Ufulu sunasonyeze manyazi pakuchita kwawo mosalekeza pamutu wandale wa Jones. Ali ndi zopangidwa kuchokera ku nsalu zonse zambiri za moyo wake, kumutcha kuti ndi wolakwa komanso woyambitsa 1992
Iwo apotoza mbali zina zakale za Jones, kutanthauza kuti nthawi yake yaying'ono ndi gulu la pseudo-Maoist imamupangitsa kukhala chikominisi chachinsinsi mu mtima wa boma, ngakhale kuti adasiyana posachedwapa ndi magulu otere ndi filosofi, pofuna kudzipereka ku chilengedwe- ochezeka, okhazikika capitalism. Amamutcha kuti ndi wokonda dziko lakuda, zomwe amavomereza kuti analipo kwa mphindi imodzi yandale ali wachinyamata, ndipo adanena kuti ndi "woona" (yemwe amakhulupirira kuti George W. Bush adayambitsa ziwonetsero za 9/11 ngati "ntchito yamkati." "). Ponena za mlandu womalizawu, umboni wawo uli ndi siginecha ya Jones pa pempho, lomwe poyambirira linkafuna kuti anthu amve zambiri zanzeru za pre-9/11 zomwe zidapezeka kwa oyang'anira akale, koma zomwe zidasinthidwa pambuyo pake kuti ziwonetsere chiwembu cha omwe adazipanga. . Jones, ndi anthu ena ambiri amene amakana zachabechabe za anthu oona mtima, ananyengedwa kuti asayine ndipo anadabwa kwambiri ndi zimene apezazo. Koma palibe chomwe chimakhudza kumanja. Chifukwa pambuyo pa zonse, palibe chomwe chinali cholinga.
Izi sizokhudza anthu opezeka ndi milandu. Ufulu umakonda olakwa olakwa, malinga ngati mayina awo ndi Oliver North ndi G. Gordon Liddy. Oyamba mwa awa (omwe zikhulupiriro zawo pamapeto pake zidasiyidwa paukadaulo) adathandizira kuwongolera nkhondo yosaloledwa kuchokera ku Reagan White House, yomwe idapha miyoyo ya anthu masauzande aku Nicaragua osalakwa. Ndipo womalizayo adathandizira kukonzekera kuphwanya kwa Watergate, kumalimbikitsa kuphedwa kwa ndale panthawi yake ku Nixon White House, ngakhalenso. analangiza anthu za momwe angaphedwe ndi mabungwe a federal zaka zingapo zapitazo, kuchokera pawailesi yake yotchedwa perch ("kuwombera mutu" adabangula). Koma palibe aliyense wa mabwenzi ake kumanja amene anaganizapo kuti nkhani zoterozo zimulepheretse kukhala wotumbululuka, kapena kuyenera kuchititsa kuti asakhale chete.
Izi sizokhudza kukhala ndi mbiri yomangidwa. Kupatula apo, pali anthu ambiri odana ndi kuchotsa mimba omwe ali ndi zolemba zomangidwa, zokokedwa ndikumasulidwa pambuyo poletsa kupita kuzipatala zakulera. Koma Glenn Beck samawapanga kukhala adani amtundu wani. Komanso iye, kapena mnzake wa ndale, sangayesetse kuletsa anthu otere kuti asakhale ndi maudindo mu utsogoleri wa Purezidenti. Zowonadi, iwo angawone mbiri yotere kukhala chiyeneretso chenicheni cha maudindo apamwamba.
Izi sizokhudza kukhulupirira nthanthi zachiwembu. Ayi ndithu. Beck mwa anthu onse sangatsutse aliyense chifukwa cha izi-ngakhale Jones atalembetsa kuzinthu zotere, zomwe satero-pakuti ndi iye amene amakhulupirira, mwa zina zomwe Obama akukonzekera pagulu lovomerezeka lachitetezo cha anthu, lomwe lidzakhala ngati SS ya Hitler, kuti Obama "amadana ndi azungu" ndipo "ali ndi chidani chachikulu pa chikhalidwe cha azungu," kuti Obama akukankhira chithandizo chamankhwala ngati njira yopezera malipiro kwa anthu akuda, komanso kuti mwachinsinsi akufuna kusokoneza chuma kuti akakamize aliyense kugwira ntchito. za ACORN. Ndi Beck yemwe ali m'gulu la mawu otsogola akuwonetsa kuti zomwe Purezidenti akubwera kwa ana asukulu-momwe adzawachonderera kuti aphunzire molimbika-ndikufuna kuwaphunzitsa kukhala mtundu watsopano wa Hitler Youth. Ayi, anthu awa amakonda kukankhira ziphunzitso zopanda pake za chiwembu. Ndi mkate wawo ndi batala. Ndizo zonse zomwe ali nazo, makamaka.
