Tuesday, February 24, 2004
You've got to be kidding me. I knew it was coming, but I was rather hoping the NEA and our supposedly mature public school teachers would take it better than that. Rod Paige's unguarded comment about the NEA being "a terrorist organization" have gotten him and possibly the entire administration into hot water. People in the Bush presidency are rushing to disassociate themselves from the little "joke." Paige has apologized, of sorts. The big question is, should he have to?
Answer: No, he should not. A few years ago, Jesse Jackson compared conservative Christians to Nazis and apartheid in an article in the NYT. Has Jackson ever apologized? No, never. Has anyone made him apologize or demanded that he do so. No. Because conservative Christians are the Jews of the 21st-century and if anyone deserves the comparison to Nazis it would be people like Mr. Jackson who stir up hateful propaganda against Christians, all while claiming to be one. Nor did Mr. Jackson ever say it was "a joke." If there was ever a "joke in bad taste" that nobody should have laughed at" it would have to be Jackson's comments. It's time to call a horse a horse (no, I am not joking and no, that is not a racial slur). Rod Paige, in case all you have on your computer is black and white photos, is black. Why will no one defend him? Answer: He's conservative. The NAACP is a misnomer; it should be called the NAALCP: National Association for the Advancement of Liberal Colored People (why isn't "colored people" considered a racial slur?). They're not really interested in helping out black people--they're interested in pushing a radical left-wing agenda. Christians are acceptable targets for prejudice. But don't touch the teacher's union! Good grief. Somebody tell these people to grow up!
Answer: No, he should not. A few years ago, Jesse Jackson compared conservative Christians to Nazis and apartheid in an article in the NYT. Has Jackson ever apologized? No, never. Has anyone made him apologize or demanded that he do so. No. Because conservative Christians are the Jews of the 21st-century and if anyone deserves the comparison to Nazis it would be people like Mr. Jackson who stir up hateful propaganda against Christians, all while claiming to be one. Nor did Mr. Jackson ever say it was "a joke." If there was ever a "joke in bad taste" that nobody should have laughed at" it would have to be Jackson's comments. It's time to call a horse a horse (no, I am not joking and no, that is not a racial slur). Rod Paige, in case all you have on your computer is black and white photos, is black. Why will no one defend him? Answer: He's conservative. The NAACP is a misnomer; it should be called the NAALCP: National Association for the Advancement of Liberal Colored People (why isn't "colored people" considered a racial slur?). They're not really interested in helping out black people--they're interested in pushing a radical left-wing agenda. Christians are acceptable targets for prejudice. But don't touch the teacher's union! Good grief. Somebody tell these people to grow up!
// posted by The Pendragon @ 9:50 AM 
