What Goes Around…

Great party! But who invited all of these n@!*ers?

In the aftermath of congress passing it’s highly embattled health care overhaul bill, some representatives have been making allegations that angry mobs of protesters have been spitting on them as well as shouting racist and homophobic invectives. Rep. Andre Carson claimed that a mob to Tea Party protesters shouted the dreaded “N” word at least 15 times as he and Rep. John Lewis were leaving the Cannon House office building. There is no definitive video or audio evidence of this incident despite the fact that cameras were on the scene. As a matter of fact Andrew Breitbart of biggovernment.com has promised a $10,000 reward to anyone who can provide such evidence. So far nobody has been able to collect this reward which casts these allegations in a rather dubious light. Despite this, many representatives are crying foul and painting those constituents who disagree with their legislative overreach as violent racist hate mongers.

Playing devil’s advocate as I often like to do, let’s suppose the claims of Representatives Carson and Lewis are indeed true. This of course flies in the face of two important maxims. The first of these being that the burden of proof must always be born by the accuser and the second of these is that politicians don’t always tell the truth. Ignoring these tenets of common sense lets assume some unhinged and misguided folks shouted the “N” word as described by these congressmen. So what? Members of congress have been less than courteous all through last summer’s town hall meetings when confronted by constituents with whom they disagreed. We all remember when California Representative Pete Stark said to one detractor “I wouldn’t dignify you by peeing on your leg, it wouldn’t be worth wasting the urine.” That seems a bit harsh from my perspective. Certainly more harsh than mindlessly shouting a completely outmoded racial slur. And this was not an isolated incident. Rep. Barney Frank also had some words of disdain asking an admittedly unhinged voter “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” He also said “Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table.” Granted Rep. Frank was being confronted by someone who appeared to be completely out to lunch, but it seems he was only too happy to steer clear of the high road. Then of course there was the incident where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was asked a question regarding the constitutionality of the health care bill to which she indignantly replied “Are you serious?” She has also decried opposition to the bill as being un-American.

Less than a year ago these so-called representatives spent an entire summer rudely sneering at groups of voters who disagreed with the proposed health care legislation. Now these same people are whining and crying about how the Tea Party protesters are saying mean things to them. What were they expecting? You can’t undermine the will of the people and insult many of them in public and not expect some sort of reprisal. It’s very unlikely that anyone shouted the “N” word to Mr. Lewis or Mr. Carson, but what if they did? Is that any worse than telling someone that you wouldn’t waste urine by peeing on his leg? Shouting a racial epithet is an empty and mindless way to insult someone. It was obvious that Pete Stark put a certain degree of thought in expressing his utter disdain for a large portion of the voting public. An insult like that stings more.

The most telling aspect to this whole sordid affair is that despite the fact the nobody has come forth to collect Andrew Breitbart’s $10,000 “N” word prize, it is being accepted as fact by many of the major news outlets that the incident did occur. This comes as no surprise to me. For well over a year the mainstream news media has gone to great lengths to portray the Tea Party movement as being a radical white supremacy movement despite the fact that there have been people of all different races seen at these events.  I personally attended one such event and can testify that it was not by any means a racially motivated event. As a matter of fact one of the keynote speakers at the event I attended was black. I guess he was a white supremacist too, I don’t know. The facts however are not what is important to these news reporters. What’s important to them is the narrative. If the facts don’t fit the narrative, they need to be edited until they do. I’m convinced that Representatives Lewis and Carson invented the “facts” based upon which narrative would paint them in the best light and paint those who oppose them in the worst light imaginable. Considering the political fallout that will inevitably follow these representatives in the November elections, they will need all the good press they can get.

Tagged as: health care, propaganda, racism, tea parties