Izi sizirinso za ndemanga za Jones m'mawu, omwe adaperekedwa asanakhale mbali ya kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake, ndi chifukwa chake anthu a Republican amachitira zinthu chifukwa ndi okonzeka kukhala "abulu," pamene ambiri a Democrats, kuphatikizapo Obama, sali '. t. Okonda kusamala samasamala zolankhula zotere. Iwo ankakonda pamene Dick Cheney adanena pita "kudzibweza" kwa Senator Patrick Leahy mu 2004. Osanenapo, omenyera ufulu amalankhula zinthu zokhumudwitsa kwambiri kuposa izi, nthawi zonse, koma amakhalabe pabwino, ndipo samatsutsidwa konse ndi anzawo. Choipa kwambiri: Jones akutcha a Republican assholes, kapena Rush Limbaugh kunena kuti omasuka ambiri ayenera kuphedwa, koma kuti "tisiye zokwanira kuti tikhale ndi awiri pa sukulu iliyonse - zokwiriridwa zakale - kotero sitidzaiwala zomwe anthuwa ankaimira?" **
Choipa kwambiri, mawu a Jones abululu, kapena Anne Coulter akunena, pakati pa zingwe zambiri za syllable zomwe zatsika pamilomo yake, kuti chinthu chokhacho chomwe Tim McVeigh adalakwitsa chinali kusankha kuphulitsa
Izi sizokhudza socialism, monga Jones si socialist. O zedi, amalumikizana ndi ena, ndipo atha kukhalabe abwenzi ndi angapo mpaka lero. Ndiye chiyani? Martin Luther King Jr. anagwirizana ndi Socialists ndi communist chifukwa iwo anachirikiza kulimbana kwa ufulu wa anthu ndi gulu la ufulu wa anthu wakuda pa nthawi yomwe odana ndi chikominisi ankhanza anali patsogolo pa kuyesa kusunga ulamuliro wa azungu. Ndiko kunena kuti Socialists ndi Chikomyunizimu anali kumanja, ndipo ofiira nyambo anali pa yolakwika. Zomwe zidali zowonanso pakumenyera sabata lantchito ya maola 40, tsiku la maola 8, kutha kwa ntchito za ana, ufulu wa amayi ovota, ndikupita kwina kulikonse kwa ufulu ndi chilungamo m'dziko lino pazaka 100 zapitazi. . Koma ndithudi, Glenn Beck anafotokoza pa wailesi yapitayi July 4th kuti "amadana ndi zaka 100 zapitazi za mbiri yakale ya America," kotero ndikuganiza tikudziwa mbali yomwe akanakhala pa nkhondo zonsezo.
Tinene momveka bwino, izi ndi za chinthu chimodzi chokha: kuyesa kwa ufulu wogwiritsa ntchito mantha okhudzana ndi zankhondo zakuda. Ndi njira yomweyi yomwe adayesa ndi Rev. Jeremiah Wright mu 2008. Sanayang'anire zomwe Wright adafotokoza-zomwe zinali zamphamvu kwambiri kuposa momwe angafune kuvomereza- komanso samalimbana ndi malingaliro a Jones (ndi zokayikitsa kuti Beck adawerengapo buku logulitsidwa kwambiri la Jones, mwachitsanzo). M'malo mwake, amawonetsa caricature, munthu wonyezimira wakhungu lakuda, scowl nthawi zina, ndi malingaliro. Wokwiya, wokangana, "uppity," komanso pafupi kwambiri ndi Purezidenti. Zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Wright=Obama=Jones=Malcolm X. Ndi trope ufulu wakhala banki kwa zaka: kugwiritsa ntchito memes mitundu ndi zizindikiro kuopseza Jim ndi Susie Suburb. Ikani nkhope yaukali wakuda kunja uko ndikuwona odzipereka anu akuyankha ngati galu wa Pavlov.
Ndichinthu chomwe ndinachiwona koyamba mu 1992. Mkazi yemwe ndinali naye pachibwenzi panthawiyo anali wokonza zamkati ndipo adapeza kontrakiti yokongoletsa malo ochezera a VIP ku Houston Astrodome ya GOP National Convention. Ndinauona ngati mwayi wabwino kwambiri wofufuza adani, choncho ndinabisala mozungulira matebulo a mabuku ndi kujambula zithunzi zojambulidwa kuchokera pa jumbotroni kupita kwa osonkhana omwe anasonkhana. Madzulo ena, tinafika holo yaikulu isanatsegulidwe kwa nthumwizo, ndipo pamene ndinayangโana mโmwamba pa zowonekera pamwamba pa pansi, ndinawona chithunzi chimene chikanakhalapo kuwalonjera pamene iwo analoลตa pambuyo pa theka la ola pambuyo pake: chachikulu, Chithunzi chojambulidwa cha wojambula wa hip-hop Ice-T, yemwe gulu lake loimba lothamanga la Bodycount linali litalowa m'mavuto posachedwa chifukwa cha nyimbo yawo, "Cop Killer." A Republican ankafuna kuti nthumwi zawo zidziwe kuti mdaniyo ndi ndani. Osati kokha Ice-T, koma aliyense amene amamvetsera nyimbo zake, aliyense amene ankawoneka ngati iye.
