Freedom of Speech II

[RadioPatrol]

Look out now cops will site for for disorderly conduct for telling kids to get out of a Tree ..........

Hanging around

An Illinois woman who referred to black children as "monkeys" said yesterday that she is staying on as a delegate for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The Obama campaign had said Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski was stepping down, but she says that was never her plan.

"I was elected by the people to represent Senator Obama, and I will continue to do what the people want," she said.

The incident took place Saturday, when two children were playing in a tree next door to Mrs. Ramirez-Sliwinski's house in Carpentersville, the Associated Press reports.

Their parents were outside supervising the children, but Mrs. Ramirez-Sliwinski says she went over and told them to get out of the tree because she was concerned about the boys' safety and the small magnolia tree was being damaged. She said the children shouldn't be climbing in the tree like monkeys.

The mother of one boy called police, who issued Mrs. Ramirez-Sliwinski a $75 ticket for disorderly conduct. Police say the ticket was warranted because her remark scared one of the children and disturbed a parent.

Mrs. Ramirez-Sliwinski says the word wasn't meant racially and she will fight the ticket. She also says she doesn't plan to run for another term as a Carpentersville village trustee.

The Obama campaign said Wednesday it respects her decision to stay on as a delegate and believes she didn't intend any offense by using the word "monkeys."

"It is clear the incident was a misunderstanding," Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said.

 

[ImnoMensa]

Well unfortunately Howard Cosell found out also that the word monkey was a triggger word to blacks. At least she didnt call them Macaca's.

 

[vraiblonde]

While Obama's having his conversation about race, I hope he gets to the part where non-blacks are sick and tired of watching every little thing they say for fear of offending some hypersensitive black person.

 

[kom526]

I was flipping through my Sirius the other night and I heard about this on Fox News, but I can't remember the show. Anyways, they had the host and 3 guests all weighing in on this nugget.
1. The host thought it was ridiculous.
2. 1 guest said the terminology was inappropriate but so was the ticket.
3. Guest 2 said that we are going to be in a sad state of affairs if the thought police are going to hand out tickets for crap like this. *lots of incredulous anger from this person*
4. Professional race victim.('nuff said)

If they were damaging the tree, did the kids get a ticket for destruction of property?

 

[ItalianScallion]

There are white monkeys too. That's all she has to say and it's done. What if she had said this to white kids in the tree? Would the parents think she was calling them black? Or she can say that she's just a "typical white person" and that Obamination says she should be treated like his white grandma; just ignore her. Thank a liberal for our loss of freedom of speech AGAIN!