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Cornel West on Conn. Massacre: People Only Talk About Gun Control When White People Get Shot

Dec. 22, 2012 9:07pm Becket Adams

Liberal activist and author Cornel West during a Saturday broadcast of the Smiley & West Show said he is happy that the U.S. is having a discussion on gun control, but that he is dismayed that it is only happening because white children were shot.

“We can’t just shed tears for those on the vanilla side of town,” West said, “they are precious, but they are no less or more precious than our poor brothers and sisters on Indian reservations (who are killing each other) or be they black or brown or what have you.”

“But it’s a good thing that we now have a discussion on gun control. We need one on drone control,” he continued, “not a peep, not a mumbling word when black folk get shot. But now, Newtown, Connecticut, vanilla side — low and behold we got a major conversation. That’s wonderful. Each life is precious but it just upsets me when we’re so deferential.”

West went so far as to even accuse the president of being “cowardly” for being silent on the violence committed among and against African-Americans.

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semihardrock
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:46pm
There has NEVER been any Black Man in the history of the earth that has EVER led anyone to FREEDOM or led a Free Country…….

First Term: BP Oil Spill Tragedy= Global Warming, Green Energy Policies….FAIL

Second Term: School Shooting= Gun control…..Yet to be determined!

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:04pm
  “There has NEVER been any Black Man in the history of the earth that has EVER led anyone to FREEDOM or led a Free Country…….”
  
  you are crazy. Even if your statement were true – there have been those that tried…..
  
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- semihardrock
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:13pm
  Egypt constitutional vote: ‘Things are definitely worse than under the old regime’
  As Egyptians vote on whether to adopt the new constitution, Richard Spencer talks to those promoting the new rules – and those fearful of what is to come. 12-22-2012
  
  BOTH…..Here in US….and in the Northern African Country of Egypt….is Hussien Obama’s doing….
  
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- ThoreauHD
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:47pm
  Sadly, what he said was true. Their instinct is tribalism. The most advanced African nation(Kenya) are still slaughtering each other with machete’s because they are Christians or not in their tribe. It’s worse elsewhere. They are full on jihadist parasites. The best they’ve had to offer the planet is living a nomadic life and hunting for food. I wish it wasn’t the case, but it is. And PS- Egyptians weren’t black, just in case you wanted to go there.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:17am
  Actually, I’m not too sure sure what to make of SEMIHARD’s comments, nor his user name, which is frankly TMI for me.
  
  In any case, there is a reality here. It’s too soon to talk politics about this tragedy. It’s disrespectful to the dead kids. Any talk about gun control is simply politicization of this tragic event. Same for the Virginia Tech shooting, same for Columbine, same for the Norway shooting and so on. Whenever a mass murder occurs, that simply isn’t the time to talk about gun control because feelings are running high at a time when the common sense of the NRA should prevail.
  
  Every single day since the massacre at this school, 35 Americans have been shot dead, mostly by handguns. And if averages hold, more people will be killed every single day in the US, than were killed in this school in a couple of minutes. So why the outrage? We need perspective.
  
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- dave928
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:11am
  Man, I’d love to see somebody put the smack down on that gap-toothed-looking-down-his-so-called-educated nose, Ain’t nobody above a good beat-down, especially a sorry excuse for an “educated” black man… Cornell West, you embody the core of racism with your arrogant attitude. You might thing the world owes you everything because your great, great, great, grandparents might have been slaves. Do “your people” a favor and have nice cup of STFU. You merely want to perpetuate the perceived racism so you can wallow and revel in it and expect a free ride through life. You, sir, and I use the term loosely, are dumber than stray dog…
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:23am
  Libertad.
  
  That said, Cornell is kind of right if you get rid of politics. Black children are dying by the load, many times being aborted, but also by black on black violence. Who cares here, or anywhere? These children go out without herald, notice or care to the population at large. I don’t think any child’s murder should be minimized, race is immaterial, no child chooses who he or she is, nor chooses to be murdered.
  
  It all comes back to culture. The Left has constructed a culture that is designed, clearly by intent, to both enslave and wipe out minorities, all the while pretending to be for them. It’s the ultimate mind-**** against a whole lot of people. We all should join in calling them out on their eugenics and racial hatred.
  
