If there is one thing that we know for certain when
it comes to those on the left, it’s usually only by accident that we find out
how it is that they may feel about any particular issue. You see, they are always quite careful in the
guarding of their secrets, fore if their true feelings were to ever become
common knowledge they would very quickly be revealed for the frauds that they
truly are and have always been. Because
while they may profess to be the guardians of the down trodden and the
guarantor of fairness for all, every once and a while they lower their guard, letting
it slip what they’re really up to. We
must be watchful for such occasions.
Which brings me to former New York City Mayor,
Michael Bloomberg, who has been quite desperate of late trying to block
dissemination of certain comments that he made about gun violence and
minorities during a Feb. 5 Aspen Institute appearance. Comments that have been characterized by some
as being rather "race-oriented" and that if uttered by anyone on the
right would have very quickly drawn the wrath of the usual suspects such as Al Sharpton,
Jesse Jackson or perhaps even Barry ‘Almighty’.
As it is, some conservative pro-gun groups have labeled Bloomberg's
comments as "racist" and challenged his assertion that most murders
involved minorities.
What has attracted all of the unwanted attention is the
fact that Bloomberg apparently told an audience of around 400 in Aspen, that stopping
minority-on-minority gun violence was essential to save lives and reduce
crime. While going so far to predict
that his remarks would be interpreted as "controversial," Bloomberg went
on to say that "95 percent" of murderers and murder victims were
minorities. He then said, "They are
male, minorities, 15 to 25. That's true in New York, it's true in virtually
every city in America.” As is usually
the case with those of his particular political persuasion, numbers are only something
to be manipulated.
The billionaire former mayor is spending millions of
dollars campaigning for tighter gun control laws at the state level partly
through his ‘Everytown for America’ group.
He said, "You've got to get the guns out of the hands of the people
getting killed." He added, "First
thing you can do to help that group is to keep them alive." He said minority youngsters "think
they're getting killed anyways because all of their friends are getting killed.
So they just don't have any long-term focus or anything. It's a joke to have a
gun, it's a joke to pull the trigger."
Now I’m no highly educated billionaire, but it would seem he’s coming at
this issue from somewhat of the wrong direction.
He tied the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy under his
administration to a determination to save minority lives. He said, "So one of the unintended
consequences is, people say 'Oh, my God you are arresting kids for marijuana
that are all minorities.'" And he
added, "Yes, that's true. Why? Because
we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods. Yes that's true, why do we
do it? Because that's where all the
crime is. And the first thing you can do
for people is to stop them getting killed." Most murderers and their victims in New York
City were either black or of Hispanic heritage, according to 2013 NYPD data.
I suppose it should come as no surprise that after Bloomberg
chose to make very plain how it is that he feels about such thing as gun and
minorities, that he would then ask the Aspen Institute not to make footage of
his remarks available for general consumption.
That’s how those on the left operate.
And it should also come as no surprise that the institute and the
organization that filmed the appearance agreed to honor his request. Jim Spiegelman, a spokesman for the institute,
said "He did not give a reason nor did we have any reason to ask for one.
We often feature speakers who prefer that their presentations not be
videotaped."
If we can be as honest as was Mr. Bloomberg in his
recent moment of candor, there was really very little in what he said that
wasn’t true. Now I while am far from
certain when it comes to the accuracy of the numbers which he quoted, that most
of the total murders in this country involve minorities, there is little doubt
that most murders which occur in the black community do come at the hand of
other blacks. But even he can’t be
foolish enough to think that limiting access to guns by law abiding citizens,
of any color, will do much to accomplish his stated goal. In reality such comments are nothing but a
ploy in his attempt to accomplish something much bigger.
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