joe owns some land in southern michigan. about 10 acres. last year some guy who owns land close to the property line of joes land happened to strike oil, and made a significant amount of money. joe, a person who could definitely use some extra cash flow, subsequently goes oil-crazy and spends his life savings searching for his own reserve of black gold all over his property.
only thats not the end of the story. joes neighbors see that joe is frantically searching for oil, and think that if joe could find oil on his land, so could they. they then spend their life savings searching for this elusive payday, and set off a firestorm of people going broke looking for oil all over the state of michigan. it matters little that only one person has actually found oil on their land.
time magazine picks up the story from the detroit press, and michigan is hailed as the "new frontier of the oil industry." jimmy carter goes on anderson cooper 360 and says that he has personal knowledge that there are billions of dollars of texas tea burried underneath the wolverine state. white people all across america spend countless hours at their douchebaggy artsy-fartsy dinner parties discussing this undeniable fact.
a few rouge media outlets release investigations into the same type of situation that occurred in nebraska in the early 1990s. their findings indicate that the same type of sensationalized media storm created an overreaction from the locals at that time, and that many people lost a lot of money. these media outlets are systematically dismissed as participating in widespread denial, and are accused of trying to keep michigan residents down.
fast forward three years and very little oil has actually been found in michigan. people have lost a lot of money. time has been invested in an effort that proved far beyond futile.
the lesson is, just because somebody with credentials says something and a lot of people latch on to that opinion and put their collective weight behind that specific agenda, doesnt make the agenda factual. it doesnt mean they are correct.
telling a lie and screaming a lie are two completely different things. when you scream, more people hear you. and when more people hear you, the better your chances are of reaching some of the gullible idiots out there.
such is our curse with the racism in america debate.
joe wilson screams "you lie!" during a speech given by OMGBARACK!!!11!!11! and our old, familiar friend "the race card" is dusted off and thrown into the mainstream media 24 hour news coverage cycle. jimmy carter says that racism is behind the remark, and if jimmy carter says it, it must be true.
spike lee goes on the BBC and is asked if he agrees with carter.
spike: i do.
BBC: you do?
spike: yes.
BBC: what about the attack on his policies, for example? healthcare?
spike: when has that ever happened before? that a senator calls someone a liar. thats never happened before.
BBC: that doesnt mean it was done because the president was black, now does it?
spike: look - how long have you been black?
BBC: ive never been black.
spike: thank you very much.
dynamite reasoning there, spike. so the way we know that joe wilson is a racist is because you are black and we arent? and we are just supposed to sit back and believe you and buy into your agenda because you are screaming and we arent black?
spike lee says it. loudly. so it must be true.
now dont get me wrong, and dont misunderstand the point i am trying to make. prejudice clearly still exists in america today. it does. allow me to produce a short list of people who are discriminated against in this country on a daily basis...
black people
white people
asian people
muslims
arabs
indians
canadians
mexicans
jews
christians
austrialians
russians
men
women
children
dogs
cats
lunch ladies
doctors
lawyers
butchers
bakers
candle stick makers
so the question isnt "am i being discriminated against?" the question is "what in the hell am i going to do about it?"
am i going to let it ruin my life? am i going to spend my entire existence playing the victim and raising my children and my childrens children to feel wronged? am i going to go in front of the national press and bitch about inequality? or am i going to succeed in the face of those who wish to see me fail? am i going to see this wonderful country not for the few examples of the antiquated beliefs of a few idiots, but for the countless opportunities that it presents me with on a minute-by-minute basis over the course of my entire life?
you want to see real racism? you want to see real prejudice? head down under and learn about the plight of aborigines. go to south africa and participate in their racially-fueled civil wars. take part in the intense anti-immigration protests in many european countries. go to the middle east and bitch and moan about your day-to-day struggles. see how much pity they have for you over there.
the fact is, as a person of color or no, there is not a better place to live in the entire world than the united states of america. you won the genetic lottery by just being born here, and the opportunities presented to you each moment of your life are exactly what so many people suffering around this world under actual discrimination and tyranny dream about every second of their lives.
im so sick and f-ing tired of listening to people complain about how they have been wronged. i am even sicker of idiot hypocrites. the same left-wing nutjobs that compared george bush to hitler are now calling joe wilson a racist for saying that OMGBARACK!!!11!11! is a liar? and thats okay? you call someone hitler, okay. i call someone a liar, not okay?
appreciate what you have been given. and dont buy into someones bullshit theories just because they are screaming louder than anyone else.
