I appeared on CNN Newsroom hosted by Don Lemon. He was fair and allowed me to make my points. I stated three things in the interview. One, I refer to myself as an American rather than a hyphenated African-American. Two, the tea party protests are against President Obama's policies, not his race. The protesters are decent hardworking concerned citizens. Three, the American people are not racist.
These statements inspired immediate outrage from the so-called tolerant and compassionate Left. An email from a self proclaimed Marxist threatened physical harm to me. He also vowed to destroy me and my music career. A creative leftist called me a “Toxic Negro”. Another called me a “sell out”. The “you're a minstrel” and “do you tap dance too” comments in one email were interesting. Less creative e-mailers expressed their outrage towards me by using the typical “F” and “N” bombs every other word, including my favorite, “Who the “F” do you think you are?” Now, if I can create a hit song using my hate mail that would be sweet capitalistic revenge.
I received angry emails from blacks who said I should be ashamed of myself. Apparently, they believe my not resenting whites and America is a betrayal of my blackness. I no longer feel the need to be patient with racist blacks. Just as we do not tolerate the KKK and white supremacists, we should not give a pass to racist blacks. Racism is evil...period.
I am continually amazed by the Left's anger at me for saying America and it's people are good and that I love my country. Why should these statements inspire such rage? It appears the Left hates all who love America. They particularly despise patriotic minorities.
Folks, thanks for your prayers and numerous emails expressing your thanks and support. My strength and peace comes from knowing I am on the right side and in God's Will. Also, my delete key is my friend.
Lloyd Marcus
Lloyd's CNN Interview
Lloyd Marcus' website
9-28-09
Stop Allowing The Left To Set The Rules
I am so sick of the Left being allowed to make the rules. Imagine the absurdity of a competition in which one side is allowed to set the rules against their opponent. The Left tells us what is racist. The Left tells us what we can and cannot say. The Left published a cartoon depicting former black Secretary of State Condolezza Rice as an Aunt Jemima; another depicted Rice as a huge-lipped parrot for her Massa Bush. Neither were considered racist by their creators or publishers, or even widely condemned on the Left.
In opposition to black Republican Michael Steele's campaign to run for U.S. Senate, a libe
ral blogger published a doctored photo of Steele in black face and big red lips made to look like a minstrel. The caption read, "Simple Sambo wants to move to the big house". Not one Democrat denounced these racist portrayals of black conservatives.
ral blogger published a doctored photo of Steele in black face and big red lips made to look like a minstrel. The caption read, "Simple Sambo wants to move to the big house". Not one Democrat denounced these racist portrayals of black conservatives.And yet, a sign seen at a tea party depicting Obama as a witch doctor is considered by the Left to be beyond the pale and obviously racist. Why is the Left, given their track record of bias, granted final authority to determine the intent of the sign? Why do we conservatives so quickly and easily allow ourselves to be put on the defensive?
The rules set by the Left are extremely clear. Racist images of black conservatives and negative images of Bush are fair game. Even a play about murdering President Bush was called "harmless art". Meanwhile, all unflattering images of Obama are racist, and constitute dangerous, potentially violent hate speech.
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called Congressman Joe Wilson a racist for saying,"You lie" to president Obama. Using her psychic powers, Dowd said Wilson was really saying in his mind, "You lie, BOY!" And yet, liberal commentator Julianne Malveaux, saying she hopes black conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife "feeds him a lot of fatty foods so he will die early from heart disease like many black men", was not considered racist. I am a black conservative singer, songwriter, entertainer and columnist. Liberals have posted comments all over YouTube and C-SPAN freely using and calling me the "N" word. Because they are libs and I am an uppity, off the liberal plantation, run-away black, all tactics to restore me to my owners are acceptable.
Here is another example of the Left setting the rules. "Take Back America!" is now on their list of racist terms we protesters are not allowed to use. Again using their psychic powers, the Left claims the protesters are really saying, "Because the president is black, lets take America back"! This is totally absurd. "Take Back America" refers to the hijacking of our freedoms, liberty and culture by an out of control administration.
