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Have you ever seen such a mess in your life as this twitter stuff going on between the Crump supporters and the Pate supporters. It will make one dizzy if you read those twitters very long.
I had never read any of them until the last few days.!!![]( "source: imgur.com")
What to make of it? What’s it really about? Calling one side race baiters and the other side racists.
Other than the well known race baiter, Al Sharpton, I don’t see anyone else in that category. Well, Jesse Jackson, Sr., but he seems to be ill or something these days – you know – not quite right.
These twitter wars seem to be all about Crump and Pate. It seems they have very different views and opinions on every thing. I mean everything.
Each are coming from their own lives and experiences and sometime I agree with both of them..
It seems the problem began when Pate began blogging about the racially charged cases. Let me say this… I do not believe for one second Pate is a a racist or are any of her supporters racist.
Are there some true racists lurking around – sure, just like there are some true race baiters lurking around.
I believe Pate does not like the way the racial cases in the news are handled and represented. She believes the spin is dishonest… and it often is. She believes Crump is dishonest and Crump believes he is doing his best to draw attention to a problem – too many young black men being killed by police.
It is a problem, which needs to be addressed correctly and not glamorized by the media. It needs to be an honest representation of what happened and why. Too many young black men are being murdered and our society needs to figure it out and get it stopped… but I agree with Pate…. it needs to be done honestly.
I believe it is Crump’s mission to get them in the news and get as much mileage as he can out of them. You can’t blame him for that.
Just as Pate is an excellent researcher blogger — Crump is excellent at what he does and that is to get the story and the parent’s in front of the camera and try to explain their pain and loss.
Crump is becoming a master of the spin and by that I mean he made Trayvon Martin’s parent’s look like a “family” on tv and he got the Brown family in front of the tv and by the second appearance Brown Sr. acted like he had some manners and acted like a gentleman to Mike Jr.’s mother, Leslie McSpadden. They became presentable and I give Crump credit for that.
I give Pate credit for calling out the misrepresentations in the media and that needs to be done. Pate is not racist — she just doesn’t like the spin the media puts on it. A lot of people don’t.
Both, Crump and Pate are doing what they think is right. Both represent themselves, the lives they have lived, life experiences, etc….
Both are doing what they do best… and just as I would not want Mr. Crump silenced on twitter or in the media… I don’t think Pate should have been silenced on twitter.
Give her back her voice on twitter, let us all come to an understanding that she and Crump both are doing what they do best and celebrate they both have the freedom to do that.
As far as the satire picture of Crump – what was wrong with it? I thought it was flattering. Anyone who can have that many things going on at the same time and keep walking has to be doing something right.
That’s my opinion. Other were outraged and others were rolling in gleeful laughter.
It’s all opinion and that’ all it is. Everyone needs to calm down!