also, spike lee is an asshole.
only thats not the end of the story. joes neighbors see that joe is frantically searching for oil, and think that if joe could find oil on his land, so could they. they then spend their life savings searching for this elusive payday, and set off a firestorm of people going broke looking for oil all over the state of michigan. it matters little that only one person has actually found oil on their land.
time magazine picks up the story from the detroit press, and michigan is hailed as the "new frontier of the oil industry." jimmy carter goes on anderson cooper 360 and says that he has personal knowledge that there are billions of dollars of texas tea burried underneath the wolverine state. white people all across america spend countless hours at their douchebaggy artsy-fartsy dinner parties discussing this undeniable fact.
a few rouge media outlets release investigations into the same type of situation that occurred in nebraska in the early 1990s. their findings indicate that the same type of sensationalized media storm created an overreaction from the locals at that time, and that many people lost a lot of money. these media outlets are systematically dismissed as participating in widespread denial, and are accused of trying to keep michigan residents down.
fast forward three years and very little oil has actually been found in michigan. people have lost a lot of money. time has been invested in an effort that proved far beyond futile.
the lesson is, just because somebody with credentials says something and a lot of people latch on to that opinion and put their collective weight behind that specific agenda, doesnt make the agenda factual. it doesnt mean they are correct.
telling a lie and screaming a lie are two completely different things. when you scream, more people hear you. and when more people hear you, the better your chances are of reaching some of the gullible idiots out there.
such is our curse with the racism in america debate.
joe wilson screams "you lie!" during a speech given by OMGBARACK!!!11!!11! and our old, familiar friend "the race card" is dusted off and thrown into the mainstream media 24 hour news coverage cycle. jimmy carter says that racism is behind the remark, and if jimmy carter says it, it must be true.
spike lee goes on the BBC and is asked if he agrees with carter.
spike: i do.
BBC: you do?
spike: yes.
BBC: what about the attack on his policies, for example? healthcare?
spike: when has that ever happened before? that a senator calls someone a liar. thats never happened before.
BBC: that doesnt mean it was done because the president was black, now does it?
spike: look - how long have you been black?
BBC: ive never been black.
spike: thank you very much.
dynamite reasoning there, spike. so the way we know that joe wilson is a racist is because you are black and we arent? and we are just supposed to sit back and believe you and buy into your agenda because you are screaming and we arent black?
spike lee says it. loudly. so it must be true.
now dont get me wrong, and dont misunderstand the point i am trying to make. prejudice clearly still exists in america today. it does. allow me to produce a short list of people who are discriminated against in this country on a daily basis...
black people
white people
asian people
muslims
arabs
indians
canadians
mexicans
jews
christians
austrialians
russians
men
women
children
dogs
cats
lunch ladies
doctors
lawyers
butchers
bakers
candle stick makers
so the question isnt "am i being discriminated against?" the question is "what in the hell am i going to do about it?"
am i going to let it ruin my life? am i going to spend my entire existence playing the victim and raising my children and my childrens children to feel wronged? am i going to go in front of the national press and bitch about inequality? or am i going to succeed in the face of those who wish to see me fail? am i going to see this wonderful country not for the few examples of the antiquated beliefs of a few idiots, but for the countless opportunities that it presents me with on a minute-by-minute basis over the course of my entire life?
you want to see real racism? you want to see real prejudice? head down under and learn about the plight of aborigines. go to south africa and participate in their racially-fueled civil wars. take part in the intense anti-immigration protests in many european countries. go to the middle east and bitch and moan about your day-to-day struggles. see how much pity they have for you over there.
the fact is, as a person of color or no, there is not a better place to live in the entire world than the united states of america. you won the genetic lottery by just being born here, and the opportunities presented to you each moment of your life are exactly what so many people suffering around this world under actual discrimination and tyranny dream about every second of their lives.
im so sick and f-ing tired of listening to people complain about how they have been wronged. i am even sicker of idiot hypocrites. the same left-wing nutjobs that compared george bush to hitler are now calling joe wilson a racist for saying that OMGBARACK!!!11!11! is a liar? and thats okay? you call someone hitler, okay. i call someone a liar, not okay?
appreciate what you have been given. and dont buy into someones bullshit theories just because they are screaming louder than anyone else.
also, spike lee is an asshole.
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well done.....
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You see it works like this. Some black people feel justified in hating whitey for something some of them did 300 or 150 or 20 years ago but any white person who hates a black person for something some of them did last week is a racist.
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