We intended to make a tiny little splash in the tri-county area. Glenn Smith noticed the ripples and wrote what turned out to be a decent and fair article. From that point on things blew sky high and continue to detonate on an hourly basis.
The cries of racism were something we expected. The vitriol, while disconcerting to folks who have never experienced it, also failed to surprise us much. Stuff like that happens when you cover a subject largely ignored by one segment of the community, mostly out of fear, and another segment whose members would prefer to keep it hidden. Kind of like the villain in those Harry Potter movies - everyone knows who the bad guy is, they can see who he is in the news, but they can't speak his name and most try to ignore the fact that he exists. Except for those who attempt to profit from the villain.
Let's discuss that problem. The media is all over this incident and reporting it as a hate crime before the facts are even known. A possible white suspect and a number of blacks shot and/or killed. Hate crime.
Only a few outlets are reporting this incident. If it wasn't for Drudge we wouldn't know about it all. A large group of black suspects attack a white tourist, beat him unconscious, and rob him blind while black bystanders point and laugh. Absolutely no mention of the racial aspects of this crime.
Two contrasting recent events which point out the very bias and dissembling methodology of the media this blog was started to call-out and overcome.
The Associated Press has picked up Glenn's piece on the blog. We are now national and the blog has experienced the equivalent of a nuclear explosion. As we said before, we aren't sure how long we will pursue this endeavor. The goal of bringing the truth to light has been achieved. Rest assured, we aren't giving up yet, though. We are going to take a short break and we'll be back with the truth you have come to expect. We are debating branching out a bit and including other areas in the Southeast.
We will most likely end the day with well over 100,000 individual hits on the blog. Thank you for your interest, be it good, bad or indifferent. When all of this is over, maybe someone will be able to point to this project as the jumping off point for a dialogue and a course of action that ends up saving a lot of young AMERICANS of all races from the path to criminality.
We are going to crack open a few brews now. Peace.
The Charleston Thug Life Team
Let's discuss that problem. The media is all over this incident and reporting it as a hate crime before the facts are even known. A possible white suspect and a number of blacks shot and/or killed. Hate crime.
Only a few outlets are reporting this incident. If it wasn't for Drudge we wouldn't know about it all. A large group of black suspects attack a white tourist, beat him unconscious, and rob him blind while black bystanders point and laugh. Absolutely no mention of the racial aspects of this crime.
Two contrasting recent events which point out the very bias and dissembling methodology of the media this blog was started to call-out and overcome.
The Associated Press has picked up Glenn's piece on the blog. We are now national and the blog has experienced the equivalent of a nuclear explosion. As we said before, we aren't sure how long we will pursue this endeavor. The goal of bringing the truth to light has been achieved. Rest assured, we aren't giving up yet, though. We are going to take a short break and we'll be back with the truth you have come to expect. We are debating branching out a bit and including other areas in the Southeast.
We will most likely end the day with well over 100,000 individual hits on the blog. Thank you for your interest, be it good, bad or indifferent. When all of this is over, maybe someone will be able to point to this project as the jumping off point for a dialogue and a course of action that ends up saving a lot of young AMERICANS of all races from the path to criminality.
We are going to crack open a few brews now. Peace.
The Charleston Thug Life Team
I love it when a plan comes together !!! Good work and keep it up as long as you can.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work
ReplyDeleteGood job! This blog has made me want to get to the gun store and stock upset! I'm starting to think that I'm the only person in Charleston that isn't armed! This has been a scary,shocking look at the underbelly of our local area. I can't believe how stupid and dangerous these people are...and then they freely advertise it on FB! So,thank you for putting this out there for us law-abiding folks. I appreciate the daunting job that my local law enforcement officers have to face every single day. And i think they may need to hire some more officers!
ReplyDeleteIf you are not armed, get armed! And don't let the media, the govt, or race baiters keep you from protecting yourself and your family
DeleteI can appreciate that you are happy your message has gotten across but please don't stop yet. Things are happening because of this information. It would would be nice if the departments had someone dedicated to bringing this information to light but there is not as of yet. This blog has opened eyes and I thank you for your time.
ReplyDeleteI just discovered this blog. As a long time resident and former lowcountry cop I have to say I was riveted. It didn't take long for me to realize that this blog confirmed many things I've thought, believed, and said for years. Issues of race, of victimization, of an often ineffectual and occasionally corrupt judicial system. Of the frustrations of seeing the same scumbags getting arrested again and again only to be released by indifferent courts and overworked assistant solicitors, realeased to continue to prey on society. Thank you for saying what many of us know. Keep your head down and please keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteVery scary people.
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