  Not sure I like agreeing with Cornel West, but there is a grain of truth to what he says.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:24am
  @Meteors aka JZS
  
  Seriously, do you have *any* viewpoint that is independent of the party line? You show up here and spout nothing but boilerplate, day after day. What does giving up independent thought and moral agency for your own destination in life feel like?
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:46am
  Black men fought bravely in the American revolution to give you the free speech to spout out and verify what a dimwitted idiot you sound like, so STFU. Black people like Jackson should be speaking out but you never hear them say or do anything outside of their own power and wealth seeking agenda. Black people need to be getting out the word as well as holding to account the self proclaimed leaders who never seem to speak out on anything unless it is self serving in some way. When the loudest voices do nothing but spew anti white hatred and kill ******* babies diatribe I for one have no wish to listen to any of them. Put your own house in order before you blame someone else for the condition of your house. Look at the Sandy relief bill. Bloated millions in pork giving no aid to the minorities harmed by the storm. Millions wasted on crap which aids no one in the areas affected. Yet none of the so called leaders say a word about it. Black people need to start speaking out to their self proclaimed leaders and hold them to account for their lack of useful action. Charity begins in the home.
  
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- CHowells339
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 3:02am
  leave it the blacks to bring up race.
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 3:04am
  This PC crap has got to go blaze. Should I have said graham babies, or how about saltine babies. I never thought I would live long enough to see a word like that be censored, especially on the Blaze. What now Blaze, are you going to remove all ads by Nabisco from your site. Whats that you say? They are not here advertising? Well what do you expect when they cannot use the word to describe their most known products.
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 6:27am
  West is a pathetic, racist imbecile.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 7:34am
  it is true that when the lives of minorities are ruined – nobody cares….See war on drugs
  
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- ShamanWorld
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:02am
  Sorry buddy but you are sadly mistaken. Not only was Moses a Black man, but so is Nelson Mandela, MLK Jr ring a bell? Of the 600+ Pharaohs over the 5000 year history of Ancient Egypt, 95 percent were Black or mixed(afro asiatic). Just google the images of the Pharaohs themselves. The movies and History channel is the only place where the pyramid building Pharaohs are white. And you tell me if the white man hasn’t single handedly been the mot destructive race on earth the past 400 years? Be honest with yourself.
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:23am
  Again, we see who the REAL racists are (attn: Mickey Moore, you slob).
  
  And for heaven’s sake Cornel (cornball?) get your teeth fixed. You can afford it.
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:30am
  @sendthemetors
  
  Hmmm, I see you are still popping off at the gums with your stupid comments.
  
  Just to let you know, I forwarded your comments to the FBI from the to the other post, where you praised the recent shooter, bragged about the number he killed, and how it was a new record. They seemed pretty interested in getting a copy.
  
  I hope they track you down from your IP address.
  
  You are one sick puppy.
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:35am
  Cornball West will not tell you taht blacks make up 12.5% of the population, and do half the nations murders.
  
  If we lowered black murder rates to the same as whites, we would lower the nations murder rates by almost 40%
  
  Most of those murdered by blacks, are other blacks. By lowering there murder rates, we wold save a whole lot of black lives
  
  We do know that libs are not concerned with black on black violence. Lowering it, does not help their agenda.
  
  We also know they purposely put abortion clinics close to the black areas of town to kill the black babies. It was what Margret Sanger (founder of planned parenthood) would have wanted.
  
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- denispaul
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:48am
  Nobody cares about third class citizens.When they decide to join the human race maybe we’ll care.Stop depending on the white man to live your free remember.
  
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- concearnedcitizen
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:02am
  Then whose Nelson Mandela?
  
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- VanGrungy
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:38am
  Nelson Mandela is a COMMUNIST!!!
  
  … and exactly what freedom do the blacks of South Africa have?
  
  the freedom to rape and murder at will… especially rape and murder any whites that happen to be stuck in SA
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:39am
  ummm they were calling for gun control after what happened to that football player and his girlfriend, so try again pal.
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:47am
  dude woah, MLK is still one of my biggest heroes. don’t be rascist like them or what’s is the point? King died so we could live in a colorblind America , where men and woman were not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I will never give up on that dream. I mean cmon, Juan Williams, Hermann Cain, Griifon 3rd, Allen West, their are tons of awsome black people that don’t pull the race card just to get their point across. After reading what you just said, i’d stick up for any of them over you. What the hell have you done that was so great?
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:49am
  yea, South Africa did not exactly thrive after Mandela.
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:15am
  my first comment was for cornell btw
  
