tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post8860909419146983124..comments2024-03-28T17:13:53.779-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE CALLS BECK "FEAR-MONGER-IN-CHIEFShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-28121159564540759112010-08-22T11:21:44.501-04:002010-08-22T11:21:44.501-04:00hi every person,
I identified progressiveerupts....hi every person, <br /><br />I identified progressiveerupts.blogspot.com after previous months and I'm very excited much to commence participating. I are basically lurking for the last month but figured I would be joining and sign up.<br /><br />I am from Spain so please forgave my speaking english[url=http://newfeedsrock.info/].[/url][url=http://hyinspiringthoughts.info/].[/url][url=http://ocsportsnews.info/forum].[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-69272273488523431552010-02-16T04:00:50.718-05:002010-02-16T04:00:50.718-05:00progressiveerupts.blogspot.com; You saved my day a...progressiveerupts.blogspot.com; You saved my day again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-60038850136876977452009-11-27T13:15:11.556-05:002009-11-27T13:15:11.556-05:00correction: I said earlier "Unfortunately, I&...correction: I said earlier "Unfortunately, I've seen some strongly antisemitic neo-Nazi sites, and they too insist that their racist views are "simple truth".<br /><br />Nah. that is too close to calling you a Nazi. Instead, I should have said that I have seen many call their racist views and flimsy stereotypes "the simple truth" many times. But no matter how you try to get around it, it is racism itself that is the lie. Race matters only to racists.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-34611555456529958922009-11-25T14:15:14.560-05:002009-11-25T14:15:14.560-05:00"Don't pretend race doesn't exist dma..."Don't pretend race doesn't exist dmarks."<br /><br />I don't. In fact, you are the one covering it up here. Race matters only to racists, but unfortunately there are too many of these around.<br /><br />"It may feel good to you to type such platitudes but they have no basis in the real world."<br /><br />Name one? This statement appears unconnected to anything.<br /><br />"Acknowledging the existence of that very simple truth doesn't make one racist."<br /><br />Unfortunately, I've seen some strongly antisemitic neo-Nazi sites, and they too insist that their racist views are "simple truth".<br /><br />I am fine with Lee identifying racism. Why wouldn't I be? It's his creation of new racism that is inexcusable. <br /><br />"Deal with the facts."<br /><br />Nothing but. That's why I've provided links to support my statements. Which have been factual (except probably for ones like Lee being a has-been. Unlike the assessment of Lee as an antisemite, that's subjective).<br /><br />Bye the bye. Far from a 'laughing stock' (funny how you seem able to speak for large segments of the population without their knowing) Spike seems to be keeping quite busy."<br /><br />Here's an <a href="http://watching-tv.ew.com/2009/10/25/tyler-perry-spike-lee-60-minutes/" rel="nofollow">interesting interview</a> with someone who points out how ridiculous Lee's racism is, even when his targets are other blacks.<br /><br />Well, there will always be an audience, however small, for a ranting racist like Lee. He's a petty, small, mean, and immature man. A lot of people outgrow this kind of stupidity, but Lee seems to be getting worse (as shown by his comments about the Iwo Jima movies).<br /><br />(I'd like you to back up your claims of homophobia and vigilantism in Eastwood movies. Do you have anything recent decades? Anything in the films he directs?)dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-73272098895738722922009-11-25T13:05:56.818-05:002009-11-25T13:05:56.818-05:00Don't pretend race doesn't exist dmarks.
