Reply #79: honestly........

[damndude]

as a black man i can safely say, in the black communities when this is seen on television it is a statement of the america that we live in today. what you see in video is the fire and brimstone of an educated black man ministering to hundred if not thousands of lesser educated, lesser advantaged black people watching this radically changing world and still seeing themselves in the second and third class. this is the conversation that black people wrestle with every day, even now i don't believe i am doing in justice in this attempt to not justify but simply to relate.
i am fortunate that i do not have to live as my parents and their parents grew up. but there are so many that do and and even more who fare much worse. for them and joseph wright can be the difference between clinging to you faith in this world and becoming another statistic or or stereotype on one of those behind bars shows. so what you are seeing is the organized anger of a black man trying to motivate other black people to be focused, observant, motivate and informed. frightening things in some white communities. as stated very smartly above, the core issue is about race.
on the surface this another attempt to throw spaghetti at the candidate and see what sticks. his experience, his wife, his minster, his idealism, his faith.
but dressing it up as about his judgment and credibility is a red herring. just because obaman's pastor has certain view of the world does not mean he must share it. i've sat in pews and listened to the preaches rail against gays, Hispanics and women, yet that doesn't make me homophobic, racist or misogynist, but it doesn't mean also that a minister capable of saying things that i don't agree with can't also say something hat lead me to a better understanding or interpretation of an aspect of faith i hadn't considered. i would actually classify myself as anti-religion so a lot of this is really over exaggerated to me.