When the Department of Homeland Security issued an intelligence assessment characterizing returning military vets as potential domestic terrorists, conservatives went ape...crap. Rep. John Boehner said the report was offensive and demanded that the DHS apologize to veterans. Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis said the DHS was "engaging in political and ideological profiling." Michelle Malkin said the report was "one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I'd ever read."
'Cause Tim McVeigh didn't exist, domestic militias are harmless and there's been no uptick in hate crimes across America.
Be that as it may...
If conservatives are so sensitive to "shoddy" threat assessments, where's the (fake) outrage over Virginia's Anti-terrorism Fusion Center's recently leaked report that the state's historically black colleges --- Virginia Union University, Virginia State University, Norfolk State University and Hampton University - form a "radicalization node" for extremists?
In addition to singling out historically black colleges and the Hampton Roads area as being "at risk" because of its "diverse military population" as well as being home to black colleges, the report from the Unit notes Richmond's history as the capital of the Confederacy and its sizable minority population make it a breeding ground for race-based extremist groups. You know. Scary dark-skinned people with guns!
The leaked report immediately set off a wave of anger with everybody in the state except conservatives. To be fair, the report painted with a pretty broad brush, and some 50 organizations to the left and the right of the political spectrum are mentioned in the assessment. But Virginia's HBCUs are specifically named, without explanation, as being ground zero for domestic terror activity.
Thankfully, Gov. Tim Kaine, at the urging of the ACLU, has launched an investigation into how the Fusion Center arrived at its conclusions.
No need to investigate why conservatives have been uniformly silent about the incident.
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You are criticising them for only caring about when they are spied on. Yet you seem to only care when you are spied on. I live in Missouri and our attorney general issued a report that basically said to harass people with Ron Paul bumper stickers. They were right to be upset about it
How about we stop the spying on and profiling all the political groups. Its clearly illegal
That said, any so-called attacks on blacks for whatever reason are widely accepted by us with a snicker and a resounding yawn. There is NOTHING new under the sun on that topic, trust me. Maybe that's the problem. "Race card" is the new smackdown term for anybody who complains about racism nowadays. I laugh at that one as well. The only reason I have a race card is because others have played theirs against me. When I defend myself, I'm "making a mountain out of a molehill". That's a huge crock. I will continue to cause butt hurt for bigots every chance I get no matter how many cards people accuse me of playing.
I can't believe we're still playing the race card after the election of president Obama.
reconsiliation for black people = reconsiliation for black people
talking about encrouching assumptions and preditory pragmatism =/= race card
an excuse to ostracize intellectualism and anti-materialism in blacks = race card
it is sad I have to point it out
the whole race card shuck and jive is like sayinging: you're black now live with it; I've gotten over you being a problem to acknowledge
A lot of the white people are making out like they treat all black people the way they would treat Obama, but there is a larger discussion to acknowledge; moral attonement and valuation are not a party theme they are real and can be attested to by observation of our daily lives.
the content of my character can be overlooked entirely if those judging me are so self absorbed they wont accept anything they don't already believe
""In addition to singling out historically black colleges and the Hampton Roads area as being "at risk" because of its "diverse military population" as well as being home to black colleges, the report from the Unit notes Richmond's history as the capital of the Confederacy and its sizable minority population make it a breeding ground for race-based extremist groups. You know. Scary dark-skinned people with guns!"
Richmond and surrounding area is a hub by white supremacist groups who come there to undertake pro-Confederacy and racist "in your face" activities. Many of them live in area. And some have made threats and actually acted on them...directed at African Americans.
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=210#7
http://www.wtvr.com/global/story.asp?s=9505156&ClientType=Printable
http://abajournal.com/news/white_supremacist_escapes_sanction_for_internet_posts_about_troutman_sander/
And this beauty..."Officials who work on the Guantánamo issue say administration lawyers have become concerned that they would face significant obstacles to trying some terrorism suspects in federal courts. " Hah! Really?!
"In addition to singling out historically black colleges and the Hampton Roads area as being "at risk" because of its "diverse military population" as well as being home to black colleges, the report from the Unit notes Richmond's history as the capital of the Confederacy and its sizable minority population make it a breeding ground for race-based extremist groups. You know. Scary dark-skinned people with guns!"
This seems to be saying that it's RESENTMENT of the diverse military population and educated black youth that makes the area a breeding ground for WHITE extremist groups. It's not talking about scary dark-skinned folks with guns at all, but white ones. Just thought I'd point that out.
1. The report does not appear on a federal letterhead such as Dept of Homeland Security.
2. The report seems to indicate, admittedly by you, as across the political spectrum.
3. I haven't heard of the report, thus why is the media suppressing this information.
Hopefully this will give you a little insight as to why there might be no outrage among those of the conservative political persuasion.
If I might ask, though, why do you propose that historically black colleges are, well, black. I thought all institutions receiving federal dollars had to abide by federal law. So aren't these institutions integrated anyway? If not, then shame on them. If they are, then shame on you for trying to play the race card. Just because it worked for President Obama in the primaries doesn't make it right.
There's a reason why they are called HISTORICALLY Black Colleges and Universities. Guess why? Because they were created for talented and intelligent black students who were not permitted into HWCU's. Now, just to be sure, white students are ABSOLUTELY allowed to attend HBCU's. I know that for a fact because i saw them there when i attended an HBCU (Howard U :)). Now, if white students opt not to attend to make the campuses more racially balanced, then that's their choice. But no laws are being broken and no one is being discriminated against.
And you absolutely cannot name one instance in which Obama played the race card in the election. I think that people like you think that his existence and success means he's playing the race card because, i don't know, maybe YOU can't see past his color. He DID make one of the most poignant speeches on race ever during his campaign, but even that was prompted by the right's use of the race card to try to portray him as a scary black male radical militant (which is absurd on its face).
And the reason there is no outrage by the right on this issue is because its not to their political advantage to fake it. Period. Lets be honest. Oftentimes the right's outrage is completely fact-free, so they don't need any damn letterhead to incite it.
As an aside, many historically black colleges and universities are not even majority black do to integration and consolidation.
11:47am
Alexandria, VA
Free speech is now considered "radical" unless the speaker agrees with the Fusion Center?
How did they come up with that name, the "Fusion Center?" Sounds radical to me.
It caused a massive public outcry so they gave Poindexter an advisory post and changed the name to "Fusion Center" and went ahead with it anyway.
I would contend this is what's wrong with the way we think. Each community still left to fight on their own. Our boat is standing still will everyone paddles in a different direction.
WWJD?
On issue after issue, evangelicals seem to be on the side of intolerance and violence, with rare exceptions. Why is that, when the Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount is so obviously and clearly AGAINST everything the religious right stands for?