...Don't pretend race doesn't exist dmarks.<br /><br />It may feel good to you to type such platitudes but they have no basis in the real world.<br /><br />Acknowledging the existence of that very simple truth doesn't make one racist.<br /><br />Deal with the facts.<br /><br />Bye the bye. Far from a 'laughing stock' (funny how you seem able to speak for large segments of the population without their knowing) Spike seems to be keeping quite busy.<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000490/Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-59649731240087983912009-11-25T12:33:46.757-05:002009-11-25T12:33:46.757-05:00Also: "He is held to a higher standard though...Also: "He is held to a higher standard though. As are all artists of color when the topic is race."<br /><br />Again with using a version of the colored people term?<br /><br />The problem here is the opposite of what you claim: you are holding him to a much lower standard for being, as you put it, "colored". You are giving him allowance for racist ravings, apparently based on his skin color. Why not just ignore his skin color (and ignore the excuse of "others do it, so Lee is OK" and just deal with the facts?dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-42554055884293494462009-11-25T06:40:38.000-05:002009-11-25T06:40:38.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-73418955170662004132009-11-24T19:38:54.691-05:002009-11-24T19:38:54.691-05:00"Spike Lee is no anti-Semite nor is he is he ..."Spike Lee is no anti-Semite nor is he is he a racist"<br /><br />On the former, the ADL, which is the leading watchdog on issues of antisemitism, begs to differ. They are the authority, not you or me. Basically, you are proven flat-out wrong when you deny his antisemitism.<br /><br />On the latter, Lee has a long record of racist statements. He even populrized the term "Magic Negro" before Limbaugh did. And both are equally racist for using it.<br /><br />"let Spike ruffle a few feathers and look out."<br /><br />So a little Jew-bashing is OK? Racism against group "B" is necessary to make up for racism against group "A"?<br /><br />"Laughing stock? Only to the marginal few."<br /><br />Probably a majority, both black and white. His bizarre and actually racial bashing of Tyler Perry is only the latest. One only has to look at the box-office, especially among African-Americans, to find that Lee is a ludicrous has-been. And before that, there was his demand that Clint Eastwood stuff his Iwo Jima movies with token blacks (Sorry, Spike. Your racism can't undo history. The guys who hoisted the flag were white and Native American).<br /><br />Lee's last known movie, "Miracle as St Anna", was made for $45 million, and pulled in less than $9. These days, his joints are more and more rolled with pencil shavings. A filmmaker who peaked in 1989, who hangs on for "legacy" reasons.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-31130291942901672842009-11-24T18:45:12.500-05:002009-11-24T18:45:12.500-05:00Spike Lee is no anti-Semite nor is he is he a raci...Spike Lee is no anti-Semite nor is he is he a racist. He is held to a higher standard though. As are all artists of color when the topic is race.<br /><br />No one seems much concerned that Clint Eastwood may be encouraging vigilantism and homophobia in his body of work but let Spike ruffle a few feathers and look out. <br /><br />Laughing stock? Only to the marginal few.<br /><br />David Denby, The New Yorker regarding When the Levees Broke:<br /><br />'Surely the most magnificent and large-souled record of a great American tragedy ever put on film.' <br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/04/060904crci_cinemaArthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-51769963499374996532009-11-24T18:07:06.959-05:002009-11-24T18:07:06.959-05:00"Ultimately, however, Lee refuses to apologiz..."Ultimately, however, Lee refuses to apologize for his portrayal of the Flatbush brothers"<br /><br />An unrepentant Jew-basher to the end. And his bringing up of negative African-American stereotypes ("heir "10 minutes of screen time" is insignificant when compared to "100 years of Hollywood cinema") is nothing more than a lame attempt at arguing that other racism justifies more racism. He is saying that his bashing of Jews is part of an attempt to make up for bashing of blacks in movies (hey spike: how about this radical idea: No racism of any kind!).<br /><br />Don't look for Glenn Beck OR Spike Lee to apologize for being antisemitic and wrong. Both men are perfect, at least according to themselves. <br /><br />Yes, as to the joints: "Malcolm X" and "Do the Right Thing". Since then he has become more and more of a laughingstock (see the exchange between him and Clint Eastwood over the Iwo Jima films).<br /><br />I look forward to there one day being a great Malcolm X movie. Until then, there's a merely fair one in the film vaults.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-89440076338629741712009-11-24T13:48:08.941-05:002009-11-24T13:48:08.941-05:00Here's some more 'Wikipedia'
