Jim writes: Anybody else think there's something a little oneSIDED when Democrats talk politics at the memorial of a political scientist and get a "backlash". Or a DFL council member notes the passing of a leading racist and is threatened with a "backlash". Yet a major party of the RIGHT does one outrageous thing after another and is NEVER warned "be careful you'll get a backlash". Yes, that is what we've heard over and over: Only Democrats seem to suffer a "backlash". Someone EXPLAIN that to me. It makes no intuitive sense.
Peter responds: Jim's point is well taken. Of course this is oneSIDED and unfair. But as I learned from grade school you never thumb your nose at a bully until you're ready, willing and able to fight him or her on their own terms. Because Democrats, particularly our own DFLers, are such wimps the have take extra care in what they say and do. Republicans, on the other hand, can practically get away with anything because they know how to fight. As for Council member Schiff, it's SO EASY to insult a recently deceased hundred year old retired U.S. senator from the South. But like the rest of his DFL colleagues in City Hall, Schiff can't stand up to our own racist bullies, i.e., rogue cops from the Minneapolis Police force. Despite all the recent incidents of police brutality, CM Schiff and the rest of the city council gutted the Civilian Review Authority and extended a raise in pay to the police while all other city employees have to make due without a raise. And why would Schiff be so proud to tag along with the Howard Dean contingency in the parade when presidential candidate Dean is a supporter of the death penalty, our country's most racist institution? I guess it's only okay for Democrats to be racist. As for those idiots who cheered Schiff's "Goodbye" sign, they might want to consider their own loyalties. Think about it. The late Senator Wellstone is made Grand Marshall for this year's Pride Parade despite voting for the homophobic Defense of the Marriage Act. More offensive than his vote was his rationale, explaining that he had been brought up to believe that marriage was an institution that only a male/female couple could partake in, despite the fact that one of his main political opponents used the same reasoning as a strategy to take votes away from him (i.e., Wellstone does not deserve the votes of Jews because he, a Jew, married a gentile.) Then last year he goes on to say his vote for DOM might've been a mistake, but refuses to say whether he would vote to repeal it. Speaking of Wellstone, why don't Democrats, local and national, demand a thorough investigation, into the "accident" that killed him--an investigation that will unequivocally rule out foul play? This is what they should've been doing when the right started carping on the Democrats Party after Rick Kahn delivered silly little speech at Wellstone's memorial. But because Democrats lack the courage of whatever convictions they might have left, the Republicans triumphed once again.-----------------Peter Schmitz CARAG TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
