Ilungelo alizange libonise amahloni ekuphishekeleni kwabo ngokungaphezi isikhumba sikaJones sezombusazwe. Banayo eyenziwe ngendwangu yonke imininingwane yempilo yakhe, bembiza ngesigebengu esilahlwe yicala nomshoshozeli we-1992
Basonte ezinye izici zesikhathi esidlule sikaJones, bephakamisa ukuthi ukuhlala kwakhe okufushane neqembu mbumbulu-Maoist kumenza abe yiKhomanisi eliyimfihlo enhliziyweni kahulumeni, lokhu naphezu kokuhlukana kwakhe kwakamuva namaqembu anjalo namafilosofi, evuna ukuzibophezela kwezemvelo- ubungxiwankulu, obuzinzile. Bambize ngomshisekeli wezwe elimnyama, ayavuma ukuthi waba khona umzuzu nje wezepolitiki ebusheni bakhe, futhi baphakamise ukuthi "uyiqiniso" (okholelwa ukuthi uGeorge W. Bush wahlela ukuhlasela kwe-9/11 "njengomsebenzi wangaphakathi. "). Ngokuqondene naleli cala lokugcina, ubufakazi babo buhlanganisa isiginesha kaJones esicelweni, ekuqaleni esasifuna nje ukuvuleleka okwengeziwe mayelana nobuhlakani bangaphambi kwe-9/11 obutholakala kubaphathi bangaphambili, kodwa okwashintshwa kamuva ukuze kubonise uzungu lwabadali balo. . UJones, nabanye abaningi abenqabayo umbhedo wamaqiniso, bakhohliswa ukuba basayine futhi bashaqiswa umkhiqizo wokugcina. Kodwa akukho kulokhu okubalulekile kwesokudla. Ngoba emva kwakho konke, akukho okwake kwaba iphuzu.
Lokhu akuphathelene namacala agwetshiwe. Ilungelo lithanda izephulamthetho ezigwetshiwe, inqobo nje uma amagama azo kungu-Oliver North no-G. Gordon Liddy. Owokuqala walaba (okugwetshwa kwabo ekugcineni kwakhishwa ngenxa yezobuchwepheshe) basiza ukuqondisa impi engekho emthethweni evela eReagan White House, eyathatha izimpilo zamashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu baseNicaragua abangenacala. Futhi laba bakamuva basize ukuhlela ukugqekezwa kwe-Watergate, wakhuthaza ukubulawa kwezepolitiki ngesikhathi sakhe e-Nixon White House, futhi weluleka abantu ngokuthi bangabulawa kanjani ama-federal agents eminyakeni embalwa edlule, kusukela ohlelweni lwakhe lomsakazo u-perch ("ukudubula ekhanda" wabhonga). Kodwa akekho noyedwa kubangane bakhe kwesokudla owake wasikisela ukuthi inkulumo enjalo imbeke ngale kokuphaphatheka, noma kufanele kuphumele ekubeni athuliswe.
Lokhu akuphathelene nokuba nerekhodi lokuboshwa. Phela baningi abantu abalwa nokuhushulwa kwezisu abanamarekhodi okuboshwa, adonswe ngaphakathi aphinde adedelwe ngemva kokuvimba ukungena emitholampilo yokuhlela umndeni. Kodwa u-Glenn Beck akabenzi babe yisitha somphakathi inombolo eyodwa. Futhi ngeke, noma omunye wabalingani bakhe bezepolitiki, afune ukuvimbela abantu abanjalo ukuthi babe nezindima ekuphathweni kukaMongameli kwesikhathi esizayo. Ngempela, bangase babheke irekhodi elinjalo njengeziqu eziqotho zesikhundla esiphakeme.
Lokhu akuphathelene nokukholelwa emibonweni yozungu. Ngeke neze. Bheki yabo bonke abantu ngeke akwazi ukugxeka noma ubani ngalokho-ngisho noma uJones azibhalisele izinto ezinjalo, angazenzi-ngoba nguye okholelwayo, phakathi kwezinye izinto ukuthi u-Obama uhlela umbutho wezokuvikela wezempi oyimpoqo, ozofana ne-SS kaHitler, ukuthi u-Obama "uyabazonda abantu abamhlophe" futhi "unenzondo ejulile ngesiko labamhlophe," ukuthi u-Obama ucindezela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo njengendlela yokuthola ukubuyisela kubantu abamnyama, nokuthi ufuna ngasese ukubhidliza umnotho ukuze aphoqelele wonke umuntu ukuthi asebenze. okwe-ACORN. NguBeck ophakathi kwamazwi ahamba phambili aphakamisa ukuthi inkulumo ezayo kaMongameli ezinganeni zesikole–lapho ezozincenga ukuthi zifunde kanzima—iwumzamo nje wokuzifundisa enguqulweni entsha yeNtsha kaHitler. Cha, laba bantu bathanda ukuphusha amathiyori etulo angenangqondo. Kuyisinkwa nebhotela labo. Yikho konke abanakho, eqinisweni.