Ndipo izi ndi zomwe kuukira kwa Van Jones kumakhudza: kugwiritsa ntchito mantha oyera ndi nkhawa. Nkhawa za Purezidenti wakuda, nkhawa zokhudzana ndi zachuma (zomwe akuyesera kuziimba mlandu Purezidenti wakuda ngakhale kuti zinali bwino asanabwere), nkhawa zokhudzana ndi kusintha kwa chiwerengero cha anthu m'dzikolo (omwe akuyesera kuti awononge Purezidenti wakuda). amadzutsa mantha awo ndi mkwiyo wawo chifukwa cha kusamuka), nkhawa za chikhalidwe chodziwika bwino chomwe zithunzi zake zimacheperachepera monga momwe zaka zikupita. Ndipo kotero iwo amasewera chifaniziro cha munthu wakuda wakuda, kutembenuza akuluakulu a boma kukhala "Green Jobs Czar," (nthawi yotsiriza yomwe adafuna kuti ikhale yachikomyunizimu, ngakhale kuti mafumu aku Russia analidi. nkhumba zachifumu zomwe zinatayidwa kunja ndi kumanzere kwa Russia, mbiri yaying'ono yomwe ilibe kanthu kwa anthu osaphunzira ndithu), ndikumupanga kukhala munthu woipa yemwe akuyendetsa kayendetsedwe ka Obama kuchokera kumbuyo.
Ayi sichoncho okha za mtundu. Koma ngati mukuganiza kuti zangochitika mwangozi kuti ufuluwo wafuna kuti a Jones akhale nkhani yotere - m'malo mwa akuluakulu ena aboma omwe akuwopseza kuti "awulule" (awiri mwa iwo ndi oyera) - ndiye kuti simunakhalepo. kulabadira ndale za Republican ndi Conservative kwazaka makumi anayi zapitazi. Izi ndi zomwe amachita. Ndi chinenero chokha chimene iwo amalankhula, osachepera bwino. Ichi ndichifukwa chake pamene John McCainโchifukwa cha mbiri yakeโanayesa kuchoka pa njira imeneyi pangโono, ndipo anakana kukankhira mutu wa Jeremiah Wright pa nthawi ya kampeni yachisankho chachikulu, ambiri omwe anali kumanja sanamudzudzule. Iwo sankafuna kuti iye alankhule za Bill Ayers: iwo ankafuna kuti iye alankhule za Wright. Ngakhale Ayers anali yemwe anali ndi mbiri yaupandu komanso maulalo a ziwawa zandale, pomwe Wright anali msirikali wakale wankhondo komanso mlaliki yemwe anali ndi mbiri yodziwika bwino ya zopereka zapagulu. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa iwo ankadziwa kuti Wright adzakhala chithunzi chabwino. Kulumikiza Obama ku white radical ndi chinthu chimodzi. Koma kumugwirizanitsa ndi a chakuda imodzi? O, zabwino kwambiri. Ichi ndichifukwa chake, nthawi yomweyo, adapitiliza kukankhira kugwirizana komwe kunalipo kwa Van Jones ndi
Izi ndi, zikuwoneka, ndondomeko ya ndale yomwe ikubwera ya Republican Party, ndipo ndithudi mapiko ake akumanja: gulu lomwe lasankha, mwachiwonekere, kuti lipite monga chipani cha azungu okwiya (ndi anthu ochepa amitundu omwe akufuna kutero. yang'anani mopitilira mpikisano wawo wosalekeza). Azungulira ngolo, onse adangosiya kufikira ovota akuda ndi abulauni, ndipo akuyika zoyera zawo zonse.
Ndipo zonse zomwe akunena za Van Jones ndi zomwe anthu ngati iwo adanena za atsogoleri a ufulu wa anthu mu 50s ndi 60s: za Dr. King ndi Ralph Abernathy, ndi John Lewis, ndi Fannie Lou Hamer. Iwo anali achikomyunizimu, ndi osintha zinthu, ndipo anali owopsa kwa Republic. Musalakwitse, akadakhala achikulire mokwanira m'masiku amenewo, Beck ndi gulu lililonse lamasiku ano akadayima ndi osankhana mitundu, ndi anthu ankhanza, ndi magulu omwe amawotcha mabasi onyamula okwera paufulu. Iwo akanayima ndi apolisi mkati
(**) Mawu amenewa, amene amapezeka mโbuku la David Neiwert The Eliminationists idanenedwa koyamba mu Denver Post, December 29, 1995.
Tim Wise ndi mlembi wa mabuku anayi onena za mtundu. Zake zaposachedwa ndi Pakati pa Barack ndi Malo Ovuta: Tsankho ndi Kukana Koyera M'nthawi ya Obama ( Kuwala kwa Mzinda / Open Media Series: 2009; www.citylights.com).
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