Paul Shirley to Haitian Victims: "Maybe Use A Condom Once In A While"

Just when I thought that the ignorance afflicting certain dumbass racists was tempered, here comes the biggest douchebag of 2010, Paul Shirley, a pathetic excuse for an athlete, and supposed basketball player.  The guy's basically a jack of all trades, and master of none.  He couldn't even be bothered to do the research on Haiti before writing this racist, boorish screed against Haitians and Haiti. 

Shirley asks whether what he is about to write makes him a monster.  Well, damn!  If you need to ask you stupid sumbitch, you probably are a freaking monster!  As soon as I read that part, I knew that I was going to have to tune my brain to deal with undistilled fuckery.  He did not disappoint, the little oaf.

If you want to read some straight up vitriol, then I suggest you read his ode to his white privilege (Mmmm!!!  Privilege!  You SUCK if you don't have it, People of Color!  Shame on you!) and his inability to be a feeling, compassionate human.  It's clear that the guy is a troglodyte when it comes to humanity, and I can't tolerate too much of it.  Let me just highlight some of his most ignorant sentiments from his blog post:


I haven’t donated a cent to the Haitian relief effort. And I probably will not.


I haven’t donated to the Haitian relief effort for the same reason that I don’t give money to homeless men on the street. Based on past experiences, I don’t think the guy with the sign that reads “Need You’re Help” is going to do anything constructive with the dollar I might give him. If I use history as my guide, I don’t think the people of Haiti will do much with my money either.


However, it is not outside the realm of imagination to think that the citizens of a country might be able to: A) avoid putting themselves into a situation that might result in such catastrophic loss of life. And B) provide for their own aid, in the event of such a catastrophe.

And the piece de resistance comes in his sickening mock letter to the Haitian people:

Dear Haitians –



First of all, kudos on developing the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Your commitment to human rights, infrastructure, and birth control should be applauded.


As we prepare to assist you in this difficult time, a polite request: If it’s possible, could you not re-build your island home in the image of its predecessor? Could you not resort to the creation of flimsy shanty- and shack-towns? And could some of you maybe use a condom once in a while?


Sincerely,

The Rest of the World

Like Pat Robertson, Shirley insists on speaking for everyone in an effort to validate his racism and classism.  And like Pat Robertson, he's dumb as hell and speaking on a topic he has NO business writing about because of sheer ignorance.  If he had an IOTA of a clue, he would be congratulating France and the United States for their instrumental assistance in developing the "poorest nation in the world" as well.

A Crisis in Haiti: When there's blood on the streets...

Back in the day I could remember as an immigrant from the Caribbean myself when "being Haitian" was the butt of all jokes. What can I say, everybody has to have somebody to pick on I suppose. Considering that Haitians have been placed in such an inauspicious position among us West Indians and practically everybody in the western hemisphere if not the world. It's really great to see the outpouring of support here in their darkest hour. It truly gives me hope and a renewed sense of optimism that one day, the realization that we're all citizens of the world becomes obvious. So much so that we may never compromise the humanity of others as we all share space on this planet.

Honestly, my mind has been all over the place as I watch the portentous media coverage. Watching from a distance as we sit comfortably in our lives, I guess we can agree that there's a sense of helplessness which overtakes our being. A feeling which compels us to act with the greatest of humanitarian spirit, hence the outpouring of support financial and otherwise. I have some thoughts swimming around in my head about this event, but before getting to them, I just want to say that it is truly awesome to see that within the first 48 hours of the earthquake, people have donated funds to the Red Cross in record numbers. Numbers that have surpassed the initial 48 hour response period in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the Tsunami in Miramar back in 2004.