White Shogun
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What do you think of the recent news reports that the claims of rape and murder in the Superdome and Convention Center were greatly exaggerated?
Rush Limbaugh said the nefarious purpose behind such exaggerations were to make worse the case against Prez Bush and the slow response of FEMA to Hurricane Katrina. Other news reports I have read have offered similar explanations.
I am waiting for the word to start circulating that the stories of such atrocities were started by racist white people bent on making black people look like thugs and animals.
I had noticed the drop off in reports of coverage on the mayhem in New Orleans within a couple of days of the hurricane. I could possibly be persuaded that there was some exaggeration of events, as eyewitness testimony is the worst and least reliable. However, I seriously doubt that all such stories were exaggerations, and in all liklihood, the severity and magnitude of what occured in New Orleans is going to be glossed over and swept under the rug to avoid making the poor black population look like complete and brutal savages.Edited by: White Shogun
Rush Limbaugh said the nefarious purpose behind such exaggerations were to make worse the case against Prez Bush and the slow response of FEMA to Hurricane Katrina. Other news reports I have read have offered similar explanations.
I am waiting for the word to start circulating that the stories of such atrocities were started by racist white people bent on making black people look like thugs and animals.
I had noticed the drop off in reports of coverage on the mayhem in New Orleans within a couple of days of the hurricane. I could possibly be persuaded that there was some exaggeration of events, as eyewitness testimony is the worst and least reliable. However, I seriously doubt that all such stories were exaggerations, and in all liklihood, the severity and magnitude of what occured in New Orleans is going to be glossed over and swept under the rug to avoid making the poor black population look like complete and brutal savages.Edited by: White Shogun