Futhi lokhu akuphathelene namazwi kaJones enkulumweni, eyanikezwa ngaphambi kokuba yingxenye yokuphatha, ngenxa yokuthi isizathu sokuthi amaRepublican enze izinto ukuthi azimisele ukuba "izimbongolo," kuyilapho amaDemocrat amaningi, kuhlanganise no-Obama, bengekho. t. I-Conservatives ayinandaba nalolo hlobo lwenkulumo. Bakuthanda lapho uDick Cheney ethi Hamba uyozifuqa" kuSenator u-Patrick Leahy ngo-2004. Ingasaphathwa-ke, abaphiko lwesokudla basho izinto ezicasula kakhulu kunalokho, njalo, kodwa bahlala benokuma okuhle, futhi abakaze balahlwe ngabalingani babo. Okubi nakakhulu: UJones ubiza amaRiphabhulikhi ngezimbongolo, noma uRush Limbaugh ethi iningi lezikhulu kufanele libulawe, kodwa kufanele "sishiye ngokwanele ukuze sibe nezinsalela ezimbili kuzo zonke izikhungo - izinsalela eziphilayo - ngakho-ke ngeke sikhohlwe ukuthi laba bantu babemeleni?" **
Okubi nakakhulu, inkulumo kaJones ye-asshole, noma U-Anne Coulter ethi, phakathi kwezintambo eziningi zezinhlamvu ezinobuthi eziwele ezindebeni zakhe, okuwukuphela kwento u-Tim McVeigh ayenza iphutha ukukhetha ukuqhumisa
Lokhu akuphathelene ne-socialism, njengoba uJones engeyena i-socialist. Yebo, uzihlanganisa nabanye, futhi angase abe umngane nabambalwa kuze kube namuhla. Bese kuthiwani? UMartin Luther King Jr. wazihlanganisa namaSocialists kanye namaKhomanisi ngenxa yokuthi babesekela umzabalazo wamalungelo abantu kanye nenhlangano yenkululeko yabantu abamnyama ngesikhathi lapho abaphikisana namakhomanisi abanolaka babehamba phambili emizamweni yokulondoloza ukubusa kwabamhlophe okusemthethweni. Okusho ukuthi amaSocialists namaKhomanisi ayengakwesokudla, kanti ama-baiter abomvu ayengewona. Obekuyiqiniso futhi mayelana nokulwela isonto lomsebenzi wamahora angu-40, usuku lwamahora angu-8, ukuphela kokusetshenziswa kwezingane, ilungelo labesifazane lokuvota, kanye nayo yonke eminye intuthuko yenkululeko nobulungiswa kulesi sizwe eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. . Kodwa-ke, u-Glenn Beck wachaza emsakazweni kulo Julayi 100 odlule ukuthi "uyazonda iminyaka eyi-4 yokugcina yomlando waseMelika," ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi siyazi ukuthi ngabe wayekuluphi uhlangothi kuzo zonke lezo zimpi.
Masicacise, lokhu kumayelana nento eyodwa kuphela: okungukuthi, umzamo welungelo lokuxhaphaza ukwesaba okubangelwa abamhlophe mayelana nempi yabantu abamnyama. Yiqhinga elifanayo abalizama noMfundisi uJeremiah Wright ngo-2008. Abazange babhekane nokulandisa kukaWright-okunemba kwakho okwakunamandla kakhulu kunalokho ababengathanda ukukuvuma-futhi empeleni abaphikisana nemibono kaJones (kuyangabazeka ukuthi u-Beck useze wafunda incwadi kaJones ethengwa kakhulu, ngokwesibonelo). Kunalokho, babonisa i-caricature, indoda eyisiwula enesikhumba esimnyama, i-scowl ngezikhathi ezithile, nesimo sengqondo. Ukuthukuthela, ukuxabana, "ukujabula," futhi usondelene kakhulu noMongameli. Okusho ukuthi u-Wright=Obama=Jones=Malcolm X. Kuyi-trope ilungelo osekuyiminyaka lisebenza kuyo: kusetshenziswa ama-memes nezimpawu zobuhlanga ukuze kwethuse uJim noSusie Suburb. Beka ubuso bentukuthelo emnyama lapho futhi ubuke abazinikele bakho bephendula njengenja kaPavlov.
Yinto engaqala ukuyibona eduze nangokwami ngo-1992. Owesifazane engangithandana naye ngaleso sikhathi wayengumklami wangaphakathi futhi wayethole inkontileka yokuhlobisa amagumbi e-VIP e-Houston Astrodome ye-GOP National Convention. Ngakubheka njengethuba elihle lokuhlola izitha, ngakho ngacathama ematafuleni ezincwadi futhi ngathatha izithombe ezikhazimulayo kusukela kuma-jumbotron kuya kwababeze emhlanganweni. Ngenye intambama, safika ngaphambi kokuba ihholo elikhulu livulelwe izihambeli, futhi njengoba ngibheka phezulu ezikrinini ezingenhla, ngabona isithombe esasizoba lapho ukuze ngibabingelele njengoba bengena ngemva kwesigamu sehora: omkhulukazi, isithombe somculi we-hip-hop u-Ice-T, obhendi ye-speed metal i-Bodycount esanda kuba senkingeni ngengoma yabo ethi, "Cop Killer." AmaRiphabhulikhi ayefuna izithunywa zawo zazi ukuthi kwakungubani isitha. Hhayi nje u-Ice-T, kodwa noma ubani owayelalela umculo wakhe, noma ubani ofana naye.
