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| The "sacred national dialogue on race" is a silly idea |
| 2008-04-07 |
| John Kass, Chicago Tribune The wounds inflicted on Barack Obama by the hateful speech of his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, are serious and profound. Why else would ministers gather at Obama's church in Chicago—Trinity United Church of Christ—to hold a news conference demanding a "sacred" national dialogue on race? "The intersection of politics, religion and race has heightened our awareness of how easy it is for our conversations about race to become anything but sacred," Rev. John Thomas, president of the United Church of Christ, said last week. "That's why we are calling for sacred conversations, and for the respect of sacred places to begin right here and now." In other words, listen up you reporters: Back off. Clearly, it's difficult enough to pray and reflect upon the story of the Good Samaritan without pesky reporters asking you to defend Wright's indefensible, hateful words. It's got to be tough when reporters ask about that 10,000-square-foot suburban mansion the church bought for Wright, the one along the golf course, the one with the $1.6 million mortgage held by the church. Wright has damaged Obama by cursing America from the pulpit, breaking one of the 10 Commandments along the way, shouting "G-d damn America!," blaming our nation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suggesting our government infected people of color with AIDS. "And, they will attack you, if you try to point out what's going on in white America, the U.S. of KKK-A!" Wright was quoted as saying. Now that he's retired, I wonder if he'll play a tape of that one while he's out on his deck, perhaps holding a new titanium driver, smiling, absently listening to himself shouting "white America, the U.S. of KKK-A!" but also thinking ahead, to the water hazards and sand traps on that back nine. Is this a great country or what? Yet while he relaxes, the rest of us are asked to have another national dialogue on race? I don't know about you, but my ears hurt. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 Let's institute a new policy and law, anyone who mentions any 'race' other than the race of human beings, will be punished. You are human or not, any other definition is racist and should be punished. That is supposed to be the true intent of the civil rights movement. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2008-04-07 16:42 |
| #4 Or whitey might decide to finally say: You know what, good idea. Let's really talk about race. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-04-07 13:09 |
| #3 I say let these Black Liberation Theology folks speak. Sometimes, the best way to silence hateful venom is to let it out in the open sun so that all can see it. The first amendment will do more damage to Rev. Wright's message than anything else. |
| Posted by: Jack Slineger4174 2008-04-07 13:03 |
| #2 Like most of the leftest Newspeak, they understand 'dialogue' to mean a one way declaration not subject to critical analysis or debate. When they walk the walk, we'll talk the talk. And by walk that is some serious public critical self examination. You know, the kind Marxist demand of everyone else but absolve themselves of. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-07 12:42 |
| #1 I think I have an idea on how a "sacred national dialogue on race" is gonna work out. Prediction? Not too good for whitey... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-07 12:19 |