Who is race baiting?
If you haven’t seen this video from the MacIver Institute, you need to. Milwaukee County Supervisors Chris Larson and John Weishan both go for below-the-belt attacks on Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. Look for these attacks to be echoed next year during the race for governor.
Larson actually accuses Walker of trying to “run the county into the ground.” Seriously. Which ground is he trying to run it into? The ground where the pension scandal nearly buried the county? Or the empty ground that will be abandoned by families and businesses when taxes keep going up to feed the public employee unions?
But that pales in comparison to the outrageous Weishan claiming that “the county executive has had the undertone of race in this entire budget” and then claimed Walker was “race-baiting” with his proposed cuts of the community centers. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel picks up on other supervisors echoing that sentiment as well. They claim that CRG’s efforts to organize opposition to county spending above a zero percent levy increase is somehow racist.
The charge is of course duly reported but not substantiated by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. That’s because the only ‘race-baiting” going on is by members of the Milwaukee County Board, starting when Chairman Lee Holloway compared Walker to David Duke. This attempt to stir racial anger over serious and legitimate policy disagreements only cheapens the meaning of “racism,” something supposed progressives should be actively condemning rather than enabling. The reporter, Steve Schultze, should have challenged the supervisors to give specific examples of racism rather than just repeat the outrageous unsubstantiated slanders.
James, I take it you haven’t seen the mailing that CRG sent out to the people announcing the Serb Hall event. I have, and yes, it could be perceived as race baiting.
But since I have a lot of free time this weekend, I will take you up on that challenge.
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Perhaps Chris, you could spend time writing a letter of sincere apology to Sarah Palin for baiting the right of existence of all challenged children.
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capper Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 12:22 am
Now, Steve, please tell me where I wrote that she should have aborted the child.
Here’s a hint. I didn’t. I believe that women should have a choice, so I respect Palin’s choice to keep her son.
Now, stop listening to Sykes’ lies and please start exercising your ability to think for yourself.
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Now, Chris, I never wrote anything you claim. It’s your insinuation, your opinion. I’m suggesting your ignorance about Down’s children and why Down’s happens is why you should apologize to Sarah Palin.
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capper Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
You wrote “Perhaps Chris, you could spend time writing a letter of sincere apology to Sarah Palin for baiting the right of existence of all challenged children.”
I never questioned the right of anyone’s existence. You lied when you inferred that I did. But I recognize that it is a long standing habit of Sykes and his listeners to read what they want to read and hear what they want to hear, regardless of what the reality actually is.
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Word smithing is not your strong suit Chris. You wrote this:
“Why us? Gee, Sarah, do you think that you had the baby at the age of 44 years old and have admitted to smoking marijuana, both of each alone can lead to birth defects, could have had something to do with it?
Is she that arrogant that she thinks she is immune to the laws of nature, or just that dumb. Thank goodness she’ll never be in an office of power.”
Many things could be inferred from what you wrote, including ignorance.
I didn’t lie, you twisted my words. Write the apology and move on, or live with it.
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