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noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
117. ah...intellectuals debating each other
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:14 PM
Feb 2016

surely this will be read by every working-class black person in america! i have never had a discussion about him, except here. but your point is taken.

agreed and proud yourpaljoey Feb 2016 #1
Dr. West has the soul of a poet. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #2
I'm listening to him now! zentrum Feb 2016 #20
Agreed. It shows his loyalties are not subject to where the wind blows. thereismore Feb 2016 #3
I have never understood MuseRider Feb 2016 #4
I was kicked out of AA for sticking up for him, I do regret not being able to discuss in that group, orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #5
Well said. Major Hogwash Feb 2016 #60
I can't understand being kicked out for standing up for your belief in what a person says MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #83
consider yourself lucky noiretextatique Feb 2016 #110
Thank You, I thought it might be me Misinterpreting it . orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #115
That group is full of neo liberal loving hacks nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #121
The left is the left, nobody gets to fence anyone out Babel_17 Feb 2016 #6
Or, it could be that Bernie Sanders is so out of touch that he does not know ecstatic Feb 2016 #7
Out of touch as in can't spell his name right? Bonobo Feb 2016 #8
An autocomplete error. And my knowledge of West goes back to 1998. ecstatic Feb 2016 #12
Okay, good to hear. 1998. Bonobo Feb 2016 #13
jumped the shark = I don't agree with his opinions. roguevalley Feb 2016 #16
How some very vocal people feel noiretextatique Feb 2016 #10
And to suggest that Bernie isn't aware of the politics surrounding Cornel is asinine. nt Bonobo Feb 2016 #11
Indeed...so many assinine comments today eom noiretextatique Feb 2016 #14
my guess is that Bernie isn't that kind of person dana_b Feb 2016 #22
which people? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #96
Well now you do. ecstatic Feb 2016 #116
ah...intellectuals debating each other noiretextatique Feb 2016 #117
Fully agree with this post n/t Mira Feb 2016 #9
Probably something poetic and truthful navarth Feb 2016 #21
I'm out of the loop Pharaoh Feb 2016 #15
I missed it too, but from the tone of the post, and recognizing the buzzwords, I suspect Gene Debs Feb 2016 #18
That... MrWendel Feb 2016 #58
I'm out of the loop too MissDeeds Feb 2016 #26
yes on all counts navarth Feb 2016 #17
It gave me time to think. Thanks. Bonobo Feb 2016 #19
Speaking Truth to Power shadowmayor Feb 2016 #23
Calling Obama 'the first niggerized President' is speaking truth to power, eh? randome Feb 2016 #90
Really? He called Sharpton a ‘Bonafide House Negro of the Obama Plantation’ iandhr Feb 2016 #24
wow that is pretty rough Pharaoh Feb 2016 #27
Me too! proud and grateful. bbgrunt Feb 2016 #25
Ditto. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #28
A Sanders "support" thread turning into an Obama hit. joshcryer Feb 2016 #29
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #31
Your concern for people is touching. joshcryer Feb 2016 #32
It was the least I could do. Bonobo Feb 2016 #33
Obama's integrity is important to me. joshcryer Feb 2016 #34
Okay, I'll bite. Bonobo Feb 2016 #36
Would you argue the past 7 years indicated Wright influence? joshcryer Feb 2016 #47
That's a bizarre bit of historical revisionism. Kentonio Feb 2016 #54
the white america that had a problem with it is just racist JI7 Feb 2016 #57
I'm not sure how you got that second part from anything I said.. Kentonio Feb 2016 #65
He never ascribed to Wright's approach. joshcryer Feb 2016 #59
He could have protected Rev Wright by explaining a little of the history and context of his remarks. Kentonio Feb 2016 #66
You clearly did not read the speech. joshcryer Feb 2016 #67
He visited his church for 20 years Kentonio Feb 2016 #72
Your digging is quite is charming. joshcryer Feb 2016 #77
He was a member of his church for 20 damn years, donated $20,000 and considered him a close friend Kentonio Feb 2016 #82
Right, I'm saying that was political. joshcryer Feb 2016 #86
I have no idea how you're rationalizing this to yourself. Kentonio Feb 2016 #87
This Clinton defense is incredible. joshcryer Feb 2016 #88
I have no idea how this is a Clinton defense to you. Kentonio Feb 2016 #89
What did Obama do wrong? joshcryer Feb 2016 #92
Threw a friend of 20 years under the bus for political expediency. Kentonio Feb 2016 #93
Wright threw him under the bus! joshcryer Feb 2016 #94
what a load of bullshit noiretextatique Feb 2016 #97
Dr. West is a prophetic voice. Nyan Feb 2016 #30
Agree. 840high Feb 2016 #52
Cornell West called Obama "N-Word-izzed" for non reality reasons and has been vile uponit7771 Feb 2016 #35
have you read any of his books? listened to a lecture? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #98
