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Jeff Berry's Intolerance [Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare]
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Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:16:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> Lenin would have been so proud.
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> JOHN
Right now I'm reading Jon Ronson's "Them". In the text, he interviews Jeff
Berry [Imperial Wizard of American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]. Later, he
switches on the TV and finds Jeff Berry on CBS ["48 Hours"?]. This is how
Ronson describes the scene:
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Then Jeff was standing on the steps of a courthouse. He was surrounded by his
followers, who wore a variety of multicoloured robes. One man held up a noose,
from which was hanging a lynched black baby doll wearing a nappy. Jeff yelled,
'The Klan is getting bigger, aren't you glad you're not a n*gger?' And then, 'I
have a daughter that's twenty-one and a son that's twenty-three, and you know
what? They hate n*ggers too!'
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Reading this within the context of the reaction to Dan Rather's recent
interview with SH raised two questions:
Q Were DR’s right-wing critics quite so critical of Jeff Berry’s appearance
on CBS?
A I'm far too cynical too answer that. ;)
Q Is SH & DR the very worst the American viewing public is offered?
A I expect not. [I've seen friends ;) ] In the text, Ronson talks with other
clan members who argue that Jeff Berry only gets on TV so much because he is so
willing to say the n-word: “N*gger, n*gger, n*gger, that's all they want. They
don't want somebody up there telling white people to love their children. They
just want somebody up there hollering n*gger, n*gger, n*gger. He's speaking
from a script. If it wasn't for Jerry Springer he'd be a nothing and a nobody
and nobody would know him.”
I’d say Jeff Berry’s intolerance is a bigger threat to “American values” than
either DR or SH. But I'm not sure what Lenin would think of that.
Scott A
[note: the *s belong to me]
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