another one out of the ballpark
thinking people make me smile. stupids- not so much. which is why i don’t like malkin or hasslebitch or the rest of the ‘talking but not really saying anything of value’ crowd. which is why i enjoy reading larisa so much. she just hits the issues right out of the ballpark again and again. and she nailed the reverend wright flap to the f**king wall.
McCains minister problem.
April 27, 2008 by Dusty · Leave a Comment
From Salon’s Editor in Chief Joan Walsh, her take on Hagee, McCain and Wright, Obama;
‘the audacity of hope’
there are people in this country who are decent people. and they are white. there are people in this country who are decent people. and they are black. my fondest wish is that these two groups of people could sit down and find common ground and work together to fix this country- and this world. i still have dreams- i am a cynic- not a pessimist 
what brought these folks together during the civil rights movement? and why won’t it bring them together now? there has been much talk about reverend wright’s sermons and remarks- and how this is proof that he (translate black people) hates america. and white america gasped and fanned themselves with their handkerchiefs against the oncoming vapors. ‘i do declare!’
many of us in the white community get our feelings hurt or get defensive by the anger because we are ‘good people’. we ask ourselves- ‘how can we find common ground if black people won’t recognize we are trying?’ we say to ourselves- ‘how can we sit around the campfire together and sing kumbaya when they have such an attitude about everything?’ and i say- we can’t. we can’t because you know what? these folks have their anger and resentment and their feelings are theirs. we pooh pooh off the past- saying that we have made progress and that they should be grateful for the opportunities afforded them. i say- you are part of the problem- still.
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