Some people are just dumb.
Posted on 07/15/2012 7:26:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
An open letter to African America:
In the late ’90s, the Internet belched forth a rumor that the Voting Rights Act was soon to expire and that black folks would lose the vote as a result. Though stupid and untrue, the rumor spread like a dust cloud till it was inescapable.
Flash forward to 2012. Now the threat is real. There is a sustained effort to suppress the black vote as we approach this pivotal election. And what is our response?
Silence.
Here is what is going on in that silence. In Washington, D.C., conservative Republicans are seeking to gut the Voting Rights Act. In Florida, they are, in effect, purging Democrats from the voting rolls. In Kansas, there is a law requiring a voter show proof of citizenship. And in 30 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, there are Voter ID laws, either passed or under contemplation.
So where are we in all this? Silent, that’s where.
It is easy to rally in the face of a tragedy like Trayvon Martin. That was a visceral, emotional thing. Still, what happened to that child is only representative of systemic injustice. This is systemic injustice, and we should be just as exercised about it, if not more so.
And yet . . . Silence.
From the barber shops, silence.
From the beauty parlors, silence.
From the pulpits, silence.
In the face of a naked attempt to steal not just an election, but a right that was purchased for us at a cost of bones and blood, silence. It’s happening now, right under our noses.
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Kinda like this hit piece, you steaming pantload race baiting media whore.
I am tired of these racist efforts to disenfranchise ME with their voter fraud.
Could the silence actually be approval?
This race-baiter might not even be able to comprehend that people are concerned with fair elections.
Americans of African Origin are just as pissed off about non-citizens voting as Americans of European and Asian origin.
Americans of African Origin are just as pissed off about non-citizens voting as Americans of European and Asian origin.
The Man is gonna suppress our ability to illegally vote!
I look at this as a stunning admission that democrats are nearly 100% responsible for voter fraud in this country. Maybe the silemce is because dead people don’t talk, felons won’t walk, and illegals don’t want the light to shine on their shadows.
silence
Some people are just dumb.
Wow. The insanity runs deep in that one. He clearly subscribes to “Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get me.”
Leonard Pitts Jr. is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Miami Herald.
WOW! He’s a racist AND he’s stupid! That’s a dangerous combination!
You are far too kind.
Dems hate it when you disenfranchise the dead, the non-citizen, the multi-voter, etc.
Why must we always believe blacks, hispanics and the elderly don’t have and can’t get ID’s?
what garbage and lies
Because something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is. Do, you, Mr. Pitts?
Because something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is. Do, you, Mr. Pitts?
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, Shame on me.
Could it be that having pulled the same sh*t so many times that the people just are tired of falling for it and have just decided to ignore these criers of ‘doom, doom, doom’.
Besides now there are more sources of information to all of the people, not just newspapers and TV. Their message is getting diluted and they just can’t see how to fix that. again.
I’ll start listening to treason-drooling, racist morons like Pitts when they’re able to start actually producing citizens who’ve been disenfranchised of their voting rights.
Put up or crawl back into your mommies protective arms, you worthless pansies.
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