Comments on: Gibson: Whites commit suicide, blacks ’shoot and move on.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:20:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ckerst http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4117200 ckerst Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:28:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4117200 Gibson should take up shooting. Gibson should take up shooting.

]]> By: Beyonce Welch http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4117019 Beyonce Welch Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:08:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4117019 Mr Gibson is to be pitied. So many of the right wing seem to be soulless. Mr Gibson is to be pitied. So many of the right wing seem to be soulless.

]]> By: Jim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116994 Jim Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:45:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116994 John Gibson has been making racist comments like this for years. No big surprises here. He continues to have a job because the people he works for, and his primary audience, are also racist. For them, it's somehow courageous and virtuous to say these "un-PC"--i.e. racist--things. John Gibson has been making racist comments like this for years. No big surprises here. He continues to have a job because the people he works for, and his primary audience, are also racist. For them, it’s somehow courageous and virtuous to say these “un-PC”–i.e. racist–things.

]]> By: sluggo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116940 sluggo Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:01:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116940 I wonder if "Ethnic Cleansing" starts this way. Black against White, Gay against Straight, Conservatives against Liberals. Preach hatred as Gibson does long enough and we may find ourselves in just such a condition. When an Advertiser supports Gibson's show you wonder how "Honest" the company is that wants us to watch Gibson and then buy their advertised stuff. Sure I will..... I wonder if “Ethnic Cleansing” starts this way.

Black against White, Gay against Straight, Conservatives against Liberals.

Preach hatred as Gibson does long enough and we may find ourselves in just such a condition.

When an Advertiser supports Gibson’s show you wonder how “Honest” the company is that wants us to watch Gibson and then buy their advertised stuff.

Sure I will…..

]]> By: The Shadow http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116935 The Shadow Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:52:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116935 I knew that most if not all of the Fox News anchors were racist, but I never thought Gibson would be stupid enough to admit it. This guy belongs to the Ku Klux Klan and he's proud of it. Ruppard Murdock makes sure that his so called journalist spread as much hate as they can, so he can start a race war and then take over the country. John Gibson just said what Sean Hannity and the other racists like Brit Hume, Tony Snow, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Michelle Milken wanted to say. These people are a perfect example of what Republicans stand for. They are the party of hate, the party of extremist, and the party who intends to establish a new NAZI system of government in the United States. Why else would a group of highly paid millionaires speak such blantantly racist things. At least skinny Ann Coulter hates white liberals as much as he hates blacks. The only blacks they can stand are uncle Toms like Clarence Thomas and Aunt Jamamia like Condelessa Rice. That's because the can't laugh at them behind their backs and tell racist jokes to them to their face. I knew that most if not all of the Fox News anchors were racist, but I never thought Gibson would be stupid enough to admit it. This guy belongs to the Ku Klux Klan and he’s proud of it. Ruppard Murdock makes sure that his so called journalist spread as much hate as they can, so he can start a race war and then take over the country.

John Gibson just said what Sean Hannity and the other racists like Brit Hume, Tony Snow, Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Michelle Milken wanted to say. These people are a perfect example of what Republicans stand for. They are the party of hate, the party of extremist, and the party who intends to establish a new NAZI system of government in the United States.

Why else would a group of highly paid millionaires speak such blantantly racist things. At least skinny Ann Coulter hates white liberals as much as he hates blacks. The only blacks they can stand are uncle Toms like Clarence Thomas and Aunt Jamamia like Condelessa Rice. That’s because the can’t laugh at them behind their backs and tell racist jokes to them to their face.

]]> By: BrianFL http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116927 BrianFL Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:39:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116927 I find most of the diehard Republicans I know even in my personal life are racists. Gibson has made racist comments in the past, so this latest does not surprise me at all. In fact, if you look at ALL the most popular right-wing pundits, from Rush Limbaugh, to Bill O'Reilly, to Ann Coulter, to Michelle Malkin, to Michael Savage, to Glenn Beck, to Tucker Carlson. They've all made not only racist comments, but sometimes outright violent comments about other races, ethnicities, or sexual orientations. Malkin and Limbaugh seem especially obsessed with race. The Bush administration came to power by suppressing African-American votes, most notably in Florida and Ohio. I find most of the diehard Republicans I know even in my personal life are racists.

