Posted on 09/05/2007 9:08:26 AM PDT by forty_years
Dear Ms. Whoopi Goldberg, don't tell me that torturing animals (dog-fighting) -- "hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground" -- is an integral part of Southerners' "cultural upbringing." I've lived in the Deep South for about 5 years, visited family there many times, and vacationed there more times than I can remember. My experiences? Good, decent people, and beautiful cities, countryside, and beaches. So how did this dog-fighting controversy get started?
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was busted red-handed running a chamber of horrors for canines. Not only was he fighting dogs, but torturing them too, presumably for his own "pleasure." From the Smoking Gun, including the federal indictment against Vick:
...After a March 2003 loss by a female pit bull, codefendant Purnell Peace, "after consulting with Vick," electrocuted the animal. In April, prosecutors allege, Vick, Peace, and Quanis Phillips, "executed approximately 8 dogs that did not perform well in 'testing' sessions." These animals, the indictment claims, were killed "by various methods, including hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground."
From ESPN:
..."He's a pit bull fighter," the source said of Vick. "He's one of the ones that they call 'the big boys': that's who bets a large dollar. And they have the money to bet large money. As I'm talking about large money -- $30,000 to $40,000 -- even higher. He's one of the heavyweights."On April 25, authorities raided a house in Surry County, Va., owned by Vick and reportedly found -- among other things -- 66 dogs (most of which were pit bulls), a dog-fighting pit, bloodstained carpets and equipment commonly associated with dogfighting. ...
Here's Whoopi on Vick's crimes, from ABC's talk show The View:
"He's from the South, from the Deep South ... This is part of his cultural upbringing."
At least:
..."View" co-host Joy Behar took immediate issue with Goldberg."What part of the country is this? ... How about dog torturing and dog murdering?" she asked. ...
According to Whoopi, poor baby Vick can't help being a "heavyweight" of dog-fighting, regularly killing "under-performing" dogs by "hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground." It is part of his "cultural heritage." Would Whoopi excuse slavery in the Old South on the basis of "cultural heritage?" You know she wouldn't.
Whoopi is in fact perpetuating the now-widespread culture of victimization, whereby certain special identity groups try to get out of trouble, whereby the fabric of our American culture is being devastated. She is part of the problem whereby hillbilly/redneck stereotypes (e.g., the Simpsons' Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel) are warmly received in Hollywood, inner-city gangsta thugs are self-destructively hocked by BET, but we've yet to see a major movie about Islamist terrorism.
Should we think anything more of Whoopi? Speaking of the President in 2004, she:
...produced a few embarrassed grimaces with an unsubtle anatomical double-entendre enjoining voters to "keep Bush where it belongs and not in the White House."
No, we cannot expect more from a person whose intelligence is limited to bathroom "humor" while arguing politics.
And not one ping to me!
Only for us “hicks.”
Yet another semi-literate to fill the Rosie O’Donuts seat on the View, what else did you expect?
The NAACP should be on her case over this. She’s insinuating that if you’re black, it’s perfectly natural that you’d abuse animals. Her idiotic statements paint the entire race with that brush.
“It’s the culture..”
Words by which we are to excuse every outrage that occurs along the downward spiral of black American society.
I read that Whoopie was a bag lady when she was 'discovered'.
If this is true - is she still practicing HER cultural upbringing?
She makes it sound like Vick has this disgusting habit bred into his genes.
I can believe it’s part of his culture. I can even believe that Vick didn’t think it was really bad. I can believe that Vick thought it was like gambling in an office pool, illegal, but who cares?
Even if all that is true, it in no way excuses Vick. Even if he thought it was ok, he was severly mistaken. And ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Let him do his time. And if he is so inclined, let him put this behind him.
Maybe Whoopi can get Oprah on her show and explain to her how common it is to have your uncle rape you repeatedly when you are about 9 years old and its just what is done down south. Ya think?
Well that explains it Oprah, nothing out of the ordinary to actually complain about. Then watch the cat fight.
I live in the north (Pittsburgh, PA) — dog fighting is common around here. It’s not a regional thing or a cultural thing — it’s a greed thing; it’s an animal cruelty thing.
It’s similar to John Kerry going after the southern stock car fans, “I sure would like your vote, all you National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing enthusiasts.”
This is all about Whoopi racism as far as I’m concerned...
A few years ago I saw Whoopi on the street. It looked like she was window shopping. I did not approach or speak with her.
According to some, it was the "culture" in the halls of power that led to several lawmakers being indicted for allegedly accepting bribes. It was also the long standing "culture" in the Tennessee Highway Patrol that explained the practice of getting moved up the ladder by giving money to certain lawmakers.Actually, one can use "culture" to defend just about any type of behavior. News reports of "honor killings" in certain countries, where family members slaughter one or all their daughters, is explained at part of the "culture" in those parts of the world. So is the practice of chopping off heads of the infidels by terrorists ... it's part of their "culture."
In fact, "culture" is being used more and more to explain just about every type of human failing or misbehavior.
It will be interesting to see how much more "culture" our culture will put up with in 2006.
05/07/2001
Politically Incorrect
May 2 Transcript where Whoopi says, “I’m not sure that Communism is necessarily a bad thing.”
Whoopi: I’ll tell you, in part, what it was like, because I lived in East Germany.
Bill: You lived in East Germany?
Whoopi: Yes, I did. Yes, I did. And so when I say to you the things that I say, it comes from a different place. Do I think that Communism as it’s worked by men works, no. Do I think that democracy often works in certain societies? No.
We’re seeing Russia implode ‘cause it’s not working.
We haven’t given it enough time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3af7239c5af9.htm
Along with grabbing your crotch and making obscene gestures and calling it “comedy”.....it’s all a cultural thing./sarc
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