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Pastor Wright -Racism, Truth, andTolerance

By Ishara ☮ in Strong Support of MLK's Legacy☮ - Mar 14th, 2008 at 9:27 pm EDT

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For those that have spoken out in support of Pastor Wright, you are not alone.

I have been saying this since this supposed "controversy" broke that there is nothing, not one thing patently false, misleading or duplicitous about what the MSM recently attributed to Wright.

My new slogan: Wright is right!

I have read all sorts of abuse and insults directed at this man-from idiot to fool, from jerk to clown all to ridicule and deride him.

Why does Pastor Wright have to be "an idiot" or "clown"?

Does the name calling enhance the argument, encourage people to join a discussion or elucidate matters for the undecided?

More importantly, is that our version of disagreeing while being disagreeable?

Isn't it funny how people who does not follow Baracks terms of engagement (on disagreement) have the nreve to question Barack on being sufficiently inclusive of all races?

There are many who do not share one another's belief or faith, many who do nat share one another's thoughts or opinions...why not examine the argument closely as opposed to a wholesale dismissal that what Wright had to say is "junk" or "terrible" just becuase you happened not to agree with him?

While we're at it we could also ask why not once, not once did some of these know-it-alls ask themselves why the MSM chose to unearth 7yr old sermons or why it is his sermons needed to be examined now or even what shaped and informed the man's opinions and views.

I happen to have zero tolerance for those that are not tolerant. That make any amount of sense?

For those without here, that makes them the idiots and them the clowns in question and what's more,they are the individuals spewing junk and saying terrible things.

Where's their point of reference? Where's their context in rushing to judgement?

Did they have to live through what Wright and others lived through during the civil rights movement?

Have they ever experienced prejudice, harrassment, discrimination and hatred elevated to the levels he and those living through that experienced?

Do they think that just because equality and justice is enshrined in the constitution, all ugliness associated with racism is no more?

Do they believe that just because we have made some, again some preogress with race relations in America the issue is dead and buried?

So by their decree, it is so,eh?

Until each of them have walked in Wright's skin, in Wright's shoes-NONE ARE IN ANY POSITION TO SIT IN MORAL JUDGEMENT.

I happen to disagree with Barack and think Wright's opinion on racism is a valid one and sadly, even true today. That does not in anyway interfere with or affect my support of Barack. In my opinion and those my ancestors-one cannot see where they are going (future) until they know where they have been (past).

On a related tangent, I'm also a catholic and I WILL NOT stop attending mass because my mon seigneur says it is a sin for the flock to use birth control or file for divorce or have an abortion; that those who do will go to hell.

I WILL NOT stop going to mass because of the rampant pedophiliac scandals my faith has been embroiled in and the clergy they continue to vociferously defend to this day.

Other catholics and none catholics are free to disagree with me-and I WILL NOT condemn them or judge them for doing so.

THAT IS CALLED TOLERANCE.

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By Jen Rencher from Jersey City Apr 11th 2008 at 10:31 pm EDT

I couldn't have said it better myself! When the "controversy" first came out, I did not understand what the problem was. I had to go online and read people's comments to see what the fuss what about.

People seem to believe that speaking out against racism is racist. I think the problem ultimately stems from many of our white brothers and sisters believing that because of the Civil Rights movement and programs like Affirmative Action, that race is no longer a problem in America. When we speak up against it then, they think that we are referring to past injustices and simply have a "chip on our shoulder." We have come a long way in fifty years, but the unique problem that our generation faces is that racism isn't as overt as it was. Example:

My fiance is Kenyan & his accent sounds British. He and a group of other African college students were looking for a place to rent in CT. They made an appointment to meet with a realtor to see a house in an area with a majority white population. Fifteen minutes before the appointment, he called the woman to get directions and confirm that the place was still available. She said it was, but when he arrived, she said that the house had already been rented. This was not the only time that that happened to them.

Many people would argue that it wasn't racism and that the house probably had just been rented out. And how can we prove them otherwise? I'm sure the realty company has a diversity statement on file. The realtor will make some excuse which will be handily accepted and what more can we say? It's hard to know unless you live it. The accumulation of these small injustices over a lifetime gives one a different perspective. The dichotomy of living at the bottom of the barrel in the greatest country in the world. All the beauty & ugliness mixed in together. We accept the ugliness as a part of our lives, but laugh at it - the nefarious "n" word or our self deprecating humor - and turn it into something we can speak casually about. To someone who hasn't accepted that ugliness, our speech, music, humor and preachers can seem incendiary, but it's just reflecting another side of America, one that not all are familiar with.

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