Just so you know...to hear the things that Wright said tonight

[libnnc]

You'd have to be in a college history, religion or political science class.

The kinds of connections he made tonight are the stuff that MA colloquiums and seminars are made of.


His speech this evening was not trivial. Neither was it "controversial" unless you find educated, researched, in-depth social discourse "controversial".

That's all.


~~~Different is not deficient~~~

[Coexist]

1. ~~~Different is not deficient~~~

..and I'm off to bed!

[libnnc]

5. good night

I should be in bed too

[LakeSamish706]

2. If George Bush or any of his Admin. had a fraction of this mans intellgence....

we would be living a different existence in America.

A post I made on an earlier thread....

[goclark]

3. GW has put America in the toilet

we don't even know the basics.

[cottonseed]

23. sure beats, "I know human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

I really hope we don't go for the beer buddy president again this year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eboECFMvWPI&feature=related

[patrice]

4. Yep. I recognized it from grad school. Differences are also valuable because

they are what makes it possible for the Whole to be greater than the sum of its parts.

If everyone were the same, or if we were uniformly perfect, we'd be sterile, no creativity, no potentiality, nothing new.

[anigbrowl]

6. I was very impressed too - a great combination of intellect, enthusiasm and humor

I never thought I'd see nuanced discussions of ethnomusicology on national TV - and as it's a subject about which I know a good deal, I can vouch for the accuracy of his remarks. I was also pretty impressed with his delivery of them, which was both witty and practical. I had a good laugh when he chided the mostly black audience for thinking all the white people were clapping out of time :-)

[libnnc]

7. It was brilliant.

THIS is the speech he should be known for.

[CherokeeDem]

8. Now that we have seen a complete speech of Rev Wright,

is it any surprise that someone of Barack Obama's intellect would be responsive to a individual with such depth and insight. This was truly a remarkable speech and experience.

[grantcart]

9. It was completely mainstream

[Brundle_Fly]

10. well I dropped out of Art College.

and I understood every word...

I don't think it was over the head of anyone listening.

'cept hillbots and fox news...

[libnnc]

11. No. I didn't mean that it was over anyone's head

I meant that it is of great substance (stuff that is discussed at the graduate level) and NOT "controversial".

[glowing]

12. I don't think you need a degree to understand the speech.. You do need

education and analytical/ critical thinking skills, a knowledge of a dictionary, and an open heart/ mind. You are correct, normally in America it would take a masters to achieve this knowledge... a lot of "new" teachers in America would not even understand this speech.

[libnnc]

15. I'm not saying you need a degree...I'm saying we

haven't seen this kind of language, in depth, serious talk on the tee-vee. And what he said was in no way "controversial".

[glowing]

34. and two days after listening to this speech, Wright has been assualted in

regular M$M fashion.. and what he was saying, is more correct than the media.

[Pawel K]

13. is there a video of this anywhere?

[EFerrari]

19. Link in this OP:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5712201

[Pawel K]

33. Thanks. But I actually saw it last night, CNN actually played the entire speech

I was shocked.

[FlaGranny]

14. I never went

to college, but I'm fairly well informed about many things. I found Rev. Wright's speech about the differences in learning, language, and music fascinating.

[libnnc]

16. It's too late for me to edit now but that's not what I meant

We don't see these connections that Wright made in regular discourse on television./
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[FlaGranny]

28. I didn't take it that way at all. Don't worry.

Just making the statement that I didn't go to college so never got to hear this kind of information. Fascinating stuff, though. ;-) And it is the kind of stuff they SHOULD put on TV.

[EFerrari]

17. Yes, that's right. It was like an idea concert and he made me miss school.

Damn Jeremiah Wright! :)

[Aloha Spirit]

31. awww

[libnnc]

18. ***To HEAR these things...not to UNDERSTAND them***

To HEAR these things that Wright said tonight one would usually be in an academic setting. Not to say that what he said is over peoples heads. Folks in this thread are misunderstanding my OP.

[hfojvt]

22. well, of course, to read the things you said in your OP tonight

You'd have to be in a sociology, history, or political economy class at a University.

You get a lot of controversial stuff in places like that :P

[sandnsea]

24. I bet you feel like Wright and Obama

I knew what you meant right away. You didn't say a word about the education level of any readers, just the content of the presentation. Just goes to show how easily people can misinterpret well intentioned words.

[libnnc]

25. I feel like the guy in your avatar...

:holding head:

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

20. Well, I wouldn't call it "mental bubble gum" ... more like a good hamburger.

Lots of condiments and beef - spiced just right.

[Scurrilous]

21. K & R

:thumbsup:

[cliffordu]

26. KICKED JUST BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT POST!!!!

[libnnc]

27. muwah

:loveya:

[bigbrother05]

29. Think it's quite clear why Obama didn't leave his church

Why would you settle for less?

[cliffordu]

30. DING DING DING We have a winner!!!

Yep, exactly!

[DebJ]

32. See my post 'outraged email I sent to Jacobus...'

I was enraged that a college professor said either you learn via the European method, or you can't learn. Absolutely outraged.
You can ALL email her [e-mail]. Please DU her!

[cali]

35. bullshit.

a huge pile of it. I have two MA degrees. Please don't think you can snow me.