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In reply to the discussion: Can't the Cornel West apologists admit that his use of the word "n***ized" [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)144. Is this your new hobby? Besides counting black faces in crowds I mean.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=590766
Since when does anyone on DU have to answer to you?
Give it a rest, you're not fooling anyone with this tripe.
And get off your high horse, after the way you talked about transgender women you don't deserve to be up there.
Since when does anyone on DU have to answer to you?
Give it a rest, you're not fooling anyone with this tripe.
And get off your high horse, after the way you talked about transgender women you don't deserve to be up there.
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Can't the Cornel West apologists admit that his use of the word "n***ized" [View all]
pnwmom
Sep 2015
OP
You seem really intent on telling a black man to watch his mouth and know his place
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#1
You cited a homophobic misogynist who called West a pimp and a hustler, Brush
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#114
Cause we all know ALL and I mean this, ALL African Americans speak with absolutely ONE VOICE... err
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2015
#184
Cornel can and does say whatever he wants. But Bernie has wrapped his arms
underthematrix
Sep 2015
#12
Jeremiah Wright is a bi-racial pastor a former marine, who said GOD DAMN AMERICA
underthematrix
Sep 2015
#75
I've heard this argument before. Jeremiah Wright. Donnie McClurkin. Bill Ayers.
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#46
I'm a black man who is a (mild) supporter of President Obama in spite of his flaws
Chitown Kev
Sep 2015
#82
Are you claiming that what West has said is not what "Clinton supporters allege?
brush
Sep 2015
#116
Saying BLM deserves a voice while demanding Cornel not have one is not a logical position.
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#2
BLM wasn't using slurs against anyone. If they had called Bernie a comparable name
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#11
BLMs message that America is a White Supremacist nation is exactly what Cornel is talking about.
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#17
You should stay out of the internal dialog between black people since you don't get the context.
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#90
BLM called Sanders a "white supremacist liberal." That's pretty slurry as far as slurs go
AtomicKitten
Sep 2015
#24
Oh, the irony! When Cornel used the phrase "White supremacy" in his intro speech to Sanders...
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#32
They called his supporters white supremacists. What would you consider a slur?
Doctor_J
Sep 2015
#178
Particularly odd since Cornel West is a BLM activist. People say we need to listen to BLM activists
Chathamization
Sep 2015
#57
The answers I've seen have ranged from straight deflection to intimating it's ok because he black
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#3
I don't want a scholar's words to need to pass some half-wit Republican muster.
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2015
#5
He wasn't speaking as a scholar. He was speaking as an attention-seeking blowhard
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#13
Not cool. He's a fellow Democrat and Socialist. Your hyperbolicity is getting tiresome.
ancianita
Sep 2015
#33
He uses racially-based hate words against the first African American President. I don't care what party he is;
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#40
The context IS the ugliness that produced the words, which Obama understands and you don't.
ancianita
Sep 2015
#37
Where is your evidence that Obama would excuse West's personal, racially based attacks?
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#47
I posted a video of him saying he loved West on another thread. You provide evidence that Obama
ancianita
Sep 2015
#56
You are misidentifying what is ugly. Ugly is to not use one's position of power to help
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#86
well read my other posts here. I have said the same thing at least three times.
underthematrix
Sep 2015
#34
Look this is not about making Bernie bad. I don't do that kind of crazy childish shit.
underthematrix
Sep 2015
#54
People are now criticizing Bernie Sanders through his choice of having Cornel West introduce him.
ancianita
Sep 2015
#45
That's how your worldview operates. No I'm not voting for Bernie in the primary but
underthematrix
Sep 2015
#69
"ferocity" is the preferred term for highly educated people such as ourselves. nt
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#81
I'm a Democrat and will vote the way you do. If Cornel were running I'd still vote for him, because
ancianita
Sep 2015
#74
GOP ads that pit black against black? Kind of Willy Horton-y, eh? They'll come off as more racist
ancianita
Sep 2015
#105
Maybe the AA community you know, but not the one I know. You think you got your hand on the
ancianita
Sep 2015
#109
Exactly. No one would care what West says EXCEPT that Bernie has aligned with him. n/t
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#51
Yeah. Obama should have run away from Rev. Wright sooner. (An Obama move, by the way,
Luminous Animal
Sep 2015
#67
How about you give it up already. It was YEARS AGO. He's explained himself. Bernie and Obama get it
ancianita
Sep 2015
#49
Here: eight years of GOP namecalling. You think any criticism of a "brother" would faze him?
ancianita
Sep 2015
#59
So does Cornel, which is why he felt free to call out the president to live up to the struggle. I
ancianita
Sep 2015
#99
You are telling a black scholar and activist to tone down his rhetoric, we get it. nt
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#44
I think we, at least I, am not apologizing for anything he said. He's a smart man. He can say what
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#92
Nope. Not a gift. Pretty sure that if/when Bernie Sanders is nominated, and the GOP brings up
ancianita
Sep 2015
#27
Should we all live our lives in fear of what rightwing haters and bigots think?
arcane1
Sep 2015
#36
Same reason why people riot and burn down a CVS in Baltimore. Why burn down your own neighborhood?
Cheese Sandwich
Sep 2015
#39
We've spent decades, politically, fretting over what the Republicans would make of our actions and
Luminous Animal
Sep 2015
#42
Thank you. Any other AA leader who isn't picture perfect would get the same harsh treatment.
ancianita
Sep 2015
#76
If you agree with West on every issue he differs from Obama on, then what is all the bile about?
mhatrw
Sep 2015
#85
How do you know Obama would defend the use of the word "n***ized" against anyone? n/t
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#88
You do realize that "***" is really quite childish and doesn't change the meaning of the word? You
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#100
Is this your new hobby? Besides counting black faces in crowds I mean.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#144
Are you not a white, straight person who promotes religious clergy who call LGBT rights Satan's idea
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#157