Hurricane relief

Apparently, in your world, one can not use the word "gibberish" in the same
sentence with the word "black" and not be a racist. That's bull ****!
Quite frankly, I don't really care if you think someone is a racist or not.
That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. If you see a racist
inflection in what someone says, there is very little chance of anyone
changing your mind by disagreeing with you on Usenet.
In other words, think what you like. As an extension of your line of
thinking, I would also be a racist by the simple fact I have objected to
your position.
People like you I just try to avoid :-)
DH

"TL" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote:

I'm extremely sensitive to "reading" between the lines on Usenet and I can
find no racist inflection at all in what Jay has said.

I would submit, then, that some people here are better at reading
between the lines than you. They have called out Jay elsewhere, and
rightly so in my opinion. But lets examine only the words which
triggered my response.

Jay wrote, "[CNN] has been showing endless video of blacks looting and
shouting gibberish at the cameras, essentially since "Day One." It's
hard to imagine black people being presented in a worse light."
-- End Quote

Quite telling indeed. Racists watched the news coverage and saw
little more than black people looting and "shouting gibberish at the
cameras." Realists, on the other hand, watched the same news coverage
and saw a small percentage of black residents looting while tens of
thousands of law abiding blacks at the convention center made
desperate pleas food and water.

Jay wrote, "It's hard to imagine black people being presented in a
worse light." His, however, is a racist's take not a realist's take.
What the news coverage presented to the realist was a handful of
lawless among a sea of law abiding citizens doing exactly as
instructed under extremely trying circumstances.

Jay watched the news coverage and heard only "gibberish" in the
desperate cries for help. Did FEMA director Michael Brown also hear
only "gibberish"? I would not be surprised.