Posted on 07/27/2007 12:31:46 PM PDT by Michael2001
I seriously doubt any of the blacks supporting Mike Vick's right to due process would be there if he were of another race.
I'm sometimes disappointed how people in this country (and blacks usually more so) can turn anything into a racial issue. This really should have nothing to do with race.
“The thing is, the “animal rights people” here were an estimated 90 percent white. The pro-Vick/due process crowd was probably 95 percent black.”
It is racial... had Vick been white... you would still have the same animal rights people there... but there would be no “black” people there on the white man’s defense. sorry to say this but it’s true. you might have had a few die-hard Falcons fans there but they wouldn’t have been 95% black.
Sounds like OJ all over again.
No, they haven't. None of them is a judge or on a jury, so they have no power to convict anyone, no matter what they think he's done.
The Constitution binds the government to due process of law, not individuals. As long as no private citizen commits assault or another crime against Mr. Vick, he's perfectly within his rights to consider Mr. Vick guilty.
These two lines stood out....
>>Like Smith, almost all of the people supporting Vick or holding signs pleading for “due process” and “innocence until proven guilty” were African American.
On the other side was an emotional, angry, passionate anti-Vick group that was overwhelmingly white. <<
So neither side was exclusively anything.
That’s about right.
I'm sure that had nothing to do with the racial makeup of the players. We are a sad country for many reasons, but our hangups about skin color really eats at me.
Did anyone watch Geraldo on O’Reilly last night? He said something about “getting the White guys in the South who watch hogs fight pit bulls.” Anyone have the direct quote, I didn’t see or hear it.
Both of you have shown how easy it is to pick apart such foolishness. Bravo.
That’s it. You know darn well that logical explanations of the expanse of constitutional law have no place on Friday threads.
Ya knew someone would place the race card sooner or later.
MR. Vick and his cohorts are innocent till proven guilty. But if they are proven guilty, I hope the book is thrown at them.
How long before Al and Jesse start the ‘’racist’’ drumbeat?
Yet, I bet you had no issue with the Duke Lacrosse case.
Funny that.
And while these pro-Vick protesters are protesting the animal rights protesters based on the “constitution”... I believe it’s that same constitution that gives the animal rights protesters the right to protest!
Sheff said them dogs be racist
“These folks have convicted a man...”
Really? When did he get put in jail?
Re: “These folks have convicted a man who hasn’t even had a chance to defend himself,” said Smith.
What a moron. They are expressing their OPINIONS. The courts will render the VERDICT.
Or is in not acceptable to express opinions anymore?
Re: “I wouldn’t say it’s a racial thing,” said David Williams, an African American, in a hopeful tone. “It’s not racial. But for these animal rights people to take one person and crucify him isn’t fair.”
I agree.
Throw water on him and electrocute him.
I said to my wifey when this story broke, wonder how long before racism is injected.
Arizona sheriff says Vick not involved in dog fighting case
So who was the other player....?
He was referring to “games” in the south whereby dogs rip apart a pig for entertainment. His point was that they were equally sadistic.
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