I was asked to perform at a tea party event. The organizer informed me, "I want to get away from calling the rally a "Tea Party" because the liberal media have made the term negative". I said, "Does this mean you do not want me to sing my "American Tea Party Anthem"? Then, why am I here?"Politeness to my host prevented me from saying, "News flash, pal! The media is going to trash us regardless of what we call our rallies. It's what they do. They are not on our side. Should we keep changing what we call the rallies in hope of finding a name which will cause the media to give us fair coverage"? A million people showed up in Washington DC for the September 12th Taxpayers Rally. The media reported 70,000.
I was interviewed on CNN. During the pre-interview by the young black producer over the phone, he asked me, "Is there any part of Obama's health care plan you like"? I replied, "No". He was stunned. With great shock and disbelief in his voice, the producer repeated my reply with a loud "NO?". Then he abruptly said, "I'll call you back".
News1News posted my CNN interview on YouTube with the following caption, "African American Right Wing (Obama Hating) Singing Tea Bagger, Lloyd Marcus". Folks, I am a Christian and hate no one. But, this is what the media does to those who disagree. All who oppose Obama's agenda are either racist, redneck or stupid.
Folks, the stakes are far too high to allow the Left to continue setting the rules of engagement. The far Left and Obama administration have a vision for America different than our Constitution. As patriots, it is our duty to just say, NO!
My black 82 year old dad told me he has seen the reports on TV how a lot of people at the rallies want Obama dead. I said, "I bet you saw that on CNN". Dad said, "Yes". It infuriates me that CNN is selling the lie that the Tea Party Movement is all about racism and hatred for a black president. While my dad never said anything out loud, I thought, "What must he think of me? Why is his first born siding with these evil white folks against a fine fellow black man?" I replied, "Dad, try watching Fox".
Lloyd Marcus, Black Un-hyphenated American!
The rules set by the Left are extremely clear. Racist images of black conservatives and negative images of Bush are fair game. Even a play about murdering President Bush was called "harmless art". Meanwhile, all unflattering images of Obama are racist, and constitute dangerous, potentially violent hate speech.
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called Congressman Joe Wilson a racist for saying,"You lie" to president Obama. Using her psychic powers, Dowd said Wilson was really saying in his mind, "You lie, BOY!" And yet, liberal commentator Julianne Malveaux, saying she hopes black conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife "feeds him a lot of fatty foods so he will die early from heart disease like many black men", was not considered racist. I am a black conservative singer, songwriter, entertainer and columnist. Liberals have posted comments all over YouTube and C-SPAN freely using and calling me the "N" word. Because they are libs and I am an uppity, off the liberal plantation, run-away black, all tactics to restore me to my owners are acceptable.
Here is another example of the Left setting the rules. "Take Back America!" is now on their list of racist terms we protesters are not allowed to use. Again using their psychic powers, the Left claims the protesters are really saying, "Because the president is black, lets take America back"! This is totally absurd. "Take Back America" refers to the hijacking of our freedoms, liberty and culture by an out of control administration.
I was asked to perform at a tea party event. The organizer informed me, "I want to get away from calling the rally a "Tea Party" because the liberal media have made the term negative". I said, "Does this mean you do not want me to sing my "American Tea Party Anthem"? Then, why am I here?"Politeness to my host prevented me from saying, "News flash, pal! The media is going to trash us regardless of what we call our rallies. It's what they do. They are not on our side. Should we keep changing what we call the rallies in hope of finding a name which will cause the media to give us fair coverage"? A million people showed up in Washington DC for the September 12th Taxpayers Rally. The media reported 70,000.
I was interviewed on CNN. During the pre-interview by the young black producer over the phone, he asked me, "Is there any part of Obama's health care plan you like"? I replied, "No". He was stunned. With great shock and disbelief in his voice, the producer repeated my reply with a loud "NO?". Then he abruptly said, "I'll call you back".
News1News posted my CNN interview on YouTube with the following caption, "African American Right Wing (Obama Hating) Singing Tea Bagger, Lloyd Marcus". Folks, I am a Christian and hate no one. But, this is what the media does to those who disagree. All who oppose Obama's agenda are either racist, redneck or stupid.
