http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/05/20/stop-snitching/ Intellectual discussions on pressing issues Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/05/20/stop-snitching/#comment-3158 albatross Sun, 20 May 2007 22:47:35 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/05/20/stop-snitching/#comment-3158 You know, this is what I love about Bush. Despite the subtle bias of low expectations, he manages to surprise me every month or two with some tidbit like this. You know, this is what I love about Bush. Despite the subtle bias of low expectations, he manages to surprise me every month or two with some tidbit like this.

]]> http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/05/20/stop-snitching/#comment-3157 BronzeTrinity Sun, 20 May 2007 21:26:39 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/05/20/stop-snitching/#comment-3157 That is really scary. I guess we all know (if we didn't already) who the government is out to protect... That is really scary. I guess we all know (if we didn’t already) who the government is out to protect…

]]> http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/05/20/stop-snitching/#comment-3151 Submariner Sun, 20 May 2007 17:23:33 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/05/20/stop-snitching/#comment-3151 Dr. Spence, thanks for the post and link to Project Censored. In his introduction to The Crisis of the Old Order, Arthur Sclesinger, Jr. wrote "The great strength of democracy lies in its capacity for self correction." And most recently Eddie Glaude has written "Our democratic way of life is by no means guaranteed, nor is it perfect." I congratulate you and others in the black blogosphere, in particular, for taking it upon yourselves to challenge us to examine our nation and our place in it. This sort of truth telling is not recreated in any other public forum. Recently the Atlantic Monthly and 60 Minutes did stories about 'stop snitching' as it relates to low income, crime infested black communities. But neither of them attempted to make connections to activities by government and private corporations to monitor and sanction employees who reveal unflattering information that nevertheless advance the public interest. Dr. Spence, thanks for the post and link to Project Censored. In his introduction to The Crisis of the Old Order, Arthur Sclesinger, Jr. wrote “The great strength of democracy lies in its capacity for self correction.” And most recently Eddie Glaude has written “Our democratic way of life is by no means guaranteed, nor is it perfect.” I congratulate you and others in the black blogosphere, in particular, for taking it upon yourselves to challenge us to examine our nation and our place in it.
This sort of truth telling is not recreated in any other public forum. Recently the Atlantic Monthly and 60 Minutes did stories about ’stop snitching’ as it relates to low income, crime infested black communities. But neither of them attempted to make connections to activities by government and private corporations to monitor and sanction employees who reveal unflattering information that nevertheless advance the public interest.

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