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Clarity and the New Black Panther Party

BIGbelly Wrote: Jul 21, 2010 2:44 AM

Mick G, Just so we're clear, it's obvious you either mis-read or didn't comprehend what I was saying, not that I care whether you do or not, but for the record I was commenting on the irrelevance of the New Black Panther Party by replacing the panther word for panda-a play on words, kinda like SATIRE let me spell it for you so you don't confuse it with "supposedly killing someone" or whatever you were describing. It's spelt, repeat after me capital s-a-t-i-r-e. Yeah good boy, one doggy bone for you....... Oh! by the way, that exercise in futility about taking another person's life-Is that a veiled threat? If so what's with the pre-teen attitude? Let me just say consider decaf?

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Clarity and the New Black Panther Party

In its coverage of the Philadelphia voter intimidation case, conservative media has unfortunately chosen sensationalism over clarity. There are layers to this case to be explored that might highlight the idealism of the right and expose the pessimism of the left. Unfortunately, those layers of exploration are not as sexy as the continuous video loop depicting New Black Panther Party member King Samir Shabazz screaming about killing crackers.

The vast majority of black people respond to such rants this way: “That brother is crazy!” Indeed, to see the video of Samir suggesting that black liberation can be had only through...

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