  @ShamanWorld
  
  sry dude, but i don’t believe white men were the single most destructive force on the planet. Mao Tse-tung killed some 44-70,000,000 of his own people by forcing the farmers to grow opium instead of food. There have been any number of genocides in history, Japanese vs the Chinese, Hitler vs the Jews, Muslims vs the Africans, Spanish vs the Aztecs, The Mayans and Azteks sacrificed millions of their own people for their beliefs, we even killed a large amount of indians which was messed up, but the list goes on and on. You blame white people because you’re either ignorant of history and/or racist. Be honest with YOURself.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:40am
  This Nation can’t get beyond black and white. Just don’t understand it, but I’m tired of the racism always pointing fingers……………..
  
  Whenever a black American stands up for conservative values or for the Republican Party, it’s the black Democrats that start the racial name calling like referring to them as Uncle Toms or an Oreo. They can’t stand it when one of their own color steps away from the racial hatred and bigotry to embrace a more conservative and non-racist lifestyle.
  
  During the presidential election this year, we heard a lot of racial name calling and it all came from Democrats. Joe Biden used race when he stated that the Republicans wanted to put the blacks back in chains. Biden does not know true history,
  
  Read more: http://godfatherpolitics.com/8658/black-democrats-are-the-real-racists/#ixzz2Ft32mJt0
  
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- MGrilla
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:49am
  @ SOYBOMB315_II Okay name 1…
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:01am
  “People Only Talk About Gun Control When White People Get Shot”
  
  That’s because we’d always be talking if we had to do it after all of the black on black shootings. There would be no time for anything else. West proves that blacks really are IQ challenged.
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:10pm
  “Cornel West on Conn. Massacre: People Only Talk About Gun Control When White People Get Shot”
  
  This handsome devil is trying to get his way with just his good looks alone, because his lamentations are hypocritical. When the police utilize proven methods of interdicting suspicious-looking/acting subjects he’s right there on t.v. with his gorgeous face complaining hysterically about profiling, so consequently the stop and searches cease and desist and handsome Harry is back to screaming frantically about too many black thugs getting killed….and he calls them “children.”
  
  Are you still laughing?
  
  I am.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Abortion of black babies is encouraged by Corny and his DEMOCRAT killing machine. Cornycrats love killing black babies and love the slaughter of whitey babies any chance they get. Right Django??
  
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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:23pm
  Cornell west is correct here.. In Chicago black children under 20 are shot daily… Much of the shootings are people caught in cross fire between gangs… These are people who don’t care a gun isnot registered or illegal, and they don’t care about taking other human life…
  
  The media gives each black person shot in Chicago, mabey 2 sentences in the sun times talking about 1 of the 30 shootings. And by 15 min later people don’t even care about the victims of this violence… But at the same time the media goes in a frenzy not over that white kids, but because of the age of the kids…
  
  The media is trying to whip people into an emotional frenzy… Do that by showing the child victimsat sandy hook and say if democrats could ban guns they would b alive… And at the same time ignore violence im black communities and make them think NO ONE CARES….
  
  That is cornell west goal… Make black people feel forgotten while blaming republicans for pushing a gun culture
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Perry Gladstone Christie
  
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- Maji
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 1:24pm
  If someone (white)were to approach gun problems among
  non-whites,you are a racist!
  Matter of fact if you mention voting fraud of
  any non-white you are a racist!
  Actually if say anything of a nonwhite and
  you’re white …..you are a racist!
  
  Then there’s the code word thing!
  Tell me that isn’t made up!
  
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- lukerw
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:07pm
  The History of Ancient Egypt is… the case that Black People make Great Dictators… and oppose Freedom!
  
