aloha----
you know one of the most talented artists in the state is willie k. for
years, heck decades i have had the utmost respect for him and his music.
tonight he took the stage at don ho's memorial and i am sure i was not the
only one he offended in the most heinous antisocial manner. in one fell
swoop he derided the entire civil liberty struggles of every ethnic portion
of our community and country.
his apparently drunken tirade was reminiscent of seinfeld Kramers filth. On
a day of rememberence he felt obligated to walk onto stage and vomit out the
most vile statement i have ever heard uttered on a stage in hawaii or
anywhere else... "LOOK OUT THERE ON THE BEACH WE GOT HAOLES AND LOCALS ALL
SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AINT THIS JUST A MARTIN LUTHER KING MOMENT...."
WHAT IN HELL WAS HE THINKING?
DID HE THINK THAT DON WOULD HAVE APPROVED OF THAT KIND OF BLATENT
PREDJUDICE? DOES HE THINK THAT DON DISTINGUISED BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF
THEWORLD WHO LOVED HIM AND RESPECTED HIS WORK? DID WILLIE THINK THAT ALL
HIS WHITE, BLACK, PHILIPINO, CHINESE, JAPANESE FANS WANTED TO HEAR HIM
INSULT EACH OF THEIR RACES ON A SOLEMN OCCASION SUCH AS A FUNERAL SERVICE?
HE CONTINUED ON WITH CHEAP PORTRAYALS OF JAZZ GREAT ELLA FITZGERALD CALLING
HER BRONZED AND HAWAIIAN, SHE IS BLACK AND PROUD WHY COULDNT HE SHOW
RESPECT. I WATCH WILLIE AT BIKE RUNS WITH HIS WHITE AND LOCAL AND HAWAIIAN
FRIENDS I HAVE NEVER HEARD HIM INSULT THEM IN THAT MANNER.
HEY WILLIE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU YOU WALKED ONSTAGE WITH YOUR ZIPPER DOWN,
I GOT THE PHOTO OF A LIFETIME BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU AS YOU ARE. YOU CANT ZIP
YOUR PANTS AND TONIGHT YOU SHOWED YOU CANT ZIP YOUR MOUTH. YOU WERE
INSULTING TO A MAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY AND HIS HAWAIIAN PEOPLE PROUDLY.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HELP FIX THE WORLD WILLIE? WHAT BRIDGES HAVE YOU
CROSSED? DON HO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE EVERY NATIONALITY TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO
BE INSULTING AND CRUDE. YOU ARE NOT AN ACTIVIST YOU ARE A RUDE HYPOCRITE
NOT TO MENTION YOU AINT PURE HAWAIIAN FROM MY UNDERSTANDING SO YOU ALSO
INSULTED YOUR FAMILY. WOW TO THINK I SPENT MONEY TO SEE AND HEAR YOU
PERFORM...
THAT WONT HAPPEN EVER AGAIN AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WHO WAS WITNESS TO YOUR
ACT OF IGNORANCE AND WORDS OF HATE FEELS THE SAME WAY AS I DO.
TALENTED YES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU SHOWED THAT YOU ARE CLASSLESS AND
UNIMPORTANT.
YOU NEED TO FIND SOME HUMBLE WILLIE AND GET ON YOUR KNEES AND APOLOGIZE TO
MRS KINGS FAMILY, TO MR HOS FAMILY, TO THE ENTIRE STATE OF HAWAII. HAWAII
HAS ITS ISSUES AND I AM A FERVENT BELIEVER IN SOVEREIGNTY BUT NOTHING GOOD
EVER CAME OUT OF YOUR CALLOUS AND CRUDE BEHAVIOURS AND STATENMENTS.
ANOTHER LOCAL MUSICIAN ONCE TOLD ME HE DIDNT LIKE YOU AND WHEN I ASKED WHY
HE CALLED YOU A HIGH MUCKA FU__KA ... IT TOOK A FEW YEARS FOR ME TO
UNDERSTAND THE WISDOM IN HIS WORDS..... TONIGHT I SAW THE LIGHT....
I HOPE YOU FIND IN YOUR FUTURE THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR TALENT THAT WITHOUT
APOLOGIES TO THE ENTIRE STATE AND NATION OF HAWAII THAT YOUR IGNORANT
PORTRAYAL OF A MAN SUCH AS MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A GRAVE ERROR IN JUDGEMENT
THAT YOUR CAREER FAILS AND BOTH PELE AND GOD AND BUDDA AND JESUS ALL COME
TOGETHER TO SHINE ABOVE THE KIND OF DEGRADEING ATTITUDES YOU SHOWED
TONIGHT...
GET A GRIP DUDE YOU WERE OUT OF LINE AND YOU MADE ALOT OF ENEMIES..
WHY DO YOU THINK NO ONE APPLAUDED YOU OR SAND WITH YOU???
IF YOU ARE CLUELESS ENOUGH TO NOT KNOW I WILL TELL YOU WHY..
IT WAS BECAUSE YOU SHOWED THE WORLD THE UGLINESS THAT LIES WITHIN YOUR
HEART.....
THE REASONS DON HO, MR KING, BRUDDAH IZ, DUKE, AND KING KAULAKAUA ALL
GARNERED RESPECT AND LOVE AND MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN WAS
BECAUSE THEY NEVER ALLOWED RACE OR RELIGION TO SET THEIR PERSONAL AGENDAS
ABOVE OTHERS......
IF I AM THE ONLY FAN YOU LOST TONIGHT THEN I AM PROUD, IF I AM ONE OF
HUNDREDS I AM MORE PROUD, IF I AM ONE OF MILLIONS I WILL BE MORE PROUD YET.
YOU DISGRACED HAWAII, YOU DISGRACED DON, YOU DISGRACED HAWAIIANS, HAOLES,
BLACKS AND ALL OUR WONDERFUL COLORFUL NATION OF HAWAII BY ACTING LIKE A
JERK....
SHAME ON YOU.....................
THINK LONG AND HARD WILLIE....
REVEREND JOE MILLER
(AND YES THIS POST I PLACE MY NAME ON BECAUSE I AM A VETERAN, I AM A MAN OF
PEACE..... YOU ARE A VIOLENT VILE EXAMPLE OF WHY WE IN HAWAII ARE NOT MOVING
FORWARD TOWARDS A SOCIETY THAT COEXISTS IN PEACE)
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