Few figures in modern America are as hateful and dangerous as Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam professes to be a savior anointed by God to carry out his mission. There was no better illustration of his fundamental dishonesty, hatred, and demagoguery than what he displaced addressing approximately 20,000 of his followers on Sunday in Chicago. The rambling 3 ½ hour speech was in honor of “Saviours Day,” a Nation of Islam holiday.
Among other things, the crazed black bigot claimed included that he was taken aboard a wheel-shaped UFO in 1985 and the aliens programmed him with the ability to see the future. The Nation of Islam leader even went on to describe the spaceship which contains 1,500 airplanes each equipped with three bombs and "angels on that human-built planet can build a wall out of air ... wall America in and start a fire."
Strike up the “Twilight Zone” music! He also claimed that the massive earthquakes that hit Chile on Saturday were God’s divine precursor to his speech.
His speech included charges the “white right” was not only trying to make Obama a single term President but further charged: “The white right is trying to set Barack up to be assassinated."
He then went for his most hated target, Jews, claiming that Obama’s political problems began when he stood up to the Zionist lobby, but it got worse from there.
His zealous anti-Semitism were also on clear display with contentions such as “The Zionists are in control of Congress” who awarded “the bloodsuckers of the poor” a bailout.
He urged Obama to support Farrakhan’s cause noting, “"Your people are suffering. You can't ease their plight, but you can use your bully pulpit. Speak for the poor. Speak for the weak." He also compelled Obama not to attack Iran, and even to restore corrupt Haitian deposed leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide to be restored to power.
For good measure, Farrakhan could not lay off on old favorite topic reminding his audience that 9/11 was “an inside thing.”
As part of his hours of ranting and raving, Louis Farrakhan assured his audience, “I am the light in the midst of darkness.”
From what little press is available from reputable sources, it doesn’t look as though Farrakhan is covering any new ground but simply reinforcing the insanity and hatred he has crafted into his mission’s message.
That someone with a longstanding national reputation as the ultimate racial and ethnic demagogue can draw a crowd of 20,000, about the size of a typical large basketball game audience, make such outrageous claims and stir up the kind of hatred he preached, it’s hard to imagine why such conduct is brushed under and not getting much mainstream media attention.
There are hardcore questions about the relationship between President Barack Obama and Farrakhan’s movement. While there is no evidence of any on-going relationship between the two men and as Obama’s political ambitions have risen he has distanced himself from Nation of Islam, there is a long litany of association between Obama’s inner circle and the radical Chicago based, Farrakhan. Both Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor, and Farrakhan mine from similar audiences. Wright awarded Farrakhan a lifetime achievement award.
There is no more dangerous voice able to draw huge audiences in politics and religion than Louis Farrakhan. He is a liar and hater of the highest order whose proclamations are as detached from reality as much as they bristle with hatred. Among his biggest accomplishments was staging the Million Man March in Washington, DC which of course drew almost assuredly far considerably than a million marchers on October 16, 1995. The National Park Service estimated to crowd to be in the 400,000 range while ABC news put the figure at twice that.
How deep Farrakhan’s message reaches and how many citizens actually believe or support his nonsense is hard to determine. It should be noted the Nation of Islam is not part of the Muslim faith, but rather its own hybrid organization founded on the notion of Black superiority having attempted to rewrite history to reflect this view.
The United States of America has a long way to go before anyone can claim ours is a post racial society. The right minded citizen must concede there is significant racial hatred of both white and black origins still thriving today. Some of the more subtle and subliminal forms of bigotry such as the oft held low expectations of black students so prevalent in public education will be difficult to eradicate without much hard work. What is important is that the discussion is out in the open an honest. The media and responsible citizens must reveal the full extent of what figures like Louis Farrakhan represent and likewise be honest that not make front page news out of isolated instances where some sickos might display a noose to threaten black citizens unless it truly represents broader problems within a community. Sadly, it seems more effort is devoted to self-righteous alarm each time someone utters the “N” word than revealing the core racial divides which continue in our day-to-day lives.
