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The Bizarrre but Somehow Sensible Logic of it All
[Read the article: The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn Wrote:
But the idea that America deserves terrorist attacks and other horrendous disasters has long been a frequently expressed view among the faction of white evangelical ministers to whom the Republican Party is most inextricably linked. Neither Jerry Falwell nor Pat Robertson ever retracted or denounced their view that America provoked the 9/11 attacks by doing things to anger God. John Hagee continues to believe that the City of New Orleans got what it deserved when Katrina drowned its residents and devastated the lives of thousands of Americans. And James Inhofe -- who happens to still be a Republican U.S. Senator -- blamed America for the 9/11 attacks by arguing in a 2002 Senate floor speech that "the spiritual door was opened for an attack against the United States of America" because we pressured Israel to give away parts of the West Bank.
The logic at work here--how right wing religeous nutballs can place the blame for disasters and terror attacks--squarely on the American people, works perfectly well in some American dimensions, outside of urban areas. Wright blames terror attacks on US actions-- a cause and effect that implies that by doing our American duty of civilizing the brutal horde, we have earned their retribution. The spurious anti-american sub-logic of the LEFT!!!
Robertson et. al., argue that by failing to do our American duty--that is by pressuring Israel to 'give up' parts of the Holy Land to the unclean, and by recreating Sodom and Gomorra in the South--we are getting our what-for. Though the latter might seem like perfectly dangerous quackery to the esteemed eggheaded posters of UT, it makes double plus good sense in the lands only too accesible by bridge, tunnel and expressway.
What I'm saying is that in the real world out there, this makes frighteningly good sense. That's democracy in action, doods.
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WHOA! beware of over-bolding and italicizing
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Haven't quite got the handle on this HTMl'n...
In other news, viz perzecution. I would say that the best way to avoid dreary on-line turf wars is to avoid responding to any thread in which posters with more than one-word handles are engaged. I know it sounds odd, but just like Brazil Nut theory, it seems to work.
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Acharyach, ak, ak, ak,
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not too good.
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Am I missing Something???
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn Said: "So you think American "at its core" is racist and imperialistic?"
These posting pages don't lend themselves to close examination and its difficult to see more than one side of a fight, but Glenn are you implying, scorn-wise, that America is not, at its core, racist and imperialistic? It's certainly not in the declaration of independence or the constitution, and I doubt Washington waxed lyrically about it in his memoirs, but I'd say the statement was at least historically accurate. If America was a protagonist in a novel, she-he-it (ha ha) would definitely be an anti hero at this point in the narrative.
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William Timberman
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]You said:
"Why is everyone ganging up on me? Are they all friends? Co-conspirators?"
No one is ganging up on you. Don't be so sensitive.
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Pedinska
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think most sources show that God is white. Since Jesus is his illegitimate child with the swarthy Mariam, then it makes sense that his kid could have the ol' blue eyes.
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PDA, your specifics...
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEMZHQsQJ6Y
I've said most of these things at some point or another, just not as loud and without the cheering.
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LWM, Dear in a Rap song...
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]You are wrong...
"They said yvette walked in, there wasnt too much rap
Her reputation got bigger, and so did her gap
Cuz girl your momma shoulda taught you better
Imma sit down and write you a long letter."
Chorus
Dear yvette x4
Dear Yvette
LL Cool J
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What's so hard to believe...
[Read the article: The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The dude's a politician. A black nationalist in the pulpit, a Lieberman supporter in Connecticut, an inclusionist on national television. What;s the big surprise?
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Che,
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I respectfully disagree. I have lived in low-income communities of color for a couple of decades, and I can tell you that the discourse has not really changed during that period. If Obama represents some kind of evolution of the discourse of Wright's generation, as you seem to be saying, it is not one shared by other politically identified African-Americans. I think, there has definitely been more access to the middle class by black folks, and from the perspective that they are going to have louder voices than those on the bottom, I can see why you think what you do. But one of the main criticisms I have of Obama (not being Black, but half latino, and half Arab), which is shared by many people I talk to, is that he is afraid to get into race issues. This does not represent an elevation of the discourse, but purely sound political strategy. There is a difference; I feel I can acknowledge that difference while still supporting him.
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RMP
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I didn't watch it, but I will. Are you saying that one speech is supposed to change everything that came before it?
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RMP
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Okay, watched it.
"A view the sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical islam"
Gee, as a Palestinian, he really won me over with this one.
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RMP
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry, didn't mean to boil down your opinions. I do think that the speech was great in the sense that he didn't throw Wright under the bus, and defended the discourse (though weakly). But its the way that he seeks to distance himself from Wright's remarks that bothered me.
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LWM,
[Read the article: The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Is I'm quite certain your distaste for Israel trumps your concern for the Palestinian people. I find you insincere."
I could definitely see those words coming out of the mouth of Sean Hannity.