The Rodney King Offensive.....

[MsTryska]

I'm scrolling through these threads about the Reagan Repblicans and whatnot, and reminded me of this morning - I was watching Washington Jounral, and it seemed to me, the right-wing talking point of the day was...


"Can't we all just get along? Why all the bickering? Why the partisanship - there are no red and blue states, just the United States...."



The irony of it all would crack me up, if it didn't remind me of the fact that these fuckers have pushed the wedge amongst the American people, using the basest most divisive issues they could.

The way I look at it - sit in your own shit. you don't get to be part of my America anymore.

[LSparkle]

1. Don't you mean "Rodney King"

Reginald Denny was the truck driver who was beaten during the riots ...

[MsTryska]

2. Was it Rodney King who said it?

I thought it was reginald denny?


My Bad - you're right - it's been well over 10 years...i fixed it.

[klook]

3. Reginald Denny forgave his attackers

In the (Los Angeles) riots following the first Rodney King verdict, Reginald Denny was dragged from his truck and viciously beaten by a raging gang. After his painful recovery, he met face to face with his attackers, shook hands with them, and forgave them. A reporter, commenting on the scene, wrote, "It is said that Mr. Denny is suffering from brain damage."
--William Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas, Lord Teach Us: The Lord's Prayer & the Christian Life
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/005/29.60.html

The Bush Administration should shake hands with their attackers and forgive them (and be thankful they didn't bash their heads in), then shuffle off to jail.