Jesse Jackson-Statement from 1996

[bbinacan]

There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved....

[EFerrari]

1. Two wrongs don't make a right but three do.

------ Deteriorata

[gratuitous]

2. CNN should fire Jesse Jackson, too

Uh, wait. What?

[Junkdrawer]

3. I goggled the quote and guess where it was quoted?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1971608/posts

[bbinacan]

4. This is where I found the quote

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/960318/archive_010008.htm

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Jackson has put his foot in his mouth on many occasions.

However Juan Willaims, that rightwing fuck, was not proclaiming how pained he was at his 'discomfort' and 'fear' when travelling with people who dress like 'muslims', he was stating it and not apologizing about it at all. He and O'Reilly were basking in their fear and loathing of muslims.

Plus Jackson doesn't work for NPR, does he?

[bbinacan]

7. I see you didn't see

the whole exchange with Juan.

[daylan b]

6. Jesse Jackson is now the standard to live up to?

WTF?

[bbinacan]

8. It just puts things

into perspective.

[EFerrari]

9. No, it doesn't. Jesse Jackson owned his reaction.

Juan Williams has not. His whole gig is slamming minorities to please the right wing. You're comparing a decent human being with a self serving hack.

[EFerrari]

10. Juan Williams couldn't carry Jesse Jackson's lunch.

[geek tragedy]

11. Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson?

I suspect NPR would have canned Williams for that one.

[Gaedel]

12. I remember reading tha quote before

As I recall, it was "William Raspberry??" in the Washington Post back in the 1980s that wrote that in an op-ed column. He felt that it was a sad commentary on urban violence that he should be more fearful of one of his own race.

[KG]

13. fuck you.

[spanone]

14. and?