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11/03/09
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright was pastor to the future president of the United States for many years. He married Barack and Michelle Obama in 1992 and then became a figure in the 2008 presidential campaign. Find Us On Facebook
Getting him to speak locally should be a coup. But instead, Wright's upcoming remarks at a county NAACP banquet in Glen Burnie later this month have inspired censorship's ugly cousin: the refusal to listen. The controversy started when Perry Ealim, a Pasadena businessman who's being honored at the banquet, sent out an e-mail asking friends and colleagues to come, noting that Wright would be speaking. The...
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Fred - 2009-11-03 20:32:04
Like many on the left (and right) you make an accusation and provide nothing with which to back it up. Then you toss in character assassination with the "oxy-cotin" comment.
Usually this indicates that your argument is weak, or you don't have the ability to articulate it a meaningful way.
So I'll bite ...
Can you point to a single quote by Rush that is "outlandishly bigoted". I doubt it. He's been on the air long enough you should be able to find at least one.
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Rush/Wright - 2009-11-03 19:56:53
as the right rationalizes ( but regurgitates) the outlandishly bigoted things Limbaugh says on the grounds that the oxy-cotin addict is an enterntainer, I submit that Wright is but a performance artist who wishes to provoke thought.
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Rev. Wright - 2009-11-03 19:23:24
You are seriously suggesting that people should listen to someone like Wright who spews hatred? You are very wrong, the David Duke comparison is unfortunately an accurate one.
The worst part of your opinion piece is where you compare him to Clarence Thomas and Rush Limbaugh. I can understand (though not agree with) the comparison to Rush, but to compare Wright to Clarence Thomas is such a joke.
Wright is just one in a long line of race baiters. He is a bottom feeder, nothing more.
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Eric, please write - 2009-11-03 13:18:45
the same article when the KKK comes to town.
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Ironically Republican? - 2009-11-03 12:54:54
Eric, please explain that comment. What makes his political designation ironic and why is it important to this story that he is a Democrat or a Republican?
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