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Title: Will White People Riot?
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URL Source: http://www.theroot.com/id/48479
Published: Nov 3, 2008
Author: Wendi C. Thomas
Post Date: 2008-11-03 08:18:28 by Ferret Mike
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Comments: 43
Oct. 20, 2008--"Would black people riot if Sen. Barack Obama didn't win the election?" That was the question a white man in Memphis recently asked a racial reconciliation group with which I am involved. After five years of being a columnist for the daily paper in Memphis, I wasn't surprised by the absurdity of his query. Many whites still labor under the illusion that black folk act en masse and that if you ask the right one, you can get the official position of some 40 million people. If a few of us get angry, that logic allows, it must surely result in a riot. Riot because we didn't get our way? Please. Black people have more than their share of experience with disappointment and dashed dreams. (See: King, Martin Luther; Evers, Medgar; Chaney, James.) Matter of fact, I'd go so far as to say we're experts in making the best out of a losing hand. The reply to the curious white gentleman: "No! There is no reason to believe black people will riot if Obama does not win." But soon after getting this man's e-mail, I started to wonder if he was on to something, if he had noticed what I had: a seething, barely constrained, ugly anger and frustration that makes good riot fuel. The kind of anger that prompts people to shout "Kill him!" and "Off with his head!" at rallies. The kind of hatefulness that would prompt a man to bring a stuffed monkey with an "Obama" sticker on the toy's head to a campaign event. That kind of group-fueled nastiness must surely beg the question: Will white people riot if Obama wins? Not all white people are McCain supporters. (See caucuses, Iowa.) Not all black people are backing Obama. (See Negroes, self-loathing. Just joking.) But there is a small but vocal segment of white Republicans who just might have an aneurysm if the next occupant of the White House is a black man. If the polls are accurate—and Obama wins—will these few angry white people make good on their oral declarations? And will those who stood by them silent, join them? With dreams deferred, can angry whites do what Langston Hughes taught us—to let it fester like a sore, even to let sag like a heavy load? Or will the dream of a perfect streak of white men in the White House, if deferred, cause white people to explode? Might they torch stores and overturn cars? Or worse, will angry whites take out their disgust on black people by, say, denying loans, or jobs or housing? Burned-out stores and cars, that's unsettling. But the damage angry whites could inflict if they really go off—that's scary. Will angry white people riot if Barack Obama wins the election? There may be some people who think this is an absurd question. I honestly don't know. But it is no more absurd than asking it about blacks. Wendi C. Thomas is the metro columnist for The Commercial Appeal. She's been a writer or an editor for The Charlotte Observer, The (Nashville) Tennessean and The Indianapolis Star. Among her many journalism awards is her 2008 induction into the Scripps Howard Hall of Fame for her opinion writing.
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#3. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
There is very little difference between the fascism mixed with socialism which characterizes the U.S. system now and what is coming next, regardless of which candidate is elected to preside over the descent into chaos. Our "mixed economy" has not been based on so-called "free enterprise" in at least 80 years. We are only looking at differences in priorities. McThuselah is more interested in preserving the wealth, ill-gotten in many cases, of the top one percent. Everyone else in the lower 90 percent is so edgy about the economy that the usual effectiveness of the slur "socialist" just isn't working anymore. The next president will lurch from crisis to crisis and will be loathed in history. Clearly, you have to be insane to even want the job for the years 2009-2013. This rapidly-fragmenting-into-total-chaos nation-state more clearly resembles a 3.79 million-square-mile insane asylum than any other metaphor I can think of at this point.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
Yeah, blacks could have gone nuts when Rodney King the drug user was subdued by LA cops. They showed a lot of restraint to only riot a few days and beat some white trucker only to the point of death. Getting blacks to riot over Obama losing will be so easy for the elite that they won't even have to start it themselves. They have already set it up with all the BS polls showing Obama ahead.
God is always good!
Obama wont win Ohio. Everyone I know hates him.
Ohio is the perfect storm of a swing state. I'll bet you you are wrong. I predict he will win in your state and that he will fail to win Indiana.
He will lose Indiana and Pennsylvania too in my opinion. Less certainty about Pennsylvania but I think he will lose it.
