“I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids — and there is always at least a half a dozen people sitting on the porch — they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to do. They didn’t have nothing for their young girls to do.
“And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”
And, as Harry Reid will undoubtedly say shortly, that Bundy’s comments are defacto proof that all the terrorists that supported his standoff with the BLM are racists too…
I don’t think there’s much “spin” required for this one.
And the guy’s got a lot of chutzpah to rip into “the blacks” for living off government subsidies when he’s been grazing cattle on federal land for twenty years without paying a nickel.
Rather than letting this thread go straight off the rails, how’s about we stipulate that hooking people (regardless of race, creed, or color) on government subsidies is a bad idea and that slavery is an even worse state of affairs?
But it is true about the welfare for generations groups. They come in different races. Look at the context of the remark. Bundy was driving by a certain group of welfare people. Sad we don’t teach critical thinking to everyone in public schools. Yes the truth these days can hurt peoples little feelings.
It’s not just black people who are not realizing their potential because of gov’t handouts. I just wish Clive would have said it differently as his statement detracts from his battle…It’s like Romney’s “percent” comments - totally true but taken out of context in no small part cost him on election day…
And this gives the Federal goverment the right to send armed troops against him because . . . ?
Whether you agree with him or not everything he said in the link above (if he even really said it in the first place) is protected under the 1st Amendment.
I disagree from a literal point of view. Modern welfare dependants literally have more freedoms. They can legally own firearms, vote, and walk out of their home and do whatever they want. They can’t be legally beat by a rich person just because.
Their standard of life may be worse than some slaves in the 1800s, but they’re undisputedly more free to do what they want.
If anything, their only chains are their lack of motivation.
Anyone growing up on subsidies with no exposure to actual working role models, accomplishiment, responsibility, etc. is likely doomed to continue the cycle. I do agree a lack of motivation is a factor.
I agree. I’m not sure what motivates these sick people to create divide and hate at every chance… even to include editing 911 calls so they say “I think he’s black”, etc. Sick people.