For his ...Here's some more 'Wikipedia'<br /><br />For his portrayal of Jewish nightclub owners Moe and Josh Flatbush, Lee drew the ire of the Anti Defamation League, B'Nai Brith, and other such Jewish organizations. The Anti-Defamation League claimed that the characterizations of the nightclub owners "dredge up an age-old and highly dangerous form of anti-Semitic stereotyping," and "...disappointed that Spike Lee — whose success is largely due to his efforts to break down racial stereotypes and prejudice — has employed the same kind of tactics that he supposedly deplores."[1]<br />Lee eventually responded in an editorial in the New York Times,[2] alleging "a double standard at work in the accusations of anti-Semitism" given the long history of negative portrayals of African-Americans in film: "Not every black person is a pimp, murderer, prostitute, convict, rapist or drug addict, but that hasn't stopped Hollywood from writing these roles for African-Americans." Lee argues that even if the Flatbush brothers are stereotyped figures, their "10 minutes of screen time" is insignificant when compared to "100 years of Hollywood cinema...[and] a slew of really racist, anti-Semitic filmmakers." According to Lee, his status as a successful African-American artist has led to hostility and unfair treatment: "Don't hold me to a higher moral standard than the rest of my filmmaking colleagues...Now that young black filmmakers have arisen in the film industry, all of a sudden stereotypes are a big issue...I think it's reaching the point where I'm getting reviewed, not my films."<br />Ultimately, however, Lee refuses to apologize for his portrayal of the Flatbush brothers: "I stand behind all my work, including my characters, Moe and Josh Flatbush...if critics are telling me that to avoid charges of anti-Semitism, all Jewish characters I write have to be model citizens, and not one can be a villain, cheat or a crook, and that no Jewish people have ever exploited black artists in the history of the entertainment industry, that's unrealistic and unfair."[3]<br /><br />Ever seen a Spike lee joint dmarks?<br /><br />This is interesting:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/jul/27/spikelee.dramaArthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-13566724187575574932009-11-24T13:20:50.014-05:002009-11-24T13:20:50.014-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-27291639142182843532009-11-22T20:37:07.636-05:002009-11-22T20:37:07.636-05:00A couple of antisemites as identified by the ADL.A couple of antisemites as identified by the ADL.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-26210582652687476122009-11-22T20:03:27.761-05:002009-11-22T20:03:27.761-05:00What does Spike Lee have to do with Glenn Beck?What does Spike Lee have to do with Glenn Beck?Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-3997218729147236022009-11-22T18:22:49.679-05:002009-11-22T18:22:49.679-05:00Now, back on topic...
By drawing the wrath of the...Now, back on topic...<br /><br />By drawing the wrath of the ADL, Glenn Beck has sunk to the level of filmmaker Spike Lee:<br /><br /><b>Film Director Spike Lee was criticized by the Anti-Defamation League for his portrayal of Jewish nightclub owners Moe and Josh Flatbush in his 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. The Anti-Defamation League claimed that the characterizations of the nightclub owners "dredge up an age-old and highly dangerous form of anti-Semitic stereotyping," and "...disappointed that Spike Lee - whose success is largely due to his efforts to break down racial stereotypes and prejudice - has employed the same kind of tactics that he supposedly deplores." Lee's portrayal also angered the B'Nai Brith and other such Jewish organizations causing Lee to apologize via an Opinion-Editorial article in the New York Times.</b> (Wikipedia)dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-39309907463907019862009-11-22T08:10:44.081-05:002009-11-22T08:10:44.081-05:00Dmark said...""Van Jones was swiftboated...Dmark said...""Van Jones was swiftboated."<br />He "swiftboated" himself.<br /><br /><br /><br />What a Joke that is!<br />Swift Boating" is the new leftist nickname for having the truth come out about somebody....<br />As soon as Obama and the rest of the the Democrats began to see Jones as a liability instead of an asset, he was toast. Never mind that none of the ad hominem attacks had no bearing on his ability to do the job; never mind that he literally wrote the book on green jobs as a way to kill two birds with one stone.<br />Barack Obama knew in advance about the radical background of Van Jones before appointing him as his "green jobs czar." So where is this "Swift Boating" charge coming from?<br /><br />Are YOU kidding? Van Jones is a communist, plain and simple!!! Van Jones did call Republicans "assholes" in a public forum and he even admitted it. You want to bl;ame Glenn beck for that also? If so yes, Glenn Beck ultimately DESTROYED Van Jones political career. That's good, because we don't need self proclaimed communists, felons, and racists in the government. Bottom line: Van Jones needed to GO, so Glenn Beck paved the way! So if you want to twist and spin it, so be it...Van Jones was an embarrassment to every real American. He should never have gotten into the federal government, let alone into the White House in the first place. This opens up a huge number of questions for me. Did Team Obama even bother to vet this guy? If they did vet this idiot and not find this? If so, I have serious questions concerning their ability to examine the people they are looking at.<br />That says as much about our president as it does about Jones that he was given a job. Glenn Beck did our country a service. Good Bye and Good Riddance and Thank you Glenn Beck, for digging up all of this. It is not enough that the jackass has resigned, but now we have people like Authurstone and the Rat pack of Libs defending this dangerous idiot by saying he was “Swift-boated” But if the Obamawacks want to play communist mad scientist with million lives of Americans, I say, keep talking, we need all the help you can give us. Maybe his Komrade Obama will follow suit? If we get real lucky?