Yes, wasn't it amazing how genteel and nice they were to Reginald Denny? They could have beaten him to death for being white but they stopped just short of killing him. Nice bunch of folks, eh?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Rioting, burning and looting is the desired way for black people. Especially the looting part.
He is going to be President-Elect Obama tomorrow.
I agree with what you say Sam, but this doesn't address the question the article poses. Whites won't riot if McCain loses, but black people will if Obama does.
I agree, it was a setup from day one... make sure you keep an eye on Chicago tomorrow night. There will be aprox 1 million obamadupes in Grant Park for a "victory celebration" I predict that as soon as it appears that the messiah is losing, the crowd will turn nasty and turn on any whites in the park. They're gonna eat their own, and I'm gonna be LMAO watching
It's the second mouse that gets the cheese
And the fact that an overt black socialist will win moistens those short britches you wear. You don't fool me McCarthy. You're NTBT - not to be trusted on any level.
Bet on it. Bet that every police department in the nation is on overtime. Bet that the military unit that Bush pulled out of Iraq will be used as needed. Bet that America will never be the same, which, all in all, is fine since this mess had to come to a head. Be sure and shoo the nignogs away as needed.
Says the oinker on every level.
Says the human stump who couldn't remain married to Aunt Jemima.
a loser's loser
It's the second mouse that gets the cheese
Says the one who very likely uses old contacts to access police records when he wants access.
When, where? Prove it and I'll buy a new pair of shorts. Did I touched a nerve reminding you that your Negro wife tossed your leftist ass?
Can you imagine not being good enough for something like that? It's no wonder Mikey is a self hating white.
Wishful thinking. If it didn't happen in response to Clinton or Bush, it won't happen whether Obama or McCain (and there isn't as much difference between the two as their fans want you to think) wins tomorrow. If the past 2 Presidents didn't wake people up to how rotten politics is in the US, nothing will.
Well then, toss the group scenario and act alone. I'm sure you wouldn't allow yourself to be disarmed, nor will I. So lets leave it at this; each man and woman acting as necessary given developing circumstances.
96%+ of blacks in AmeriKa will vote for the Communist illegal alien Globalist Traitor Barrack Barry Hussein Soetoro Odinga Obama. Ha!
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
I agree with you wholeheartedly. However, there is no fascism without socialism. It is no accident that Mussolini was a leading socialist before establishing his brand of nationalistic socialism, which form of government was further modified by Hitler.
The U.S. Constitution is no impediment to our form of government.--PJ O'Rourke
Gotta watch the world commie lying snitches like a hawk.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
McCarthy is a snitch. He thinks the ADL does 'good work' - socialism/socialists deserve no respect.
Never trust polls.
1 - obama is going to lose 2 - yes, his cheerful supporters will try to burn the country down 3 - I hope they call air strikes in on you. Now, if we could just get you to see the entire NEOCON National Party R&D light ! mcCain is every bit a part of this charade that introduced AmeriKa to Barry Hussein Soetoro Odinga Obama, the illegal alien fraud.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Most of America has been dumbed down to Socialist levels, so it really isn't any surprise. Anyone dependent on the Feral Reserve in any way is lost and not to be trusted to do the right thing for anyone seemingly other than themselves.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Happy BLOAT Day !
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
I dislike snitches.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
I predict that as soon as it appears that the messiah is losing, the crowd will turn nasty and turn on any whites in the park. Paging Cathy Buckle
The U.S. Constitution is no impediment to our form of government.--PJ O'Rourke
White Americans revolt, won that one, and start Civil Wars, we lost that one.
So you're sayin' we're due !
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Past due. We need one Governor of a populace state to stand up and say enough is enough.
Diebold Delivers!
"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken
Diebold Delivers! So if Obama wins Ohio does that mean Didbold delivered for him?
Diebold Delivers! So if Obama wins Ohio does that mean Didbold delivered for him? No, but it sure helps. Oh'Bummer appears to be the new annointed one since Hitlery fizzled and the NWO elite need a paradigm change to continue toward the One World Slave State. So, Oh'Bummer is a convenient Trojan Horse. I see two possibilities: 1. Oh'Bummer is given the win. OR 2. In order to create riots it is stolen for McLame. I don't know which angle they're going to play but am leaning toward stealing it for Oh'Bummer.
