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Home Front: Culture Wars
Oprah and Obama Transcend Race; Or So We Thought
2018-11-11
[Townhall] The midterms left us with a lot of things to think about. One of the most mind-numbing was when Oprah and Obama made it pretty clear that they believe America still oppresses black people.

"All of us may have been created equal," a preachy Oprah said at her Stacey Abrams rally. "But if ya woke! If you woke; if you woke just-a lil’ bit ‐ you got sense enough to know that everybody’s not treated equally. The reality is this: We see injustices ‐ big and small ‐ all around us every single day of our lives. ... (A)s our civil rights predecessors use to say, ’We shall not be moved!’ ... ’Don’t let nobody turn you around!"

OK, Oprah. So, voting for Stacey Abrams was kind of a civil rights issue, huh? Pick the other guy, and you’re taking sides with the racists. Got it.

Here’s Obama at his Abrams rally:
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Comparing "apples and sea cucumbers", aren't we (Hint: one is an animal)? Everyone could applaud Oprah as she parlayed a media franchise into riches as an American success story... until she dropped her apolitical stance and started being a "more Black than Black" partisan. Obama, always was a [deleted]...
Posted by: magpie   2018-11-11 14:44  

#2  Woke seems to mean 'see things the way I'm told to see them, not how they actually are'.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-11-11 12:13  

#1  "We thought" ???

The author has mice in his pockets. Lots of mice.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-11 01:09  

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