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Orwellingly Yurz
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 04/25/2008 : 22:26:23
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YO:
G's from the spin that will ensue from this interview seen on 'Bill Moyers' Journal' tonight are likely to be too much even for Clark Kent to withstand, but for me it was sort of a re-ignition.
The Reverend is so wright-on, it isn't even funny. He's got separation of church and state down pat. He knows the difference between the duties of a pastor and a politician, which are as separate from one another as either church or state. Too bad more people don't know that.
It's been such an unsettling slog for me since just before the turn of this new century, I'd begun to doubt my own value structure. God, maybe I am too idealistic. Maybe I should go with the nowaday sickening flow. Just forget about what did inspire me as a young person---what motivated me---what made me tick.
After an hour of PBS on my cable channel 7, I became re-acquainted with why I am the way I am. Why I might seem to some others to be just a bit more different than I should be Why I've lived my life over more than 5 decades as I have.
Moyers' little chat with Wright re-focused and zoomed me in on what I am. And I really feel good about that.
I recommend watching this interview with Reverend Wright. It should be re-broadcast on local PBS stations, available online at the PBS website, or as a DVD to buy for a video library.
However you might watch it, just watch it.
Jesus be smilin' tonight in the little Church of Just Me. I hope the same for you. So Orwellingly Yurz Sez
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@tomic
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Posted - 04/29/2008 : 08:44:32 [Permalink]
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Rev. Wright has certainly been portrayed unfairly by the press. If anyone took the time to read the full text of his sermons, they'd see that he's not a monster. You might disagree with some of what he says but his most famous line, "God Damn America" makes perfect sense in the context of the sermon it was given in.
I don't think all of the coverage the press is giving him is helping the Obama campaign for a couple reasons. The first is that it keeps the entire "issue" alive in the minds of Americans. Second, the more people get to know Rev. Wright and see what he has to say, the more they might feel Obama threw him under the bus.
I can't help but think he did and wish he'd taken the time to explain the American people what Wright is all about rather than condemning him. I know that Americans have a hard time accepting criticism but tough love is still love. Wright's sermons have been described as "hate speech" by many conservatives but I just don't see it that way. Why do white men get to enslave a race of people, discriminate against them for over a hundred years after slavery is abolished and then complain when members of that group express anger over it?
Sure, the man isn't perfect. He thinks the US government created HIV and he defends Louis Farrakhan although I can sort of understand where he's coming from.
Now Wright's throwing Obama under the bus very publicly. It's too bad it worked out this way because the press loves this stuff and are more than willing to give Wright as much air time as he wants because he's so entertaining. Fox News should just hire him and give him his own show.
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Reverend Wright is Wright-On
