Stuff Black People Don’t Like
July 7, 2014
It was something Theodore Dalrymple said, which you should read two or three times when considering the SiriusXM firing of Anthony Cumia (of the popular Opie and Anthony Show):
Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better.
When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.
So what happened? [SiriusXM Fires ‘Opie and Anthony’ Host After Racist Tirade: The host was dropped after making “racially charged and hate-filled remarks on social media,” the satellite radio company said., Hollywood Reporter, 7-5-14]:
SiriusXM has fired Opie and Anthony host Anthony Cumia after he posted a series of racist remarks on Twitter earlier this week. Patrick Reilly, senior vp communications at the satellite radio company, wrote in a statement that the 53-year-old DJ’s posts were “abhorrent,” and the host was fired on Thursday.
“SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony channel. The decision was made, and Cumia informed, late Thursday, July 3 after careful consideration of his racially charged and hate-filled remarks on social media,” Reilly stated. “Those remarks and postings are abhorrent to SiriusXM, and his behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents.”
“Sirius decided to cave and fire me. Welcome to bizarro world. Fired for shit that wasn’t even on the air & wasn’t illegal. So, who’s next?” the Opie and Anthony host wrote on Twitter on Friday, adding in a subsequent tweet: “After the wkend, I’ll have a better idea of things. F— Sirius. I’ll pop on the Compound show next week and discuss this with TOTAL FREEDOM.”
Earlier in the week, Cumia had tweeted about an incident where he alleged that an African-American woman attacked him while he was taking pictures in New York City. The host used offensive words and made racist statements in the Twitter tirade, also adding: “She’s lucky I was a white legal gun owner or she’d be dead. Then 5 blacks started giving me shit!”
Remember what Dalrymple said:
“When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity.”