Posted by rycK on Sunday, June 17, 2007
5:43:22 PM
The political world is instituted on
things other than truth we begin to suspect as we compare assorted political systems
across space and time. It seems we are encouraged to accept various tendered notions
of freedom, justice and truth, inter alia,
that might guide us down society’s wondrous paths in our quest for a decent
society. The Greeks, long on wind, theatre and rhetoric, but short on substance, especially in the military
world—not to mention science, and with indecent societies while lugging around the burdensome criticism of Plato, have been
generous enough to bequeath much of their most pressing problems in a concentrated
snarl of circular logic and confusion. We don’t have a clue what words like freedom, justice and truth might connote given the erratic and
nonsensical profusion of their definitions, uses and outcomes. Only a soothsayer, a Massachusetts Fresno
Demagoguery seems to remain the strongest
extant feature of Greek democracy, whatever that was meant to be, is their
strongest legacy and was originally intended to remain a dazzling beacon and warning for all as the strongest admonition
that such a process would never be revisited after it was shown to be a social
disaster. Demagoguery, the only well-honed tool of Athens
In analyzing examples of demagoguery and
other perturbations of governance, we find the Strange Case of Mike Nifong to be of interest. Here we hit upon a singular
chance to view a detailed spectacle of modern politics from an oblique view, unencumbered
by the news or commentary as is not common in our society. Somebody got
straight to the truth, the bane and destroyer of carefully-crafted demagoguery.
The facts soared beyond the grasp of the
political controls in place. It seems the police received complaints about the
Duke Lacrosse Team and the elected District Attorney, upon hearing the news, set about on his long journey in the quest of
justice. Somewhere along the line, he stumbled, his reelection looming like a
great soaring bird in the near future, but
his failures and skullduggery with the undisclosed evidence and other matters continued with wild applause that still rings from the stoops
and dance halls of Durum, North Carolina. Here was a case of racism to
exploit!! A gang of evil whites gang-raped an innocent black girl as she
struggled to work her way though college.
In the beginning was the complaint of
rape by the Lacrosse Team or several of its members by some young person, a
minority and an obvious victim. An
investigation was conducted and DNA samples taken for most or all of the team
members and from the victim and her intimate attire. This would allow prima
facie evidence of rape if the specimens matched. The investigation would
proceed according to the hallowed norms of justice. Then, things went awry. Witnesses
and testimony from the accuser and her ‘friend’ were found to be contradictory
and erratic, attributes that would normally lead to dropping the case, but not
here. So, the investigation proceeded. Justice must be served, especially on a
black/white encounter on campus.
Now, before the DNA tests could be
finished, certain activists, radicals, political agitators and others rose to
the heights of demagoguery and found an instant case of obvious and confirmed
racism completed and documented. Case closed. The Lacrosse team should be
disbanded, students expelled, etc. etc. etc. The guilty must go to jail and
Duke must cleanse its campus of racists. Yadda yadda yadda.
From this point, the howls for blood formed
into a high crescendo by students, certain faculty and others rose to fever
pitch. Visits from the Black Panthers and
other radical black political leaders ensued. The brother of the poor,
mistreated victim called for justice. Her name was withheld. A black student
e-mailed the Lacrosse coach with threats and “…was rewarded by being
placed on prestigious campus committees and Brodhead himself championed this
"student" as being a "star" at Duke.” All this before the
investigation had sorted out the facts.[1]
All in the name of curing racism. Let us salute justice in all its forms. Racism
is now justice.
As the evidence became powerless to
properly sustain the validity of accusations, especially since the DNA of the
team was not found upon the person or
clothing of the victim, concealment of the exculpatory evidence was necessary
to compel the investigation to proceed and Nifong needed to be reelected, of
course. Here, we can kill two stones
with one bird. The fact that ‘the victim’ was carrying the DNA of four others
in her skivvies or elsewhere, none of whom were on the Lacrosse team was
suppressed. The truth need not interfere
with leftist justice. They must be guilty because they are rich and white.
