Powerful Words
- A member of the McClendon family is blaming the "thug mentality" in the black community for the slaying of his parents and said black leaders have "to wake up" to change it and "come to grips that our pathologies run deep."
Theodore McClendon early this morning posted a 3-minute videoclip entitled "AddressingThug-Life" on the Facebook social networking site in which he also said that "this kind of intimidation has to stop." - "My parents happened to be the unfortunate victim of their immaturity and their thugism, and quite frankly to their primitive nature," he said. "We got to change this. Unless we change this we are doomed to have an uncivilized society. We are doomed to live in a quagmire of primordial existence. Unless we change it.
"But we got to admit it. That's where black leaders have to wake up. Black leaders have to come to grips that our pathologies run deep.
"Despite the causes of black pathologies, we must understand they exist. We need to address them rather than to blame external forces, blame economics, blame the white man. Blame something that's not going to solve anything.
"You got to admit our shortcomings... That's what we got to do."
The first step to recovery is admitting there is a problem. And guess what? There's a big problem in this community and it's going to take big words, bigger ideas and huge actions to solve it. Not money, not empty promises, not blaming the bogeyman.
The elder McClendons appear to have raised some straight thinking, straight talking, stand up men who speak their mind. Let that be their legacy. RIP.
The elder McClendons appear to have raised some straight thinking, straight talking, stand up men who speak their mind. Let that be their legacy. RIP.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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This guy made some strong points and I can't say he is wrong. AMEN!!!
Before this unfortunate tragedy, I had never heard of McClendon as I don't get CLTV.
The man exudes class. I envy his faith and his composure at such a terrible time.
I can't say for sure, but if anything like this happened to me, I'm not sure I could pick myself up off the floor. Let alone shower, get dressed, gather my thoughts, forgive and then speak words that Dr. King would be proud to hear.
God bless you, sir, and your family.
Rest in peace Mr. & Mrs. McClendon.
That's why I am filing complaints, writing letters, tweets and blogging about these sick child molesting, child killing, woman beating, good clean parent murdering predators.
They need to be locked UP.
They are destroying this society and I do not care what color they are.
LOCK THEM UP-FAST
the politicians wont address this in fear of the losing their next election.how many lives have been lost due to being PC? who s gonna tell someone that at some point in life you have to take personal responsibilty? you will be able to hear a pin drop. remember...the truth will set you free. until people are serious about fixing a problem...no one will take them seriously.
"...and quite frankly to their primitive nature"
Even they know their people act like savages.
Alas, the dime-store reverends and mainstream media will brand the McClendon brothers as snitches, Uncle Toms and being "brainwashed" or victims of "Institutional Racism."
Imagine the grief of having your elderly parents murdered by people you've been brought up to relate to all your life; to take their lives only for a few bucks and maybe the Caddy that they could slam a set of 24" rims on to drive up and down Cottage Grove or Roosevelt Rd, flashing their costume jewelry "bling."
If allowed to go unchecked this "thug life" mentality (NOT just black people) will be the decline of Western Civilization as we know it.
God help us all.
p.s. Masters
It is Liberals and Reverends that I blame more than these killing gangbangers. They preach that these killers are just "victims." With Obama in office it has only become much worse. Until we start calling things as they are, and not through liberal ass rainbow sunglasses, nothing will improve. But I guess that doesn't send shivers up Chris Matthews leg, so it probably won't happen.
This also is not going to happen anytime soon because our President is the first one to pull the race card. He sued Citibank claiming they discriminated against a black man by not giving him a lone. In the suit Obama admits the man has bad credit but still says it was because of race. Obama then gives this poor "victim" $60,000 while he and his lawyers take $950,000. He was even screwing us back then (forcing banks to take risky loans/housing market crash.)
Doesn't look like anything is changing anytime soon.
Hey, maybe Jesse the Jackass can see some profit in this and take off with it. He's made quite a career of keeping his people down.