<br /><br />It’s lunacy, but KARMA ALWAYS PREVAILS!The Malcontenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816170288412112005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-66485697864369268312009-11-21T20:09:08.112-05:002009-11-21T20:09:08.112-05:00Arthur said: "Since when is signing a petitio...Arthur said: "Since when is signing a petition calling for an investigation into US government actions a problem? It's"<br /><br />Intionally misleading words. If this was Glenn Beck supporting the "truther" whackos, you'd be giving him hell. And with good reason.<br /><br />"It's a hallmark of McCarthyism..."<br /><br />No one is denying his right to be a kook. But there surely is no wisdom giving someone like that any position of authority. Someone like that is best suited to scrubbing toilets, or perhaps being a guest host on the Glenn Beck program.<br /><br />"Van Jones was swiftboated."<br /><br />He "swiftboated" himself.<br /><br />"Folks with extreme views like them (and like you) have a lot of nerve tossing around terms like 'truthers' and 'kooks' in an effort to marginalize their political opponents".<br /><br />You are running on a definition of "extreme" that means anyone you don't agree with. As for marginalization, Van Jones marginalized himself by embracing the "truther" kookery.<br /><br />I do believe this is the first time I've ever seen you stick up for the "truther" ideology. I've been consistently against it. I suppose now that a disgraced hate-group member is known to have embraced it, you see it in some sort of positive light.<br /><br />If anything takes a lot of nerve, it is embracing or defending the "truther" ideology.<br /><br />What next? Someone finds out that Van Jones believes that Obama is not a US citizen, and suddenly you embrace the "birthers" too?dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-20555121995876937542009-11-21T19:25:47.440-05:002009-11-21T19:25:47.440-05:00Arthurstone said...
Van Jones was swiftboated.
It...Arthurstone said...<br />Van Jones was swiftboated.<br /><br />It's what 'Conservatives' do best.<br /><br /><br /><br />Thank God.tha malcontent TMhttp://forums.hannity.com/member.php?u=3358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-65041487334941949492009-11-21T19:23:40.328-05:002009-11-21T19:23:40.328-05:00There seems to be more than one
REAL Malcontent...There seems to be more than one <br /><br />REAL Malcontent<br /><br />I am not THE Malcontent, I am <br />tha Malcontent<br /><br />http://forums.hannity.com/member.php?u=3358<br /><br /><br />see ya..tha malcontenthttp://forums.hannity.com/member.php?u=3358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-34623894519765048502009-11-21T19:15:51.443-05:002009-11-21T19:15:51.443-05:00Since when is signing a petition calling for an in...Since when is signing a petition calling for an investigation into US government actions a problem? It's a hallmark of McCarthyism and red-baiting that First Amendment freedoms of speech, thought and petition free of reprisal are questioned. <br /><br />And the idea of a new, public inquiry into 9/11 is hardly the worst idea to come down the pike. Given the lies the previous administration is demonstrated to have made in the run up to the Iraq invasion I'd say it was a good idea.<br /><br />And who decided it would be up the likes of Glenn Beck and the reactionary editorial board of the WSJ to decide the terms of the discussion anyway? Folks with extreme views like them (and like you) have a lot of nerve tossing around terms like 'truthers' and 'kooks' in an effort to marginalize their political opponents<br /><br />Face it.<br /><br />Van Jones was swiftboated.<br /><br />It's what 'Conservatives' do best.Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-58183427847576563632009-11-21T17:57:06.928-05:002009-11-21T17:57:06.928-05:00Who are all these people that are pretending to be...Who are all these people that are pretending to be me?The Malcontenthttp://themalcontent.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-17988874547604370842009-11-21T17:20:19.171-05:002009-11-21T17:20:19.171-05:00So nice to know there's someone out there that...So nice to know there's someone out there that's so impressed with me that they are imitating me. something bizarre is going on.. But the real "The Malcontent" is me.<br />And P.S. I'm white.The Malcontenthttp://malcontent.typepad.com/malcontent/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-37727343563955132452009-11-21T16:57:03.332-05:002009-11-21T16:57:03.332-05:00This page has an interesting take in it.... that V...<a href="http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/van_jones_is_a_man.php" rel="nofollow">This page</a> has an interesting take in it.... that Van Jones really got in trouble for signing onto the "9/11 Truther" lunatic fringe. Isn't that group of kooks more right-wing than left-wing? I think the antisemitic commenter above named Maasanova is tied into it.<br /><br />More appalling lack of judgment. Buying into a nutty disproven-1000-times conspiracy theory that would make even P.T. Barnum blush. For that alone (regardless of the Maoism), he showed he had too few cards in his deck.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-2900279349341594372009-11-21T16:49:53.577-05:002009-11-21T16:49:53.577-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-45883593413673347782009-11-21T16:48:23.317-05:002009-11-21T16:48:23.317-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com