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Originally Posted by Azure
Strange, because I don't see blaming the white race for numerous problems as actually 'helping' their people.
But according to that knowledge....the 'KKKA' or whatever Rev. Wright called them, are only doing what they can to better their people.
No fault either way.
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Can't we all agree that this sort of "guilt by association" is foolish anyway? Just because Obama went to that church doesn't mean he automatically agrees with everything Rev. Wright says. Likewise, McCain's having been ministered to by an apocalyptic millenarian who believes that the conflict in the middle east is a holy war does not mean that McCain agrees.
Both of these guys are just about the most secular candidates this country has seen in years. Let's not try to manufacture a connection where there isn't one. Both men go to church. Neither of them looks to their pastor for policy advice. Can't we just leave it at that? I don't like Rev. Wright any better than you do, but after reading Obama's speech I feel I have a better understanding of where those remarks come from--and to call them "black supremacist" is frankly inflammatory Bill O'Reilly stuff.
Honestly--I suggest you read the full text of Obama's speech. It's about the most nuanced and bold statement on race in American politics since the 1960s. No kidding. And I suspect you'll like what he has to say, if you give it a chance.