MyDD :: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com

Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com

by owl06, Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 08:40:19 PM EST

cross-posted from Alegre's Corner
Today Drudge Report ran the headline "'Black national anthem' stirs controversy in Denver..." Drudge linked to a video hosted a Breitbart.tv, that has received intensely racist feedback. Companies, including Microsoft advertise on that site and should be made aware.

What's even more sickening is that all comments are screened and approved by a moderator. They are so distasteful that I will not repeat them here. Naturally, they dragged Senator Obama and guns into the dialog as if there was some sort of connection.

People on this site know that I'm not exactly in the Obama fan club, but that type of racist BS must be addressed forcefully.

Sure, those bigots can say what they please, but companies like Microsoft should not be associated with hatred. I contacted some of the people that I work with at Microsoft already, and ask that you all do the same to rightly inform advertisers about what is on that site.

Update:
-Feel free to republish the text of this diary elsewhere.

-Another article with racist comments http://comments.breitbart.com/080702170725c8gbhoky/

Tags: racism, Microsoft, Barack Obama, guns (all tags)

Permalink :: 70 Comments :: Post a Comment

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (2.00 / 2)

I saw that today and did not know how to take it. I think that it should be ignored. Racist like to be noticed.

by Spanky on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 08:46:58 PM EST

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (none / 0)

cross-posted from Alegre's Corner

I'm sure you'll have some thoughtful comments over there.

by Can I Haz Moar Snark on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 08:55:03 PM EST

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (2.00 / 5)

In fact, there were. Alegre said this:

Well Said Owl! (0.00 / 0) [delete comment]
IP Address: 70.108.12.220
Might be handy if we could dig up some contact info (advertising department) for the advertisers on that hateful site, and post it in this diary as an update. Like Microsoft for instance.

Are you insinuating that we are racists?

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 08:56:48 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (none / 0)

No, I was talking about the racist comments on breitbart.com. The lady was just trying to be artistic and to get attention to get people to buy her song. I think she was very egotistical.

by Spanky on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:04:55 PM EST
[ Parent ]

It isn't (none / 0)

her song.

Washington Woman
theocracywatch.org
EENR Blog

by kevin22262 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:21:07 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (2.00 / 3)

There would have been no problem if she said what song she was going to sing in advance. People are very sentimental and well... nationalistic about the anthem. It's one of those tinderbox issues like flag burning.

But there is no excuse for the racism. None at all.

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:35:30 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (none / 0)

Hey, they gotta get that McCain advertising money back somehow!

If you're being chased by an angry bull and then you notice you're also being chased by a swarm of bees, it doesn't really change things. Just keep on running.

by vcalzone on Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 02:23:09 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (none / 0)

Ugh. I feel dirty now, I'm sorry. It was unexpected and very good to see. It makes me think that perhaps we haven't gone too far to be brethren again once this whole mess is over.

If you're being chased by an angry bull and then you notice you're also being chased by a swarm of bees, it doesn't really change things. Just keep on running.

by vcalzone on Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 02:24:20 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (2.00 / 2)

I refuse to give them the web hits, but maybe if we work together and find out exactly which advertisers are there, we can create letters sent to each advertisers with those quotes, something along the lines of "hey, now that I know you pay money to sponsor this type of moderated dialogue, I now know who I won't advertise with."

by Dog Chains on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 08:56:09 PM EST

oh my god... (2.00 / 2)

it is SICK over there! Absolutely SICK!

Here are a few brief hits:

mary right July 2nd, 2008 - 7:06 am

Let's see here. Blacks can sing the black national anthem but whites can't fly a Confederate Flag.

The answer:

All Whites need to get a Legal Concealed Carry Permit. We can stop racism on our own!

Dttp:/DELETED/NNN-Black-on-White.html
...

(mary right seems to be one of the worst!)
...
mary right July 2nd, 2008 - 9:04 am

It is like this, any white person who would vote for a black to run the U.S. needs their head examined.

Dttp:/DELETED/Obama_more_family_picture s.htm

Are you starting to understand the old southern term, Uppity Blacks?

owl06 is right! If there are legit advertisers on this site, they NEED to be TOLD of this NOW!

Washington Woman
theocracywatch.org
EENR Blog

by kevin22262 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:10:46 PM EST

Re: oh my god... (2.00 / 2)

The gun permit comment is the first one that I read. It's a borderline provocation to violence.

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:36:18 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Also... (none / 0)

I heard this "anthem" earlier. I was stunned but it was done beautifully.

