Posted on 10/07/2005 11:48:06 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
Truth: Solution to black America's moral poverty
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Posted: October 7, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Last week, I wrote in this space that it was the lack of moral character and dependence on government that cost blacks when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, not President Bush or racism. Since then, I've been deluged by e-mails – overwhelmingly positive – repeatedly making the same point: I said what white Americans know to be true, but are afraid to say.
As it was put in one e-mail, "I thought along the same lines as your sentiments, but as a white I would never voice such words for fear of being called a racist and worse." Another wrote: "Even as I sit here writing to you I'm breaking out in a sweat for fear of being called a racist." Another said: "That was an excellent article, and unfortunately it could only be said by another African-American."
This confirmed what I've known for a long time: Everyone knows most of black America is screwed up – immoral, dependent, weak – but so few are able to say so. Unfortunate as that is, it is reassuring that we all know the truth. With this in mind, I would like to make the case that all Americans – black and white – should tell the truth when it comes to race and morality.
To do this, I'd like you to consider the recent controversy surrounding Bill Bennett. Last week, a caller to his national radio talk show suggested that abortion could be opposed on the grounds that it has hurt the solvency of Social Security (fewer taxpayers means less Gross National Product, he reasoned). Bennett took issue with this ends-justify-the-means form of argumentation, and challenged it with a hypothetical: (referencing statistics in the book "Freakonomics"):
I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky.
Bennett was immediately attacked by Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, the NAACP, the National Association of Black Journalists, and many others. His comments were labeled "racist."
Of course, no one on this list of elite whites and angry liberal blacks could possibly explain how Bennett's comments were racist. Nor could anyone show that the comments were false. The reason is simple: They weren't racist. They were true.
That is just the point: The truth doesn't matter to these people. That is why all should tell the truth to black America.
Bennett didn't say anything objectionable, yet he was attacked. He was attacked by people whose only purpose is to destroy, by people who don't care who they destroy. Whether you tell the truth or stay silent, they will go after you. They need no provocation.
Consider this analogy. There is a movie in theaters now called "Grizzly Man." It's about a man who spent several summers "making friends" with Alaskan grizzly bears. He gave the grizzlies names, sang to them, told them he loved them. Then the grizzlies ate him.
Not surprising, of course. Be as nice as you want; at the end of the day, grizzlies are grizzlies – wild animals that will kill you when it suits them.
Evil is the same way. No one needs to provoke Kennedy, Dean, Reid, or the NAACP. They serve the side of destruction. That's just what they do.
No matter what you do, no matter how nice you try to be, no matter how genuinely you try to have a dialogue, no matter how much money you give, evil will never cease to be evil. Liberals, black and white, will attack conservative white Republicans as racists regardless. Ask Bill Bennett.
Or ask President Bush. He's invested more government money in black America than Bill Clinton. He's put more black Americans in prominent leadership positions than Bill Clinton. He's been a fine moral example, unlike Bill Clinton. It doesn't matter. Evil people love Bill Clinton because he is one of them. Those who oppose President Bush hate him because he's good. They will forever oppose him for this reason. Just recently, Congressman Charles Rangel called President Bush the modern-day "Bull" Connor.
Do you think Charles Rangel and those like him will let you off the hook, whether you tell the truth or not? Guess again.
When all is said and done, you're left with two options:
Tell black America the truth. Accept that it won't always be met pleasantly, but that you're standing for what's right, you are exposing lies, helping truth gain ground, and inspiring others to do the same. Or,
Stay silent. Let evil do what it wants. It will strike, of course, despite your silence. Only this way it goes unopposed, gains ground, and the good lose heart.
Is there really a choice?
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The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of "Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America."
1) It is written by an African American who deals with black poverty all the time,
2) It addresses today's issues -- Katrina and Bill Bennet's comments.
3) It refutes the silly arguments of the race hustlers out there ( no names need be mentioned, you know who they are ).
If we only had more people listening to the likes of Rev. Peterson, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Star Parker, Roy Innis, Bill Cosby, Derrick Murdock, Mychal Massie, Armstrong Williams and even Janice Rogers Brown, we'd have a more prosperous society than we have now.
Unfortunately, the media gives more air time to the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan and a whole heap of others.
Returning the favor "black conservative ping" for Jesse Lee Petersen
Of course, no one on this list of elite whites and angry liberal blacks could possibly explain how Bennett's comments were racist. Nor could anyone show that the comments were false. The reason is simple: They weren't racist. They were true.
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The way to get rid of racism, is to get rid of the PROFESSIONAL RACISTS! It is time the American blacks stood to be counted as solid citizens of America, NOT VICTIMS, and bury these professional racist leeches that continue to make trouble, to foster the "victim mentality" and prey on ignorance and laziness.
Adios Jesse, Louie, Al, and all the pandering libs...
Unfortunately the main stream churches in America have bought into the same white privilege arguments that the angry liberals are touting. They want diversity in the church, even if it means intentional--not genuine. They propose that intentional is better than not trying at all. Yet, what they say is exactly the same thing that Jesse Jackson tries to make us believe. Somehow racism is still so rampant in American that we must find a way to deal a heavy blow to it, even if we make it up. Look at the books out there touting the division/racism in the church on Sunday morning, as if that shows the depth of a problem. Until we get over this obsession with race at all, we have a problem. If the church can't get it right, how can the nation?
Just remember, Bull Conner was a Democrat.
I really like/respect Rev. Peterson. I wish the media would give him more exposure.
later read/pingout.
People will forgive you for almost anything. But they won't forgive you for being right.
Right after Katria, I saw Andrew Young on TV. He said that America has a race problem, and that an honest discussion about race is impossible in America today.
And I thought, "It's because people like you are so quick to piss and moan when anyone starts to tell the truth about race in America."
Rev. Peterson, on the other hand, is a breath of fresh air.
Just to be picky, there is no need to identify the writer as Black!
Common sense should be color blind.
Blacks choose to vote democratic, they choose plantation politics (a phrase I used 40 years ago), they choose to rail against the Police and tolerate high crime and drugs.
They choose to taken government menial jobs and featherbedding jobs in Social Security, IRS, DMVs, and whereever, rather than demand an end to crime and corruption and business will invest in their communities....
And they choose to speak like "blacks" and expect to get good jobs. Hell, I can understand a Mexican immigrant better than many blacks with 400 years of American history.
Rangel, in his ignorance, kept referring to Connor as "Bill O'Connor" on Hannity & Colmes when the libs first started manufacturing this "scandal". The real scandal is that the race pimps and hustlers have no accountibility.
I salute Rev. Jesse Peterson, and other black Americans like Bill Cosby and Star Parker, for speaking the truth. I hope more black Americans will start listening to them.
That's because keeping blacks in servitude benefits the Democrats in two ways. They consistantly give the Rats 85-90 percent of their votes and they provide employment to large numbers of untalented and unproductive white liberals in government and NGOs who administer the large array of social and welfare programs that keep blacks in servitude. The aforementioned black "leaders" help maintain the status quo. Caould you imagine the ramifications for the Rats if blacks were exposed on a large scale to the likes of Rev. Peterson, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Star Parker, Roy Innis, Bill Cosby, Derrick Murdock, Mychal Massie, Armstrong Williams and Janice Rogers Brown? The Democratic Party would cease to be relevant and viable within a few years. And the Rats know it.
JLP for president!
Different article. This is a follow up
Hey!
Turn out those lights! I'm trying to sleep here!
LOL! Guess I should actuall READ the post first huh? Thanks!
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