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ratbastid · 03-19-2008, 10:23 AM

pan, you missed the point of the speech entirely because you are SO locked into your point of view. It's a shame, because it's the first time the racial divisions in our country have been honestly and universally addressed by ANYONE, EVER, and it's a GREAT BIG DEAL. But you're hung up about one guy in a robe and what another guy should or shouldn't have done about him. You listened to that whole speech through a certain filter, and nothing that's not consistent with the filter could make its way into your mind.

Tiny, tiny thinking, pan. Tiny, compared to what's now on the table.

You missed the part where Obama said that black anger--at systematic oppression, the socioeconomic leftovers of slaver, etc--is real. You missed where he acknowledged that there's anger among white Americans, about being blamed for things they never did, about losing job opportunities to affirmative action, being subjected to angry rhetoric like Wright's, etc. You missed the part where he said we could point fingers, put hate speech on high-repeat on the news, continue to blame OR we could come together and address these issues as a unified America.

Far as I'm concerned, when THAT'S what's now in the public discourse, the concerns you're cemented into are petty, small, and not worth dealing with. Not when what's now in front of us is a REAL opportunity to unite America. The first opportunity we've had EVER.

03-19-2008, 10:23 AM	#215 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	pan, you missed the point of the speech entirely because you are SO locked into your point of view. It's a shame, because it's the first time the racial divisions in our country have been honestly and universally addressed by ANYONE, EVER, and it's a GREAT BIG DEAL. But you're hung up about one guy in a robe and what another guy should or shouldn't have done about him. You listened to that whole speech through a certain filter, and nothing that's not consistent with the filter could make its way into your mind. Tiny, tiny thinking, pan. Tiny, compared to what's now on the table. You missed the part where Obama said that black anger--at systematic oppression, the socioeconomic leftovers of slaver, etc--is real. You missed where he acknowledged that there's anger among white Americans, about being blamed for things they never did, about losing job opportunities to affirmative action, being subjected to angry rhetoric like Wright's, etc. You missed the part where he said we could point fingers, put hate speech on high-repeat on the news, continue to blame OR we could come together and address these issues as a unified America. Far as I'm concerned, when THAT'S what's now in the public discourse, the concerns you're cemented into are petty, small, and not worth dealing with. Not when what's now in front of us is a REAL opportunity to unite America. The first opportunity we've had EVER. Last edited by ratbastid; 03-19-2008 at 10:28 AM..