Kulesi sikhathi sokuhlengwa, ngikhunjuzwa isisho ugogo asisho kulabo ababekhohlisa, ababeqamba amanga noma benza izenzo ezimbi. Noma nini lapho sizwa indaba yokuthi othile walimaza omunye, wayethi:
"UNkulunkulu akakuthandi okubi futhi usathane ungumqambimanga."
Eminyakeni engaphezu kwemithathu edlule, indoda okuthiwa UJames O'Keefe, ukhokhelwe usomabhizinisi we-rightwing media u-Andrew Breitbart, ikhiqize amavidiyo ahlelwe ngokukhohlisa. Okurekhodiwe kusetshenziswe ukusiza ukuqalisawww.BigGovernment.com. Ngosizo lukaBreitbart, ukukhishwa kwalawa mavidiyo kwaqala ukunakwa kwemidiya evamile lokho kwaqala Fox News kanye ne-rightwing echo chamber futhi yaphetha ngokuvalwa kwe-Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) - inhlangano okwathi kusukela ngo-1970 yasiza izigidi zabantu baseMelika ababedinga kakhulu izindlu, ubulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kanye nomphakathi.
Kusuka ku-www.BigGovernment.com, i-Fox News ithathe lawa mavidiyo yawasakaza njengayiqiniso. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ezinye iziteshi zemithombo yezindaba ezivamile nazo zasakaza - ngehluleka ngokumangalisayo ukwenza inkuthalo efanele, ngaleyo ndlela futhi yehluleka ukuvikela umngane wami kanye nozakwethu uJuan Carlos Vera, kanye ne-Acorn ngokwayo.
Okushaqisayo ukuthi bekungekona okokuqala u-O'Keefe ezama ukusebenzisa inkohliso ukuze ehlise inhlangano kazwelonke. Ngonyaka nje ngaphambili, U-O'Keefe uhlasele i-Planned Parenthood ngendlela efanayo ngenkathi ezenza ofonayo ezama ukunikela ngemali yokuxhasa ngokukhethekile ukuhushulwa kwezisu kwabaseMelika baseMelika. Nokho, ku Ubuzali BokuzaliIcala, izishoshovu ezimbalwa kanye nezikhulu ezikhethiwe ngokushesha wayivikela inhlangano.
Ngo-2009, u-O'Keefe waphinda wagadla; ngalesi sikhathi, noHana Giles. Bangena emahhovisi e-Acorn ahlukahlukene ezenza i-pimp kanye nesifebe esifuna iseluleko sendlela yokugwema imithetho yentela futhi yathwebula le mihlangano ngokucashile. Ngenxa yokuhlanekezela kabi kwevidiyo ka-O'Keefe, UVera waxoshwa emsebenzini futhi, phakathi kwesiphithiphithi sabezindaba esalandela, u-Acorn ngokwakhe wahlakazeka.
U-Vera wabe esevulela bobabili u-O'Keefe kanye no-Giles icala lokwephula amalungelo akhe obumfihlo, ngaphansi kwesigaba 632 sekhodi yokujeziswa yaseCalifornia. Ngokusho kwedokhumenti yokukhokha okutholwe nguWonkette, u-O'Keefe uthi ubengazi ukuthi uVera ubike isigameko emaphoyiseni ngesikhathi u-O'Keefe noGiles beshicilela ividiyo ku-inthanethi. Uphenyo olwenziwa ummeli-jikelele wombuso kamuva lwathola ukuthi uVera wenze ngendlela efanele.
Kodwa-ke, ngisho nangemva kokudalulwa komsebenzi ka-O'Keefe ngokumelene ne-Planned Parenthood, akekho owalalela u-Acorn noma Ilungu leCongress laseNew York uJerrold Nadler emizamweni yabo yokulwa nezinsolo ezivela kuma-video omdlalo. Sema sodwa lapho sibhekene nesivunguvungu futhi saphoqeleka ukuthi siqede umsebenzi esasiwenza, okuholele ekutheni kuvalwe i-Acorn.
Ngenxa yalokho, eminyakeni emithathu edlule, inani elingenakucatshangwa labantu baseMelika liye lawa endleleni. Izigidi azikwazanga ukubhalisela ukuvota, amakhulu ezinkulungwane awakwazanga ukuthola izindlu ezithengekayo, noma akwazi ukuthola usizo emnothweni wethu olokhu ubheke phansi.
NgoLwesihlanu Inkokhelo engu-$100,000 eyenziwe ngu-O'Keefe eya ku-Vera (UHannah Giles wayenakho isivele yazinza noVera ngo-2012) kuletha ukulunga kodwa akukho ukuhlengwa. Asikho isamba semali nokuxolisa okukhulu ngokwanele ukunikeza uVera igama lakhe elihle, ukususa ubuhlungu bakhe, ukubuyisela isikhathi nezinsiza izigidi zabantu baseMelika ebezingazithola ezinsizeni ze-Acorn, noma ukwakha kabusha inethiwekhi cishe ingxenye yesigidi. amalungu omphakathi ayisigidi Acorn asekelwa. UNkulunkulu akakuthandi okubi, O'Keefe.
Okumangalisa kakhulu ukuthi ngisho nangemva kokuhlakazwa kwe-Acorn kanye nokucekelwa phansi okusabalele kuka-O'Keefe, imizamo yokumisa umsebenzi owawudingeka kakhulu ka-Acorn isaqhubeka. Ekhasini 221 "lesinqumo sesabelomali esiqhubekayo" sika-2013, kukhona ukunikezwa kwesigatshana (pdf) ukuthi "azikho izimali ezitholakala kulesi senzo ezingasatshalaliswa ku-Acorn noma izinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo noma abalandela esikhundleni", lokho, njengoba omele uNadler ephikise, kuwumthethosivivinywa wokutholwa futhi awuhambisani nomthethosisekelo. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, uMongameli u-Barack Obama - owayengusolwazi wezomthetho womthethosisekelo - wasayina isabelomali saba umthetho, evimba uxhaso lwenhlangano engasekho, futhi evimba i-Acorn ekusizeni izizukulwane ezizayo.
Naphezu kwesinqumo sesabelomali sangesonto eledlule, naphezu kwemizamo eqondile yokunciphisa ukubhaliswa kwabavoti kanye nokuvimbela imindeni esebenza kanzima ekutholeni ubulungiswa bezenhlalakahle obuyifanele, umsebenzi we-Acorn uyaqhubeka. UDeveli ungumqambimanga futhi u-O'Keefe ungomunye wodeveli abakhulu abakhona.
Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuqhubeka nomsebenzi wokwakha kabusha inethiwekhi yethu yezinhlangano zomphakathi. Namuhla, ifa le-Acorn liyaqhubeka, futhi kusenomsebenzi okufanele wenziwe.
Yebo, uNkulunkulu akakuthandi okubi, nodeveli ungumqambimanga.
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