Reply #47: you don't know much about the black religious tradition, do you?

[EffieBlack]

What you so dismissively call "going around screaming" is a rhetorical style common among many black preachers, especially in the Baptist and AME tradition. It might not suit your tastes, but many, many people appreciate and are inspired by that style of preaching and, in fact see it as an important part of our culture and religion.

What you see as "hateful," others may see as impassioned. By the same token, while some may see a diatribe against a religious tradition that we revere to be hateful, insulting and bigoted, I see it as simply ignorance about something to which you have had little if any exposure.