The attack on the USDA's former Georgia director of Rural Development, Ms. Shirley Sherrod, by conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is the most recent example of the dangers that come from reactionary sound-bite politics being put in the context of race.
Breitbart does not take responsibility for releasing the video clip, but he blames the media for blowing the situation out of proportion. Additionally, he admitted that he did not see the full tape until this week after he had placed the editing edited clips on the Internet.
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I just love this ‘penned’ phrase: “…reactionary sound-bite politics…” This isn’t to get political on anyone, but isn’t what this gentleman did to Ms. Sherrod, the same treatment given to Michael by the media? They took any ‘little’ thing he said or did & blew it out of proportion; removed things from its original context & added their two-cents to encourage a negative perception. Isn’t this what Bashir did??! He couldn’t destroy Michael’s soul, so instead, he set out to destroy Michael’s heart. His ‘sound-bite’ game cost MJ his life.
But, Michael continued to love, anyway!
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