You've no doubt heard about Professor Gates being arrested in his own home. You've also no doubt heard that President Obama directly addressed this situation when asked about it and said the officers acted "stupidly" and now the GOP is all up in their panties. Is it just me, or has the right gone completely batshit? Newsflash: you lost. We endured you for 8 years. You want to talk about a possible illegitimate President? How about one who didn't even win the popular vote in 2000? Stop saying this President was born in Kenya, BECAUSE HE WASN'T.
But again, I digress. Back to Gatesgate.
First of all, the President can't have an opinion on how a situation was handled? Especially because this person is a friend of his? Do I need to remind all of you about the Terri Schiavo case as an example of President with an opinion? Oh, right. Terri Schiavo was white.
And, most importantly, did we forget that Professor Gates proved that he was in his own home, and that if he were being belligerent he was in perfect right to do so, and that is by no means any grounds for an arrest? We live in a country where Neonazis are rampant, and they do all their shit behind closed doors so that they are never arrested. Professor Gates could have been insulting everyone and their mother and he was in perfect right to do so in his own home. Can you imagine the implication of this? Let's say you had a rough day and you go home and blow off some steam and say something to the effect of "I'm going to kill all these bastards," knowing you don't mean it once you've calmed down. You wouldn't get arrested for that, and that's not even near what Professor Gates actually said, according to the arresting officer.
What other conclusion can one make other than the officer acted stupidly? Nothing, really.
I'm going to completely rip off MonkeyGirl's comment when she posted the original article:
For those of you who think POC play the 'race card' too often... fuck you.
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