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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:40 AM Original message |
What was done to Rev. Wright in the media was basically a lynching. |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. What's worse is that so-called 'liberals', 'Democrats', and 'progressives' on this board defend his |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. And they can't seem to decide whether they're genuinely offended by it or not. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Fucking right! |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
89. "Fucking right! Little shits" MY ASS! |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
111. What are you on about? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. "Jingoistic flag-humper" .... I think I just fell in love with you! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. I'm stealing it too! |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Yeah! |
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anniebelle (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. You need to trademark that term. Priceless. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
78. The real historical comparison is interesting |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Actually, Dr. Wright's position was that both his sermons and Dr. King's were similarly viewed |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. That was kind of my point |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #84 |
101. Got it. Thanks for the clarification, and I agree. n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #81 |
94. The problem with Rev. Wright and his church is their emphasis on |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #94 |
112. And to me, your refusal to see the man for who he is, is racist. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
122. Good points. I agree with you. nt |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #94 |
127. Hmmm...I believe it was MLK who said the churces across |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #127 |
149. I don't think that your assertion that white people are more |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #149 |
167. I have witnessed that too, don't get me wrong change has |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
85. I wonder what Hill is promising Stephanie Tubbs,,, |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
52. LMAO! |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
87. Amen! |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
92. Links to the interview; |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
136. This about says it all........ |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Yes that's the worst... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Sorry, I don't see any of that |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
71. He will soar with book sales and speaking tours. after his interview with Moyers |
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AvaMae (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
129. What's worse is that so-called |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. As Moyer's said, he has become the face of black anger that many white people fear |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That's exactly why Obama can't come out hard against this stuff. They want to make him the angry |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yes. I don't fault Obama for his well-measured response to the media-created "scandal" |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
58. That's why George asked him if he was hiding his "fire-breathing black man" tendency |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
115. But he's a politician, and he'll do what he has to do. |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. We need to be careful about throwing around terms like that |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes. And I carefully, thoughtfully, chose it. And it is correct. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. It is correct. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
80. You were right |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #80 |
102. That's okay. |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
76. So, if the media was justified in repeating Wright's words |
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cyndensco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #76 |
103. It wasn't that the media repeated Wright's words, |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think the word fits because much of the anger imo is race-based. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's exactly right. But I feel he will be redeemed. In time. |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. . |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. You may see it that way, but the media has been doing this kind of "expose' " |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Oh, I know the media has done similar things. Just look at Howard Dean. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I don't think they were trying to destroy Rev. Wright. I think they were after Barack. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It;'s true, the only reason he came to the forefront was because of connection to Obama - but, |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. They would destroy the entire church if it suits their goals. They don't care! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
117. But it wasn't about Wright at all. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
46. The reverend has gotten death threats and the church, bomb threats. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
86. The media also were tracking down... |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. I agree completely. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
60. Compare media's coverage of the black church re: Rev. Wright with coverage of the Catholic Church |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #60 |
138. Effie, you have it correct. |
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jcla (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #60 |
170. You have an "AMEN!" EffieBlack! |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes it was. And the media attempted to politically lynch Obama on 4/17 too... |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. I agree. They destroyed an honorable man. Completely disgusting. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Wonder why they don't spend as much time on the Rev. Hagee? n/t |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. yup. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. K&R |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
139. See, this is what I have been saying in nearly every post. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #139 |
147. The new replaces the old. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:21 AM Original message |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. Sadly, I guess people, don't really know what that word really means... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I do, and do very well. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. And you think that an unfair media frenzy equals an unjust hanging. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Unfair media frenzy? This man's entire life has been forever changed |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I guess definitions change, |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It was the annihilation of a persons lifetime and the permanent alteration of his future. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:29 AM Original message |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Alright.. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
59. i think anyone who's actually had a loved one MURDERED would quibble with you |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. That would be me. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. that would be me, and i have to remind you Wright is alive. We are too. We're all a lot fucking |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
96. Sorry, I don't agree, which is my right. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #96 |
113. raping the earth, killing hope are metaphors about objects you cannot murder... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
131. That's your opinion. You have no more or less authority in this matter than that. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
119. Suppose he gets so depressed about this treatment that he commits |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #119 |
124. no, that wouldn't be a lynching either. Lots of people have bounced back from worse. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. You know, there is such a thing as cause and effect. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Exactly |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #130 |
141. Right on! nt |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #128 |
135. the law doesn't see slander and murder as equivelent... and it's kinda obvious why |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Tell that to the people who drove that teenage girl to suicide |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #137 |
145. They weren't charged. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #137 |
159. not defending "slander" just not saying it's the ultimate crime- there are quite a few worse things |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
90. The Rev will be just fine. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Sorry, I believe you to be wrong. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #97 |