Perhaps the idea that there are problems that must be addressed instead of assigning blame for them will make him a buck and he can champion the cause.
It's sad that it takes the tragic loss of some good people to get a community to finally talk about moving on.
he'll be demonized by the black, self-appointed "leaders"
.... namely hibbity jibbity
SCC said...
The elder McClendons appear to have raised some straight thinking, straight talking, stand up men who speak their mind. Let that be their legacy. RIP.
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They are like the ANTI-Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton/Louis Farakhan!
Wait until, God forbid it should ever happen, the Socialist/Democrat liberals take over. They will turn the police into something the Nazis and Russian communists would envy. Pray every day that we can get off this slippery slope we are on.
Oath Keeper
Gangs across the USA should be considered "Enemy Combatants" immediately and incarcerated indefinitely! Their rights should be suspended until this country understands how they are destroying our system! The Roaring 20s was childs play back then compared to how these new gangs operate! They become even more powerful when held in normal prisons because they are allowed to communicate to those on the outside! Prison officials spend most of their time trying to keep the various factions from killing them and each other! We are living in insane times and every politician sweeps it under the rug every four years! Spend a billion and isolate them like you would do with any deadly virus! This country has to break the backs of these animals!
What a shame. I feel terrible for this family. Gerard McLendon's CLTV show is always entertaining. He's a bright young guy who always gives us a fair shake, whether or not you agree with him on specific points. Seems like a genuinely good guy.
Our prayers are with you.
doctor bill cosby has been saying the same thing for years....
My sincere condolences to Theodore McClendon and the McClendon family, but the thug life mentality did not just percolate with the victimization of his parents. It has been around for a long, long time in the African-American community.
Some kids can tell you the exact date of a notable thug's demise, but would be unable to tell you the date of George Washington Carver's birth or of his achievements. Sad.
Locally, and a portion of nationally, I lay that squarely at Jesse Jackson's door, for there is no bigger example of a socio-economic bully or thug than he and his ilk in the African-American community.
Children starved for parents, life heroes and positive examples, learn from what they see and experience, and Jesse has shown them a lot, but has failed to show them anything positive because his style is designed to make him richer in the pocketbook, not to enrich the African-American community in any manner, shape or form. Jesse is nothing more than a charlatan and a thief. He has robbed his community of so much.
In certain circles, it's a widely accepted fact that vicious animals that turn on their own kind need to be put down.
While reading about this "Thug Life" topic I can't help but think that no one is oppressing these individuals, they've turned on their own kind. Dangerous psychotics/sociopaths all of them . . . when you lack empathy for your own species, it's all over.
Humans have no natural predators but we've managed to create them from our own ranks.
By the way, no one arrested yet. If an officer assumed the defendants were black they would be profiling at best and racist with a 2 million legal judgement against them
Bill Cosby said the same thing not to long ago and was ostracized in the black community for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuL8F9oHC2Q&feature=related
White people elected a black man as their president. This is their problem now. I know Jackson Sharpton Meeks et al dont want to hear it bec they made millions on race baiting, but it is over now. Period.
go to youtube and look up
preacher david manning
McClendon's statement runs true across all socioeconomic groups.
Unfortunately for the black community the revruns and politicians need to perpeptuate the status quo in order to maintain the flow of tax dollars in to their pockets.
So things will remain same ol' same ol'.
It's a damn shame those hoodlums killed those senior citizens. Those people worked all their lives, raised their children, and didn't deserve this. I can't wait until they catch those bastards and fry their stupid asses!!!
This murder stinks.
A carjacking? Where two victims in their 70's are executed, transported to a forest preserve, dumped, and stripped of their identification.
All this for a car.
And then, what happens to the car? It is abandoned on the Dan Ryan directly across from Area One at Garfield Blvd.
No way is a carjacking the whole story.
Saw it on tv yesterday. Pretty powerful and sensible words. Mom and Dad did a good job raising their kids.My thoughts and prayers are with the family
It won't change.