Absolutely! I wish more people would call Obama Kenny G in black face. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #37
This OP is about the courage and honesty of not bowing to political expediency. Bonobo Feb 2016 #38
West is his words. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #40
You don't get to tell a Black person what is racist. Bonobo Feb 2016 #42
Sure I do. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #44
Okay. You go with that. nt Bonobo Feb 2016 #46
I'm sure you'd be as supportive if, say, a conservative black guy called the President that. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #49
Dr. West is a scholar: He did no simply call Obama a name as the idiotic reductionists keep implying noiretextatique Feb 2016 #99
He's a bigot. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #106
according to you. and your thoughts on Obama's use of the n-word? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #108
Did Obama call anyone the n-word recently? Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #112
so I guess that's a no noiretextatique Feb 2016 #114
Did Obama call someone the n-word as president? Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #124
Hide, sheshe2 Feb 2016 #51
As a true blue Bernie supporter, it's not like you have much choice in the matter Sheepshank Feb 2016 #39
I think you are projecting based on your own operating mechanisms. Bonobo Feb 2016 #41
I'm not the one selling or buying into the "Cornell is the best" idiocy Nt Sheepshank Feb 2016 #43
I don't think I am selling that he is "the best". Bonobo Feb 2016 #45
Hide.... sheshe2 Feb 2016 #50
Cornell West is 100% REAL. Barack Obama is at least 50% stagecraft. mhatrw Feb 2016 #48
bullshit still_one Feb 2016 #56
LOL. Typical. mhatrw Feb 2016 #61
and that is why Sanders is going to lose, because calling President Obama "50% real", is a slur still_one Feb 2016 #75
He's at least 50% stagecraft. So was Bill Clinton. mhatrw Feb 2016 #79
we obviously disagree. have a good night or morning depending where you are still_one Feb 2016 #81
some people are not as ridiculously thin-skinned noiretextatique Feb 2016 #111
Cornell West called Obama "N-Word-izzed" you think that crap is "real"!?!?!? uponit7771 Feb 2016 #69
Yep. Just like Jeremiah Wright. mhatrw Feb 2016 #80
after Obama used the n-word on a podcast noiretextatique Feb 2016 #101
Well since you bring.... one_voice Feb 2016 #95
Sanders? A man of integrity and substance??? MohRokTah Feb 2016 #53
Typical mhatrw Feb 2016 #63
West's response was to Obama's use of the n-word on a podcast noiretextatique Feb 2016 #102
President Obama distanced himself from Pastor Wright because he didn't agree with what Wright was still_one Feb 2016 #55
What degrading words were you referring to? mhatrw Feb 2016 #62
Cornell West: “my dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men,” uponit7771 Feb 2016 #68
He does not hate Obama, he disagrees with him politically noiretextatique Feb 2016 #105
Cornell West called Obama "N-Word-izzed" for non reality reasons and has been vile to Obama uponit7771 Feb 2016 #64
Keep repeating the smears Kentonio Feb 2016 #70
How is West own words "smears"!?!? I wont post them here cause the overt hiding of post uponit7771 Feb 2016 #71
I've read his words many times. Kentonio Feb 2016 #73
West called Obama "n-word-izzed" ...thats West own words and the tickets are Obamas uponit7771 Feb 2016 #74
Didn't provide a callback number? Seriously? Kentonio Feb 2016 #76
Yes...if the number he was calling from was a blocked number!!! uponit7771 Feb 2016 #78
If you think Barack Obama couldn't get a number for Cornel West then I don't know what to say to you Kentonio Feb 2016 #85
So Dyson and Obama are wrong on getting in contact with West? You listening to yourself? uponit7771 Feb 2016 #118
do you have any clue about the rest of what he said? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #113
weak != "n-word-izzed"... I 100% disagree with the form and function of the wording uponit7771 Feb 2016 #119
Please address Obama's use of the n-word noiretextatique Feb 2016 #109
No it wasn't, West was labeling Obama "n-word-izzed" not just using the word in a neutral context uponit7771 Feb 2016 #120
do you know or care that he used that term in response to Obama's use of the n-word on a podcast? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #107
after Obama used the n-word on a podcast noiretextatique Feb 2016 #103
West labaled Obama a compound form of the word pejoratively... we can read uponit7771 Feb 2016 #123
pure pdsimdars Feb 2016 #84
Why would he? delrem Feb 2016 #91
Why would he? Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #100
i bet very few of those against West have clue about what he said...and why noiretextatique Feb 2016 #104
REALLY!!??!? it was a pajoratie labeling of the first black president using the n-word and somehow uponit7771 Feb 2016 #122
This ... MrWendel Feb 2016 #125
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