Wham, Bam, Thank You, Klan

While on my repast in Yreka this past weekend I came upon this story on KOBI out of Medford, OR. This is an absolutely disgusting atrocity, and the legal system in Oregon owes to all her citizens swift and crushing discipline in this matter.

If you have not accessed the above link, I will brief the situation. The victims here are Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Sol Whyte, longtime residents of Medford. Mr. Whyte immigrated from Jamaica in 2000, and in recent days the family has been targeted by repeated acts of white supremacist vandalism. They are now fleeing their neighborhood.

I thank the Almighty that this is now an "exception that proves the rule," of sorts. It is my understanding that Southern Oregon harbors many of these types exhibiting some of the most deplorable traits of human society, yet at large occurrences such as these do help to underscore how our society deems such matters: now it is a banner tragedy, not a blurb in the "Neighborhoods" section of the local paper (...this week's Klan meeting will take place at Jackson's place on Old Mill Road; those willing to participate or provide refreshments should contact Wizard Miller at KL5-0104).

These acts may lend an unfortunate verisimilitude to the likes of Father Michael Pfleger, Rev. Wright, and others. Their hate is rhetorical; these Oregonians' hate is pompous, wanton acts of vandalism. And unlike the above vocal clergy, the perpetrators of these crimes can only be described as dirty cowards, engaging in esoteric acts. They spill archaic, asinine opinion under the guise of righteousness, of being true and worthy; they should have the gumption to appear in public with their ideals. Rather they are empowered by acts of vandalism and terror; as such, they should be handled as domestic terrorists and prosecuted to the fullest extents of the law in our post 9/11 society. (We should, however, not forget that the "clerical" rhetoric of the above is of similar tenacity, of nearly identical sentiment, and mongers a similar hate.)

The Whyte family has my deepest sympathies, and I encourage all to rebuke and disparage this disgusting situation.