Since black "revs" and their fellow political ilk rely on the facts McClendon has pointed out in order to keep themselves in the public eye, nothing will ever be done to change things for the black community. It's a shame that these people haven't figured out the simple fact that their "leaders" already have:
Black leaders REQUIRE their community to remain poor, uneducated and pissed off at the world because otherwise their "leaders" have no podium to preach from and nothing left to keep themselves in power.
Current black leadership's entire soapbox exists only because they have been able to maintain the status quo as McClendon clearly points out.
Change yourselves into decent productive members of society and watch your current crop of "leaders" disappear into nothing.
Only then will the black community be able to get into the mainstream of life and be considered equal.
But then, maybe they don't want to be considered equal. Being equal means you don't get any more attention from politicians or freebie giveaways from the government.
It's your choice. Either wake up and see what your problems are and get on the right bus with the rest of us, or sit there pissed off and begging for free handouts and keep declaring yourselves as second class citizens.
It goes without saying that we(police) KNOW there are savages in Chicago.They have infiltrated our JOB,they have infiltrated our CHURCH,they have infiltrated our GOVERNMENT,and they CONTINUE to bring havoc to Chicago and other areas. THANK YOU Mr McClendon for having the BALLS to speak up on the Black Community.What is "accepted" as "normal" behavior is and lets be CLEAR HERE PEOPLE, is simply the law abiding burying their heads in the sand or turning a blind eye to what they have KNOWN is occurring on a daily basis. Unfortunately you WILL be subject to the rantings of Jesse,Al Sharpton,Father Pflegger,and all the other "leaders" of the community that GO ALONG AND CONDONE this behavior. Im sorry, but 'savage' is a VERY ACCURATE depiction of some of the people in Chicago. Equally unfortunate is the Policies of the Chicago Police Department that WILL NOT ALLOW US TO TREAT THEM AS SUCH ANY MORE. A sad day indeed when we,the ONCE FEARED Chicago Police Department,have to bow and submit to drunks,out of wedlock babymakin reverends,and literally RADICAL "community leaders" out of fear of coming to work one day and finding a mass of screaming protesting SAVAGES thats SOLE INTENT is getting payed.Sorry for the rant but it is what it is and equally sorry but as long as Im breathing Ill speak not some sugar coated bullshit designed to embrace feelings and cultures, ILL SPEAK THE TRUTH. We all know the man is RIGHT.Problem is some of us have become so conditioned to Political Correctness that we fail to speak whats in our hearts.
FUCK THAT.
My condolences to the McClendon family. Your parents raised a wise, beautiful family.
May they proudly rest in peace.
These powerful words surely have Jesse and the other pretend reverends stuttering & stammering. I'm sure if Martin Luther King were still alive he would have bitch slapped Jesse & the other phonies many times over. These "thug" reverends need to learn about responsibility & family values.
off topic: this citizen would like to thank 018 first watch for a nice job Saturday morning apprehending the suspect in a drive-by shooting outside the Boutique Nightclub at Halsted/Evergreen Saturday early morning.
There were already entertainment units on scene trying to manage the mobs exiting the Boutique club, which launched as a supposedly upscale venue but which in recent weeks is becoming just another hood-fest.
Once the shots fired call went out, responding units were able to quickly get a description of the vehicle, a white Dodge Magnum. And within minutes, the Magnum was pulled over down at Halsted/Grand/Milwaukee--found with a gun and spent shell casings inside. Great work!
Community service minded ? Teach a senior citizen how to load, shoot and reload a .38 revolver. Thats my idea of a good deed. The protection of old people.
This guy should be the next Mayor of Chicago . Sharpton & Jackson should take a lesson from him
Anonymous said...
off topic: this citizen would like to thank 018 first watch for a nice job Saturday morning apprehending the suspect in a drive-by shooting outside the Boutique Nightclub at Halsted/Evergreen Saturday early morning.
There were already entertainment units on scene trying to manage the mobs exiting the Boutique club, which launched as a supposedly upscale venue but which in recent weeks is becoming just another hood-fest.
