03-21-2008, 06:56 AM
Quote:The question I have Jester, is that like other bigots, does this inflame his constituency to the point of action beyond political action?
No. Give me a single example of one of his "flock" doing anything of the sort.
Quote:The tools of this kind of retribution are not the noose and the cross, but the Glock and a drive by.
The shortest line that connects Barack Obama to a "Glock and a drive by" is long indeed. This is pure fantasy, guilt by association meets six degrees of separation.
Quote:Blaming rich white people for intentionally designing and spreading the AIDS epidemic is beyond a commentary on American Foreign Policy. It is divisive and more inflammatory than blaming the AIDS epidemic on gay sex.
I believe I called it "looney tunes." He's completely off base on AIDS. Obama realises this, and has denounced those comments.
Quote:I could go on with numerous other examples of how his twisted words may have led his flock to take violent action, such as that which was promoted by Farrakhan, Nation of Islam and other black militants. Jeremiah Wright, and Farrakhan also share more than a political animosity against Israel, they express true antisemitism in its ugliest forms.
The anti-defamation league has said Rev. Wright is clear of anti-semitism. As for Farrakhan, Obama has no association with the man, has denounced his anti-semitic comments, and rejected his endorsement. Again, if you have any examples at all of how Wright's "twisted words" have led "his flock to take violent actions," I'd love to hear them.
Also, "true antisemitism in its ugliest form" would probably be the holocaust. Some perspective please, I know hyperbole can be fun when you're tarring people, but occasionally it ventures into the ridiculous.
Quote:Nobody, least of all Wright, would ever mention the full text of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech of Aug. 28, 1963... "all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!' "
Are you serious? That's the most quoted speech about tolerance in the universe. "Nobody" would quote that? I wouldn't be surprised if Rev. Wright knew it by heart. From the sound of his rhetoric, nobody would be happier if black and white, jew and gentile, protestant and catholic were all free and equal. He just sees that as a long way away because of oppression.
It is his profound anger that he and his get the short end of the stick that leads him to many of his opinions, both the reasonable ones and the stupid ones. He sees a racial divide enforced by power, and sees himself as fighting against that in the name of God and his community. I'm sure to him believing AIDS is a government conspiracy and that Farrakhan is a great guy are all a part of that fight.
-Jester