While condemning Farrakhan in the strongest terms is an important task, so is flushing out issues of race for an honest far-reaching discussion that seeks to eliminate racial distinctions that continue to divide us as a culture.
Among other things, the crazed black bigot claimed included that he was taken aboard a wheel-shaped UFO in 1985 and the aliens programmed him with the ability to see the future. The Nation of Islam leader even went on to describe the spaceship which contains 1,500 airplanes each equipped with three bombs and "angels on that human-built planet can build a wall out of air ... wall America in and start a fire."
Strike up the “Twilight Zone” music! He also claimed that the massive earthquakes that hit Chile on Saturday were God’s divine precursor to his speech.
His speech included charges the “white right” was not only trying to make Obama a single term President but further charged: “The white right is trying to set Barack up to be assassinated."
He then went for his most hated target, Jews, claiming that Obama’s political problems began when he stood up to the Zionist lobby, but it got worse from there.
His zealous anti-Semitism were also on clear display with contentions such as “The Zionists are in control of Congress” who awarded “the bloodsuckers of the poor” a bailout.
He urged Obama to support Farrakhan’s cause noting, “"Your people are suffering. You can't ease their plight, but you can use your bully pulpit. Speak for the poor. Speak for the weak." He also compelled Obama not to attack Iran, and even to restore corrupt Haitian deposed leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide to be restored to power.
For good measure, Farrakhan could not lay off on old favorite topic reminding his audience that 9/11 was “an inside thing.”
As part of his hours of ranting and raving, Louis Farrakhan assured his audience, “I am the light in the midst of darkness.”
From what little press is available from reputable sources, it doesn’t look as though Farrakhan is covering any new ground but simply reinforcing the insanity and hatred he has crafted into his mission’s message.
That someone with a longstanding national reputation as the ultimate racial and ethnic demagogue can draw a crowd of 20,000, about the size of a typical large basketball game audience, make such outrageous claims and stir up the kind of hatred he preached, it’s hard to imagine why such conduct is brushed under and not getting much mainstream media attention.
There are hardcore questions about the relationship between President Barack Obama and Farrakhan’s movement. While there is no evidence of any on-going relationship between the two men and as Obama’s political ambitions have risen he has distanced himself from Nation of Islam, there is a long litany of association between Obama’s inner circle and the radical Chicago based, Farrakhan. Both Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor, and Farrakhan mine from similar audiences. Wright awarded Farrakhan a lifetime achievement award.
There is no more dangerous voice able to draw huge audiences in politics and religion than Louis Farrakhan. He is a liar and hater of the highest order whose proclamations are as detached from reality as much as they bristle with hatred. Among his biggest accomplishments was staging the Million Man March in Washington, DC which of course drew almost assuredly far considerably than a million marchers on October 16, 1995. The National Park Service estimated to crowd to be in the 400,000 range while ABC news put the figure at twice that.
How deep Farrakhan’s message reaches and how many citizens actually believe or support his nonsense is hard to determine. It should be noted the Nation of Islam is not part of the Muslim faith, but rather its own hybrid organization founded on the notion of Black superiority having attempted to rewrite history to reflect this view.
The United States of America has a long way to go before anyone can claim ours is a post racial society. The right minded citizen must concede there is significant racial hatred of both white and black origins still thriving today. Some of the more subtle and subliminal forms of bigotry such as the oft held low expectations of black students so prevalent in public education will be difficult to eradicate without much hard work. What is important is that the discussion is out in the open an honest. The media and responsible citizens must reveal the full extent of what figures like Louis Farrakhan represent and likewise be honest that not make front page news out of isolated instances where some sickos might display a noose to threaten black citizens unless it truly represents broader problems within a community. Sadly, it seems more effort is devoted to self-righteous alarm each time someone utters the “N” word than revealing the core racial divides which continue in our day-to-day lives.
While condemning Farrakhan in the strongest terms is an important task, so is flushing out issues of race for an honest far-reaching discussion that seeks to eliminate racial distinctions that continue to divide us as a culture.
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