Jesse Jackson gets heckled
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? /Chicago Tribune/: Protesters use bullhorns to give Jackson an earful
/Small groups of seemingly organized hecklers disrupted a “jobs,
education and justice” rally at Federal Plaza sponsored by the
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on Tuesday afternoon.
Although the hecklers chastised various speakers and political
candidates, they targeted most of their wrath at Rev. Jesse Jackson,
founder of Rainbow/PUSH.
As Jackson tried to elicit chants of peace and justice from the
crowd of about 100 people, the hecklers drowned him out, bellowing
into bullhorns. Most of the hecklers were black men in their 20s who
said they couldn’t find a job and blamed Jackson, at least in part,
for their plight.
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A have no sympathy for Jackson. Sending “seemingly organized” groups to
protest against businesses, which he then hits up for donations, has
been a tactic of his for years. Now it’s Jackson’s turn in the stocks. I
hope these guys follow him /everywhere/ and give him the same treatment
he is willing to give anyone who doesn’t kiss his ring.
And, these protestors are /right/. Jackson has done nothing except get
his name in the papers and bully businesses into giving his organization
donations and giving his family special perks.
Yet he is treated as an elder statesman by the press. I cannot
understand why.
If you ask me, Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and their ilk have a vested
interest in keeping black people poor, ignorant and in need of their
intervention for the crumbs they hand out. Which is exactly the way most
liberals view black people: Permanently unable to compete against white
people and in need their assistance.