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- pdw
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:45pm
  Sounds like you need to do more reading of your history. Just maybe a movie might help? It is not a color issue at all it takes people working together to resolve problems and to fight in wars to save lives as well as countries. This country has too many bullies and whiners we need more moral backbone and a lot less blame.
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 5:24pm
  well metermaid i have laid out all my hand guns and told them they are free to go . keeping mister 12 gauge just in case . there still laying there on the floor. they have gone know where, boy if hand guns are slipping out and shooting people . mine seem to missing out must be doing something wrong
  
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- Inlightofthings
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:45pm
  SEMIHARD:
  Do yourself a favor, watch this clip. If you don’t like to click on links then google Pastor James Edward Manning.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzqbsAAa-k0
  
  I’m not saying I subscribe to his views, but it’s interesting come from his background.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:52pm
  Name some cowboy.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:13pm
  Tell them to Goggle: Blonde and Redhead mummies in Egypt. Blacks built Egypt like they built America. Blacks do not build, they steal, kill, and destroy a civilization. Truth hurts, lies hurt more.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:52pm
  Jefferson says, “…These children go out without herald, notice or care to the population at large. I don’t think any child’s murder should be minimized, race is immaterial, no child chooses who he or she is, nor chooses to be murdered….”
  
  Then goes on to concur with West. How many babies are murdered each year in this country? How many are black babies? Perhaps those trying to stop abortion have not been doing enough? Or is it the politicians who’vfe not been doing enough to curb that violence agsint our children?
  
  There hasn’t been one person elected who’s done more than paid lip-service to the unborn, yet they keep talking how they want to save lives of children and then remove more of our freedoms with more gun control laws. Meanwhile, the babies- mostly black is my understanding- are murdered each day than all the school shootings the last fifty years.
  
  But the lib democrats are all about the rights of the children and keeping them safe. Yah, right- and the sun is an ice cube on steroids.
  
  Until abortion is made illegal in this country, it’s perfect hypocrisy for libs, or anyone IMO, to mourn others being ‘murdered’.
  
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- TheLiberalsAreComing
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:38pm
  Ever hear of the Mau Mau rebellion, or Nelson Mandela, you ignoramus?
  
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- tdunn626
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:13am
  What have you done for the black man, Cornel? … besides inspiring them to hate whitey?
  
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liltexasgal
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:27pm
statistics show that most murders of African Americans are committed by African Americans.

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- PatriotSunDevil
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:04pm
  I believe the stats say that also. Regardless, the death of innocents is a moral disgrace. There are no easy answers, and more gun laws are just legislative master bay shun.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:36am
  While commiting crimes, like bad drug deals. West conveniently leaves that out.
  20-25 years ago, in Charlotte, there was a killing every night. They’d post the killer’s mug shot, then they’d show another, old, mug shot of the victim. Both black, like you said. Then the state started passing tougher punishment for these criminals and locked them up. Now, we’re lucky to get more than 2 killings a week. They’re still black criminals, just like they were back then.
  West says we’re supposed to pity the po’ drug dealer like an innocent child. Boo-Hoo.
  
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- Female
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 1:15am
  Not color it is CRIME.
  
  Most peoples first reaction is to move out of neighborhoods, cities, towns, or where shootings occur on a daily basis. We go to where people support the enforcement of law and order. We refuse to elect people who won’t be tough on crime. We want answers when a shooting occurs. We are truly saddened to hear of the crime and gang violence in all our cities. We want more cops w/better pay and the best equipment for the peoples sake, but the citizens of the city need to elect people who will provide and fund protection.
  
  Problem is the criminals are breaking the first law of “legally obtained guns” way before they decide to shoot people. The whining, complaining and push for laws is for the legally obtained weapons which are being used in mass shootings. Unfortunately, when a criminal shoots another criminal most people think, “well, good one less to prosecute and support for the rest of their lives.” Just like when a mass murder commits suicide or better yet when a cop or legally armed citizen shoots the killer; we are glad. And truthfully with the revolving jailhouse door of injustice, it has nothing to do with color; it is about hideous, violence and crime making the USA unsafe for families to be outside or go to public places. Law abiding citizens are tired of innocent people being gunned down, which is why the stores/internet are out of stock in guns and ammunition.
  
  We now do mental what if drills….
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 7:13am
  @liltexasgal
  i didnt listen to the clip but based on the text, cornel west’s statement had nothing to do with the color of the shooter – only the color of the victim. Your point is irrelevant
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:23pm
  MSNBC: People Against Gun Control Are Scared Of ‘Black And Brown People’ Rising Up To Get Them…
  http://weaselzippers.us/2012/12/22/msnbc-people-against-gun-control-are-scared-of-black-and-brown-people-rising-up-to-get-them/
  
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- Inlightofthings
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:43pm
  SOY:
  You need to get a clue. There’s a reason that Dr. West doesn’t make any reference to the color of the shooter(S). Look at Sanford, Fl. Just think if that were going on in Chicago to the tune the black on black murders. Dr. West ignores an inconvenient truth and you bought in hook, line and sinker.
  
