Media, Political Correctness
“Hate Crime” Depends On The Victims
 If “hate crimes” were declared on a more even basis, maybe the term (and its meaning) would be taken more seriously. But we live in a politically correct society that dictates that whites are always oppressors and minorities are always victims.
Someone should explain that to Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian…
On Saturday January 6, 2007 Hugh Christopher Newsom, age 23 and Channon Gail Christian, age 21, both students at the University of Tennessee went out on a date.
They were driving in Channon’s Toyota 4-Runner when they were carjacked at gunpoint. Suddenly the crime turned far more savage than an armed car theft. Chris and Channon were kidnapped and driven to 2316 Chipman Street where they were forced into the home at gunpoint.
The details have been withheld by the media. Wouldn’t want to inflame racial tensions….
While Channon was forced to watch, her boyfriend was raped prison style. He was later driven to nearby railroad tracks where he was shot and set afire. But Channon’s hell was just beginning.
She was beaten; gang raped repeatedly in many ways and bleach poured down her throat to destroy DNA evidence-all while she was still alive.
While some of the accounts of the murders won’t be confirmed until the evidence is revealed during the trial, there is enough to show that the brutality went beyond your normal carjacking.
If there was ever a definition of a hate crime, this is it.
If this had happened to black people, there would be marches in the streets of Knoxville (led by the usual suspects) the day after the crime scene was discovered. These torture murders happened in January of 2007 and we’re only now receiving word on this because the trial is now underway.
We all know what political correctness has done to stifle the national dialogue, and their media has performed beautifully in concert. But with few exceptions, there is a certain aspect of hate involved in the performance of any violent crime.
To give more weight to one murder over another based solely on skin color can only have the effect of further polarizing our nation along racial lines, which I believe the left wants for political reasons.
However many victims lay dead in the road or in pieces in a dumpster is just a part of that “ends justify the means”.
— May 30, 2007
Lastly, it’s the job of the media to REPORT THE NEWS. It’s not up to them to decide what’s racially incendiary, thus not appropriate for broadcast. It’s not up to them to decide what may or may not cause unrest. It’s not up to them to decide what may cause tension in a community.
By laying low on this story for over two-and-a-half years, they have created only more suspicion and tension. By sanitizing the details, they will only create more outrage when revealed.
Only the political correct left could take a tragedy and make it more so.
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