Jan 24, 2013 - Issue 501 |
Tyranny and Thugs
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What’s the “color,” and who’s the face
of both tyrannical tyranny and treacherous thuggery
in A Black man. Believe it. Despite the extreme
contrast, yes, Black men sit, simultaneously at both ends of the spectrum Interesting
indeed. President Obama, according to the
reactionary Rednecks, is little more than a power hungry Commie/Pinko/Marxist/militant Black Nationalist tyrant. While the face of “crime” in We are “Public Enemy #1.” Black men, predictably, are the official poster boys for “crime,” and an angry, unpatriotic one today runs the government, and of course he has a secret agenda to “transfer wealth,” with the ultimate prize being more than the obvious call for reparations, a cadillac for every thug... but he has the mission of disarming White men for the 1st time in the story of America.
This fear, the fear of Black men is
precisely why gun sales are through the roof... because White people,
specifically and particularly White males, fear Black men. Be that Black man,
the duly elected President, or a card-carrying West side baby Piru Crip, they fear us. They
believe we have some bone to pick with them, some “unsettled score,” and it’s
their desire to be locked n’ cocked, ready to defend the White race. Now, granted, I can understand this
White paranoia... being born n’ raised in the good ol’
Black
America’s concern? Angry White men and a few million White women are trigger happy
and eager to declare “Open Season” on Black Americans, and for that matter all
Americans-of-Color, all the rag-head wearing immigrants of color... hell dogs
n’ cats of color if you really want to know the truth... It was one thing when the face of Big
Government was Bill Clinton, but when “Big Brother” became a Black dude name
Barack... that’s when the fear of a strong central/federal government began to
show itself. Now hang on, the other side of this is,
as a Black man, I’m alarmed White folks are preparing to “take back their
country.” I’m unsure of where this White Backlash/revolt will go, and how
quickly it will escalate to levels not seen since the last era when White folks
went mad... the Tulsa Riots, The Chicago Riots and Rosewood. It’s not the worst idea to attempt to
disarm the extremists in US society although, granted, its to no avail - Ricky
Bobby, Jethro and Archie Bunker will not turn their
guns in. They see their guns as their first, last and logical line of defense.
Just as most Blacks across I don’t believe the liberals at MSNBC,
CNN or the Huffington Post can protect
me from their brothers-in-law , nephews and uncles,
nor do I know what atrocities the pacifist flower children might ask me to
accept until they can have us freed - allowed to live, work, go to school or
shop where we want. Nonetheless, as the gun debate turns
into an argument and possibly next a gun fight, let’s be clear here: White
folks want their guns, not to protect themselves from Russians or to kill their
dinner, no instead they want their guns to protect themselves from Black
Presidents and Black gangsters, who according to Rush Limbaugh, are seeking
vengeance. Limbaugh is now promoting the
incendiary thought “ The Republican TEA Party is looking for
a fight, a reason, an excuse to halt the racial cold
war and start a shooting-war... “take back their
country” and the All-American culture that comes with it. The National Rifle Association has dragged the President’s young daughters into the gun debate, and blowhards like Rush and Hannity are defending it - need we forget this is a faction of the US population that has demonstrated they will blow up churches with little girls inside - because a Black life has no more value today than it did in the times of a separate n’ unequal America.
The NRA has been
walking the razor’s edge of decency for years, but the gun rights group goes to
a new gutter low with an ad criticizing Obama for giving his daughters Secret
Service protection while voicing concerns about installing armed guards in
schools. Are the president’s kids more important
than yours? Then why is he skeptical about putting armed guards in our schools
when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?” In other words, are these Black lives
worth more than you and yours? Surely, if the Obamas
have protection from half mad White folks, than the everyday White family must
be allowed to protect themselves from Black thugs and tyrants. That’s the sentiment I want to hear from
“The Right,” the truth. We’re scared and overly paranoid. That’s why so many
Whites still characterize the brutality of the Rodney King beating as “well, he
did resist” ...and the 24 cops were justified in beating him. Inherent
and learned fears justify owning a tank and Bazooka, and believe me they are
conservatives out there who own a couple of tanks... just for your Black ass. There’s no Black Family in |
BlackCommentator.com
Columnist, Desi Cortez, was
hatched in the heart of Dixie, circa 1961, at the dawning of the age of
Aquarius, the by-product of four dynamic individuals, Raised in
South-Central LA,
the 213, at age 14 transplanted to the base of the Rockies, Denver. Still a Mile-Hi. Sat at the feet of scholars for
many, many
moons, emerging with a desire and direction… if not a sheep-skin.
Meandered
thru life; gone a-lot places, done a-lot of things, raised a man-cub
into a
good, strong man, produced a beautiful baby-girl with my
lover/woman/soul-mate…
aired my mind on the airwaves and wrote some stuff along the way. Click here to contact Mr. Cortez.
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