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bemo234
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:01pm
Liberal are just evil sick beings, can’t even call them people, especially when you hear them saying stuff like this azz wipe Cornel West.

The sad thing is that you have to wonder how much of the black population is this racist?
Where is the black outrage to this obvious callous, racist comment?

Now this debate will go from that evil gun to why no one is doing more to stop black people from killing each other all day long.

To answer Cornel west question, it’s terrible when any group of people (especially children) are senselessly murdered.

This Connecticut communitie seem to express a sense of value for life and family and would naturally be a little more horrified then someone coming out of community’s that express little sense of value for themselves or each other.

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- Female
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 1:28am
  Cornel West is actually one of the more critical and logical of the liberals. To a certain extent, he is correct about people ignoring crime in cities but wrong about it being just about blacks. Doesn’t matter the color it is high crime due to turf wars for drugs, prostitution, extortion, business protection payoffs….. Groups of various colors fighting each other, which is actually fairer than a nut job shooting 1st graders. Problem is city crime burnout. And NO WILL in the legeslative branches at city, state, and federal levels to truly help inner city crime. Plus, the citizens of cities tend to elect the liberal, permissives except for Maricopa county (Phoenix…Joe) The worst crime is where citizens aren’t allowed to be armed and the criminals know it.
  
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okredstate
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:55pm
The first person who brought it up in public is obama. What color is he pinhead? What party states “never let a good crisis go to waste”? What party wants to take every gun in the country away from it’s citizens? ANSWER – Democrats. Another dumb ass statement refuted. Next……

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TRILO
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:53pm
If I recall there were children of many races and religions murdered. Cornel West is a typical blame the white guy bigot and racist. Why do I not hear him talk about the killing of thousands of black children by other black children or abortion. Why is he not out there talking about black on black crime? Why is he not out promoting families and marriage when single mothers and abortion are common place in the black communities. Why is he not out there promoting success in his community rather than the prevalent thought of “Success= Sellout”?

A big fat middle finger to you cornel west. Time to step up, look in the mirror and stop blaming others or white people for the disintegration of the black family and culture. Time to look within. You also might want to look at the Democratic party, the new plantation owner while you are playing the blame game. Unfortunately democrats will never be blamed as he is a member of the Democratic Socialist of America.

Stop giving this man a venue to spew his racist bigoted rhetoric. And better yet, any donors to his employer, Princeton, need to withhold their contributions until he is gone. People need to call Princeton and express their outrage over his comments and philosophy.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:10pm
  it is true that gun violence is much more common in minority neighborhoods and such – the color of the killers is irrelevant because our society accepts it as common occurrence. But the war on drugs hits the minorities like a ton of bricks – and our society does not care because white folks are unaffected by the war on drugs (even though they are users). These inconsistencies are at the heart of what cornel west is talking about but the truth is somewhere in the middle
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:29pm
  He’s basically saying the same thing Eminem said 12 years ago.
  From “The Way I Am”:
  “When a dude’s gettin’ bullied and shoots up his school
  and they blame it on Marilyn
  and the heroin
  Where were the parents at?
  And look where it’s at, Middle America
  NOW it’s a tragedy, NOW it’s so sad to see”
  
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arvadadan
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:49pm
If you mention any other color of shooting it is called racist…

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:40pm
That’s because it’s news. When it is an everyday occurrence, it NOT news, dumb@$$.
Black thugs shoot each other and other people every day, every hour of the day.

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- GumRock
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:11am
  your right .
  but still, could there be any new law to prevent that .. not really.
  how about removing laws already in place that would help curb that..
  or, how about enforcing the laws already on the books.
  how about Applying some critical thinking
  figure out why its happening.
  
  Just a thought
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:39pm
Mr. West. Why are you not up in arms when hundreds of “your people” are murdered by “your people”? Yes, some “white” kids were murdered, by a white “man”. Shouldn’t you be happy that the whites are killing other whites? I don’t give a crap what color a murdered person is. What I care about is people like you who use your race to propagate any murder of any person. You don’t care that white children were murdered. You’re just using this tragedy to further you own agenda. You are no better than the azz who murdered the children in CT or the azzes who murder children of color or religion for their own agenda. If you cannot throw away the race card and band together with others who hate the violence, then you are no better than the killer(s) of ANY child (or human being). Your rants only further killing of fellow humans in order to further your need to propagate YOUR agenda. Grow up, Mr West and become a member of the HUMAN race.

