As promised, here is a link to the official response by Wesley Snipes to The Mo'Kelly Report. Due to copyright "issues," Mr. Snipes has only allowed for www.eurweb.com to publish the retort. But Mo'Kelly has this new-fangled internet thing called HTML, which allows him to link (everybody say "ooooooh, link") to the rebuttal.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
The response was first emailed to Mo'Kelly directly and personally by Mr. Snipes himself. To that end, he deserves ample credit and it should be acknowledged accordingly. But since Mo'Kelly wasn't "allowed" or given clearance to post the response directly on the blog, Mo'Kelly is going to "slightly" editorialize in return.
Mo'Kelly found it "odd" for Snipes to indirectly equate his plight to the plights of other significant African-Americans such as Marcus Garvey, Muhammad Ali, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. et al. It's disingenuous to equate his plight and circumstances with any of the aforementioned who were actual and factual targets of the government. Mo'Kelly is more than acquainted with his African-American history, despite Snipes' query alleging the contrary. Stopping short of going "Lloyd Bentsen" on Snipes' "Dan Quayle-like" argument, Mo'Kelly will offer the following rebuttal to those oblique historical references to great African-American heroes.
It's a specious argument on its best day.
These great African-American leaders of social revolution are not comparable to a wealthy actor who does not actively engage in the dialogue of African-American empowerment. The aforementioned leaders were threats to the status quo and all were revolutionaries in their own right. The most "controversial statement" that Snipes has made arguably was his choice of co-stars in his movies, who coincidentally happened to be non-African-American on most occasions. In fact, it's been a criticism long-levied at him. To now gravy-train and dovetail the legacies of African-American heroes is more than slightly troublesome, all quips and witticisms aside. Not only is Mo'Kelly acquainted with African-American history but also with Wesley Snipes' history too. They are incongruous on many levels.
Wesley Snipes is akin to Marcus Garvey about as much as Rosie O'Donnell favors Mother Teresa. That's not a diss per se, just a statement of fact. Give Marcus, Muhammad, and Martin a bit more credit, please. Similar "charges" do not make the accused equal in martyrdom. Mo'Kelly, Al Capone, Willie Nelson, Peabo Bryson and Ron Isley have been audited too, but Mo'Kelly wouldn't dare use that as a launching pad for comparisons to Dr. King.
And like comedian Chris Rock mused; just because Tupac and Biggie were shot, doesn't mean they were "assassinated" like Dr. King and Malcolm X...it just means they were shot.
Let's not overstate reality.
Any other conclusions will be left to you as the reader to draw...but those were Mo'Kelly's two cents.
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MrMoKelly I've read your comments on MediaTakeOut about simply being a law abiding citizen and while I completely understand your logic I'll have to disagree with you on this issue. Just think if our ancestors never rebelled against slavery we would probably still be under bondage. If our people didn't stand up and speak out against segregation and so many more injustices they would still be occuring. And correct me if I am wrong but I believe these were laws too.
I have been studying this situation for some time now and I agree with what Wesley was trying to do. While many people who followed this case believes he was doing it for selfish reasons, I believe that he was really doing it for the greater good of all of us. But ignorance is bliss and WE are too lazy to look into ourselves before we give our opinions or assessments. AMERICA IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP! We are all being duped and bullied. There truly isn't a law that says we have to pay taxes. But this has gone on for so long that we believe that it's our duty to do so. So out of complacency and we do nothing. At least he's trying. There are even ex-IRS agents who are fighting for the same cause as Wesley. Ex-IRS agents! Just think IF Wesley had won his case it would have set new precedents for others to base their cases on in order to make them stronger--and their have been sucessful cases. DO THE RESEARCH.
The IRS is making and example out of him because of his public platform not because of his race or gender. It's meant to scare us all and guess what...it's working.
My hope that is the more people become aware of the truth then we can band together. Unfortunatley fighting this alone has not demonstrated it's effectiveness. There is strength in numbers. Wouldn't it be something if we could stand shoulder to shoulder and engage in a class action suit against the IRS.
Barbara,
He was first willfully not paying his taxes and "warned" the IRS not to come after him.
Then in court argued that he was being misled by "unscrupulous advisors."
Well which was it...couldn't possibly be both?
Wesley was not making a principled stand...he was trying to get over on the government in an egregious way.
He lost and now he's going to jail. He's not a martyr and was not fighting injustice.
He was trying to get over on the government. There's a huge difference.
And since you'd like to compare this to the civil rights movement, those heroes DID get arrested, DID go to jail and many DIED in the process. You can't equate these two on any level, as I've intimated many times.
Don't confuse criminal behavior with a principled fight. If you do not pay your taxes, you will go to jail. You can try to get the laws changed if you wish, but until that time comes, if you arbitrarily stop paying taxes (like Wes did) then you'll likely end up in jail.
Evidently Wes started to agree with Mo'Kelly because he started paying taxes again prior to being arrested and came with a $15 million check at his sentencing hearing.
So when it really came down to it...he wasn't trying to make a point to the government, just trying to get over.
Mo'Kelly....another wannabe celebrity....disappointing on so many levels....I read some of your teasers.."Mo'Kelly quoted in USA Today" and "Mo'Kelly quoted in USA Today again." Pathetic...what do you still have all of your first grade papers with shiny gold stars saved on your fridge at your house? You want so bad to be the man, but alas, you will never be...I feel sorry for you
If I'm not the man...and you "feel sorry for me" you spent so much time reading all of my work for what purpose exactly?
Next time, be sure to at least not hide under the cloak of "anonymity" when you provide a critique. It at least lends a scintilla of legitimacy. Anybody can throw rocks from across the street. Next time be sure to step up your game.
Thanks for reading ALL MY MATERIAL. You sound like a loyal subscriber!
After reading Barbara's comments I felt compelled to post. While I respect her opinion I don't agree with it. Why would anyone say that the IRS is making an example out of Wesley Snipes? Are they making an example out of multi-millionaire, Grammy award winnner Phil Driscoll who sits in the penitentiary for tax evasion as I type this post? Did they make an example out of Academy Award winner Sophia Loren who spent time in prison for tax evasion? What about Richard Hatch, 51 months? Tennis superstar Boris Becker? Let's talk about Joseph Nunan who was head of the IRS...that's right, the IRS Commissioner busted for tax evasion. If they can get the IRS Commissioner...they can get Wesley! Barbara stated "there truly isn't a law that says we have to pay taxes"....wrong, wrong, wrong! THE NAME OF THE LAW THAT SAYS YOU WILL FILE AND PAY TAXES IS CALLED "THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OR TITLE 26".The Internal Revenue had nothing to do with this law - it was written and passed by Congress. Barbara, you can also read the 16th AMENDMENT which says "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on any income derived"....ya'll can listen to Wesley if you want to and let him get you roped off!
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