racism is dead ... so they say
POSTED BY: 1kiki
UPDATED: Thursday, June 25, 2026 12:55
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Quote:http://www.politicususa.com/2014/04/28/fox-news-wrong-racist-la-clippe
After getting burned by racist rancher Cliven Bundy, Fox News, the Tea Party, and others thought they had their gotcha moment when they claimed Clippers owner Donald Sterling was a Democrat. The problem is that he’s a Republican.
The right was still licking their wounds when they got busted for elevating Cliven Bundy to hero status when the Donald Sterling tape became national news.
Immediately, Matt Drudge claimed that Sterling was a Democrat:
GOT GAME: NYT informed the unwashed how Bundy is a Republican. Leaves out NBA Sterling is a Democrat…
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) April 27, 2014
The Tea Party News Network ran the headline, “Donald Sterling Is A Racist Democrat.” Fox News’ website Fox Nation claimed that Sterling is a Democratic donor, and above their headline featured an image of the Obama and Democratic Party logos. Yep, the right finally had their own Bundy equalizer. Their very own racist Democrat. See, both sides really do do it.
The problem is that Donald Sterling has been a registered Republican since 1998.
LA Times columnist Michael Hilzik tweeted:
Mother Jones followed up with a search of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s website that confirmed that Sterling is a Republican.
The fact that Sterling is a Republican does not mean that all Republicans are racists. In fact, his political affiliation doesn’t change Sterling’s vile comments in the least.
What is on display once again is the mechanism through which millions of Americans are intentionally misinformed every single day. Republicans and their media were looking to get the stench of Bundy’s racism off of themselves, so they latched on to inaccurate story that Donald Sterling is a Democrat.
Fox News and others can’t be bothered with fact checking. All they cared about was finding a racist to pin on Democrats so that they could even the score.
For conservative media, facts are irrelevant. It’s all about finding a way to justify their own racism, and adoption of race based political tactics. Most of the conservatives who claimed that Sterling is a Democrat still have not corrected their articles, and the truth is that many of them probably won’t.
The point is to confuse and muddy the waters. If Republicans convince people that Democrats are racists too, their own racism doesn’t look so bad.
Instead of solving the problem, Fox News and the rest of right wing media made it worse, because Donald Sterling’s political affiliation is now an issue, and the Clippers owner now shares a spot with fellow Republicans Ted Nugent, George Zimmerman, and Cliven Bundy in the Republican Racist Hall of Shame.
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They tried to spin it, but failed. Sterling is a Republican. Sorry, racists, but it's not a case of "they do it, too."
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Per the subject line, exactly who are " they " ?
Where has it been said that racism is " dead " ?
I missed that memo.
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"Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism."
GOP to the nation, "Racism is over"
According to Bert Rein representing Shelby County Alabama in front of the Supreme Court attempting to get section 5 of the Voting Rights Act struck down
Michael Gwynne - You're way out of date and style my dear. The world has changed and you'd best get on board. Nobody's buying the Liberal rant anymore. Racism is over. Get in or get out.
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
"Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism."
Assuming racism CAN be done away with, she did have a bold role in that fight.
Do you not agree ?
Seems to me that's an optimistic statement about ending racism, and praising her actions to sit down for justice.
Goodonya, Rosa !
ETA - cites ? And a couple , off the cuff remarks do not make a declaration for an entire political party, do they ? I guess you'd say they do.
But I doubt very much they speak for the entirety of anyone. Certainly the GOP has not made any platform declarations to that extent. Nor have the Dems, for that matter.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Per the subject line, exactly who are " they " ?
Where has it been said that racism is " dead " ?
I missed that memo.
It sounds like both Al Sharpyton and Jesse Jackson must have died if racist has died.
Did that soccer player try some fried chicken and watermelon as well?
Just noticed: is it coincidence that initials for Jesse Jackson Jr are one letter off from KKK?
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I happen to like watermelon, fried chicken and bananas.
Soccer ?
Not so much.
I'm every bit as much ape as that soccer player is though.
( we all are ) 
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Quote:These are the noises one makes when they lost the argument.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Per the subject line, exactly who are " they " ?
Where has it been said that racism is " dead " ?
I missed that memo.
It sounds like both Al Sharpyton and Jesse Jackson must have died if racist has died.
Did that soccer player try some fried chicken and watermelon as well?
Just noticed: is it coincidence that initials for Jesse Jackson Jr are one letter off from KKK?
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So, the worst kept secret in all of sports, that Donald Sterling is, was and will be to the end of his days, a racist.
And now he's been banned from the NBA - for life.
Only, he's saying he'll fight to keep the team which the NBA commish has vowed he'll force Sterling to sell. This should get interesting.
There's a whole back story ( or conspiracy ) to the reason why all this is being played out NOW. The short version is, the league wanted this guy out as owner. Best way to do that ? No, not have him suicided, but maybe the next best thing. Have him humiliated and forced to sell. In comes Magic Johnson, who is instant gold in the city of Angels, and Voila! Problem solved !
Anyway, it appears Sterling will NOT get his second award from the NAACP. It seems he'll have to settle as having the same number of awards as Dr. Ben Carson, and 1 more than US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Not too bad for a slum lord and overt racist.
Stay true to the cause, NAACP !
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.
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