[BLOG TRAFFIC OFF CHARTS FOR THIS POST] Palm Beach Post editor Rick Christie: "Charleston was racist hate crime; Now, let’s talk"

Strong words from Rick Christie vis-à-vis Dylann Roof, racism, and "deflective rhetoric":

     The fact that in the face of all of this folks still choose to walk around with racial blinders on is mind-boggling. An attack on faith? A war against Christians? Really? How then do we explain that Roof had to pass by numerous other churches to get to this one? [emphasis added]
     Not everything is about race. But this is a case of racially motivated domestic terrorism. Period.
     There is no amount of deflective rhetoric about dealing with the mentally ill, or debate about taking down the Confederate flag, that will change the evil this incident unveils.

[and. . .]

     Words and symbols have meaning. They have power, especially when they are connected to terrible actions like those of Roof. We can’t keep putting off this conversation.

The video below has nothing to do with the Charleston massacre or Dylann Roof but thought this incident back in March was a perfect opportunity to start "this conversation" but it was ignored by everyone in the media except The Lake Worth Herald. The protests that followed were also ignored by the mainstream media in Palm Beach County.

Watch former Lake Worth Commissioner Retha Lowe respond to Dee McNamara's use of the 'N-word' in our City commission chambers earlier this year: