Edited video costs USDA worker her job.

[waggy]

You people do realize this has nothing to do with the NAACP. The story is about an employee of the USDA possibily having racist tendencies. Guess what, the USDA got rid of her. Something the Tea Pary to date has been unwilling to do.

BTW - If I was working for the USDA and someone I was there to help was being an asshole I wouldn't break my neck to help then either. Not because they were white but because they were an asshole.

you do know the Tea Party kicked a guy out who had racist crap on his page right?

 

[waggy]

hmm one of the guys on TV said this lady is saying her boss's got called from the white house who wanted her fired.

lol.

really shit about race sucks. people need to get over it.

so

 

[HumblePie]

you do know the Tea Party kicked a guy out who had racist crap on his page right?

Great!

But then again, I've never called the Tea Party racist. Like any collection of random people, you are going to have your good and your bad. The problem is as a perception among many people not in the Tea Party is that the Tea Party seems to be collecting more than it's fair share of bad apples than it should. Whether or not that is true I can not tell you. I don't know. But I do know what the perception is that others who do not like the Tea Party have. Be it a justified or not perception.

 

[nick1985]

The problem is as a perception among many people not in the Tea Party is that the Tea Party seems to be collecting more than it's fair share of bad apples than it should.

Yeah the media is pulling out all the stops to smear them. BTW, there is still a $100,000 reward for footage or audio of a tea-party member calling a black congressman a great person, like they claimed happened.

 

[xj0hnx]

You people do realize this has nothing to do with the NAACP. The story is about an employee of the USDA possibily having racist tendencies. Guess what, the USDA got rid of her. Something the Tea Pary to date has been unwilling to do.

BTW - If I was working for the USDA and someone I was there to help was being an asshole I wouldn't break my neck to help then either. Not because they were white but because they were an asshole.

Actually, the TEA Party removes, and denounces racist when they are found, but facts like that don't fit into your agenda. And the film is AT a NAACP banquet, and they are the ones laughing it up as she tells her story of shafting the white man.

 

[HumblePie]

Yeah the media is pulling out all the stops to smear them. BTW, there is still a $100,000 reward for footage or audio of a tea-party member calling a black congressman a great person, like they claimed happened.

And that gives people the right to jump on the condemnation bandwagon and smear back? The bigger person doesn't stoop their opponents tactics. They let actions speak louder than words.

Look, I saw the OP and my initial reaction was, "Wow, that is crazy I still can't believe shit like that happens!"

Then I read the link classy posted and realized that there are two sides to every story yet again. While I was about to condem Sherdon (sp?) for her actions, I wasn't about to smear the whole NAACP or USDA or whatever for it. I don't judge a whole group of people by the actions of a few. Wait... isn't that partially the definition for stereo-typing and racism? I don't judge the whole tea party as all red-neck racists, nor do I judge the NAACP. I do judge organizations based off racism though to be racist like the KKK and the black panthers. See the difference?

 

[ayabe]

Yeah the media is pulling out all the stops to smear them. BTW, there is still a $100,000 reward for footage or audio of a tea-party member calling a black congressman a great person, like they claimed happened.

So because no one got it on tape it never happened? I'd trust the words of a few congressmen more than your gut feeling comrade.

 

[nobodyknows]

Again, if this story was an anecdote and she was speaking as if in "character" to herself's first reaction back then or said in satire, then yes, this is faux outrage.

Also, her own statement was that she then worked with the guy for TWO YEARS to help him keep his house. That's not just passing the guy off to his "own kind" and washing her self of the "evil white man"

Look, I just said evil white man!! ohh noozzz I said something racist if you take my prior sentence completely out of context.

The point I'm trying to make is to blow this up at this point is just stupid without all the facts and the full story.

LOL, the person accuses of being racist says she's not racist so it must be true?

I finf it extremely funny how you twist everything around to give her the benifit of the doubt while saying wait for the complete video. She helped him for TWO YEARS, just ask her. I would like to hear the story from the guy she supposedly helped.

Meanwhile, she's out of a job and if she was so "lily white" innocent I'm sure she wouldn't have resigned so easily.

 

[xj0hnx]

So because no one got it on tape it never happened? I'd trust the words of a few congressmen more than your gut feeling comrade.

Don't be a fool, there is a constant stream of footage of the event from a hundred cameras that were rolling from the time they appeared to the time they left, it doesn't exist. The whole time their walking by all smiles, joyful and laughing.

 

[CitizenKain]

you do know the Tea Party kicked a guy out who had racist crap on his page right?

One tea party group kicked him out, the rest welcome him with open arms.

 

[xj0hnx]

One tea party group kicked him out, the rest welcome him with open arms.

Prove your lies.

 

[nick1985]

So because no one got it on tape it never happened? I'd trust the words of a few congressmen more than your gut feeling comrade.

So with hundreds of cameras rolling, not a single one of them picked it up? Hmm...

Also, the police escorts say they never heard anything either.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Talk about a misleading thread title. She was talking to a NAACP audience but was not herself a member of the NAACP.

Yea, but you don't get the same "WOW" affect with a factual headline. That said, she's a racist bitch.

 

[Siddhartha]

The event happened 24 years ago and she said in a CNN interview that she realized that she was wrong and tried to help farmer.

Racism is unacceptable no matter who does it.

 

[HumblePie]

LOL, the person accuses of being racist says she's not racist so it must be true?