Gibson has made racist comments in the past, so this latest does not surprise me at all. In fact, if you look at ALL the most popular right-wing pundits, from Rush Limbaugh, to Bill O’Reilly, to Ann Coulter, to Michelle Malkin, to Michael Savage, to Glenn Beck, to Tucker Carlson. They’ve all made not only racist comments, but sometimes outright violent comments about other races, ethnicities, or sexual orientations. Malkin and Limbaugh seem especially obsessed with race.

The Bush administration came to power by suppressing African-American votes, most notably in Florida and Ohio.

]]> By: Vincennes http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116926 Vincennes Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:38:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116926 <em>Zooey, I know Jefferson Davis is still big with the Republican base today. Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:50 pm</em> Why would Republicans support a traitor to the United States of America? Why would anyone show honor or loyalty to the Confederacy? If you do, then you must hate the United States of America. No joke. However misguided the Confederates were, they were traitors. Zooey, I know Jefferson Davis is still big with the Republican base today.
Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:50 pm

Why would Republicans support a traitor to the United States of America? Why would anyone show honor or loyalty to the Confederacy? If you do, then you must hate the United States of America. No joke. However misguided the Confederates were, they were traitors.

]]> By: Jason M. Hendler http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116924 Jason M. Hendler Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:34:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116924 Racism aside, Gibson's default assumption doesn't hold up anymore: 1) the Atlanta killings were done by a black man, who was free to keep killing, because police and the media told everyone to look for a white man. 2) the snipers that killed so many around DC were both black, and again, they alluded police for a good while, because everyone was looking for a white man. 3) OJ nearly killed himself before being taken into custody (or that's what news reports stated at the time of his arrest). If you want evidence of the slow assimulation of blacks into mainstream society, you only need to look at the slow increase in mass / serial killers that are black. Racism aside, Gibson’s default assumption doesn’t hold up anymore:

1) the Atlanta killings were done by a black man, who was free to keep killing, because police and the media told everyone to look for a white man.

2) the snipers that killed so many around DC were both black, and again, they alluded police for a good while, because everyone was looking for a white man.

3) OJ nearly killed himself before being taken into custody (or that’s what news reports stated at the time of his arrest).

If you want evidence of the slow assimulation of blacks into mainstream society, you only need to look at the slow increase in mass / serial killers that are black.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116902 Zooey Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:58:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116902 <em>So you are saying JD was only bad because he lost? Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:53 pm</em> Not caring about the dead guy, Keith. ;) I want to keep my eye on the live ones. So you are saying JD was only bad because he lost?
Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:53 pm

Not caring about the dead guy, Keith. ;)

I want to keep my eye on the live ones.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116895 Keith Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:53:13 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116895 Bunch of frickin’ losers. ;) Comment by Zooey So you are saying JD was only bad because he lost? Bunch of frickin’ losers. ;)
Comment by Zooey

So you are saying JD was only bad because he lost?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116894 Zooey Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:51:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116894 <em>Zooey, I know Jefferson Davis is still big with the Republican base today. Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:50 pm</em> Bunch of frickin' losers. ;) Zooey, I know Jefferson Davis is still big with the Republican base today.
Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:50 pm

Bunch of frickin’ losers. ;)

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116892 Keith Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:50:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116892 Zooey, I know Jefferson Davis is still big with the Republican base today. Zooey, I know Jefferson Davis is still big with the Republican base today.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116889 Zooey Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:45:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116889 <em>How do these people think, anyway? Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:42 pm</em> We always say that, but I don't think we really want to know... How do these people think, anyway?
Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 9:42 pm

We always say that, but I don’t think we really want to know…

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116886 Keith Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:44:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116886 TRoS, you always liked my humour. Remember, hunt for ivory in Alabama because Tuscaloosa there. TRoS, you always liked my humour. Remember, hunt for ivory in Alabama because Tuscaloosa there.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116883 Keith Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:42:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116883 Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — October 11, 2007 @ 9:01 pm That was a lousy attempt at sarcasm on my part. Trying to express what might be in the head of someone like Gibson. Is he saying killing classmates and then yourself is superior to just killing your classmates? How do these people think, anyway? Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — October 11, 2007 @ 9:01 pm

That was a lousy attempt at sarcasm on my part. Trying to express what might be in the head of someone like Gibson. Is he saying killing classmates and then yourself is superior to just killing your classmates? How do these people think, anyway?

