Cornel West with Anderson Cooper

[Ron Green]

&t=272s

I do believe his has been the most consistent and true voice for many years about the U.S. and its place in the world.

[BannonsLiver]

1. ...

[DURHAM D]

2. This

^^^^^^^

[BannonsLiver]

4. I wonder if he's still bashing the party like he was yesterday?

I suspect there will be a few shots at President Obama as well, a man who West is insanely jealous of in every possible way.

[Kahuna]

19. I haven't listened to the video. However, I totally concur..

[LizBeth]

29. +1

[hlthe2b]

3. West's outspoken hatred for Obama will never be forgotten.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. He can go to hell IMO

[DURHAM D]

5. Also, his support of Jill Stein in 2016 will never be forgotten. nt

[Docreed2003]

9. Support for Jill Stein....AFTER he was on the DNC platform committee

And how was the DNC rewarded? He continues to shit on the party.

[BannonsLiver]

7. +100000

I know I sure as hell won’t ever forget it. West can go fuck himself. He couldn’t carry PBO’s jock is on his best day.

[still_one]

34. +++

[LizBeth]

30. +1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Does he still hate President Obama?

He has no credibility with me on account of some of the shit he's said.

[BannonsLiver]

10. He was bashing the party just yesterday

The usual tropes about neoliberals etc.

[Newest Reality]

8. Problems?

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

- Albert Einstein

[Sunsky]

11. I don't nt

[Solomon]

12. Saw that when it aired and my wife and I groaned. Why'd they dig him up?

After just a few minutes we were yelling to get him off.

[Ron Green]

18. What that he said do you disagree with?

[njhoneybadger]

13. His consistently seems to be in disorganized and confused state of mind

[Blue_true]

26. I have no idea why some consider him to be an intellectual voice.

Personally, I have never saw him as being fully sane.

[BannonsLiver]

28. A lot of it revolves around who he backed for the nomination

Will leave it at that. Years ago I used to be a big fan, then he attacked President Obama because he didn’t get the kind of seats he thought he should have at the 2008 inauguration. He is reported to have said the doorman at his hotel had a better seat. He’s a snob, and a very petty man.

And on top of that, he proudly stated that he voted for Stein in 2016 and urged others to do so as well. West is mostly of no consequence now. Michael Eric Dyson documented his downfall in academic circles over the last decade. He’s basically a guy who sings for his supper whenever someone will give him a platform to bloviate. Loved by supporters of a particular American politician and almost no one else.

[StarfishSaver]

36. People are often impressed with black men who use big words

Because they think black intellectualism is both new and rare ...

[LiberalFighter]

14. I have no use for that pos.

[malaise]

15. Watched

Cornel is correct

[Ron Green]

16. Thanks for watching before you responded.

It’s sad that DU seems to have become such an echo chamber that the messenger is dismissed before the message is heard.

[malaise]

17. I watched it live last night

I actually messaged a sibling and told her to turn it on.

[FreeState]

24. Watched it live too

He was correct and had my partner watch it too. #FailBetter should be a new movement. I thought he was very insightful.

[BannonsLiver]

21. Is West voting 3rd party again this year?

Still shitting On the greatest president of my lifetime?

[Doremus]

37. .

[Doremus]

20. I agree. A wise man indeed. nt

[BannonsLiver]

23. Was he wise when he voted for Jill Stein in 2016.

[Doremus]

35. People who believe there are better ways to do things aren't the enemy.

If we listened to them once in a while we might learn something.

And, no, I didn't vote nor did I ever consider voting for Jill Stein. I like listening to alternate viewpoints now and then to see if there's anything to be gleaned. This man speaks the truth. Open your ears and your mind for a minute. Everything's not always about our team/their team, rah rah.

[lunasun]

22. 5:45 -Try again fail again fail better . Even as we fail socially we must

continue to fight for what’s right

[Mosby]

25. He turned this into a diatribe against capitalism.

Not going to work.

[Ron Green]

38. Capitalism doesn't seem to be working very well these days,

at least not the extractive, monopolistic disaster capitalism we've been bailing out for the past few decades.

I'd like to hear your alternatives to what Cornel West is saying here.

[TomCADem]

27. Please. Cornell West Epitomizes Both Side-ism

Cornell West still lives in the delusion that there is no difference between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

[still_one]

31. Cornell West who proudly voted for Jill Stein in 2016. He had NO credibility afyer not only voting

against Jill Stein, but encouraging others to do likewise, and the vile and deplorable names he hurled at President Obama, speaks volumes of the type of person he is

[OnDoutside]

32. Well that's 6.59 mins that I'll never get back. West can go f#@k off. Ideologues like him are a

cancer on decent Americans.

[StarfishSaver]

33. I don't agree

He may be consistent, but that's about as far as I can go ...

[Ron Green]

39. Kicking this to remind us of the connections between Capitalism

and the need for an underclass. In America, it’s mostly been a Black underclass.