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Skriven 2008-03-27 00:44:00 av Bob Klahn (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Johnjwilson
Ärende: Pop Tart Coulter
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->>  TR> How long must we all marinate in the angry resentment
->>  TR> of black people?

 J> Until they are accepted as equals?

 A point the right wingers will never recognize.

->>  TR> blacks by pretending Obama's pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright,
->>  TR> is anything other than a raving racist loon.

 J> Out of far over 1000 sermons how many should one hear before
 J> coming to an outageous conclusion?

 How about a 10% sample. The whole sermon, not a few selected
 words.

 J> Those who belived the bible authorized American
 J> slavery...they were "God Damning America" I want to hear a

 Good point.

 J> reasonable discussion as to the opinions expressed by Rev.
 J> Wright. I also want to know how many people in any church in
 J> the United states has not assented to something in which
 J> they did not believe? Bah.

 Hand up...

->>  TR> Imagine a white pastor saying: "Racism is the American way.
->>  TR> Racism is how this country was founded, and how this
->>  TR> country is still run. ... We believe in white supremacy and
->>  TR> black inferiority. And believe it more than we believe in
->>  TR> God."

 J> An honest white pastor could well say that. Distorted and
 J> woefully incomplete but not untrue!

 Exactly.

->>  TR> Imagine a white pastor saying: "No, no, no, God damn
->>  TR> America -- that's in the Bible for killing innocent people!

 J> Read the Old Testament?

 I doubt he did.

->>  TR> So for half of Rev. Wright's 66 years, discrimination
->>  TR> against blacks was legal -- though he never experienced it
->>  TR> personally...

 J> says a white man...

 Take a random selection of 10 black people, who grew up in the
 '50s, from all over this country except the south. Ask them if
 they experienced discrimination growing up. I'll give you $2 for
 every one who says no if you will give me $1 for eveyone who
 says yes.

 ->> TR> because it existed in a part of the country
 ->> TR> where he did not live.

 J> THAT is amazing. Thr REAT of the country was prejudice-free?

 Yeah, we knew the North was superior, didn't we.

TR>> Fine. Can we move on now?

->>  Not as long as people like you don't get it.

 J> And do not want to.

 True... true...

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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