tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post7755465569211535660..comments2023-10-20T12:02:07.124-04:00Comments on A New Flower Blooms: abebechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05827016743055256735noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post-6604341040350175852008-04-02T11:46:00.000-04:002008-04-02T11:46:00.000-04:00"I really think the real fear has little to do wit..."I really think the real fear has little to do with Reverend Wright himself, and little to do with Barack Obama's faith or personal judgment, but plenty to do with perceived racial allegiances and everything to do with Obama's mixed race body."<BR/><BR/>You've got that exactly right. I see Erin's point, but I see a difference between the KKK and a church. Activist ministers and priests may from time to time speak strongly on issues of importance to the particular community, and I have tended to view Rev. Wright's words through this prism.<BR/><BR/>And I agree we are being distracted on purpose and it ticks me off.Third Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310395341252295955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post-20600020935881500332008-03-28T03:13:00.000-04:002008-03-28T03:13:00.000-04:00You make some excellent points in your post; I esp...You make some excellent points in your post; I especially like what you say about Obama's mixed race body. It very much resembles what I wrote about today as well--miscegenation and misogyny (http://weeklyrader.blogspot.com).<BR/><BR/>I think Americans have a hard time knowing how, exactly, to *see* Obama. Until we do, there will be more episodes like last week, I fear.D.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06293259995176365603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post-34369566688355165362008-03-26T14:06:00.000-04:002008-03-26T14:06:00.000-04:00Erin, I'm glad -- I like and respect you too!!!I'm...Erin, I'm glad -- I like and respect you too!!!<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to reading more of your thoughts on this subject.abebechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827016743055256735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post-27634646685216974022008-03-26T13:45:00.000-04:002008-03-26T13:45:00.000-04:00Would you elect someone who went to a KKK organiza...Would you elect someone who went to a KKK organization for years? Who gave them large amounts of money? Would you be willing to overlook that because they said they didn't subscribe to or hear the most inflammatory parts of the KKK?<BR/><BR/>I feel like it is the exact same thing.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I hope you know that I still like and respect you despite the fact that we totally disagree on politics :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942415229259955664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post-65544291889649632262008-03-26T11:18:00.000-04:002008-03-26T11:18:00.000-04:00I'm not surprised, and I'll read your thoughts lat...I'm not surprised, and I'll read your thoughts later.<BR/>The problem for me is that I find the rhetoric around it as scary as Wright's rhetoric itself.<BR/><BR/>But I'm also still left wondering "scary" how? What do we think someone who subscribed to Black Liberation Theology would _do_? This is the question that leads me back to BOTN.abebechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827016743055256735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post-43993775138475533382008-03-26T10:49:00.000-04:002008-03-26T10:49:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.abebechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827016743055256735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22366945.post-23815976731718851852008-03-26T10:44:00.000-04:002008-03-26T10:44:00.000-04:00I totally disagree with you on this, but I'm going...I totally disagree with you on this, but I'm going to post my own feelings on the Rev. Wright thing later today.<BR/><BR/>Let me just say that Black Liberation Theology is the system that this "church" subscribes to and it is racist and scary. It is pretty much the exact same thing as the KKK. I would never elect someone to office who was in the Klan nor would I elect someone to office who subscribed to BLT, which IS what Obama subscribes to. I find it racist, scary, and evil.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942415229259955664noreply@blogger.com