To characterize Rev Wright's statements as "hate speech" is simply ignorant. Rev. Wright is not a hateful man, and what he said can be so decribed only taken out of context and taken from the point of view of privileged white pundits. I find it hard to imagine that, after what's happened to the US in the past seven years, that Democratics can buy into the "conservative" meme that the United States has never done anything in her history deserving of condemnation.
How about Wright's theology that the white church is the Antichrist?
How you think that's gonna go over with Independents and Reagan Democrats?
And frankly, 58% of AFrican American voters found Rev. Wright to be racially divisive and deeply offensive.
Are THEY racists too?
you go listen to the entire sermon, before you start making up stuff.
"you go listen to the entire sermon, before you start making up stuff."
Anyone who doesn't think this is hate speech, please go read Jim Cone's work and get to understand more of what Wright bases his theology on.
or "hate preach," the new term I've heard thrown around, then what was it?
How about the latest statements:
"The Italians for the most part looked down their garlic noses at the Galileans." ... Wright continued, "From the circumstances surrounding Jesus' birth (in a barn in a township that was under the Apartheid Roman government that said his daddy had to be in), up to and including the circumstances surrounding Jesus' death on a cross, a Roman cross, public lynching Italian style. ... "He refused to be defined by others and Dr. Asa Hilliard also refused to be defined by others. The government runs everything from the White House to the schoolhouse, from the Capitol to the Klan, white supremacy is clearly in charge, but Asa, like Jesus, refused to be defined by an oppressive government because Asa got his identity from an Omnipotent God." http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp? Page=/Politics/archive/200803/POL2008032 6a.html
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Wright continued, "From the circumstances surrounding Jesus' birth (in a barn in a township that was under the Apartheid Roman government that said his daddy had to be in), up to and including the circumstances surrounding Jesus' death on a cross, a Roman cross, public lynching Italian style. ...
"He refused to be defined by others and Dr. Asa Hilliard also refused to be defined by others. The government runs everything from the White House to the schoolhouse, from the Capitol to the Klan, white supremacy is clearly in charge, but Asa, like Jesus, refused to be defined by an oppressive government because Asa got his identity from an Omnipotent God."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp? Page=/Politics/archive/200803/POL2008032 6a.html
And this isn't from years ago, it's from a few months ago in printed sources.
What else has this guy said and written? Who else has he denigrated and insulted?
The double standards being applied in this Wright situation are astounding, and really offensive, IMHO.
Finally, a link to the actual statements! Thanks, joanneleon. This is getting out of hand.
