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Neal Boortz Comments

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gamefreak

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201106140022

No, This is not a right or left issue. What Boortz has just said on his radio show as of late was outright despicable. Cox should really do something about this. "I want to see dead thugs on the street." What the heck is a comment like that. I just get so infuriated as well as many others when violent and racist overtones get pushed around the media. He should be FIRED for saying something like that. Freedom of Speech or not that is INCITING VIOLENCE. If anything Cox should fire him before the FCC decides to fine them. What Boortz said was Extremely Racist and Violent. Radio and media has no standards anymore.

If you want just put this on the Take It Outside board. If you don't want to hear me rant well then I'll keep my ranting there. I just feel something like this should be addressed in a fair manner.
 
I cannot stand the guy, never have. He is so proud of how much money he has, he is an ugly person physically and spiritually.
 
Thugs come in all colors......plenty of cracka' thugs too!
Boortz is tired of living in a lawless society as are many of the rest of us. That includes most African-Americans who are fed up with their kids not being able to play safely on the streets.
Criminals make life a bummer for everyone else no matter race, creed, sex, or nationality.
Boortz is a bore and very amused with himself but he is not a racist.(Definition: believing in racial superiority.)
The most you can accuse him of is the inability to understand and empathize with others different from him. You *may* suffer from that issue yourself.......
 
Boortz and every other talk host is entertainment. Their job is getting ratings and attracting advertising.

Who knows what any talk show host actually believes? Shock gets ratings and people talking.
 
I was actually listening in the car when this aired and couldn't have agreed more with what he said. As someone who lives right in the thick of it, I'm curious - what part of what he says did you disagree with? You don't think people who live to intimidate, steal, rape, and otherwise terrorize/injure shouldn't be dead in the street? I don't know about you, but I prefer my community to be law-abiding, pleasant, golden rule, blah blah. A few dead thugs would go a long way to discourage the behavior. I'm 1000% for it. If it's between a dead innocent victim and a dead perp, I'm votin for a dead perp. Preferably one who bled out. For a long time.
 
Surely you're aware of this, right?

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/three-teens-wounded-in-979383.html

So we're to believe that while this asinine nonsense happens about 8 blocks from where I sit right now - we should cajole and counsel these useless violent heaps of garbage to please not hurt innocent people? "Golly gee, that sure is a nice glock in your back pocket, I sure would appreciate it if you don't murder me while I'm out WATCHING A MOVIE AT PIEDMONT PARK."

Un-f**king-acceptable, friend.

There's one way to discourage the behavior. Not only is Boortz right, he should run for office.
 
Can't say as I agree with him.

The problem is you have these THUGS doing all this crime. They get caught, tried and
convicted. Three years later, they're back on the streets again. That's where the problem
is.
 
If a criminal is in the act of terrorizing someone you react. If you are in danger you have the right to bare arms under the constitution. I don't have any issues and giving thugs the treatment THEY deserve. However the statement Boortz made sounded off as racist. Whites and other ethnic groups contribute to Atlantas Crime just as much as the African-Americans.

Not to mention a premier radio personality making a comment like that just ignites more violence. Look when the pastor down in Florida burned the Koran. Followed by heavy casualties overseas. I have nothing against what Boortz said if he said it in a different manner without racist and violent overtones.

If you really want crime (For the most part)  off the street teach students in school not to hate. Make Civics a heavy part of the curriculum. Start programs that will curb-tail poverty in Urban Centers and other areas. All Boortz is doing is dividing Caucasians and African-Americans. Thus making issues worse.
 
gregg75 said:
Can't say as I agree with him.

The problem is you have these THUGS doing all this crime. They get caught, tried and
convicted. Three years later, they're back on the streets again. That's where the problem
is.
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That's why these judges need to try criminals who commit these crimes to the maximum extent of the law. Oh and for violent convicts these early releases for good behavior are not helping either.
 
Keep reading media matters
Boortz is right, is entitled to opinion and his use of the word thugs refers to anyone who commits such crimes, black, white, yellow ETC
 
artiemad said:
Boortz is right, is entitled to opinion and his use of the word thugs refers to anyone who commits such crimes, black, white, yellow ETC
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Anyone who listens to Boortz even now-and-then comes away shaking their head, knowing he IS NOT talking about white thugs, he is NOT talking about yellow thugs, he is NOT talking about ETC thugs.

I'm old enough that I used to go to the Saturday movies to see Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hop-a-long Cassidy, Johnny McBride and the rest. And one of the prevailing themes, plots if you please, was that lawless actions on the part of vigilantes is NOT an American virtue. Commentary suggesting the citizens with weapons should see to it that dead human beings are found littering the street has NEVER been an accepted American trait.

It is a concept that does not fit in the picture of a community or a political group that proclaims "family values".

You don't have to go to Afghanistan to see what it looks like. Try Juarez, Mexico. If you have friends in El Paso, call and ask them how comfortable they are when family members venture out onto the streets of the U.S. side of the border.

I don't know where the line is, but somewhere there is this boundary where speech moves from "free speech" to "obscene utterances". The LAW may protect what Boortz says as free speech but the American people through years have usually drawn the line when they have had their fill of obscene utterances and find some way to shut it up. And when they do, it ain't a purty site! Maybe what Atlanta needs is park benches littered with unemployed talkers who ran into head-on collisions with the community concepts of decency.
 
gamefreak said:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201106140022

No, This is not a right or left issue. What Boortz has just said on his radio show as of late was outright despicable. Cox should really do something about this. "I want to see dead thugs on the street." What the heck is a comment like that. I just get so infuriated as well as many others when violent and racist overtones get pushed around the media. He should be FIRED for saying something like that. Freedom of Speech or not that is INCITING VIOLENCE. If anything Cox should fire him before the FCC decides to fine them. What Boortz said was Extremely Racist and Violent. Radio and media has no standards anymore.

