Letters to the Editor
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@AnaHadWolves, you're a terribly dishonest person
AnaHadWolves, what's your agenda? Are you even capable of making an honest argument?
AnaHadWolves: "The Rev Wright didn't just blame the US for the ills of the world in general and black people specifically, he cursed the US vehemently and he cursed white people quite specifically."
Actually, you should watch the whole sermon. I did. You'll find that he wasn't "cursing" the U.S. but cursing hypocritical language and hypocritical moral relativism. He also didn't curse modern white people at all, he cursed the government's historical abuses in the name of white-centric policies. You'd know this if you watched the sermons. Viewed in context they're not that big of a deal, just a preacher trying to open people's eyes to something wider than the usual "us versus them" mentality that was pervading the country after 9/11.
AnaHadWolves: "Where I come from, thats anti-Americanism and racism...no matter how pretty a face you want to put on it."
Where do you come from? Oh yeah, a world of willful ignorance and agenda-trumps-all pseudo-reality.
AnaHadWolves: "For Barack Obama to remain silent over the twenty-some years that he sat listening to Rev Wright, speaking up only when caught, says volumes about Mr. Obama's claimed love for this country and his disingenuous claim to be non-divisive racially."
How do you know the Rev. Wright was saying anything horrible during every sermon of the past 20 years? Why do you assume that a sermon given during the heated post-9/11 days is representative of every sermon given prior to that?
As for Obama's love of the U.S., why do you think he doesn't love the U.S.? Obama repeatedly speaks of the promise of the U.S., how he wouldn't have gotten this far in any other country, and so on. His speech on race makes his views explicitly clear. Furthermore, Obama is a scholar of the U.S. Constitution and his voting record demonstrates that he takes the country's guiding principles very seriously. Much, much more seriously, in fact, than Hillary Clinton does, since she didn't hesistate to back a flag-burning amendment that is a complete affront to the First Amendment.
AnaHadWolves: "I'm not buying it, and, neither are most voters."
Funny, there hasn't been a vote since the Wright controversy. But play Nostradamus all you like. I am sure the Wright controversy will cost Obama a few vote among the bigot crowd. Then again, Hillary Clinton's outright lies about her trip to Bosnia will probably cost her a few botes among the reality-based crowd.