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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrayvon Martin is dead. But some among the right feel the need to kill his soul as well
as horrific as it is, the fantasy about killing aggressive urban minorities in self-defense is a prevalent, deeply held narrative among certain sections of the American right. It's not a hidden fantasy, a secret and dark desire that dare not speak its name. No, this strain states its intentions and its desires loudly and proudly. Take, for instance, shock jock Neal Boortz, who had this to say about crime in Atlanta:
This town is starting to look like a garbage heap. And we got too damn many urban thugs, yo, ruining the quality of life for everybody. And I'll tell you what it's gonna take. You people, you are - you need to have a gun. You need to have training. You need to know how to use that gun. You need to get a permit to carry that gun. And you do in fact need to carry that gun and we need to see some dead thugs littering the landscape in Atlanta. We need to see the next guy that tries to carjack you shot dead right where he stands. We need more dead thugs in this city. And let their -- let their mommas -- let their mommas say, "He was a good boy. He just fell in with the good crowd." And then lock her ass up.
This isn't an isolated phenomenon. On far-right message board Free Republic, there have been threads where posters openly fantasize about killing black people who "invade" their communities subsequent to rioting or social unrest. In the minds of this strain of the American right, best represented by Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent, Trayvon Martin must have been violent, must have been a gangster, must have been a drug dealer or drug addict. Because were this not the casewere he simply, as he was, a teenager carrying a can of iced tea and a pack of Skittles minding his own business and on his way homeit would suggest that perhaps the vigilante fantasy that so pervades the conservative camp might be mistaken; that perhaps standing one's ground for so-called Second Amendment remedies could result in the death of an innocent teenager, rather than justified self-defense against one of Boortz' so-called "urban thugs."
Trayvon Martin is dead. But some among the right feel the need to kill his soul as well, all so a disturbing vigilante fantasy can live on without hindrance.
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Trayvon Martin is dead. But some among the right feel the need to kill his soul as well (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2013
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Like Rush, Neal Boortz lives in a gated community in Florida and knows nothing about Atlanta.
onehandle
Jul 2013
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madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)1. These hateful people need the narrative of the "urban thug" so that
they don't have to look at the truth about who they are themselves.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)2. Cold Truth, Ma'am
Dead souls, the lot of them....
onehandle
(51,122 posts)3. Like Rush, Neal Boortz lives in a gated community in Florida and knows nothing about Atlanta.
At the most, he sees real people from a limo now and then.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. Interestingly, racist Boortz got started writing speeches for governor who chased Blacks with guns.
Georgia's last "openly" racist governor -- Lester Maddox -- came to fame by chasing black people out of his restaurant with guns and axe handles.
Boortz got started in the media writing speeches for the worthless POS Maddox.
Up until last year, Boortz was quite popular in Atlanta. All the bubbas listened to him, and most were into guns.
wilsonbooks
(972 posts)5. There is a link going around on Facebook
that purports to show Trevon as a tattooed much older and larger man. Makes me sick. They will do anything to justify murder.