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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,856 posts)
5. Hmmm
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 10:51 AM
Jul 2013

" I just feel bad because I don’t like when race gets out in the media because I don’t think the media has a ‘pure heart,’ as I call it,” Barkley said. “There are very few people who have a pure heart when it comes to race. Racism is wrong in any shape [or] form — there are a lot of black people who are racist, too. I think sometimes when people talk about race, they act like only white people are racist. There are a lot of black people who are racist. And I don’t like when it gets out there in the media because I don’t think the media has clean hands.”


Well, yeah, folks of all color can be racist as I define it which is simply hating folks because they belong to a different race than you. However what does have to do with the facts of this case ? Do I think George Zimmerman is some latter day Joseph Paul Franklin? No.
I do think Zimmerman sees the world through a racial prism and saw some unarmed black kid he deemed as scary, recklessly followed him, then got in an altercation that resulted in the kid's death.

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Bartley must be planning to run for office, and need the bigoted gun lover vote. Hoyt Jul 2013 #1
I don't see how convincing he will be if he can't show that he understood the basic Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #2
Screw him. Little Star Jul 2013 #3
Sir Charles has always made an effort at addressing current events intelligently. TroglodyteScholar Jul 2013 #4
Well stated. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #8
Hmmm DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #5
Isn't he a basketball player? notadmblnd Jul 2013 #6
LOL. Seriously, though, Barkley has a right to his opinion, just like anyone else. However, HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #7
I posted it because it was given attention. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #9
Glad you posted it. It got play because Barkley has toyed with running for office and byeya Jul 2013 #13
No worries and not an attack on you whatsoever. I'm not an acolyte of the HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #16
Maybe you should drop into the Lounge. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #17
He is a black man giving out some of the white conservative line, so the media treestar Jul 2013 #15
Not to mention that the Orlando Sentinel Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #18
He is, but people have tried to back him running for office in Alabama. He was a republican at one Hoyt Jul 2013 #12
That's always good to know. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #19
You disidoro01 Jul 2013 #10
this fact is proven all over DU ceonupe Jul 2013 #14
The most difficult thing to do in the Democratic party, is to reach agreement Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #21
It's simple ceonupe Jul 2013 #25
I don't think this is a good place to defend Charter Schools. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #29
You are right in some cases ceonupe Jul 2013 #33
Privatization vs. social justice Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #40
Sounds like you agree with the republicans Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #34
Ding ding ding ceonupe Jul 2013 #36
An issue you say? I've lost count of how many issues Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #38
I don't agree with cheap labor at Walmart ceonupe Jul 2013 #39
I'm sure Barkley's opinions get far more attention than anything we have to say. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #20
what did he say that was inaccurate? ceonupe Jul 2013 #11
If racial profiling had been allowed, this would have been elevated to a hate crime. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #23
The problem is racial profiling is not against the law ceonupe Jul 2013 #24
That is incorrect. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #26
Those rules are civil not criminal ceonupe Jul 2013 #27
No, he didn't speak the truth. He spoke his opinion based on what LEO and media put out notadmblnd Jul 2013 #31
Racial profiling is legally irrelevant to the verdict. cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #22
Zimmerman had superficial injuries. So the use of deadly force was NOT warranted. Skwmom Jul 2013 #28
Barkley has the brains of a turnip. Zoeisright Jul 2013 #30
When did Trayvon Martin have the right to self defense? bluestate10 Jul 2013 #32
Could that switch be someone pulling a gun out and threating to use it? Rex Jul 2013 #35
And which witnesses testified to this? XemaSab Jul 2013 #37
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