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- Free_Thought
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:44pm
  Nice comment. You may want to do some research before either saying that this man does not get up in arms over blacks dying because if you researched a bit you would know that he speaks of it all of the time. Secondly comparing him to the shooter is disgusting. I could say the same thing about a whole host of conservatives but i dont because they are not comparable to the shooter. Killing children is a little more intense than giving an opinion you dont agree with. Get a life and try looking somewhere other than the blaze for all of your news.
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 4:44pm
  @Free_Thought….you should try getting your news somewhere other than Jon Stewart. You commies are such morons.
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:24am
  I do get my news from various places but the daily show is a comedy program so it holds no bearing on me. But thanks for the thinking of me.
  
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Chuck Stein
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:38pm
Shocked to read the headline. Then I re-read it. CORNEL West, not COLONEL West. O.K., got it.

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- WiredRight
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:22pm
  Yeah, I had to do a double take on that one too… lol.
  
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Walkabout
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:36pm
Many gun owners & conservative s have brought up that in Chicago that as many kids die there every every month as died at Sandy Hook.

Cornell West just lives cloistered in academia praying to the Liberal Gods. So he didn’t hear about any of that. Mr. West did not hear about the black citizen who used a gun to defend his home, who didn’t go to jail because Rahm Emanuel liberal mayor of Chicago dare not touch him due to bad press from gun owners & conservatives.

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- ashestoashes
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:04pm
  @WALKABOUT..I remember the case in Chicago where the black guys were broken in on and robbed..figuring the intruders would return..laid in wait and killed them..Hussein wanted the homeowners prosecuted..He identifies himself with the criminals..And then you look at him arming the Hezbollah Drug Cartels in Mexico..and suing Arizona for trying to keep the illegals and the drug cartels out..He is the executive order king..what is it…over one thousand executive orders?
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:19pm
  ashestoashes
  Link it please. I think it is different than the one I am talking about.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:26pm
  If Obama had had his druthers, he would have personally jailed Homer Wright & thrown away the key.
  
  http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/03/27/man-80-arrested-after-shooting-alleged-burglar/
  
  “As an Illinois State Senator, Barack Obama voted not once, but twice in opposition to Senate Bill 2165,”
  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/obama-would-have-prosecuted-chicago-man-for-defending-himself-with-handgun-95131129.html
  
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- ashestoashes
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:08am
  @WALKABOUT Sorry..I have searched the net and cannot find it..it happened shortly after he took office….It may have been in 2009 or 2010..I believe that the article was right here on the Blaze..
  
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- ashestoashes
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:50am
  Factcheck.org …Obama has signed 139 executive orders..Bush signed around 160..but Obama has his whole lifetime most likely..
  
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dissentnow
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:34pm
Cornel West is like an aphrodisiac for disingenuous white liberals. They flock to his rhythmic nonsensical babble like rats to the pied piper. Its nauseating. West is a jive-talking huckster who speaks in riddles and plays the race card every chance he gets.
The left loves it when anyone, regardless of color, is killed by “gun violence” because they can use those deaths to push their anti-gun agenda. Liberals especially love when children get killed.

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- charles116
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:31pm
  You know so much – about nothing.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:26am
  You know, Charles, trying to be pithy all the time without contributing substance discredits you pretty much out of the gate.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 7:01am
  What did i say that isn’t true?
  Does West play the race card?
  Do liberals use gun deaths to push their agenda?
  The ball is your court, internet tough guy.
  
