As IF Times

Source: KING: Dear White America, which form of protest do you prefer? – NY Daily News

The fact that the author separates people as being part of “White America” already tells you something about his mindset.  But he is mistaken if he thinks that “White America” which includes everyone, including blacks, monolithically trounces the “rights” of “Black America”.  Objective studies have shown that the police are as statistically likely to shoot a non black person as a black person during contentious arrests.

According to the linked study above compiled by the Washington Post, no beacon of conservatism, objective statistics show a much different truth than the Kaepernicks and their ilk would have you believe.  Put simply, blacks disproportionately commit larger shares of violent crime.  The most telling illustration of this is from very recent history.  In August of this year, Chicago recorded 90 homicides ,a new and unenviable record for that city.  This has nothing to do with police killings or oppressive behavior by law enforcement.  It’s not the Irish or the Italians fighting turf wars.  This is gang and drug related violence and typically black on black crime.

This phenomenon is repeated in cities all over the United States from Baltimore to Cleveland to Philadelphia to New York.  When violence occurs in those black sub communities, the police are required to step in to address it.  It is not systemic persecution of blacks as the Kaepernicks of the world profess.

While Kaepernick’s recent hairdo evokes the ’70’s, in 21st century America, systemic racism has all but been wiped out by advances in laws and attitudes during the past 50 years.  The only people insisting that the great racial divide still exists are those that can politically benefit.  There is no job or position that is off limits for a person of color.  In the case of blacks, they have attained the pinnacle of success in every field from entertainment, to sports to business, to politics, perhaps even disproportionately so.  If a guy with as little talent as Kanye West can be a star, there can’t be any barriers to success.   The oppression and racism narrative doesn’t fit, except by those hoping to exploit the people who believe it.

Guys like Kaepernick may think that they’re taking a principled stand on an issue and of course, they have that right.  But his ignorance of the facts makes him just another stooge in the narrative that the racists want to perpetuate.  It’s not being black that is dangerous to one’s life…it’s being a criminal.  Rather than blaming others as they’ve been programmed to do by political opportunists over the years, blacks need to push back into their communities and set examples and pass on the opportunities that they themselves have grasped.  Be Michael Jordan, not Kanye West; be Jerry Rice, not Aaron Hernandez.  White or Black America only exists in the minds of deluded perpetual victims.

Source: Donald Trump’s treatment of a crying baby reveals his total lack of empathy | Jonathan Freedland | Opinion | The Guardian

The word of the day is now faux.  Not to be confused with the Vietnamese soup, pho, which is savory and delectable.   No, I mean faux as in the affected outrage, angst and furor directed at The Donald for any and all of his utterances, which is definitely un-savory.  Like jackals baying and snapping at a presumptive victim, the popular media are circling Trump looking to exploit any possible weakness to tear him apart.

It’s like a large scale version of junior high girls whereby any and every utterance of the bullied victim is subject to ridicule and taunting.  Of course this is delicious irony since Trump is also no stranger to puerile insults.  Name calling now passes as witty debate during this election cycle.  But for those with naïve and already made up minds, faux outrage can make an indelible impression on their views.

We recall the last election when Mitt Romney set tongues a cluckin’ with his revelation of placing the family dog on the car roof during road trips, Beverly Hillbillies style.  The wailing from the PETA crowd was like keening at an Irish funeral.  Unlike eating a dog, which is acceptable if you one day become President, roofing a dog is beyond the pale.  So, Romney antagonized the dog crowd and was painted as an insensitive rich guy.  Romney didn’t address the incidents directly since it was too ridiculous to answer for.  The Donald ain’t takin’ any of that.

The recent ‘trumped up’ incident involving  Khizr Khan, father of the hero veteran stirred predictable media outrage at Trump because his retort was ‘insulting’.  While Trump did not in fact disparage the heroism of the son, he made an oblique remark about the ability of the Muslim wife to make comment, which would not be unusual for Muslims.  So the cascade of ‘racist’, ‘shameful’, ‘intemperate’, yada yada yada condemnations from media and pundits alike, rained upon Trump like expletives at a rap concert.  Meanwhile the mother of an American killed in Benghazi was criticized for grandstanding when she spoke of her son’s heroism.  Clint Eastwood spoke for many when he today said, “The pussy generation needs to just ‘f**king get over it”  Eloquently and succinctly said; the oppression of politically correct speech may finally be coming to an end; which is the primary reason for Trump’s ascendancy to popularity.

The faux indignation for anything connected to Trump would have more validity if not for the Orwellianly labelled Progressives’ penchant for ascribing anything not aligned with their worldviews as being evil and malevolent. Meanwhile, they tie themselves up in Gordian knots explaining the illogical positions of their culture warriors; for example, John Kerry’s assertion that air conditioners are a bigger threat to mankind than ISIS.  Laugh out loud stuff from over there. Can’t wait to see what Trump will do next to set the left off in sputtering faux rage.  He can tell them they fight like 12 year old girls.