Forum Post: The Great American Polarization Machine In Action
Posted 12 years ago on April 3, 2012, 5:50 p.m. EST by fiftyfourforty
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Thanks very much for this video. I am in complete agreement with it's view that the Travon Martin Murder is being used as a vehicle to shatter race relations, and the timing, in it's relation to the Occupy Wall Street alliance and the upcoming presidential election should be seen clearly in it's intent. It seems, having failed so far to divide people with terror, coersion and various forms of propoganda, the 1% are now turining to that old tried and true method of separating people by race.
This is a very important realization with vast implications for this movement.
Only the 1% is doing this? How? Are you saying that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are being controlled by the 1%?
Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson do not own the media, do they?
I did not ask that. You seem to be saying that the 1% are directing this whole Trayvon outrage. Sharpton and Jackson are responding with outrage and anti-white rhetoric. Though Zimmerman isn't white so I'm a little confused on that point. So the protest is controlled. Is it not?
The key to black and white unity now is for good white people to support the protests led by black people on this matter. The anger black people feel is very real and very legitimate. Many are watching to see what #OWS does on this and some who work for the 1% will want to discredit #OWS as false friends to the black struggle if they can.
Agreed, we should support Blacks as much as possible. What I am saying is that there are very clever people who will want to spin things in a way that is unfavorable to Blacks and to OWS. I am trying to prevent that.
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I really don't understand why this post hasn't got more attention..I think it's really right on the mark regarding what's going on right now, and in fact, I find the neglect of the question disturbing. Clearly, when the 1% play the race card, it's a powerful card indeed.
OWS of course took up the Trayvon Martin matter and #OccupyOakland has dedicated its Spring offensive "for Trayvon." This forum seems to attract opponents of #OWS and lukewarm supporters. This forum fortunately does not reflect #OWS.
What are you driving at exactly? I don't understand.
Well, you see the forum gets racists, rightists, etc. For a while you had what's his name running wild and free posting pictures and using bots to distort the forum, etc. And like you say not much interest in supporting Trayvon...
This forum is now much better again. It has gone through cycles. There are A LOT of people here who support Trayvon, and who genuinely support OWS. The primary principle that the trolls on this site use, and that has been used by the ruling elites since Julius Caesar, at least, is the strategy of divide and conquer. It was proven incredibly effective over time. Thus, they would like to separate Blacks for "liberal" Whites, the lower classs from the middle class, the working class from the white-collar class, outcast the Jews, frighten the Hyspanics with fear of deportation, smash the labor unions and separate OWS from left-wing Democrats, and even from it's own forum.
Everything they do is based upon sowing division. To combat that we must be coalition builders, and unite as many people as we can behind out common cause.
If all of us just "say no" to division, we will win.
Like all things the Republicans touch, it will blow up in their face & have the opposite affect than intended. It is odd how the universe works. It's almost as if the opposition to anything works for the opponent & not for the intended user group. I guess it's the unity of the yin & yang that causes such an interesting phenomenon.
Well, I hope you're right!
The left and the right both use race to divide. The left depend on minorities feeling like they cannot advance due to those evil, rich white folks and the right want you afraid of minorities taking over. They drew the lines years ago and only the ignorant fall for it. The left hates the idea of wealthy minorities as much as the right hates the idea of educated evangelicals.
I can't count how many ways this is wrong and it's getting late.
I would wind up insulting you.
There isn't one true statement there.
Try again.
"only the ignorant fall for it" 'nuff said
Oh, OK cool. I get it then.
It was a joke..............................:)