The Blatantly Racist Roots of the 'Knockout Game' Meme

[DonViejo]

Knockout Game Is 'Like the Animal Kingdom' CNN's Guest Says as He Beats Up Don Lemon

PHILIP BUMP

CNN aired a segment Tuesday afternoon pitting a martial arts expert/rabbi against the network's own Don Lemon. It was the network's attempt to tap into the racial fears driving interest in the so-called "knockout game," pushed by blatantly racist coverage from the site World Net Daily. CNN's efforts to obscure the undertones, however, were somewhat undermined by their main guest, who explained that the (black) perpetrators of the game are "attacking weaker people; it's very much like the animal kingdom."

The network is actually somewhat late to the issue, which we wrote about last week. CNN began its coverage by showing video of some of the isolated incidents, showing black men and teens sucker punching people. The idea that this is happening with any frequency has been largely debunked, including by New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly at the start of the CNN segment. But CNN wants to talk about it, so they invited Rabbi Gary Moskowitz on to show off his black-belt skills. Moskowitz has a vested interest in promoting the idea of the "game;" he's offering his services to train New York's Jewish community — which he says have been particular targets — to employ against the (nonexistent) threat. His comments start about 45 seconds in.

The issue is ... they're not just attacking Jews theologically. What they're doing is, they're attacking weaker people. It's very much like the animal kingdom. They're attacking weaker people. So they attack elderly women, they attack children. And Jewish people, unfortunately, especially in the Orthodox community are considered weak.

This, he says, is because members of that community "don't eat right and work out."

The "they" in Moskowitz's comments that are acting "like the animal kingdom"? The alleged perpetrators of the attacks: black people. That's why this is "news" worth covering — it taps into the poorly-veiled fear white people have of black people on the street, the source of so many similar "news" stories for decades past. Usually, though, the people talking about the issue refrain from comparing black people to animals.

full article
http://www.thewire.com/politics/2013/12/knockout-attacks-are-animal-kingdom-cnns-guest-says-he-beats-don-lemon/355754/

[Nat Turner]

1. Facebook hosts terrorists

Facebook hosts terrorists organization,
The Boeremag (farmer force) have just been jailed for treason,
following a plot to bomb, then, President Mandela,
igniting a race war where Black South Africans and Asians would be
driven out of the country and a racist regime installed.
They previously detonated 9 bombs resulting in loss of life,
including the bombing of a mosque and Buddhist temple.
A support page for such people is not in the interest of any
of the people of South Africa,
Please let Facebook know that.

[dionysus]

2. ...mainly because half the people i was with at the time believed it until i explained it to them...