Futhi yilokho okushiwo ukuhlaselwa kukaVan Jones: ukuxhaphaza ukwesaba okumhlophe nokukhathazeka. Ukukhathazeka ngoMengameli onsundu, ukukhathazeka ngomnotho we-basket-case (abazama ukukusola kuMengameli omnyama nakuba kwakukuhle engakafiki), ukukhathazeka ngokushintshashintsha kwezibalo zabantu esizweni (okuyinto kuvusa ukwesaba nentukuthelo yabo ngenxa yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe), ukukhathazeka ngesiko elidumile elinezithombe ezibukeka kancane kancane njengazo njengoba iminyaka ihamba. Ngakho-ke badlala isithombe somfana omnyama onobudlova, beshintsha isikhulu esisezingeni eliphansi sibe "i-Green Jobs Czar," (igama lokugcina abafuna ukulishintsha libe yinto yamakhomanisi, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi amaCzar aseRussia empeleni ayeyinkosi. izingulube zasebukhosini ezaxoshwa kwesokunxele saseRussia, imininingwane encane yomlando engenandaba nabantu abangafundile, futhi okumenza abe ngumuntu omubi ophethe ukuphatha kuka-Obama ngemuva kwezigcawu.
Cha akunjalo kuphela mayelana nohlanga. Kodwa uma ucabanga ukuthi kumane kwaqondana nje ukuthi ilungelo lifune ukwenza uJones abe udaba olunjalo-kunokuba ezinye zezikhulu zokuphatha ezisabisayo "ngokudalula" (ababili kubo abangabamhlophe) - ngabe awukaze ukunaka ipolitiki yeRiphabhulikhi kanye ne-conservative kule minyaka engamashumi amane edlule. Yilokhu abakwenzayo. Iwukuphela kolimi abalukhulumayo, okungenani ngokushelelayo. Kungakho lapho u-John McCain–ngokuzibonga kwakhe–ezama ukuqhela kancane kule ndlela, futhi wenqaba ukuphusha ingqikithi kaJeremiah Wright phakathi nomkhankaso wokhetho lukazwelonke, abaningi abangakwesokunene kwesokudla bamgxeka. Babengafuni akhulume ngoBill Ayers: babefuna akhulume ngoWright. Noma u-Ayers kunguyena owayenerekhodi lobugebengu kanye nezixhumanisi zodlame lwezepolitiki, kanti u-Wright wayengumakadebona wezempi nomshumayeli onomlando oyindaba weminikelo yomphakathi. Kungani? Ngoba babazi ukuthi uWright wayezoba isithombe esingcono. Ukuxhumanisa u-Obama ne-white radical yinto eyodwa. Kodwa ukumxhumanisa a black eyodwa? O, okuningi, okungcono kakhulu. Kungakho, ngokuphazima kweso, babelokhu bephusha ukuxhumana okungekho kukaVan Jones ne-
Lokhu, kubonakala, i-ajenda yezombangazwe ekhulayo ye-Republican Party, futhi ngokuqinisekile uphiko lwayo lwesokudla: iqembu elinqume, ngokusobala, ukungena lonke njengeqembu labantu abamhlophe abathukuthele (kanye nabantu abambalwa bemibala abazimisele babheke ukudlula umjaho wabo ongapheli). Bazungeza izinqola, bonke kodwa bancama ukufinyelela kubavoti abamnyama nabansundu, futhi bafaka wonke ama-chips abo kokumhlophe.
Futhi konke abakushoyo ngoVan Jones kwakuyilokho abantu abafana nabo ababekusho ngabaholi bamalungelo abantu ngeminyaka yama-50s no-60s: ngoDkt. King noRalph Abernathy, noJohn Lewis, noFannie Lou Hamer. Babengamakhomanisi, namavukelambuso, futhi beyingozi kuRiphabhulikhi. Ungalenzi iphutha, ukube babebadala ngokwanele ngalezo zinsuku, u-Beck kanye nawo wonke ama-conservative movement wezinsuku zanamuhla babezoma nababandlululi, neziqhwaga, nezixuku ezazishisa amabhasi agibele abagibeli benkululeko. Bebezoma namaphoyisa phakathi
(**) Lesi sicaphuni, esivela encwadini kaDavid Neiwert Ama-Eliminationists kwabikwa ekuqaleni ku Denver Post, Disemba 29, 1995.
UTim Wise ungumbhali wezincwadi ezine ezikhuluma ngomjaho. Okwakamuva kwakhe ngu Phakathi kukaBarack Nendawo Enzima: Ukucwasa Ubuhlanga Nokuphika Okumhlophe Ngenkathi Ka-Obama ( Izibani zedolobha / Uchungechunge lwemidiya evulekile: 2009; www.citylights.com).
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