Comments on: Late Night: Kenneth Gladney Stars in “Joe the Dumber” http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:04:07 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JohnC http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953912 JohnC Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:45:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953912 <p>Since I live in the St. Louis area - and am familiar with the incident involving Mr. Gladney - I find it interesting, and somewhat sad, to read the bile from people who don’t live in the area and, apparently, who have no real familiarity with what happened last week. </p> <p>Mr. Gladney was handing out leaflets and ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ flags last week before a townhall meeting; constitutionally protected activities. Gladney, who happens to be black, was called a ‘ni–er’ by several members of a local union - and physically abused by the same individuals. Apparently, his wounds were severe enough that they required hospital attention. That’s really all there is to the story. </p> <p>It’s stunning to read the hatred and genuine lack of concern for this man on this website.</p> <p>There are reasons our discourse is so bad in this country; a cursory reading of this thread is all the evidence one needs to see…</p> Since I live in the St. Louis area – and am familiar with the incident involving Mr. Gladney – I find it interesting, and somewhat sad, to read the bile from people who don’t live in the area and, apparently, who have no real familiarity with what happened last week.

Mr. Gladney was handing out leaflets and ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ flags last week before a townhall meeting; constitutionally protected activities. Gladney, who happens to be black, was called a ‘ni–er’ by several members of a local union – and physically abused by the same individuals. Apparently, his wounds were severe enough that they required hospital attention. That’s really all there is to the story.

It’s stunning to read the hatred and genuine lack of concern for this man on this website.

There are reasons our discourse is so bad in this country; a cursory reading of this thread is all the evidence one needs to see…

]]> By: Clavis http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953741 Clavis Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:21:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953741 <p>Asking for donations to pay his medical bills?</p> <p>That’s it. I suggest that, for the rest of his life, whenever we see this Gladney guy, we point at him and shout “*I* DON’T WANT TO PAY FOR *YOUR* HEALTHCARE! *I* DON’T WANT TO PAY FOR *YOUR* HEALTHCARE!”</p> <p>What a joke. The lizard brains are running rampant, and the media just pats them on the head and invites them back.</p> Asking for donations to pay his medical bills?

That’s it. I suggest that, for the rest of his life, whenever we see this Gladney guy, we point at him and shout “*I* DON’T WANT TO PAY FOR *YOUR* HEALTHCARE! *I* DON’T WANT TO PAY FOR *YOUR* HEALTHCARE!”

What a joke. The lizard brains are running rampant, and the media just pats them on the head and invites them back.

]]> By: FastMovingCloud http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953731 FastMovingCloud Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:33:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953731 <p>I doubt that I’m the first to quote Nelson Muntz but I’ll say it anyway:</p> <p>HA HA! </p> <p>Not for the injury, of course. But for the richly deserved insult that followed!</p> I doubt that I’m the first to quote Nelson Muntz but I’ll say it anyway:

HA HA!

Not for the injury, of course. But for the richly deserved insult that followed!

]]> By: Legion303 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953647 Legion303 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:46:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953647 <p>“the teabagging wingnut who tripped and fell while getting in the face of an SEIU member outside Rep. Carnahan’s town hall in St. Louis on Friday.”</p> <p>This is factually incorrect, and repeating the claim doesn’t make it right. In the original video, Gladney had apparently just shoved an SEIU member, at which point (around 6 seconds in), someone in an SEIU shirt grabs him from behind, pulls him away, and he (Gladney) falls to the ground. So it should read like so:</p> <p>“the teabagging wingnut who was pulled to the ground while getting in the face of an SEIU member outside Rep. Carnahan’s town hall in St. Louis on Friday.”</p> “the teabagging wingnut who tripped and fell while getting in the face of an SEIU member outside Rep. Carnahan’s town hall in St. Louis on Friday.”

This is factually incorrect, and repeating the claim doesn’t make it right. In the original video, Gladney had apparently just shoved an SEIU member, at which point (around 6 seconds in), someone in an SEIU shirt grabs him from behind, pulls him away, and he (Gladney) falls to the ground. So it should read like so:

“the teabagging wingnut who was pulled to the ground while getting in the face of an SEIU member outside Rep. Carnahan’s town hall in St. Louis on Friday.”

]]> By: bobh http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953629 bobh Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:37:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953629 <p>Gladney probably also forgot to say thank you for his unemployment compensation extensions.</p> <p>The Teabaggers are not urban, professional elites; they belong to the lower social orders one cut above pure white, trailer trash. They are the sort of people who really don’t count for much in America, so I think the damage they can do with the screaming matches is really very limited.</p> Gladney probably also forgot to say thank you for his unemployment compensation extensions.

The Teabaggers are not urban, professional elites; they belong to the lower social orders one cut above pure white, trailer trash. They are the sort of people who really don’t count for much in America, so I think the damage they can do with the screaming matches is really very limited.

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953560 newtonusr Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:25:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953560 <p>nite Q</p> nite Q

]]> By: Quebecois http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953559 Quebecois Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:24:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953559 <p>Thanks all, I’m off to bed.</p> <p>Have a good evening, and let’s make sure Cheney pays!</p> <p>Peace.</p> Thanks all, I’m off to bed.

Have a good evening, and let’s make sure Cheney pays!

Peace.

]]> By: tejanarusa http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953552 tejanarusa Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:15:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953552 <p>Hi, guys. katymine! Glad you’re feeling better.</p> <p>Quebecois - your English reads as very colloquial. (very nice idiomatic cussing up there in no. 102. *g*) I’d never have guessed English was not your 1st language. I’m still working to sound that way in Spanish after decades of practice.</p> Hi, guys. katymine! Glad you’re feeling better.

Quebecois – your English reads as very colloquial. (very nice idiomatic cussing up there in no. 102. *g*) I’d never have guessed English was not your 1st language. I’m still working to sound that way in Spanish after decades of practice.

]]> By: Quebecois http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953549 Quebecois Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:13:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953549 <p>Good noght BC.</p> <p>Those pictures make great screensavers, please feel free to download them and share.</p> Good noght BC.

Those pictures make great screensavers, please feel free to download them and share.

]]> By: BargainCountertenor http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953542 BargainCountertenor Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:07:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/10/late-night-kenneth-gladney-stars-in-joe-the-dumber/#comment-1953542 <p>I’m off to bed, kids. Play nice.</p> I’m off to bed, kids. Play nice.

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