I could have written most of what Chuck had to say meaning I agree with him completely. I had already typed out about three paragraphs, got called away, and then lost everything, so I'll retype my comments but limit it to freedom of speech, but taking a different route.
First, I take issue with the well-meaning and thoughtful statemen…
I could have written most of what Chuck had to say meaning I agree with him completely. I had already typed out about three paragraphs, got called away, and then lost everything, so I'll retype my comments but limit it to freedom of speech, but taking a different route.
First, I take issue with the well-meaning and thoughtful statement Glenn made:
"As I said to Marcia, we need to stop looking at race, and stop seeing people as groups of people, and instead see people as individuals. We should judge each person on the content of their character and not the color of their skin.", so said MLK.
Unfortunately, neither the media nor the political bureaucrats understand, believe, or even recall the general theme of that speech, unless it's to beat a specific drum. The hypocrisy of the media and the political puppets who occupy that honored building is stunning. Examples proving my point are countless, but I'll narrow it down to two.
"Judge each person on the content of their character"--laughable when you consider how Floyd was judged. A career criminal with multiple prison terms, wife beater, thief, felon, an ex-con, and the list goes on. Yes, the content of character to live by peddled to the black youth, but that's freedom of speech. It doesn't have to be true, it just has to get ratings and follow the socialist agenda of pitting race against race, white police against mistreated black. As phony as_____.
"And not by the color of their skin". Tell that to 13-month-old Antonio West Santiago who, in March 2013, was shot in the face as he sat in his stroller. His mother was also shot but she survived to learn of her son's death at the hands of two black teens who were attempting a robbery. The jury in Brunswick, Georgia ruled the teens would not face the death penalty-only Antonia would get the death sentence. Unfortunately, Antonio's family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but the murder of this baby wasn't ruled a "hate crime". Nothing to do with color, right? Antonio had no voice and no one spoke for him, not even the media--are you surprised?.
"Judge by the content of character and not by the color of their skin." Tell that to the 29 white men and women who were murdered by a black male from June 1 to July 18 and not one word on national news. What happened to freedom of speech and honesty in news reporting? Oh, it was only whites being killed and that happens every day so nothing to report. But, let a white officer be involved in the death of a black felon and that is not only news but a grand slam for ratings. It's a home run for pitting one against the other, of dividing cultures, and of inciting violence--yes, inciting violence, put the blame where it belongs, it's called freedom of speech.
Yes, freedom of speech has been on the chopping block for a long time and the predators of this American right finally have media outlets and political hacks in place to destroy and control what was once a great country.
Be careful what you wish for. If you know your history, you know that every country that gave up its freedoms to let the government take care of their needs, not wants, was soon made the slave of the master. History does repeat itself.
I personally think that it's very important to see the good in others, and that is the message I'm trying to get across in my newsletter. Yes, I think it's very important that we stop seeing people as part of a group, and instead see them as individuals.
I could have written most of what Chuck had to say meaning I agree with him completely. I had already typed out about three paragraphs, got called away, and then lost everything, so I'll retype my comments but limit it to freedom of speech, but taking a different route.
First, I take issue with the well-meaning and thoughtful statement Glenn made:
"As I said to Marcia, we need to stop looking at race, and stop seeing people as groups of people, and instead see people as individuals. We should judge each person on the content of their character and not the color of their skin.", so said MLK.
Unfortunately, neither the media nor the political bureaucrats understand, believe, or even recall the general theme of that speech, unless it's to beat a specific drum. The hypocrisy of the media and the political puppets who occupy that honored building is stunning. Examples proving my point are countless, but I'll narrow it down to two.
"Judge each person on the content of their character"--laughable when you consider how Floyd was judged. A career criminal with multiple prison terms, wife beater, thief, felon, an ex-con, and the list goes on. Yes, the content of character to live by peddled to the black youth, but that's freedom of speech. It doesn't have to be true, it just has to get ratings and follow the socialist agenda of pitting race against race, white police against mistreated black. As phony as_____.
"And not by the color of their skin". Tell that to 13-month-old Antonio West Santiago who, in March 2013, was shot in the face as he sat in his stroller. His mother was also shot but she survived to learn of her son's death at the hands of two black teens who were attempting a robbery. The jury in Brunswick, Georgia ruled the teens would not face the death penalty-only Antonia would get the death sentence. Unfortunately, Antonio's family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but the murder of this baby wasn't ruled a "hate crime". Nothing to do with color, right? Antonio had no voice and no one spoke for him, not even the media--are you surprised?.
"Judge by the content of character and not by the color of their skin." Tell that to the 29 white men and women who were murdered by a black male from June 1 to July 18 and not one word on national news. What happened to freedom of speech and honesty in news reporting? Oh, it was only whites being killed and that happens every day so nothing to report. But, let a white officer be involved in the death of a black felon and that is not only news but a grand slam for ratings. It's a home run for pitting one against the other, of dividing cultures, and of inciting violence--yes, inciting violence, put the blame where it belongs, it's called freedom of speech.
Yes, freedom of speech has been on the chopping block for a long time and the predators of this American right finally have media outlets and political hacks in place to destroy and control what was once a great country.
Be careful what you wish for. If you know your history, you know that every country that gave up its freedoms to let the government take care of their needs, not wants, was soon made the slave of the master. History does repeat itself.
I personally think that it's very important to see the good in others, and that is the message I'm trying to get across in my newsletter. Yes, I think it's very important that we stop seeing people as part of a group, and instead see them as individuals.