tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post5438283136727062978..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: Mob Psychology of Congress & Media - 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-33745487302125978932010-07-21T09:15:20.567-05:002010-07-21T09:15:20.567-05:00TheEvilOne,
Thank you for making the case for wha...TheEvilOne,<br /><br />Thank you for making the case for what this post is about.<br /><br />That is, how little it takes to spook and stampede the U.S. government and U.S. officialdom in general.<br /><br />Shall we discuss how this effects their competence near <i>The Mother of all Nuclear War Buttons</i>?<br /><br />What could set them off such that they destroy civilization with the press of that button?Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-73582977520109735712010-07-21T08:52:58.321-05:002010-07-21T08:52:58.321-05:00The Breitbart edited clip is 2 minutes and 36 seco...The Breitbart edited clip is 2 minutes and 36 seconds long. A minimum extract from the speech that does not mislead would be 4 minutes and 40 seconds. By leaving out the punch line of the anecdote that Sherrod was relating the Breitbart related editor made an anecdote about being prejudiced against white people but learning from the case of this white farmer that poor whites faced the same problems as poor blacks into that of a black woman gloating about her chance to inflict reverse racism on an uppity white.<br /><br />The extent of the distortion of meaning created by this omission can not be overstated.<br /><br />The full Sherrod speech is 43 minutes and 15 seconds long and the relevant section is 4 minutes and 40 seconds starting 16 minutes and 40 seconds from the beginning. Raw story has the full video as well as an interview with the white farmer supporting Sherrod at this <a href="http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0720/usda-official-resigns-admitting-racial-preferences/" rel="nofollow">link</a>.<br /><br />It is not necessary to view the full 43 minutes, but if one does so one sees that one of the themes in the speech is the need for all poor people white and black to unite to advance their common interests. The more of the speech one watches the more dishonest the Breitbart editing appears.TheEvilOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762637210865545012noreply@blogger.com