Once the shots fired call went out, responding units were able to quickly get a description of the vehicle, a white Dodge Magnum. And within minutes, the Magnum was pulled over down at Halsted/Grand/Milwaukee--found with a gun and spent shell casings inside. Great work!
10/24/2009 04:02:00 PM
Anyone know how many shootings/killings there have been in and around these shithole "boutique" bars around Halsted/Evergreen? Every one of them can burn down and I would be all the happier.
I'm glad Mr. McClendon stated those powerful words. :) "We" need more people (i.e. especially the Holts and other victims) to state those powerful words, instead of the usual gun bans, pray, boycott and march. :|
As a black man, I can tell you that he is 110% on target. Let's face it, most violent crimes are committed by black males between the ages of 16 to 30.
If I say this simple truth, many black people won't hear it. Even though we have a black President, they still talk about racism. If American society is so racist, then why are Asians so prosperous and educated? Asians have the highest per capita earnings and the highest level of education in America.
Sometimes as a proud black man I feel there is no hope for our people. But hopefully one day, people like myself and McClendon will rise up and take back our community from fake reverends, fake people like Jesse Jackson, etc...
I cannot imagine having my parents murdered. I hope the man finds some peace in life. But, I can only imagine how much better we would be as a society if the liberal forces, the pastors and educators and politicians stood up and took the same stand to stop coddling the criminals and lock them up.
Rest in peace Mr. & Mrs. McClendon. I can only hope the words of their son sank into to someones head and made someone think.
Nice to see this guy speak the truth that no one wants to hear.
I would vote for this guy to be our next mayor.
I hope the powers that be listen to this guy. He's saying what every cop thinks.
"...and quite frankly to their primitive nature"
Even they know their people act like savages...
What the hell is wrong with you? We finally have a logical post, and you litter it with this garbage.
Don't you think we have black Officers and their family members or kids that read this.
You Sir, have a savage mentality, only a white mans version of it.
Signed, a white man.
To: 9:51pm
You, sir, are a complete fucking idiot.
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On a lighter note, I agree Mr. McClendon for mayor.
Anonymous said...
To: 9:51pm
You, sir, are a complete fucking idiot.
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On a lighter note, I agree Mr. McClendon for mayor.
10/24/2009 11:21:00 PM
So you hate white guys who stand up for black folks, yet you want to vote for McClendon for mayor?
Son, you need some readjusting.
Anonymous said...
off topic: this citizen would like to thank 018 first watch for a nice job Saturday morning apprehending the suspect in a drive-by shooting outside the Boutique Nightclub at Halsted/Evergreen Saturday early morning.
There were already entertainment units on scene trying to manage the mobs exiting the Boutique club, which launched as a supposedly upscale venue but which in recent weeks is becoming just another hood-fest.
Once the shots fired call went out, responding units were able to quickly get a description of the vehicle, a white Dodge Magnum. And within minutes, the Magnum was pulled over down at Halsted/Grand/Milwaukee--found with a gun and spent shell casings inside. Great work!
10/24/2009 04:02:00 PM
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While it was good work, this post was obviously NOT written by a citizen. It's a shame you need a fake pat on the back and are using this forum for recognition.
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While it was good work, this post was obviously NOT written by a citizen. It's a shame you need a fake pat on the back and are using this forum for recognition.
10/25/2009 09:11:00 AM
I AM a citizen with no police friends or connections, and heard it all on a $70 scanner available from your local RadioShack. Try it, you'll learn something.
Sometimes as a proud black man I feel there is no hope for our people. But hopefully one day, people like myself and McClendon will rise up and take back our community from fake reverends, fake people like Jesse Jackson, etc...
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Please, get together with him. Would be welcome. Unfortunately, you probably don't have the time because you are doing the same thing the McLendon's did most of their life...raising you family right.
i been saying this forever... maybe someone will listen to him.
oobama should get this guy a bigger audience.
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