I finf it extremely funny how you twist everything around to give her the benifit of the doubt while saying wait for the complete video. She helped him for TWO YEARS, just ask her. I would like to hear the story from the guy she supposedly helped.

Meanwhile, she's out of a job and if she was so "lily white" innocent I'm sure she wouldn't have resigned so easily.

READ THE DAMN ARTICLE!!! Shit man, if you are going to keep posting crap, at least be informed about it. The guy is recently dead!

And yes, I am willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt to prove their defense. It is the basis for our justice system after all. Innocent until proven guilty. And you can't prove someone guilty until they have a chance to defend themselves. Period. Why?


Well, what if she is telling the truth and whole video reveals it as such? That the story was an anecdote, a cautionary tale to be told to an audience about the problems people face with racism and how it can be overcome. What then? Well she has already lost her job, even though she is vindicated, she will always have a stigma wrongfully applied to her, people like some on this forum will "never believe" any vindication and see it as some elaborate cover-up. People's lives will get ruined so someone could push an agenda if her story is right.

If she was wrong, let the chips stack and fall where they may. But I give her the benefit of the doubt as I would do for YOU in the same situation.

 

[HomerJS]

Actually, the TEA Party removes, and denounces racist when they are found, but facts like that don't fit into your agenda. And the film is AT a NAACP banquet, and they are the ones laughing it up as she tells her story of shafting the white man.

You like others are twising the story. Nobody is calling the Tea Party racist. It's about removing racists in your group. This woman was part of the USDA, did something stupid and was fired.

I'll give you another example, the idiot carring the Obama monkey at a Tea Party rally. I'm sure some people who saw this laughed but that doesn't necessarily make them racist. The guy carrying the monkey would be racist.

 

[waggy]

LOL, the person accuses of being racist says she's not racist so it must be true?

I finf it extremely funny how you twist everything around to give her the benifit of the doubt while saying wait for the complete video. She helped him for TWO YEARS, just ask her. I would like to hear the story from the guy she supposedly helped.

Meanwhile, she's out of a job and if she was so "lily white" innocent I'm sure she wouldn't have resigned so easily.

they had a interview with the person they "think" is the guy she said this to. they claim she helped them save the farm and was a nice person.

why would she have resigned? well according to the news she had the white house calling the USDA telling them to get her to resigne. she said she had 3 calls in a matter of 5 min from higher ups telling her to resign. she said why fight it since the USDA wanted her out.

I don't think this women is a racist. but she did something she shouldnt have that was race based. she paid for it with the loss of her job. it does seem she used to be racist but changed her ways.

this should be story about how people can change.

 

[nick1985]

I'll give you another example, the idiot carring the Obama monkey at a Tea Party rally. I'm sure some people who saw this laughed but that doesn't necessarily make them racist. The guy carrying the monkey would be racist.

What about the thousands of signs of Bush portrating him as a monkey, or him as hitler? Nothing was said about that in the media, but as soon as one pops up about Obama the race card comes flying out. Double standard if I ever saw one.

 

[waggy]

What about the thousands of signs of Bush portrating him as a monkey, or him as hitler? Nothing was said about that in the media, but as soon as one pops up about Obama the race card comes flying out. Double standard if I ever saw one.

how is calling him hitler racist? a monkey? i don't see that racist either.

 

[Patranus]

I'll give you another example, the idiot carring the Obama monkey at a Tea Party rally. I'm sure some people who saw this laughed but that doesn't necessarily make them racist. The guy carrying the monkey would be racist.

How exactly do you derive race from that?
What about these? Are these racist as well?
http://www.google.com/images?&q=bush+monkey

or these
http://www.google.com/images?q=pelosi+monkey

Many people think of politicians in D.C. monkeys.

 

[IGBT]

naacp has a long history of racism and separatism. All this is nothing new. Fanning the flames of hate and discontent assures their survival.

 

[FuzzyBee]

Which is the link that classy posted and you failed to read. As for the full video...

It seems someone at fox news has it and is not letting go of it.

Interesting. From the same article:

A production company, DCTV3 in Douglas, recorded the event at the local NAACP chapter's request and is waiting for permission to release the full speech.

"We broadcast it on cable," DCTV3 program director Johnny Wilkerson said. "Somebody probably picked it up and recorded it, then put it on YouTube. That's probably why the video looks so shabby."

 

[waggy]

Interesting. From the same article:

ahh that would explain why it looked like crap. kinda looked like a cell phone recording but they weren't around back then.

 

[Hacp]

The event happened 24 years ago and she said in a CNN interview that she realized that she was wrong and tried to help farmer.

Racism is unacceptable no matter what does it.

If it really happened 24 years ago that is an overreaction. However doesn't change the fact that NAACP is crap.

 

[xj0hnx]

You like others are twising the story. Nobody is calling the Tea Party racist.

Really? So the NAACP didn't just draft and sign a resolution that specifically calls the TEA Party a group of racist? What rock do you live under?

It's about removing racists in your group. This woman was part of the USDA, did something stupid and was fired.

I'll give you another example, the idiot carring the Obama monkey at a Tea Party rally. I'm sure some people who saw this laughed but that doesn't necessarily make them racist. The guy carrying the monkey would be racist.

Give me a break, the media, NAACP, and the rest of the loony left just have to see a picture single sign at a rally, and even if that person was expelled from the rally, and shunned by the TEA Party as a whole it is more than enough to label the entire movement as racist, and they have been.