardly to attempt to cast the slightest aspersion upon the Anointed One.
No question Tom's basic leanings are classic leftist cultural effete, but he was funny nonetheless.
The Tango's good, as are Vatican Rag, Verner von Braun and Who's Next. Poisoning Pidgeons in the Park is another one dear to our PETA pals, too, I'm sure.
Stan Frehberg's another one of my quirky favorites as well.
→ Some say
June 12, 2009 - 08:05 ET by Cool ArrowSome say AP is happy with the murder rate being dominated by minorities.
Some say President Obama wants to spread the wealth.
Some say AP was told to write this drivel to whip up the white folk into one of their crazed Santeria frenzies.
The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black - Joe Biden
"They" attack their enemies, by any means...
June 12, 2009 - 10:05 ET by hetookuazyThe tool of choice is public opinion which, of course, they construct. Get the people divided and fighting one another and we can do what we want. Lie, cheat, steal, intimidate, injure, kill, the usual. This model works and has been used before which is why it is being used now. The fight is for the mind of the public. To create no safe haven for contrary political thought, and very negative consequences for for those who think them and especially those who express them. If an idea cannot be heard, it cannot be considered by the body politic and is therefore a reduced threat to the " truth " which they have created.
The fact that there are black people who agree and are actively fighting against the course we are now on, is ignored because it doesn't help " Them " in their fight to enslave everyone, regardless of their color.
I'm much more concerned by
June 12, 2009 - 10:16 ET by KevroyI'm much more concerned by the fact that blacks make up 13% of the population and yet account for 50% of the murders.
How can that be?
June 12, 2009 - 10:27 ET by sevenA larger % of them are in prison. How do they murder when they have less access to murder?
When the bell curve was published, it opened a can of worms using demographics to see causal relationships and concidental relatiobnships.
What if we find most murders are created by school drop outs? Are we going to blame conservaties for that?
Charles Manson
June 12, 2009 - 10:29 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsWho would have thought the State Run Media would be on the same page as Charles Manson in trying to promote a race war. 'Keep the people fearful' should be the DNC motto.
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jessieH My brother-in-law
June 12, 2009 - 11:12 ET by jessieHjessieH My brother-in-law is married to a wonderfull woman, who happens to be black. How dare these little minded pinheads call the people of this country, of any color, racists? These people in the "media" just need to stop stirring the pot & just report the news. And stop making up the stories that spew from their twisted little minds.
Actually, white men not on
June 12, 2009 - 11:19 ET by RR GOPActually, white men not on the dole or working for the gubment.
There are fewer of those around all the time.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
With a title like that this
June 12, 2009 - 16:02 ET by RowaneWith a title like that this moron has the balls to call white people "racist"?