"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken
Just give me McCain & an air strike on weasel, and I'll be happy
It's the second mouse that gets the cheese
Thank you. You too.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. White people protest by turning their tapes into the video store late.
Turtle's secret Indian name is Two Stuck Dogs.
#4. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Matter of fact, I'd go so far as to say we're experts in making the best out of a losing hand.
#5. To: RickyJ (#4)
#6. To: Jethro Tull, Flintlock, Ricky J (#1)
#7. To: Old Friend (#5)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#8. To: Ferret Mike (#7)
#9. To: RickyJ (#4)
Yeah, blacks could have gone nuts when Rodney King the drug user was subdued by LA cops. They showed a lot of restraint to only riot a few days and beat some white trucker only to the point of death. Getting blacks to riot over Obama losing will be so easy for the elite that they won't even have to start it themselves. They have already set it up with all the BS polls showing Obama ahead.
Lord Acton
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
Will White People Riot?
#11. To: Flintlock (#2)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#12. To: Sam Houston, Cynicom, all (#3)
#13. To: RickyJ, Jethro Tull, Old Friend (#4)
Obama losing will be so easy for the elite that they won't even have to start it themselves. They have already set it up with all the BS polls showing Obama ahead.
#14. To: Ferret Mike (#11)
He is going to be President-Elect Obama tomorrow.
#15. To: Flintlock (#13)
I predict that as soon as it appears that the messiah is losing, the crowd will turn nasty and turn on any whites in the park.
#16. To: Jethro Tull (#15)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#17. To: Ferret Mike (#16)
Says the oinker on every level.
#18. To: Jethro Tull (#17)
who couldn't remain married to Aunt Jemima.
#19. To: Jethro Tull (#17)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#20. To: Ferret Mike (#19)
(Edited)
Says the one who very likely uses old contacts to access police records when he wants access.
#21. To: Flintlock (#18)
#22. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
I have a PhD in rioting and the answer is no. What whites might do is organize into small, tight groups and prepare for the hammer of socialism to drop. When it does, political quislings/socialists such as yourself will become prime targets.
#23. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#22)
#24. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
#25. To: Sam Houston (#3)
There is very little difference between the fascism mixed with socialism which characterizes the U.S. system now and what is coming next, regardless of which candidate is elected to preside over the descent into chaos.
#26. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
When it does, political quislings/socialists such as yourself will become prime targets.
#27. To: DeaconBenjamin (#25)
I agree with you wholeheartedly. However, there is no fascism without socialism. It is no accident that Mussolini was a leading socialist before establishing his brand of nationalistic socialism, which form of government was further modified by Hitler.
#28. To: Rotara (#26)
#29. To: Ferret Mike (#11)
(Edited)
#30. To: Flintlock (#2)
weasel (aka: Retardo the rican)
#31. To: Sam Houston (#3)
Everyone else in the lower 90 percent is so edgy about the economy that the usual effectiveness of the slur "socialist" just isn't working anymore.
#32. To: James Deffenbach (#9)
Yes, wasn't it amazing how genteel and nice they were to Reginald Denny? They could have beaten him to death for being white but they stopped just short of killing him. Nice bunch of folks, eh?
#33. To: Jethro Tull (#28)
McCarthy is a snitch. He thinks the ADL does 'good work' - socialism/socialists deserve no respect.
#34. To: Flintlock, robnoel (#13)
make sure you keep an eye on Chicago tomorrow night. There will be aprox 1 million obamadupes in Grant Park for a "victory celebration"
#35. To: DeaconBenjamin (#34)
#36. To: Cynicom (#35)
White Americans revolt, won that one, and start Civil Wars, we lost that one.
#37. To: Rotara (#36)
So you're sayin' we're due !
#38. To: Old Friend, RickyJ (#5)
Obama wont win Ohio. Everyone I know hates him.
#39. To: Original_Intent (#38)
Obama wont win Ohio. Everyone I know hates him.
#40. To: Old Friend (#39)
Obama wont win Ohio. Everyone I know hates him.
#41. To: Rotara (#30)
Now, if we could just get you to see the entire NEOCON National Party R&D light !
#42. To: Rotara (#32)
Happy BLOAT Day !
Lord Acton
#43. To: Cynicom (#10)
Rioting, burning and looting is the desired way for black people.
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