Reply #42: Here's a post from a non-white female civilian who speaks VERY highly of him on the subject [View All]

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http://feministx.blogspot.com/2009/07/henry-louis-gates-jr.html

This is becoming increasingly evident to NOT be the simple case people would like it to be.

I would like to think that cooler heads will have some sway on this issue in the ensuing days, as they have in the past, but this certainly has been amped up in a hurry.

It defies many people's needs for things to be obvious and clear, and compensation for that annoying nuance is to often shout down any dissenters ever more vehemently.

More than anything else, I hope this is NOT laid to rest; I hope it is carefully and meticulously dissected. If my contentions are proven wrong, I will, as in the past, admit them freely, but I'd like to see the dynamic unfold. As more information comes out, people will be chagrined by their bellicose and bigoted statements, and some will cop (pun intended) to them.

I want to hear quotes from the bystanders, since their views are actually the most important. (The crime charged was disorderly conduct, and it would be interesting to see if the tender consciousnesses of the bystanders were really rattled by the display, or whether Crowley was out of line.)

Please read the linked blog. It sounds more and more like Crowley is actually a bit of a poster boy for racial harmony, although such movieish simplification probably isn't perfectly on the mark either.