Retro Rant #1

I haven't posted here in a while. Mainly because I dont have a computer at the moment. (I am writing this at work.) So, I have a new blog I wanna write soon. But, since I don't have the time or equipment I thought of posting some older blogs I have and calling them Retro Rants. Here is the first. It is in a similar vein to the new one I wanna write. Read and enjoy(most of you probably already have). I'll post again soon.

-DJ

From Sunday, April 27, 2008:

A few weeks ago I was on the cross valley going to Edwardsville. I took the Luzerne exit and as I stopped at the red light I glanced over at the railing on the bridge across from my stopped car and to my disgust I saw a white sheet with black letters spray painted on it. Those letters read "Preserve Our Heritage" and had a web address I refuse to mention here...
There was some press coverage of the banners (1 was hung on Market Street as well).
After the initial banner hanging Michelle and myself were disgusted. I went to remove the banner myself but was beaten to it... While Michelle got on the phone and reached out to the president of the Wilkes-Barre branch of the NAACP...
We were thanked for our involvement and asked if we would be ok with speaking to the police or local papers about the incident...Of course we were. We would gladly speak out against these racist assholes (even if it means making ourselves targets)...
Nothing has come from that. No interviews. No Rally. No police reports. No problems. It got its media attention and brought about debates on the validity of the banners... Some people questioned the intent... Some felt they weren't racist. Some did...
I was disgusted but done.... Banners were hung then taken down and the media got involved and it was over... The racist fucks faded into the background... They went back to fucking their cousins and having barn parties and lowering the average IQ of America.
Then today....
I had left Dougs after a workout with kettle bells (one hell of a workout in my opinion). Once again upon taking the Luzerne exit saw a similar banner hung in the same place. New message same website I refuse to mention...
It read "Take Back Our Streets". To me that is a more violent message than the previous. I can already imagine how they will spin this one. "We mean take it back from drug dealers and gangs, from the violence and the junkies" but that's not what they really mean. That is just spin to make them seem nobler then they actually are.
As much as they want to claim innocence in their flyers and banners. How they claim the messages aren't racist, just proud... I and hopefully you all know that that is a huge load of horseshit...
They don't claim to be racist they use the term "White Pride". If their message was so good. If they felt so proud of the message and the propaganda then why don't they step up to it? Why not put names to the vandalism... Why, on the website they so proudly display, do they blur the faces of their members...? If so proud of what you have to say why not step up and take credit. Why deny it when the hammer falls... Why distance yourself from the people who get caught doing the things you tell them to do. Where is the PRIDE in your actions?
While driving I called some people and went home to get a knife to cut down the banner... Michelle once again called the NAACP and the paper will be notified...
The banner was taken down by the time I returned a mere 10 minutes later... Hopefully somebody who feels the way I do took it down with the same disgust I would have... Or better yet hopefully the police have it and are gonna keep an eye out for these heathens.
I am angry, disgusted, enraged, and ready to speak out and ready to fight for what I believe. And I will put my face out there with my beliefs...
I want to stop these dumb fucks from ruining shows and polluting the streets of our towns and polluting the minds of the kids of our towns that don't know any better and walk past these signs and think the "passive" message on the banners sounds good to them. Stop those kids from being sucked into a world of intolerance and ignorance... Bring intelligence back to our streets. Bring education back to our towns...
If you see a banner or flyer around stand up. Call the cops or E-mail organizations like the NAACP. Tear them down and destroy them. Don't stand by as these oxygen thiefs deface our towns..
Most importantly don' sit back and just you are anti-racism. Do something. Look for rallies. Stand up for yourself and the others.
Anybody can preach. It takes something to make a stand.
Finally,
In a weird twist I say we follow what the most recent banner says... I agree we should take back our streets.
We should take back our streets in the name of TOLERANCE!