..a "failure of citizenship," by being "so uneducated and so unprepared, they literally couldn't get out of the way of a hurricane."?
2007-03-05 05:13:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/04/newt-blames-the-victims-of-katrina/
2007-03-05 05:21:01 · update #1
Can you believe that? Basically, he is saying that the people whose lives were devastated by the breaking levees and ensuing floods that followed Hurricane Katrina were too stupid to save themselves. What a piece of work that guy is.
2007-03-05 05:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Dude - if you are going to quote somebody, then cite a reference!
By my book, your assertion has no credibility.
However, assuming it was correct, the fact of the matter is that many people of all races left well prior to Katrina's arrival. The educated and prepared left the city to make sure their family wouldn't be killed or severely harmed by possible flooding.
Anyone who stayed with such strenuous warnings from NOAA and all levels of government/ the news channels had to be pretty stupid with little or no self-respect. Even those with little means were afforded evacuation opportunities in advance of the storm, so there is absolutely no excuse.
EDIT:
Now that the OP has added a puerile source as a secondary reference, it is obvious that the OP has a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept of citizenship. The Soviet Union had a lack of "citizenship" because of its pervasive state-imposed welfare system. The most effective means to control the minds of people in a 1984 Orwellian nature is to perpetuate a dependence on a welfare state, as opposed to individual liberties and social citizenship. The people of the 9th Ward were among the most dependent on welfare and also enjoyed the least intellectual freedoms.
Coincidence, correlation, or causation?
2007-03-05 05:25:28 · answer #2 · answered by Schmalski 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It was a failure of all levels of government that they weren't taken out of the way.
Guys like Gingrich love to blame the victims. he would probably ask why the jews allowed themselves to be massacred in the Holocaust.
2007-03-05 05:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
I liken it to 'let them eat cake'. For those who don't know the reference, when Marie Antoinette was asked about the fact that some people couldn't even afford bread, she said 'let them eat cake', showing her absolute ignorance to the plight of the poor
2007-03-05 05:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because he is a close minded demagogue baby boomer with little regard to justice and decency.
2007-03-05 05:44:13 · answer #5 · answered by Firesidechat 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wow, he said that? I'd like to see the source for that one. He must be a racist or something to talk like that. All republicans are racists and hate mongers, who just want to keep their foot on the throat of the common man...
(insert VRWC handshake here)
2007-03-05 05:19:46 · answer #6 · answered by Amer-I-Can 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Unlike an earthquake, which generally occurs with no warning, they had several days to evacuate and chose not to.
Who's fault is that?
2007-03-05 05:27:00 · answer #7 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I guess Newton LEROY Gingrich just epitomizes compassionate conservatism. Why else would he dump his cancer-stricken wife for his mistress?
2007-03-05 05:17:43 · answer #8 · answered by tangerine 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Hey he just said what most Republicans think.
2007-03-05 05:31:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
ANYONE, no matter their race could have escaped the hurricane, they had plenty of warning.
2007-03-05 05:18:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