In my mind, it seriously damages the credibility of the organization by making it look as if an animal cruelty case has something to do with race. It looks like THEY are trying to get special treatment for HIM because he is African-American in a kind of unsubtle exploitation of the media. The cynic in me looks at the timing (just before the sentencing) and the fact that it is a nonprofit organization which works on donations. ( I suspect an NFL football player can make big donations)
I always respected the fine work of the NAACPs founders and the voice they gave to the Civil Rights movement. This kind of apparent pandering makes me ill.
2007-08-23 02:07:24 · 13 answers · asked by Buffy Summers 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
In response to one of the posts, I know that "all" they want is a guarantee that he can return to playing. That is EXACTLY why this looks like he made a donation to get them to turn this into a racial issue.
2007-08-23 02:43:08 · update #1
He pled guilty and we will never know the most heinous things he did. For any group to come out and support him seriously undermines their credibility on other issues.
2007-08-23 02:15:30 · answer #1 · answered by Brian 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I was disappointed in the NAACP for trying to make the Vick case about race. Sometimes people are guilty of disgusting crimes as Vick is. I don’t know why the NAACP would even want to associate their selves with someone like Vick.
However, the NAACP should involve themselves if they feel Vick receiving and injustice simply because of his race, whether it be in trial or in sentencing. At the moment at least, I don’t think he is. Michael Vick has enough high-powered lawyers to defend him against those sorts of things.
2007-08-23 09:50:21 · answer #2 · answered by Incognito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am very surprised, especially when they say he "made a mistake". No, Vick did not "make a mistake". When you engage in an illegal activity, breaking many laws, over a period of many years, that is being a criminal.
If he drove intoxicated, that would be "making a mistake".
If he got into a fistfight with someone, that would be "making a mistake".
If he got caught with a prostitute, that would be "making a mistake".
A "mistake" is generally considered (IMO) to be something, not overly bad, done once or very rarely.
This isn't a "mistake".
And he isn't being prosecuted because of his skin color. I don't think people would be any less angry or more forgiving if instead of Vick, it was Peyton Manning. Playing the race card is so wrong in this instance, it is disgusting.
2007-08-23 09:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How can anyone not vomit when they think of what those guys did? It is a total disgrace they can remove themselves so totally from their instincts. No human being torturing animals should get away with it. It isn't culture. And this if anything is closer to the mundanity of WASP cruelty.
How can they try extra-judicially to tie the NHL into this when they know he has concealed the worst. They say that others have done worse. Who? Where? How, without full disclosure ,do they even know.
Any real intervention into the real lives of people is totally undermined by this cretinous pandering to the looney part of liberalism that fails to understand that some acts universally deserve punishment, no matter who does them.
2007-08-23 09:24:40 · answer #4 · answered by Teal R 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As much good as the NAACP has done in the past, it's merely a whining society now. The cult of the victim has even spread to a multimillionaire thug like Vick.
2007-08-23 09:37:53 · answer #5 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the NAACP is only urging the NFL to reinstate Vick once he has completed his sentence. They are not looking to overturn his guilty plea. They just want to make sure the NFL does not impose a lifetime ban on him. After all, other players have been reinstated for more serious offenses than what Vick has committed. This, in no way, excuses his conduct whatsoever.
2007-08-23 09:22:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the NAACP is indeed fighting on behalf of Vick, it demonstrates how few battles are left for the NAACP to throw their wait behind for their cause. Maybe they should now turn to Global Warming!
2007-08-23 09:37:39 · answer #7 · answered by alphabetsoup2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It seems as though this organization has strayed and deviated from it's original intention post civil rights movement. The cause in the beginning was a sight to behold. As of now, it's simply trying to "save" people who are obviously guilty and accountable for their actions by some other means.
2007-08-23 09:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by Glen B 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree. I truly believe a white football player would have been treated the same.
The NAACP should save its money, reputation and resources for the tsunami of cases that would follow the (God forbid),election of Giuliani.
2007-08-23 09:21:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing can damage the credibility of the NAACP-- you can't damage imaginary things.
2007-08-23 09:16:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