Compelling argument.
I'd counter by saying that I don't think my eyes are closed. I judge everyone by the same scale - here, both whites and blacks, members of the far right and the far left. And in this case, both Duke and Wright are racist, inflammatory and obnoxious.
It dont matter if they are racist, one terrorized black people and you (and O'Reilly) are equating that with the victim's hatred of the terrorists.
And that's a massively ******** conspiracy theory. It's on par with believing that Hitler flew off in a sooper sekrit Nazi rocket ship to live on the moon.
But it aint racist. And I'm still waiting for this proof of racism. And yer hyperbole aint even close to reality, it aint that bizarre for a black man acquainted with the syphilis episode in our history to suspect the government had something to do with AIDS.
I'm not aware of any terrorist activities that David Duke has personally perpetrated - he was a member of the Klan, though, so I'll assume that he at least allowed and approved of illegal attacks.
Somebody got that already
It's funny, because I brought up the Holocaust not two hours ago, discussing this with someone else online. The person I was talking with (Bill3000) was trying to get me to understand the justifiable anger that many blacks felt, and still feel regarding Jim Crow and other racist things that have existed in American society. And I responded with that same comparison - only I said that while I might understand a Holocaust survivor calling for the destruction of Germany, I'd still condemn his remarks as wrong and bigoted.
Huh? We're talking about comparing Wright with Duke and in my analogy Duke is the Nazi and Wright is the holocaust survivor. You didn't respond to my point...
Wright is a racist. He's a fan of Dr. James Cone - in fact, just yesterday he stated that "
I do not in any way disagree with Dr. Cone, nor do I in any way diminish the inimitable and incomparable contributions that he has made and that he continues to make to the field of theology. Jim, incidentally, is a personal friend of mine."
If you don't know who Dr. Cone is, allow me to quote him: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community.
If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer and we better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community.
Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."
Sounds downright Old Testament. But yeah, dont play guilt by association games with me. Quote Wright saying he wants white people to be killed. You're still conflating the hateful reactions of victims to the terrorism that inspired the hateful reactions. If my people were murdered by an army of black people, enslaved for centuries, etc, my opinion of black people would not be favorable. But you'd compare me with the black people enslaving my
people.
Cone is a racist. Rev. Wright is a personal friend and theological admirer of Dr. Cone, and it's absurd to say that he would publicly state that he was inspired by, and in no way disagreed with a man if he didn't know what he believed. This is just another example of Wright's racism.
No it isn't, it might be (assuming it aint a hatchet job) an example of Cone's racism but its nothing more than guilt by association. Quote Wright, not some other guy.
But I don't expect you to care about any of this. Because really: you're a leftist who happens to loathe America and love Barack Obama. So why should you listen to something that you don't want to hear? That'd be, well....open minded.
That brings up another question I have, why do so many Republicans sound like fascists when you dont agree with them? Even O'Reilly accused Wright of "hating America". Did Old Testament politicians accuse the Prophets of "hating Israel" whenever they ranted on about the corruption and sin in government?
As a reminder, this thread is not about Wright being a racist. Its about comparing him to David Duke. If he is a racist, I dont see it in Obama. As for being a leftist, I'll be voting for Bob Barr. As for loathing America, those are your words (and the internet precludes me from shoving them down yer throat), I'm not enamored by Commies, Socialists, Democrats, Republicans, Fascists, or whoever subverts our Constitution. So you got that wrong too, yer batting far below the Mendoza Line...
