From Newsbusters:
Radical Chic at the NYT: 'Heroic' Black Power Fists of '68 Olympics
By Clay Waters April 1, 2008 - 13:57 ET
New York Times reporter Katie Thomas embraced radical chic near the end of her front-page story Tuesday on the prospect for political protests at the 2008 Olympics, hosted by China.
Perhaps the best-known examples are the American sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith, who at the 1968 Games in Mexico City raised their clenched fists on the medal podium during the playing of the national anthem in a salute to black power. The action enraged the Olympic organizers, and Mr. Carlos and Mr. Smith were soon ushered out of the country. Now, 40 years later, their action is celebrated as heroic.
Radical Chic at the NYT: 'Heroic' Black Power Fists of '68 Olympics
By Clay Waters April 1, 2008 - 13:57 ET
New York Times reporter Katie Thomas embraced radical chic near the end of her front-page story Tuesday on the prospect for political protests at the 2008 Olympics, hosted by China.
Perhaps the best-known examples are the American sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith, who at the 1968 Games in Mexico City raised their clenched fists on the medal podium during the playing of the national anthem in a salute to black power. The action enraged the Olympic organizers, and Mr. Carlos and Mr. Smith were soon ushered out of the country. Now, 40 years later, their action is celebrated as heroic.
Oh yes indeed - whenver this subject comes up, just EVERYBODY talks about how heroic it was.
Raising a "Black Power" fist in defiance of the national anthem qualifies as heroic in the mind of the Times?
Radical Pan-African activist Stokely Carmichael, who coined the phrase, said of his movement:
When you talk of black power, you talk of building a movement that will smash everything Western civilization has created.
"We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism."- Huey P. Newton - Yes -- but they aren't commies -- lmao.
I have to say, I think these men had their hearts in the right place -- I really do -- but, then again, so do ALL the libs -- The libs -- they're such geniuses. They're like little children who can vote on their own bedtime and then blame their parents when they're sleepy in school.
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Capitalism is only evil because it favors the hard-working, the smart, and the talented. What we really need is a system which gets the hard-working, the smart and the talented to serve the lazy, the stupid and the inept. I mean, it's not their fault they were born that way. It's not like they can do anything about it. It's not like they can be in control of their own destinies.
How on earth do you expect people to succeed in a system where each person is held accountable for their own results? And don't bring up the fact that there are millions of people doing just that. I'm talking about the others... the pleaders... the whiners... the bleeders... what about them?
I'll tell you what about them. Until we figure out a way to make a profit on selling their meat, they're on their own. Alas, for now, sheep, pigs and cows are winning that battle.
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