[lbo-talk] [Fwd: Jena Ignites a Movement: Report from Yesterday's Demonstration in Jena, Louisiana]

[Joseph Catron]

Valid points, WD.  I think it's the rhetoric of the supporters that
drives me up the wall.  I could even live with "Free the Jena Six",
although I might or might not sign on, but "Support the Jena Six"?
For the love of God, why?

On 9/25/07, Mr. WD <mister.wd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/25/07, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > And if there's anything "disgusting" in this exchange, it's the
> > virtual ticker tape parade you and others have thrown for these little
> > creeps.
>
> I don't think anyone is saying the Jena 6 are saintly civil rights
> martyrs.  If a movement emerges out of this, it will be about much
> more than these six kids.
>
> The point here is (1) that the DA's response was wildly
> disproportionate to a relatively minor fight that (2) occurred in an
> environment of incredible racist hostility against African Americans
> and (3) the DA's previous statements suggest that the attempted murder
> charges against the Jena 6 were an attempt to reassert white supremacy
> in the area.
>
> Are you reading the same things the rest of us are?
>
> -WD
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