116. everytime you cut and paste this bullshit it shows how much you really care. . |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. Personal attacks are irrelevant. You have your opinion, I have mine. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
98. The lynchings are a horrible legacy. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #98 |
120. Jena. nt |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #120 |
150. I'm not in Jena. Neither are you. I condemn what went on in Jena. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #150 |
152. But I thought that lynching was something out of our dark distant past |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #152 |
153. Who was lynched in Jena? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #153 |
158. If it was a thing of the past |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well, we pretty, delicate white people just can't TOLERATE the |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. That's right! lol |
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East Liberty Denizen (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Obama is going to have to do better |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I'm sorry, but it IS relevant. |
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East Liberty Denizen (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Obama has failed (so far) to deliver that message |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Obama won't get the vote of the 33%ers. And that Clinton did better |
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East Liberty Denizen (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Then there wouldn't be anything to worry about |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Are you saying that over time, white people won't like him? |
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East Liberty Denizen (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I'm saying I don't know |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. After a tough primary against several candidates |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. And a lot of them were going to vote for McCain all along. Even if Clinton were the nom. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
105. You throw around 'poor whites' so casually. |
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truth please (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
160. They will never recognize it because they make |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
148. Immune, hell. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Okay I'm going to mark you down as a Feigning Concern Pastorbator. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
146. He DID deal with it. It's just the media, and you apparently, |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. Good one Seattle Girl! |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. You need to email your post to Obama, he has also repudiated the Pastor's words. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. WTF is wrong with you? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Obama did the best he could in the political arena. |
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Heathen57 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Obama stated that he disagreed with the Reverend's words, |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
91. Unfortunately, the Obots disregard their candidate's words. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #91 |
151. If you are really from mississippi and you don't think that racism |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #151 |
156. So you're saying that Obama is a liar. Fabulous. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. The reason for the "Fairness Doctrine" was ... to put it simply ... fairness |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Not to mention the fact that usually for every "liberal" person they |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. I agree with the fact that Rev. Wright was attacked. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
43. As a Hillary supporter.... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Character assassination works! Hillary '08! |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
72. Politics is Politics. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #72 |
142. Faux News = Big Dogs |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
50. FYI: The New York Times is still calling his remarks racist, even today. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Thank you for noting that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I watched it twice all the way through. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
55. No doubt in my mind. This was a straight up racist high tech lynching by our msm. They can get |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
67. I think he and BO got off easy personally. We'll see if the media is done with this though. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. I'm guessing you didnt see the Moyer's interview. |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I saw the Moyers interview. What a joke. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. What was that Sean? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #75 |
88. Yes, he is... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
99. Not like it would be hard to justifiy |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #75 |
121. Bingo-Exactly right! Btw, This thread is a flamefest waiting to happen. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
161. Really? So those sound bytes are a true representation of the man and his career? |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
74. Baloney |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
107. And you think there are times America shouldn't be damned |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
143. Maybe you should have had a little dose of that syphilis, boy. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #74 |
144. So, you don't know the biblical context or tradition. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
79. High tech or low tech? |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Isn't that the term Clarence Thomas used? |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. CT called it a "high tech" |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
100. I don't agree with you. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #100 |
110. Crikey. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #110 |
133. Well argued. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #133 |
169. Thank-you |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 03:46 AM Response to Reply #100 |
171. "raping the land" isn't actually metaphorical, since the rapine/pillage meaning predates the sexual |
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rainlillie (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
93. Here are a few questions that people should ask those who continue to demonized Rev. Wright. |
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truth please (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #93 |
162. I know people say they are tired of hearing black people's |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
95. K&R nt |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
104. I'm glad this has opened peoples's eyes to media time to press off and turn progressive radio on... |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
106. It's trying to make it about race... |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
108. Do you REALLY think those culpable in the media give a damn? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
109. We can be consoled somewhat in that his reputation was not destroyed |
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groovytang (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
114. Cut the hyperbole |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #114 |
134. I will the moment I engage in it. |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
118. The MSM in this country are out of control and disgusting! They are crazed with gotcha soundbites |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. they are controlled by the right wing corporations, so..... |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
125. I agree. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
126. Amen.Amen....it can't be seen as anything else. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
140. Serious question: how do Afican-Americans feel about "lynching" being used so broadly? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #140 |
154. I disagree with you that it is being applied "broadly" here. |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
155. lynching has basically become an overused word |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #155 |
164. Maybe, but not in this case. |
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truth please (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
157. I am 53 and for most of my life I have heard white people |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
163. So after your research, how would you characterize Wright's views? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #163 |
165. All I did was listen. You can too. |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. Well ... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:57 AM Response to Reply #166 |
168. I think my point there was that I dispute the characterization as "fox-like tendency" |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
172. So, what about what Barack Obama just did to him? What was that? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. Well that ended THAT discussion |
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