I do think it was wrong to do it then, especially now because it just draws MORE attention to the whole race crap which Obama has to keep fighting.

Now we need a good "inartful" Wes Clark comment to blunt this in the media. ;)

Washington Woman
theocracywatch.org
EENR Blog

by kevin22262 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:14:08 PM EST

Re: Also... (2.00 / 3)

No. NO NO NO NO.

No.

Anyone having an issue with the "black national anthem" truly needs their heads examined -- for lack of education.

Seriously. This song is more than 100 years old. When the country was clearly segregated between blacks and whites it made sense to call it a "national anthem" but it's not like there's a competition going on, or that one negates the others.

From wikipedia

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first performed in public in Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal.

Singing this song quickly became a way for African Americans to demonstrate their patriotism and hope for the future. In calling for earth and heaven to "ring with the harmonies of Liberty," they could speak out subtly against racism and Jim Crow laws--and especially the huge number of lynchings accompanying the rise of the Ku Klux Klan at the turn of the century. In 1919, the NAACP adopted the song as "The Negro National Anthem." By the 1920s, copies of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" could be found in black churches across the country, often pasted into the hymnals.

Wingers may go nuts, but by going nuts are showing their ignorance. They should be mocked, disdained, educated and so forth, but not obliged.

There is nothing wrong with this song. This isn't black nationalism, this is American black history. Anyone saying otherwise might as well don the white hood and be done with it.

Fight the Smears!

by Lettuce on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 11:16:21 PM EST
[ Parent ]

seems (2.00 / 1)

like that whole site is about "shock and awe". I don't know why any legit advertiser would let their ads run on that site.

Washington Woman
theocracywatch.org
EENR Blog

by kevin22262 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:19:53 PM EST

Re: seems (none / 0)

I'm thinking that it is through some ad service... not Microsoft et al directly.

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:38:45 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: seems (2.00 / 1)

they need to know where it is going, I am pretty sure no M/S person would let that "service" connect them with that crap-fest

by zerosumgame on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:31:25 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: seems (2.00 / 1)

well.. I told their rapid response team.

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:44:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: seems (2.00 / 1)

probably some red faces there tonight :)

by zerosumgame on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:45:53 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I need to leave (none / 0)

but I had to ask. Are you at MS? In Redmond? Contractor or "Blue Badge"?

Sorry for being so nosey. :)

Washington Woman
theocracywatch.org
EENR Blog

by kevin22262 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:51:27 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I need to leave (none / 0)

newp.. press

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 11:01:11 PM EST
[ Parent ]

OMFG. (2.00 / 6)

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
Elie Weisel

"Me Fail English? That's Unpossible." Ralph Wiggum

by canadian gal on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:25:15 PM EST

It's Drudge's News Source of Choice (2.00 / 1)

Drudge routinely links to them because they are supposedly unbiased, unlike the AP and Reuters.

If we could drag this out in the open, it might end the perception that they are as legitimate a news feed.

I attended PUMACon '08!!!

by iohs2008 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:36:01 PM EST

Re: It's Drudge's News Source of Choice (2.00 / 2)

they are very selective about what wire stories that they carry and what videos they post. Breitbart is also funded by a right winger.

Their staff actually APPROVED those comments.

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:39:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Disturbingly Intense Racism at Breitbart.com (2.00 / 4)

Good God. I know these people exist but getting them all together like that is really horrifying. Couldn't somebody just decorate the site with burning crosses and white sheets.

Let it come out. Let the bright light of day shine on those things that run into cracks and crevises when the dark is lifted.

"And I scream at the top of my lungs, what's going on?"

by Hollede on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 09:53:09 PM EST

No different (1.22 / 9)

than NoQuarter.

We have xenophobic, racist NoQuarter scum posting filth here and the admins don't do shit.

by Is This Snark on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:19:07 PM EST

Re: No different (2.00 / 6)

Bullshit. There has never been a thread here that comes even close to what is being said on that thread. Making stupid accusations like that just plays into the division.

by Scotch on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:31:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: No different (2.00 / 4)

wow.. I did not expect defenders here. thanks for being reasonable.

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:43:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I do not (2.00 / 2)

like or visit NQ but this comment is BS.

Washington Woman
theocracywatch.org
EENR Blog

by kevin22262 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 10:38:37 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I do not (none / 0)

really how so?

by Is This Snark on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 11:00:42 PM EST
[ Parent ]