Letters to the Editor
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No excuse Joan - You Have Crossed a Line
Once again Joan has to backtrack after she leaves out a major fact in her eagerness to post something which fits her election narrative.
UPDATE:A reader notes, and I agree, that I should have said that Obama agrees with me that the problem in Wright's view is "that the possibility of redemption, the evidence that America can and has and will change for the better, is never considered." He's right, and so I added that after publication.
Oh bullshit.
If this were something negative about a Clinton supporter, you can bet Joan would have led with the anything which mitigates the issue.
Beyond that, Joan comes off as, I hate to say it, racist - the type of white person depicted in Stuff White People Like. I don't really like that blog because it's only about Latte Liberal Hipocrits, but this fits the profile:
As Wright described it to Moyers, America would seem to be all about dispossessing the Indians, enslaving blacks, interning the Japanese and now killing Iraqis. He said nothing about Americans who fought any of that (and nothing about white ethnic groups who also faced WASP prejudice).
God damnit, you did not just try use the "Irish were oppressed too!" argument to pretend Wright doesn't have a point! Give me a fucking break. A transitory and long gone discrimination justifies none of your bullshit. Especially as the Irish became White by screwing over the blacks. You aren't even fully Irish.
It is even greater bullshit to imply that Wright can't criticize America unless he includes white suffering.
There's something called the White Liberal Bingo card - http://pics.livejournal.com/ktempest/pic/0001r05g - and you Joan, have covered many squares in your obsession with demonizing Wright.
You essentially say the problems Wright talks about are the ancient past and don't matter anymore. No, that's true for the Irish in America, but not other groups.
Did you not notice the verdict which was handed in a non-jury trial this last week Joan? Are you that damn blind?
And it's transparently obvious why you need to demonize him:
a) it hurts Obama and you are a Clinton advocate who refuses to admit it.
b) you are determined to argue sexism is worse than racism.
I have lost all patience with you, Joan. You have been blinded by the biases you claim not to have and now you are just flat out offensive.