There is just something so sickening about her thinking and comments, when
ever race, or the phrase I am meaning to adopt, color arousal, is in play. No,
she's not really what I would call a self deceiving racist. Nope. She's some weird
American born and raised alien. You know what I mean? But in case you don't, her
total lack of awareness about such things is of such a complete level, that she
might as well be from some foreign nation with a homogenous population, and thus
ignorant of such things, due to lack of experience with such things. I have
heard the expression "tone deaf" used for that level of ignorance. However she's
here. She's been here for a long time, and even if it's blatantly obvious she
hasn't got a fucking clue, she will wade into the subject, nevertheless.
Now comes the matter of Treyvon Martin. And she debated (some aspects of) the
matter with Bob Wright, for a Bloggingheads.tv post. And I choked only a few
minutes in. I will have to re watch the first couple hideous minutes, for the
choke me line.
(Link to her blog post of the shit.)
The exchange went like . . . he says Zimmerman was "stalking" the kid, and she says
something like, "You are characterizing the facts . . ." Bla bla bla. He gets to
saying that the 911 call shows that he (Zimmerman) was asked are you following
him (meaning the victim,) and Zimmerman said yes. And like some intellectually
bankrupt broken record, Althouse repeats the you're characterizing the
facts, line.
Now I know that rhetorical self-destruct actually is not exclusive to the GOP, but I do think they are
more prone to digging in their heels on the stupid talking point, than my team.
My team (I believe, I don't have data) is likely to retreat on that thwarted
line of attack, pivot, and re engage on one of the other lines of attack that
are available. But I really thought her refusal to recognize that stalking is
following someone around in some unlawful manner, is an example of not only deliberate, practiced ignorance. But it is evidence of the almost unique to Right Wingers, practiced ignorance. (They may not have a specific school where such rhetorical stupidity is taught. But it is a stupid human trick that is shared and handed down from generation to generation, on that side of the aisle. Seems to me.)
But I should confess that I totally agree with Bob Wright, and am more of a
hard ass. I go so far as to say that the "citizen" who is out there at night,
with a gun, looking for trouble, is himself trouble. But I also think they are fucked up in the head, and on some
level is out there hunting human. Not necessarily out there "hunting niggers,"
which used to be allowed, sorta, under the unwritten common law of some of our
southern states. But to my mind Zimmerman was at least hunting human. He
happened to shoot and kill a black kid. I don't know if that was part of his
mental damage, to get back at them niggers. We might never know the answer to
that.
But I do agree with Althouse on one easy and obvious (but not likely to favor
Zimmerman) point. There's more to discover here. That's a level of genius on a
par with saying the sun will rise tomorrow. Actually. And that was Althouse's
next crank. Silly point. After that, she gets her nose all bent out of shape
over some conspiracy theory over why the story is so high profile. I know silly
person Althouse listens to that notoriously racist piece of shit, Limbaugh. I will
just assume she got that talking point from that piece of shit.
Bob Wright did a
fairly good job of trying to set her silly ass straight. But again. He was too
soft on her. Reality is that it took weeks for this story to rise to the top of
the news charts. Now that is the real thinking person's question, Ms. Althouse. Not why it is such a
big deal now, but instead, why did it take so long to become a big deal?
Fuckit. I mean what is the fucking point anyway? How do you deal with such deliberate, practiced ignorance?
If someone is so fucking
blind to the shamefulness, and hence newsworthy ness of a story about what
really should be considered a homicide where "color arousal" and a mentally
deficient man was out hunting human? And was not charged with a homicide crime?
And that it took weeks for the story to gain notoriety? And it took the
notoriety factor to get the case investigated? I mean fucking really?
Althouse. How obtuse can you be? Not just her. I use her as a stand in for
all such silly people. But anyone who did not instantly think it's
a big deal the shooter/killer did not get held on suspicion, and charged with a homicide crime as soon as possible is really well
fucked up in the head. My opinion. And if they are a lawyer and do not get that?
That's a blind spot that in my opinion that is beyond excuse. They let him walk
out of the fucking police station uncharged for what should have been a charged
homicide crime. Shit. The DA could have gone for a lower manslaughter charge
down the road. Usually prosecutors and cops start the bidding with the highest
charge they can plead with a straight face, at arraignment. Why wasn't that all
done here? It's about race damnit. How much more fucking obvious could this be?
Like I said. Fuckit. I am just venting about the wide spread, and seemingly
deliberate, practiced ignorance in this nation on the part of far too many white
folk, when it comes to color arousal.
I am not giving up the fight. The late Professor Derrick Bell would be very dissapointed in me if I gave up. But sometimes I just want to say, fuck it. Shit is fucked up and bullshit.