Comments on: A Few Thoughts On The Left, The Right, and The Jena Six – updated http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/07/a-few-thoughts-on-the-left-the-right-and-the-jena-six/ pursuing holiness, following politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/07/a-few-thoughts-on-the-left-the-right-and-the-jena-six/comment-page-1/#comment-37862 Laura Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:26:04 +0000 http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/07/26/a-few-thoughts-on-the-left-the-right-and-the-jena-six/#comment-37862 I think they have to be imported because <strong>60% of your parish voted for David Duke</strong>, Lillie. I think they have to be imported because only 12% of Jena's population is black. I think they have to be imported because of the open, well-documented racism in your town to the point where the barber was not ashamed to tell the Chicago Tribune that he refused to cut black men's hair, and where whites got off scot-free for the exact same crime the Jena Six are being prosecuted for. So to answer your question, no, I don't think it's odd at all. You say they've "terrorized their own community." I've read that before, at the Town Talk message boards. It's a lot like that "coattails of racism" catch phrase that made the rounds. You're asserting something, well, <strong>BACK IT UP</strong>. Give details and at least approximate dates. I'm betting you can't do it, because just like the people who hew to the party line that the noose-hangers were trying to drive the black kids away from the "white tree" because they were bothering the white girls, you're repeating "conventional wisdom" which is usually two lies for the price of one. Back it up - no one else has, and I'm betting you won't be the first. I think they have to be imported because 60% of your parish voted for David Duke, Lillie. I think they have to be imported because only 12% of Jena’s population is black. I think they have to be imported because of the open, well-documented racism in your town to the point where the barber was not ashamed to tell the Chicago Tribune that he refused to cut black men’s hair, and where whites got off scot-free for the exact same crime the Jena Six are being prosecuted for. So to answer your question, no, I don’t think it’s odd at all.

You say they’ve “terrorized their own community.” I’ve read that before, at the Town Talk message boards. It’s a lot like that “coattails of racism” catch phrase that made the rounds. You’re asserting something, well, BACK IT UP. Give details and at least approximate dates. I’m betting you can’t do it, because just like the people who hew to the party line that the noose-hangers were trying to drive the black kids away from the “white tree” because they were bothering the white girls, you’re repeating “conventional wisdom” which is usually two lies for the price of one. Back it up – no one else has, and I’m betting you won’t be the first.

]]> By: Lillie http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/07/a-few-thoughts-on-the-left-the-right-and-the-jena-six/comment-page-1/#comment-37858 Lillie Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:59:59 +0000 http://pursuingholiness.com/2007/07/26/a-few-thoughts-on-the-left-the-right-and-the-jena-six/#comment-37858 I live in Jena. I know these people. You don't have an inkling about what is really going on here. People have to be imported for the protests. Don't you think that is odd? Maybe it is because the black community, for the most part, know these kids and know that they are guilty of more than just attacking Justin Barker. They have literally terrorized their own community. And where was Ms. Bailey when Robert's teachers called about his behavior in grade school? I dare to say that Mychal and Theo's fathers were never before concerned. Just when the cameras arrived. Get the facts! You are not even close to the truth. I live in Jena. I know these people. You don’t have an inkling about what is really going on here. People have to be imported for the protests. Don’t you think that is odd? Maybe it is because the black community, for the most part, know these kids and know that they are guilty of more than just attacking Justin Barker. They have literally terrorized their own community. And where was Ms. Bailey when Robert’s teachers called about his behavior in grade school? I dare to say that Mychal and Theo’s fathers were never before concerned. Just when the cameras arrived. Get the facts! You are not even close to the truth.

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