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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:27 PM Original message |
A tale of two preachers--why dismissal of GLBT anger is hypocritical cowardice |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. For the sake of accuracy |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The question remains though, doesn't it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Because this is a political issue, not a philosophical one. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Actually for 20 years it didn't cause him to shun him |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. And if you REALLY want to get technical.... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. For the sake of accuracy |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. NPR: Black Liberation Theology, in its Founder's Words |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
43. And in the process gave credence to the belief that there is something wrong with |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R ! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I defended Wright, whereas Warren is indefensible. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Isn't it amazing? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Not just a pass - Warren is uniformly praised by the media and mainstream politicians. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Nail on the head. n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Me too. Plus I found out that the services at the Southside Chicago Church are |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. How cool is that? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. It's pretty cool Their Easter service was amazing. n/t |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. I never understood the Wright "controversy" myself. Most of his views... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. recommend |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Those who anger you, conquer you. It's one thing to have anger arise, it's another |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My question remains: Why does Obama respect anger toward Wright, and not anger toward Warren? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My question- why are some DU'ers so invested on keeping the anger going and stoking it? |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Some seem to feel that if you're not as livid as they are, you're "dismissing" their anger. n/t |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. anger |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I am suggesting that the anger be channeled into constructive action. Human beings are able |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. we aren't children |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Warren is a big deal... but you presume something that is not correct... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. But that disagreement hasn't led to shunning of Warren similar to his shunning of Wright |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The simple answer? Political expediency. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. A depression is on the horizon. People are flocking to the church. |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. IMO, you alluded to the answer in the OP when you mentioned "the establishment". Warren's |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Where does Obama actually differ with Warren on LGBT rights? |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Well... Obama opposed DOMA and voted against the FMA, he wants to repeal DADT, |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Guess what? Democrats are now backpedaling on repealing DADT! |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. A pass? Never. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Have you ever been an HIV/AIDS counselor? |
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yowzayowzayowza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've not seen any 'round here ... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. Many people here (or at least who were here) spent weeks denoucing Wright vehemently and Obama... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I don't think that a single person who considers themselves to be "left" denounced Wright. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. And those video clips shown endlessly by MSM were taken out of context |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Search the archives. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Not me. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Me neither. It is my fighting with those who went all out condemning Wright for weeks that makes... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I remember defending Wright for weeks - seemed like months - but I can't remember the posters. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. Nice post! imo Barack has a need to be accepted by the popular creeps... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. I don't like either preacher. Warren is a bigot against gays & Wright is a bigot against whites. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. There's a big difference between calling out oppressors... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. NO-these days the oppressors are the rich-what we have now is a "Class War". |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Indeed |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
42. I wonder |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. Kick, wish I could recommend |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Because WWII was not about sex. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
51. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours. |
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