{"id":323,"date":"2004-05-12T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2004-05-13T02:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2004\/05\/a_bitch_is_a_bitch\/"},"modified":"2004-05-12T22:04:10","modified_gmt":"2004-05-13T02:04:10","slug":"a_bitch_is_a_bitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/05\/12\/a_bitch_is_a_bitch\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bitch is a Bitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

While scanning though the posts over at WizBang this morning I came a cross this post about the beheading of Nick Berg: Nick Berg: Who’s to blame?<\/a> What caught my attention was the disclaimer the author, Jay Tea, attached to the beginning of the post (emphasis is mine):<\/p>\n

\n(Author’s note: the following piece is being written while extremely angry, and I am already planning on using some rather strong language, both profane and racially insensitive. I’m not apologizing for it now, will not later<\/b>, but if Kevin chooses to delete it, that’s his call and I won’t protest.)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nSo of course I had to read his ‘racially insensitive’ language. He began by giving a little bit of his political background, highlighted by his ridiculous position on apartheid back in the day:<\/p>\n

\nOne of the bigger issues of that time was South Africa. The apartheid government was universally despised, of course. The main difference between the liberals and the conservatives was that the liberals were pushing for a complete boycott on the nation and an immediate change of government, while conservatives were calling for “constructive engagement” and a gradual transition to a more democratic government.<\/p>\n

I was on the conservative side on that issue. I was concerned that after years of oppression the black majority, if suddenly given power, would rise up and retaliate against the white minority. I had visions of brutal oppression and slaughter. I also didn’t want to see an embargo against South Africa. I figured that if we completely cut off the South African government, we’d be throwing away any influence we might have with them.<\/p>\n

I was wrong. As painful as it was to admit, the liberals were right on South Africa. The apartheid government was wrong, and needed to change. It needed to change completely, and it did – eventually, and after the US divested.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To his credit, he admits that he was wrong and that his position was racist (ya think???):<\/p>\n

\nOnce I got home from work, I started surfing around to see the reactions around the ‘net. On the liberal side, I saw a lot of blame being put on the Bush administration for Berg’s death. They said that Berg’s killing was a predictable reaction to the Abu Ghraib prison abuses, as the killers proclaimed in the video. It was Bush’s fault for the Abu Ghraib prison abuses, and Berg’s death is entirely on his hands.<\/p>\n

BULLSHIT. BULL FUCKING SHIT.<\/p>\n

The attitude behind this belief isn’t liberalism, it isn’t partisanship, it isn’t even knee-jerk Bush-hating. To blame anyone besides the people who kidnapped Berg and killed him is racism. Racism, plain and simple – just like my attitudes towards South Africa was.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then he gets to the issue at hand, the Nick Berg situation (and the ‘racially insensitive’ language) [emphasis is mine]: <\/p>\n

\nGeorge Bush didn’t kidnap Nick Berg. The morons from Abu Ghraib didn’t kill him. Al Qaeda did that, and bragged of it. They chose to do that, and therefore the responsibility for his death rests surely on their shoulders. To try to excuse them, to pass on the burden for their actions is racist. It’s saying the poor little darkies<\/b> can’t be expected to do any better.<\/p>\n

It’s the same thing in Israel. Palestinian terrorists are excused as “doing the only thing they can to resist the brutal occupation, and it’s Israel’s fault for causing the climate of oppression.” That’s racist bullshit, too. Why is it OK to blame the Israelis for both their misdeeds and those of the Palestinians? It’s because the Jews are better than the Palestinians, and they have the White Man’s Burden to make things right while the dumb sand niggers<\/b> can’t be expected to know or do any better.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That led me to leave the following comment:<\/p>\n

\nSand niggers? Why am I not surprised to hear that phrase from somebody who had such a fucked up view of apartheid? Too bad they didn’t cut your head off too.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then Jay responded with this:<\/p>\n

\nApparently Michael missed the point of my piece. It’s the attitudes of those who excuse the conduct of the Palestinian terrorists, Al Qaeda, and their ilk that I was paraphrasing in the “sand niggers” remark. I don’t think of them that way — that’s why I refuse to excuse what they do. It’s those who are so eager to blame everyone else BUT the perpetrators of atrocities that have the condescending, racist attitude.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paraphrasing? Did I miss something? I didn’t see where he said that he was paraphrasing. If that was the case then why was it necessary to give that disclaimer at the beginning of the post? Didn’t Jay just tell us that he was pissed off and about to spew some racist shit? <\/p>\n

So seven hours later Jay adds another response to my comment:<\/p>\n

\nMichael, I’ve had the chance to re-read your comments. I even started to construct some rather cogent and pointed responses, becuase (sic) I enjoy a good argument, then I read it one last time.<\/p>\n

“Too bad they didn’t cut your head off too.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Michael, you’re not worth even a casual cussing out. All I can feel is an overwhelming sense of pity. As I posted earlier, I really have no life, but you give me hope. At least I can justify the oxygen I consume and I’m not a pathetic, hateful waste of skin.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Actually what I meant to say ‘cut off your head instead of Nick’s<\/b>‘. <\/p>\n

I find it ironic that Jay calls me hateful when he’s the one that started this with his insensitive, stupid and racist remarks. (As if his little disclaimer makes him immune from criticism.) Hate breeds hate and it was you set it off. In my opinion it’s clear that Jay has serious issues with brown people. Then when somebody calls him on that he tries to hide behind some bullshit excuse that he was paraphrasing some apologist liberals. Please! The craziest part of this is that Jay was trying to make the point that those who blame Nick’s death on Bush are racists. I guess it takes one to know one. Jay should just man-up and stand behind his ignorant words instead of trying to weasel out after the fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While scanning though the posts over at WizBang this morning I came a cross this post about the beheading of Nick Berg: Nick Berg: Who’s to blame? What caught my attention was the disclaimer the author, Jay Tea, attached to the beginning of the post (emphasis is mine): (Author’s note: the following piece is being… Continue reading A Bitch is a Bitch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":325,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/05\/13\/blogs_trump_big_media\/","url_meta":{"origin":323,"position":0},"title":"Blogs Trump Big Media","date":"May 13, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Kevin and Paul over at WizBang have made an astute observation in the wake of the Nick Berg beheading. 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