Posted on 07/29/2010 9:50:51 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
When James Madison wrote what became the First Amendment, I’m sure he never imagined that it would be used to defend a white man being sued by a black woman who had been fired by a different white man on account of words she had uttered herself but had later been given publicity by the man she was suing.
NOTE: “There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs, partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”… Booker T. Washington …1904 quote
Ya know, even taken in context, Sherrod’s remarks would still be considered “racist.” At least they would have been racist if a white said them.
And I think they’ve found more amusing quotes from her, since them.
Where is the class action suit by white farmers against this women?
Most interesting question of all; what happened to the white farmer? Did he lose his farm?
What if the police who beat Rodney King said they were sorry? Would they be forgive and begged to come back to work?
The media really put a spin on this that made people go brain dead and caused them to stop asking questions!
Discovery should be.....interesting!
She needs to get a job.Obama fired her.
Mmm ... mmm ... mmmm ...
USDA
Sherrod settlement
Pigford settlement
Spooner saga
NAACP
NBP
Incomplete can be enough. For instance, If I claimed Smith said "Hitler is the greatest" when what he actually said is "Hitler is the greatest villain in history," Smith'd have me for lunch.
for what proven damage?
hell, it helped her career
I don't get why people on our side are rolling over that since she talked about redemption she was wronged somehow. She said, in a nutshell, that she violated the law by discriminating against a person on the basis of race but that now she wouldnt do that anymore because she's evolved. Her reverand should be quite pleased but the law doesn't care if you change your mind, and I'll bet neither does that guy who probably lost his farm because he was white (and really, was he the only one?) Be welcome and forgiven? Sure. Keep your government job? No.
Yup! Formal and informal blackmail.
She can’t win. But this is an opportunity to put NAACP, Agriculture and White House officials under oath.
...Obama can’t win the election
...Charley Rangle can’t get out of the ethics mess
...Obamacare will never pass
The fix is in Sherrod wins
She will sue; she will lose.
Do you have a citation on that? I don’t think its enough, especially in a video where the claimant is actually speaking for several minutes. Had it been a 3 second blurb or something printed about someone, that may be a little different.
Some states have a “false light” cause of action, but I think that’s pretty well gone the way of the dinosaur.
“Maybe its a black thing I wouldn’t understand?”
Funny you should say that. After listening to most but not all the black speakers and their logic I have to agree. They live in an alternate universe than mine. I know there are plenty of exceptions but they are in the minority compared to the total black population.
” Where is the class action suit by white farmers against this women? “
Tony Blankley had a great column at NRO yesterday- “ Cry Racism . “
The full text is no longer at NRO, but, it’s here
http://patriotpost.us/opinion/tony-blankley/2010/07/28/cry-racism-and-let-slip-the-dogs-of-politics/
Blankley , unlike too many on both the right and left , actually watched Shakedown Shirley’s entire 40 minute speech.
Which was full of unrepentant racism.
Blankey notes that Shakedown called 70 million Americans
who oppose Obamacare racists.
He noted that we also opposed Hillarycare and she was white .
How about a class action lawsuit against Shirley for slandering
70 million of us ?
Shirley called Breitbart a racist on CNN and said he wants to return blacks to slavery-so, that could also be actionable.
Tony notes that Breitbart
“ alerts the viewer that “Eventually, her basic humanity informs that this white man is poor and needs help.”
It’s in the video and it is in the text of Breitbart’s original post on the topic.
But the mainstream media selectively edits
out this exonerating fact in virtually every story about Breitbart. “
He didn’t lose his farm. She decided to help him after the lawyer “of his own kind” recommended letting it go. Apparently they worked something out. As you asked, how many others were treated similarly, but also, how detrimental was her begrudging service even when the farms were saved?
>>If a lawsuit is in order, it should be against the guys who fired her.<<
That pretty much nails the issue here. It’s also comical that they did.
She should also be suing the NAACP since they were the ones who contacted the White House to get her fired. They and Vilsack failed to research the video, and acted on impulse in ordering her firing. Her comments were taped at an NAACP event. What grounds she has to sue Breitbart is beyond me. It wasn't his fault that the NAACP and Vilsack reacted impulsively without investigating the comments.
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