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116873 The Republic of Stupidity Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:29:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116873 That’s what Jefferson Davis would have wanted. Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 8:08 pm Huh??? WTF is this supposed to mean?? Talk about “bragging rights loony”… give Keith here a ribbon for “Best of Show”!!!! Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — October 11, 2007 @ 9:01 pm Hey, Keith... sorry about this. Thought you were a troll at first. My bad... That’s what Jefferson Davis would have wanted.

Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 8:08 pm

Huh??? WTF is this supposed to mean?? Talk about “bragging rights loony”… give Keith here a ribbon for “Best of Show”!!!!

Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — October 11, 2007 @ 9:01 pm

Hey, Keith… sorry about this. Thought you were a troll at first.

My bad…

]]> By: amandla http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116866 amandla Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:24:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116866 I don't think Gibson realizes that "hip-hoppers" are just as likely to be white than black, judging from who's buying the music and copping the clothing styles. Gibson and other Fox news personalities make these sort of comments regularly in order to drive home the fact that they are anti-PC, that they will speak their minds, etc. They enjoy the notoriety it brings them (the people at Fox love the attention), and they don't care one bit about any backlash from upset Black people (and why should they?). The problem with deliberately trying to be super anti-PC is that it reveals a lot of the ignorance lurking beneath the veil of self-censorship. Gibson's use of "hip-hoppers" for "Black" shows how ignorant he is not only of Black people, but of hip-hop/R&B-loving white people as well (whom, as I said, are by far the biggest consumers of hip hop). Some people are too dumb to be embarassed by their own ignorance... I don’t think Gibson realizes that “hip-hoppers” are just as likely to be white than black, judging from who’s buying the music and copping the clothing styles. Gibson and other Fox news personalities make these sort of comments regularly in order to drive home the fact that they are anti-PC, that they will speak their minds, etc. They enjoy the notoriety it brings them (the people at Fox love the attention), and they don’t care one bit about any backlash from upset Black people (and why should they?).

The problem with deliberately trying to be super anti-PC is that it reveals a lot of the ignorance lurking beneath the veil of self-censorship. Gibson’s use of “hip-hoppers” for “Black” shows how ignorant he is not only of Black people, but of hip-hop/R&B-loving white people as well (whom, as I said, are by far the biggest consumers of hip hop).

Some people are too dumb to be embarassed by their own ignorance…

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116858 The Republic of Stupidity Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:07:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116858 You need some color, babes. Comment by Zooey — October 11, 2007 @ 9:04 pm Geez, if I had color, how would I sneak around on the ice, catching sea... hmmm, I see yer point... You need some color, babes.

Comment by Zooey — October 11, 2007 @ 9:04 pm

Geez, if I had color, how would I sneak around on the ice, catching sea… hmmm, I see yer point…

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116849 Zooey Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:04:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116849 <em>Hey… you’ve seen my picture… one of the most feared carnivores on the PLANET, Baby!!! Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — October 11, 2007 @ 8:59 pm</em> You need some color, babes. Hey… you’ve seen my picture… one of the most feared carnivores on the PLANET, Baby!!!
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — October 11, 2007 @ 8:59 pm

You need some color, babes.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/comment-page-2/#comment-4116845 The Republic of Stupidity Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:01:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/11/gibson-whites-commit-suicide-blacks-shoot-and-move-on/#comment-4116845 That’s what Jefferson Davis would have wanted. Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 8:08 pm Huh??? WTF is this supposed to mean?? Talk about "bragging rights loony"... give Keith here a ribbon for "Best of Show"!!!! That’s what Jefferson Davis would have wanted.

Comment by Keith — October 11, 2007 @ 8:08 pm

Huh??? WTF is this supposed to mean?? Talk about “bragging rights loony”… give Keith here a ribbon for “Best of Show”!!!!

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