Fearing that some injustice was in the
making, Duke University
Spoken
with true political themes and constant attention to leftist politics of the
reversed racist sort. The evil corporate power was shielding justice. We wonder if professors of law at Duke can
really enlighten us about breach of common trust without some clear racial
divides. Does ethical citizenship require the suppression of evidence? Yes, it
does, at Duke, in some circles.
This
is not a matter of good faith; it is a matter of overt racism, as usual, from
the rabid left. What howling leftist professor in academia cares about the
facts? The salient point of politics here is that Nifong had acted in strict
accordance with his strong leftist training and was compelled to find the
innocents guilty in a court of law, because it was the politically correct
thing to do, with applause included, and a majority of votes in his vision for his
upcoming election. Here, we see the
disgusting, but liberally acclaimed, corruption of our system of law in terms
of ‘justice’ as the DA bends before his howling left-liberal Democrat
constituents. He was not alone, the New York Times and other leftist tomes
hailed him as wondrous and progressive as he committed serious felonies in his
official conduct by his suppression of exculpatory evidence.
The
charges were dropped. The NC Bar came in with an investigation and hearing.
Nifong was disbarred and is now subject to both criminal and civil actions.
The
interesting point now follows: Nifong did not violate his covenant with the
left. His actions as a criminal and sleazebag did not exonerate the Duke
Lacrosse team members of their participation in the rape nor did his
suppression of evidence and other criminal acts affect the political outcome. The dropped charges still hang like marijuana
smoke in the air. The twisted translation of this event is as follow: “Tawana
told the truth!”[3]
The Duke Lacrosse Team members are blameworthy simply because they are affluent
and white. This is a clear case of racism, beloved of the left and celebrated
by the New York Times and their Pinch-pampered toadies at the editorial desk
who modulate the flow of propaganda and disinformation for the left wing. This
stubborn defiance of logic and truth must now be detailed in the precise
definition of the new word: Nifongism.[4] Whenever a person works toward any left-liberal
politically correct outcome and uses racism, criminality and sleaze in his
diligence that person is an advocate or preceptor of Nifongism. Those who populate
the chorus and faun and coo and drool over the actions of a Nifongist are now
designated as Nifongalongs or purring
toadies for the cause. Democrat victories depend on the New Nifongery[5] with the nifongalongs
tottering along behind carrying the wash bottles and waving hate banners. Racism,
drugs, sodomy, sloth and massive social spending round out the political
agenda.
Such
is the sorry state of politics. But, something tells me that the Greeks knew
all about this and guys like Plato were just prompted to put a little shine on
the rotten system they put upon the world.
rycK
[1]
“…a black student, Chauncey Nartey,
sent two threatening emails to Coach Pressler (before Pressler was forced to
resign) and for that he was rewarded by being placed on prestigious campus
committees and Brodhead himself championed this "student" as being a
"star" at Duke. Oh, yes, when advised of the threatening emails, the
Duke administration told Nartey not to do it again and suggested he send a
letter of apology.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson189.html
[2]
Holloway, who is Black, had agreed to head one of the four committees formed by
Duke President Richard H. Brodhead late last spring. She says she’d hoped to
improve the racial climate on campus after a Black exotic dancer accused
members of Duke’s men’s lacrosse team of rape and racial slurs — prompting a
media frenzy and nationwide accusations of racism against the university and
its students.
http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_6857.shtml
[4]http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/01/cathy-davidson-in-her-own-words.html
“[B]ill [A]nderson said... I guess a picture can be worth a thousand (or two
thousand or three thousand) words. It looks to me as though Nifongism (yet
another new term) has infected some of the Duke faculty. I think we know the
cure....Jan 5, 2007
8:06:00 PM
Topic:
A new way to fight Nifongism
http//forums.talkleft.com/index.php?topic=828.msg40730
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