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http://www.shreveporttimes.com/arti...expected-forum-talk-about-race?nclick_check=1
One anti-Vick protester laments the obvious white (anti-Vick, but only inasmuch as he tortured and killed dogs) and black (pro-Vick, despite his cruel crimes) dichotomy, and proclaims "I hate the fact that it looks like it's a race thing, 'cause it's not about race."
Baloney! It bloody f**king well IS a 'race thing,' lady! For the most part nonwhites do not have anything like the relationship whites have with domestic animal pets. ASPCA is a white thing. Audubon Society is a white thing. The mentally-unhinged PETA crew is nonetheless white. Compassion and true love for animals is more a white thing than Soul Train is a black thing.
From the time Vick was charged, back in 2007, blacks were everywhere on record as upset that Vick was even charged with a crime. "It's just dogs" was the refrain.
For these protestors -- bless their little hearts! -- it really wasn't about race. At least, Vick's race means nothing negative to them. If anything they would have preferred picketing a white dog-killer. But Brees, Brady and the Mannings, as far as we know, don't torture innocent creatures. Ryan Leaf, for all his faults, has likely never attached a dog to a car battery with jumper cables.
For the supporters, however, race is everything. Blacks would not be there in support of, say,Trent Dilfer. From the time he was charged, then convicted, blacks supported Vick, facts and evidence notwithstanding. He was a black man charged and convicted by white men. Shades of OJ.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/arti...expected-forum-talk-about-race?nclick_check=1
One anti-Vick protester laments the obvious white (anti-Vick, but only inasmuch as he tortured and killed dogs) and black (pro-Vick, despite his cruel crimes) dichotomy, and proclaims "I hate the fact that it looks like it's a race thing, 'cause it's not about race."
Baloney! It bloody f**king well IS a 'race thing,' lady! For the most part nonwhites do not have anything like the relationship whites have with domestic animal pets. ASPCA is a white thing. Audubon Society is a white thing. The mentally-unhinged PETA crew is nonetheless white. Compassion and true love for animals is more a white thing than Soul Train is a black thing.
From the time Vick was charged, back in 2007, blacks were everywhere on record as upset that Vick was even charged with a crime. "It's just dogs" was the refrain.
For these protestors -- bless their little hearts! -- it really wasn't about race. At least, Vick's race means nothing negative to them. If anything they would have preferred picketing a white dog-killer. But Brees, Brady and the Mannings, as far as we know, don't torture innocent creatures. Ryan Leaf, for all his faults, has likely never attached a dog to a car battery with jumper cables.
For the supporters, however, race is everything. Blacks would not be there in support of, say,Trent Dilfer. From the time he was charged, then convicted, blacks supported Vick, facts and evidence notwithstanding. He was a black man charged and convicted by white men. Shades of OJ.