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- DIR
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 5:10pm
  @DISSENTNOW
  
  Personally, I thought you were right on. As far as ‘Charles..’ is concerned regarding his/her comments, I wouldn’t be all that concerned if I were you. ‘Charles’ feelings were probably hurt, because you didn’t refer to West by his Americanized name ‘Leroy’. Leroy may have a point though. Maybe the media should call for disarming blacks of their guns, knives, and even themselves because they kill one another at an alarming rate. Barry may be at fault as well, he may be running guns to them as part of his community organization efforts. Barry appears to excel at gun running. The only people the MSM want disarmed are whites. Thats why all the excitement. West should know this. Now the moron has fallen into his own trap.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:13am
  Refrain from telling me what I’, trying to do.
  Most of YOU responders MAKE UP who and what you think the poster is, and posted, AND RESPOND TO YOUR OWN FICTIONS and pre-digested dogma.
  I highly doubt that poster know anything about libs opinions of Cornell.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:43am
  @Charles
  
  I know exactly how “libs” feel about the opinions of Cornel West and i’m sure that deep down, even though you fight not to admit it, you know how libs feel about West, as well. You can read their opinions (assuming that you can read ). I’ve read their opinions. I’ve even heard their opinions personally.
  I’m sorry that i’m not braindead enough to follow you in your iconoclastic hero worship of frauds like West and others.
  
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vic138
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:32pm
DING DING DING, WE HAVE A WINNER!!! The liberal media is racist. You’re a liberal, so you must be racist. YOU’RE BOTH RACIST!!!

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Save_the_Constitution
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:30pm
Self serving race baiter. The thugs killing thugs he’s worrying about are not the same as innocent 6 and 7 year olds of any color.

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TeresaJ
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:29pm
Are people walking into a school on a reservation and shooting first graders?

There were other children among those dead besides white. Not that it matters what color they were one bit.

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phrogdriver
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:29pm
In a sense he is right. But I don’t actually know the race of the kids who were killed in CT, nor to I care. They could be black for all I know. That doesn’t change my perspective. I think it WOULD change West’s perspective. Which is sickening.

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nighttrainno9
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:24pm
Since the conn. shooting was another govt. false flag, why bother with all the hoo-doo.
Most of the victims were shot wit 223 ammunition, the lanz kids 223 was still in the
back of his car, all he had was two handguns. The 223s were fired by one man who
students heard get arrested inside the building and one man in camo and black
outside the building. Since no more was heard about these men I have to assume
they were CIA or FBI and the police had to let them go. I am sick and tired of the govt.
pulling this kind B.S. just to further their agenda, in this case gun control. The govt.
will continue to kill in large numbers until guns are confiscated or a war is started.
The govt. has no remorse about killing children or anyone else.

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- okredstate
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:01pm
  Get your facts right pinhead. The weapon in his vehicle was a shotgun. He used to Bushmaster 223 to kill all the kids. He used one of the two pistols on himself.
  
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- nighttrainno9
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:28pm
  You get your facts straight, he had no bushmaster or any other long gun with
  him, it was in the back of the car as stated in the original police report.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:44am
  Witnesses also saw a second shooter at the Colo. movie shooting.
  
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landmark
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:24pm
West is just another racist!

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gyro
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:19pm
it is sad but no one gives a dam how many black kids get shot in obamas home town
come to think of it that may be why he holidays on the islands instead of fixing the cliff in washington?

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scrapadapolis
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:18pm
Please Blaze I want to read not listen to a video I cant stop…FAIL

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:17pm
Geez, wonder just why our black president from Chicago has ignored West’s cries for such help?

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Tri-ox
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:16pm
Yawn – more racist rhetoric from obama’s world.

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exfire
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:16pm
When all you have is the race care, play it all the time…But thank God fewer and fewer even hear it anymore…

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kickagrandma
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:13pm
I’m about to suggest that ALL black folks who have a problem with WHITE folks, get on the next boat to Africa.

I have had it with you malcontents and all the white folks who act like they like you and give a hoot about you. they don’t and they don’t.

Would you all be so kind as to leave? Forever?

Thank you!

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:22pm
  This upsurge in racist mind-set of the left is being enflamed further by Obama and his radical allies across the nation. He wants chaos to further undermine America.
  
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- tnman65
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:26pm
  Amen. If that were to happen we could change the name our country to Utopia.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:11pm
  you sre so close to right Snowleopard
  
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Baddoggy
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:12pm
Sorry Cornel…If this was a black school there would be an outrage too. You are bringing in race where there is no race problem. They killed black children I would be just as angry and just as sad. TF does the color of skin have to do with anything when it comes to murder? Idiot!

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TH777
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:12pm
I am so sick and tired of hearing race brought into every single thing that happens in this Country!!

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- drs1969
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 12:50am
  That’s the result of having a black(half, at least) community agigtator for Prez. for 4 yrs.
  4 more years of this BS and most everyone will be ready to dissolve the union!
  
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