It can be very discouraging to fair minded folks to hear some of the outlandish things people are willing to say in this media environment, where accountability and shame seem to be passé, some relic from an America era where common experience bound us together. I will group in this category the claim that various government officials are “racist,” as I attempted to explain in a recent Pajamas Media piece I do not believe to be true. Refusing to enforce the law in a race neutral fashion is not necessarily racist, though I can see why it is attractive to reject my argument.
At the same time, it is unfortunate to hear similarly unhinged arguments from others – like unsupported attacks (incidentally lobbed by a former DOJ voting official who himself was the subject of a racial discrimination complaint against him – but I will devote a future article to that later) and the terrifying development that one’s veracity can be judged by where they fall on the political or ideological spectrum. Those of us who have read the Nobel Prize winning Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn recognize this disturbing psychological tactic.
“Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle,” he notes.
Truth exists apart from political views, identity and race. But I recognize much of the intellectual history of the west over the last 50 years has sought to eradicate this philosophy, but again, an article for another day.
Hans von Spakovsky has this article at National Review about the New Black Panther case. The Lie du Jour among many on July 12 was that somehow the Bush administration was to blame (the record keeps skipping Hazel) for not bringing criminal charges against the New Black Panthers. Among many other points, Spakovsky notes:
“Yet … the Obama administration could make the decision today to indict the members of the New Black Panther Party, since they are still well within the applicable criminal statute of limitations. But you can rest assured that they will not do so. It is more important to them to block the investigation of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and to creatively excuse what they have done in this case, which was throw away the opportunity to obtain an exhaustive and wide-ranging permanent injunction against the NBPP in the civil case, which would have ensured that what happened in Philadelphia in November of 2008 never happened again at any polling place anywhere in the country.”
I understand that you believe that not applying the law equally is not essentially racist. I differ in that view. It goes to the heart of the oath to protect. Lack of action is sometimes more violent than direct aggression. It allows violence to occur while it in cowardice stands by and does nothing. That is a crime in itself, to know of a crime and do nothing to defend the innocnet. I know about making deals and whitewashing. When I worked for the state of VA in DOT I received numerous threats, slashed tires, hazmat exposure and nothing was done. It is not as easy as saying ‘if I don’t see it, then I can’t tesify’. It is cowardice and in somejobs, some situations, that is a crime. I had cars come the wrong way through the tunnel at me more than once, but reporting to the black panthers that worked there did nothing to deter it from happening again. To see them promoted with no degrees, no background above me was my thanks. And the fair skinned cowards that worked there covered for them to keep their jobs. I want you to know I know their types now. And they were at our polling place on election day, in militant stance. And a rapid La Raz supporter, a lawyer for their case— I spoke with him– and two fair skinned tall skinny men that pretended to be ‘security’ for the mostly black polling place. They pulled folks to the side after they voted for some reason. The machines were taken out before the polling place closed and carried off somewhere. Others I believe were brought in. At about 8;30 pm or so. I called on these things. Nothing was done. I think they go to mostly black locations to intimidate black voters. It is a recruitment and a warning it seems. So, to summarize. I think inaction is racist and allowing a culture to grow that exhibitis this is a crime against the already victimized. And I believe this group of thugs recruits and intimidates and to not stop them is akin to cooperating with them and acquiescing to their criminal demands.