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Originally Posted by matthew330
There's two components to this:
1. Are you defending what the preacher said? If so, do it directly. I know what roach thinks about conservativeland. Even if there's historical context to it to what Wright said and it can be justified with hours of historical debate, there is a vitriole to that tone that is not appropriate or rationale in this day and age for a president who subscribes to thought, IMO.
2. Are you with Obama in denouncing what he said? If so, isn't it a reasonable question to ask how he tolerated it and contributed to it financially for 20 years.
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1.Well, first of all, I do not watch television news so I have not been exposed to hours upon hours of clips and whatnot, but I have watched the clips posted on this thread and I can say with absolute honesty that I don't have a problem with what the Rev is saying. Some of it is angry and I can certainly understand that. And I believe most of it to be true.
And I think that rb's references to 'conservativeland' are totally appropriate given that angry black men tend to drive them up into high gear - a state in which they can conveniently disregard anything actually being said and concentrate on his or her 'vitriol.'
I understand this man's vitriol. He is an old black man in America. My parents are old white people from the south and
they understand why he is angry.
Obama is a full-grown educated man who is perfectly able to speak for himself and hold his own beliefs. I have listened to and been influenced by all kinds of people. My own mother is quite a bit more radical in her beliefs than I am. Yet, somehow I managed not to be just like her.
2. I am with Obama doing whatever he has to do to mediate this 'nontroversy.' (I love that.) I am not so naive to think that campaigning for the presidency is an exercise in free-thought, pure expression of one's beliefs and skipping through dandelions. But I am not at all threatened by this issue, by an Obama presidency or the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.