“I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids — and there is always at least a half a dozen people sitting on the porch — they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to do. They didn’t have nothing for their young girls to do.
“And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”
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Cliven Bundy, flanked by supporters, has become a celebrity, drawing hundreds of sympathizers. Credit John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal, via Associated Press
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BUNKERVILLE, Nev. — Cliven Bundy stood by the Virgin River up the road from the armed checkpoint at the driveway of his ranch, signing autographs and posing for pictures. For 55 minutes, Mr. Bundy held forth to a clutch of supporters about his views on the troubled state of America — the overreaching federal government, the harassment of Western ranchers, the societal upheaval caused by abortion, even musing about whether slavery was so bad.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
I hope when people like this are on their death beds they realize what dumb ****s they've been their entire lives. Everything he said could be applied to any race. WaitT "having a family life" Does he even know basic history?
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
All minorities? But you aren't racist? There are people in every race that sit and do nothing. There are more whites who grab government help than any other race. Those same people more than likely sit on their ass and do nothing. Should those whites being picking cotton as well?
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
I understand what he's trying to say but he could've worded it differently.
I think he's trying to say that because of poverty that people face, they're not doing much with their lives and are just bored. And that if they were slaves again, they'd be more active and mobile.
But there are rich people and poor people, who do nothing, but at least the people with money, have money so they don't need to work.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
It's neat how people are so afraid to be labeled as "racist" but then proceed through their ignorant opinions.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
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it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing
I understand what he's trying to say but he could've worded it differently.
I think he's trying to say that because of poverty that people face, they're not doing much with their lives and are just bored. And that if they were slaves again, they'd be more active and mobile.
But there are rich people and poor people, who do nothing, but at least the people with money, have money so they don't need to work.
You make it sound like slavery was a free pass to Workout World.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
Shut the **** up. I don't sit around and do nothing thank you very much, rather the opposite.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
Sometimes I believe that people truly aren't racist, or at least they don't think they are despite having racist thoughts, and are instead just plain stupid.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
Minorities/immigrants actually tend to work harder and longer on a whole because they're 'starting from the bottom' and it's more difficult for them to move up in life. See them taking the low paying jobs that involve more physical labor that lots of white people refuse to take because they think it's beneath them.
Oh and whenever somebody starts something off with 'I'm not racist but' it means that they're about to say something racist. Good day.
He could of said it differently. I'm not racist but I kind of understand what's he's trying to say. But that's not only the black community, it's basically all the minorities that just sit around and do nothing.
I can't believe some people in this thread are defending him + his comments. ****ing hell.
at the person who said black people sit around and ''do nothing''.