Posted on 09/27/2005 11:36:58 AM PDT by andyk
Saddest thing is, too many freepers couldn't wait to believe the violence reports were all true.
"The incidents were highly exaggerated" _ the result of fear and hopelessness,..."
by the MSM that they might not be able to bash W enough with just the hurricane alone
Good to know about the exaggerations.
That said, I'm not surprised it would be very hard to file criminal charges with extensive evacuations, and police stations swamped. The police who didn't go AWOL weren't spending their time doing paperwork.
So the bottom line is the following
Murders DID occur at these locations
Rapes DID occur at these locations
Assaults DID occur at these locations.
Hmmm
The numbers might have been exaggerated but the incidents did occur.
Funny how some people on here act like the article states nothing happened.
heh
"Who runs Bayou-town?"
"Mayor Nagin runs Bayou-town."
Except Katrina.....
Well I heard the state police chief implore people on air not to report rumors as fact because the SWAT team had already been called out to hospitals that had allegedly been taken over a number of times and found nothing. While the police were busy responding to non-existent takeovers the real bad guys could get back to looting.
That is why there were not as many deaths and other violent acts as imagined.
These men will go unnamed, unacknowledged.
They don't consider themselves heroes.
God does.
The MSM won't be investigating those events. No spice.
Good post. Ironically, this is what I saw when I was actually watching footage from the Superdome, Convention Center, etc. Not rape and murder. Oddly, the sensational stuff seemed to only come from third hand reports (though there were reporters on scene)
Good post Smogger. I was one of the Freepers who opined that this may be the stuff of urban legend. Too lazy to find the post for you, but it's in my comments somewhere.
And yet the press will be the first to accuse the President of bigotry. How do they manage to finangle all of this hypocrisy?
Well, I recognize I"m about fifteen hours late for your question, but I'll answer anyway.
I think people believed those stories at least in part because they found such stories about blacks easy to believe.
But they're not just doing it for fun, are they? There is an ulterior motive; In fact, there are two ulterior motives. On one side it's financial gain: On the other side it's political gain. The one's who do it for financial gain are winning. The ones who do it for political divisiveness will lose in the long run. Their peer pressure tactics may persuade some young people for brief periods, but no matter how hard the race-baiters try they cannot recruit mature adults who recognize these school yard games.
People believed the stories because they were being told lies by the mayor and by the chief of police, who together presented everything in a very convincing manner.
If it were just the MSM, more people would have been skeptical.
"So who's a racist again?"The msm.The coverage inferring wholesale murder,rape,....made the residents of NO look bad.From where i was sitting,it appeared that order had collapsed completely,and(imo)that was the spin the msm intentionaly presented to America and the world.In hindsight it appears that the vast majority of people stuck in NO handled the situation well.Do you think the msm will ever sit down and honestly ask themselves why their coverage was so innacurate,cynical,and biased?
It's never too late to answer such questions.
I did not watch very much of the Katrina disaster on TV. I mostly listened to the radio and read stories online.
When I began reading this thread I thought it was about people believing rumors without waiting for verification. I admit that I believed that there was some truth to most of the horror stories floating in and did not employ as much critical thinking as I should have. As I heard the stories coming in, I kept thinking, "My God, how horrible!" It never occurred to me to tie race to it. But then, that may have been because I've lived in predominately white areas all my life and some of the people I've known have done some pretty vile things.
Soldier! You missed a formation! Front-leaning rest position, move!
Still, some are holding on for dear life over this. Amazing.
If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!
One word and there is nothing you can do about it. No wonder they get so upset when they think the power is not worshiped by all.
BTW- I am as much of a racist and a bigot as the sun sets in the East, and if people were not so frightened of being called vile names themselves- some freepers would show up and say so- but they are afraid- and who can blame them???- I have the freepmails and emails- (which I will never post or mention by name that tell me that.)
No matter- I have posted what others dare not- things, BTW our "black conservatives" have all said themselves- RDB3 says inner cities are an "experiment in Marxism" and that he would shoot and kill all of the looters in NO- but I am a racist for saying the inner cities are a mess and welfare should be controlled for fraud- I have donated to relief for those people who were displaced by Katrina, worked years in social work and in welfare, worked for a Democratic congressman, worked with Jesse Jackson and lived thru riots - I speak of my experience and opinions and I am somehow more of a racist than I was before I said anything.
I am called a bigot and a KKK member all over this forum- and those who are doing the name calling are demanding the world is unfair and full of hatred against them. (Rolling eyes)
There are websites dedicated to causing infighting at FR and are full of people who do nothing but call freepers and Jim Rob all sorts of horrible names- one which we know some posters( RDB3) on this thread are active participants with- and I am the one who is told to retract statements???? And freepers rush to his aid!?!
Ummm hmmm..... Food for thought: Can you imagine Dr. Rice getting on a pedestal and calling anyone a racist or a bigot for posting their opinions of riots and welfare on a website?
I can't- she doesn't need the smoke and mirrors. But then again this hysteria is about a culture which she does not belong to - not the color of her skin.
This too shall pass.
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