Folks, the stakes are far too high to allow the Left to continue setting the rules of engagement. The far Left and Obama administration have a vision for America different than our Constitution. As patriots, it is our duty to just say, NO!
My black 82 year old dad told me he has seen the reports on TV how a lot of people at the rallies want Obama dead. I said, "I bet you saw that on CNN". Dad said, "Yes". It infuriates me that CNN is selling the lie that the Tea Party Movement is all about racism and hatred for a black president. While my dad never said anything out loud, I thought, "What must he think of me? Why is his first born siding with these evil white folks against a fine fellow black man?" I replied, "Dad, try watching Fox".
Lloyd Marcus, Black Un-hyphenated American!
Mr. Marcus,
ReplyDeleteYou are an enlightened American. Let me address your points below.
1) I believe your statements to Mr. Lemon are correct except for the last one. As this country has a large amount of duped voters who call themselves Democrats or liberals, and these people have been educated by our socialist/communist friends in the teaching profession, most buy into the constant rhetoric and class warfare mentality of the left. Most blacks are highly racist. Many Asians are racist as well. Racism exists because it is taught in the home or predominates in closed societies. However, and this is a key point, minorities refuse to acknowledge their own racist tendencies and their complaintant accusations against the minority are nurtured and pushed to new heights by those who want these individuals under their thumbs for their own purposes.
2) Why would you be shocked to see the response from the "so-called tolerant and compassionate Left". You have attacked one of their favorite tools of guilt. The beauty of it is that now the Left's hypocrisy is exposed for all to see. Anyone with half a brain can understand their motivation and concern. It shouldn't take a collegiate level class in political science or behavioral science to understand a simple "action/reaction" scenario.
3) I, too, have grown intolerant of the Left. A less than stunning example of confronting the mindlessness of the fringe left comprised of gays, lesbians, minorities, and other mentally deficient folk was encountered in Cotati California where I went to address their council after they attacked their only elected conservative councilman, George Barich, who they are currently attempting to recall. The subject was whether or not George had stepped over the boundaries of propriety by posting a Halloween picture of himself donning an outfit mimicking a disco era performer who happened to be black. The outfit included an Afro style wig plus face paint. As George explained it, he loves the music and the picture was a tribute to the performers of that era. What bothered me was the response from the lone black councilman who was all too agitated and in too much of a hurry to turn this into a racial slap by stating "I feel invisible up here. You are talking about this being an insult to blacks while not acknowledging my blackness." To which I responded that "perhaps it is because you are the only one who sees yourself as being a black man. I only see you as a man. I didn't see the last speaker as an Asian American. I saw him as a man. Isn't that what you liberals want, a color blind society?" The man was next to speechless. By the way, he is also a college professor at Sonoma State.
The example does not end with my confrontation of the speaker. I was followed by a hate filled lesbian former supporter of Mr. Barich who stated she didn't like being lectured to on race by a white man. If that isn't a racist statement, I don't know what is. As you said, no tolerance and no clue as to their own hypocrisy.
4) The Left are out to destroy America. Why you ask? Simply put and justified is that they hate white America and what it has created. They want to reduce America to ashes and rebuild it in the image most fair to them: communistic socialism. The Left must hate you as you are standing in their way of creating their version of Utopia, one which has failed to work for the masses but works just fine for the elite at the top.
We have a lot of work to do. Educating the masses is the most important step. This is my reason d'etre for writing. (Hopefully the French spelling is correct) The next step is to replace the fools in position of power with those of us who know and understand what the Founding Fathers gave us and what we hope to preserve.
Please continue writing and performing. Be strong and practice ducking ... a lot ...
Michael J. Ceremello, Jr.
Councilman, City of Dixon
Civic Activist, Investigative Reporter, Political Columnist, Photo-Journalist
Compliments to the Councilman of Dixon for the comment above. He said it all, so I'll make this short and sweet.
ReplyDeleteLloyd Marcus is a well in-tuned individual who is not weak minded or ruled by those telling him he is entitled or superior to all other races. He is honorable and he love's this country.
The exact opposite of him is right here in Cotati, CA.....Vice Mayor Coleman.