Democrats hypocrites on racial profiling
By Brian Kirwin | Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | PolicyRacial profiling must be indefensible. Democrats say it is. It must especially be indefensible in Arizona, where illegal aliens have crossed the border to the extent that it just passed a law saying that illegal immigration is illegal.
And the Dems are having a cow!
Police can ask people to produce identification, and Democrats act as if Hitler just became governor. Producing identification only happens in the rarest of situations, apparently, like buying a beer, writing a check, using a credit card, or going too fast on the highway. Do state troopers say “Vet me zee yur paperz” asking for a license and registration?
Here’s the funny part! You can say one word to a Democrat and all of a sudden they become stanch defenders of racial profiling.
It’s true. Suddenly they put away all their contrived fear in protecting folks who broke the law and suddenly tout the virtue and value of racial profiling.
The census.
If the Democrats would want at least a touch of consistency (which is the first step on the way to sanity, in case they are interested), they’d say “Hey, if we want to stop government from identifying people according to race, maybe government should stop identifying people by race.”
But no! When it comes to whatever the government uses the census for, they very much want to define people by race. Democrats applaud it. They defend it.
But if Arizona thinks of using it to decide if someone might be illegally here, or if airline security wants to do more than flip a coin to decide who is more likely to blow up a plane, Grandma Elizabeth or Mohamed Atta al Sayed, the left goes nuts.
Democrats can use race to target government spending, to draw districts, or to ID voters all day long. It’s ok for them. Anyone else does it and the attacks come flying.
So Democrats are in a conundrum. If they really want to fight racial profiling, the first step in their recovery would be to stop using it themselves.
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The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.
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8 Responses to "Democrats hypocrites on racial profiling"
Have you looked up the definition of Racial Profiling? Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it the use of race in the basis of determining a profile of likely criminal behavior?
If this is the case, how are Democrats using profiling in the U.S. Census? And why would you blame Democrats for something that has been taking place for the last few hundred years?
Moreover, is walking down the street defined as criminal behavior? What about using your credit card or check book? Or shopping at the store for that matter? Visiting the library? Applying for a job? Eating at a resturant? Watching t.v. in your living room?
Are you sure your anger is directed at the right people?
I’m not angry. Have you looked up the definition of angry? I’ve looked up the definition of stupid, and all it said was “people who use fake names on blogs.”
From on article on My Way News, linked on Drudge:
Many day laborers like Diaz say they will leave Arizona because of the law, which also makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally and directs police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal immigrants.
Brian, that wisecrack wasn’t very nice.
But I do agree with the first part of your post. And oh, the president also engages in racial profiling when he recently said he wanted to fire up and “target” Latinos and African Americans to vote in the midterms. What? He doesn’t want to target white people to vote? Gee, I wonder why?
Imagine if, in 2006, Bush said “I want to fire up the white voters to make sure they get out there and vote in the midterms.” The press and Dems (repetitious I know) would go batshit crazy. To second your point, I guess its only okay when the D’s engage in racial profiling.
Ron, the premise for the dems to oust Clinton and annoint Obama was his percieved immunity from encumbrances from race baiting.
Anyone who’s worked in government in the last 30 years knows that racial profiling is one of the primary tools used to fulfill the theology of “Diversity,” which is a violation of the Constitution’s Equal Protection clause.
Here’s how the press and the Dems separate good and bad racial profiling — if it increases Democrat voters, it’s good; if it supports Constitutional values, it’s bad.
I can’t help but wonder how many of those “protesters” are receiving money from the Mexican drug lords ?
Was I talking to myself? Or did no one not believe me?
How’s this? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racial+profiling
Is voter targeting a criminal behavior? Is diversity a criminal behavior?
And what’s wrong with laws that say not to discriminate based on race? Shouldn’t you have more a problem with those who don’t know how to interprete the law? Or any law for that matter?
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