If you want just put this on the Take It Outside board. If you don't want to hear me rant well then I'll keep my ranting there. I just feel something like this should be addressed in a fair manner.
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Who are you trying to be? Michael Stivic?

To quote Archie Bunker directly:

"YOU are a MEATHEAD. Dead from the neck up!" ::)
 
I don't think we need to be insulting to anyone - no matter what their opinion is.
I understand why African-Americans are sensitive regarding comments like the ones Boortz made. Many white people have a stereotype of urban black folk which isn't very positive and is not an accurate reflection of the majority of inner city African - Americans. Those law abiding citizens are tired of being lumped into the "thug" category just because they are poor and live in the city.
But it is really not a racial issue......it is an issue of poverty. And one thing Boortz just can't either understand or admit to is that none of us are really responsible for our genetics and the environment we are born into. And those two factors, more than any other, influence the decisions we make for the rest of our lives. Many inner city kids grow up in single family homes rife with alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental disability. How can anyone argue that these people's only problem is they "just make bad choices?"
Roddy makes the correct observation here.....Neil even admits that he will say anything to raise listener's heart rate. That's his job!
And isn't it a good idea if society talks about these issues - isn't radio is a great forum to debate these ideas?
Have you heard some of the inflammatory comments made by Al Sharpton, Gamefreak? Should he be taken off the air? Warren Ballentine? Al Franken? Randi Rhoads? Ed Schultz?
How about Jon Stewart? MSNBC and CNN? NPR?
Let's allow a free forum of thought and unimpeded expression of opinion. Isn't that the only thing that makes this country better than some others?
 
I'm a gay man and I am prejudice against certain groups of white men.  Does that make be racist against whites?  Thugs don't define the black, white or Latino race; instead it defines a group of people that carry on in a certain way.  People need to take out their friend Webster and define the word racist because its about as abused as the word homophobia. 

Am I prejudice against sub-groups within many races?  Of course I am and so are many of you in one way or another.  You learn that in any liberal arts psychology course and if you live a little, you will learn that from living life.

Has boortz made some comments I don't agree with?  Of course he has but this particular comment that media matters has picked up on is NOT a racist comment. 
 
acheron82 said:
Has boortz made some comments I don't agree with? Of course he has but this particular comment that media matters has picked up on is NOT a racist comment.
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This particular comment, standing alone, not "coloring" it with comments he has made on other days, almost meets your claim that "it is NOT a racist comment." But the dagger-to-the-heart is when he throws "YO" right into the middle of it. The only way I can interpret that inclusion is that he wanted to make sure everyone understood WHICH urban thugs he was yelling and screaming about.
 
Goat Rodeo Cowboy said:
acheron82 said:
Has boortz made some comments I don't agree with? Of course he has but this particular comment that media matters has picked up on is NOT a racist comment.
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This particular comment, standing alone, not "coloring" it with comments he has made on other days, almost meets your claim that "it is NOT a racist comment." But the dagger-to-the-heart is when he throws "YO" right into the middle of it. The only way I can interpret that inclusion is that he wanted to make sure everyone understood WHICH urban thugs he was yelling and screaming about.
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I see what your saying but even if he said which race he was referring to (which he did very bluntly today), I still don't see it as "racist" by definition. He said today that there was a serious problem in the black community and that problem comes from groups within the community who have taken it over.

My point is, for Boortz to be considered "racist" by definition, he would have to feel he is superior over the black race because he is white. Simple definition and Boortz does not fit that profile at all.
 
To make things clear I don't agree with everything the liberal talkers say. For example when Randi Rhodes called Hillary Clinton a slut. Or the ongoing battle between Rhodes and Ed Shultz. The only liberal talker I am really fond of is Thom Hartman. Who believe IT or not funded Spry-berry Travel here in Atlanta.

However as far as I know the left-wingers mentioned above as far as I know it have not made violent remarks like that. Maybe I'm wrong. Give me an example if these lefties doing the exact same thing.

If a liberal talker did the same I wouldn't appreciate it.
 
taylorengineer said:
I don't think we need to be insulting to anyone - no matter what their opinion is.
I understand why African-Americans are sensitive regarding comments like the ones Boortz made. Many white people have a stereotype of urban black folk which isn't very positive and is not an accurate reflection of the majority of inner city African - Americans. Those law abiding citizens are tired of being lumped into the "thug" category just because they are poor and live in the city.
But it is really not a racial issue......it is an issue of poverty. And one thing Boortz just can't either understand or admit to is that none of us are really responsible for our genetics and the environment we are born into. And those two factors, more than any other, influence the decisions we make for the rest of our lives. Many inner city kids grow up in single family homes rife with alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental disability. How can anyone argue that these people's only problem is they "just make bad choices?"
Roddy makes the correct observation here.....Neil even admits that he will say anything to raise listener's heart rate. That's his job!
And isn't it a good idea if society talks about these issues - isn't radio is a great forum to debate these ideas?
Have you heard some of the inflammatory comments made by Al Sharpton, Gamefreak? Should he be taken off the air? Warren Ballentine? Al Franken? Randi Rhoads? Ed Schultz?
How about Jon Stewart? MSNBC and CNN? NPR?
Let's allow a free forum of thought and unimpeded expression of opinion. Isn't that the only thing that makes this country better than some others?
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No but you can tell me of some of the remarks these left-wing talkers made.
 
Neal must be giddy about his favorite "Media Myrmidons" picking up one of his comments. He's felt neglected by them for months.

All that was missing is, "Just, Damn."
 
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