At Pull On Superman’s Cape, MC has a video and essay which juxtaposes the way in which Black Liberation Theology recasts the crucifixion as a lynching with Barack Obama’s dramatic use of lynchings, both real and imagined, in his memoirs and on the hustings.
Also, you may have heard some of the buzz about about the most recent blasts from Obama’s former spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, America’s founding fathers “planted slavery and white supremacy in the DNA of this republic,†and that Thomas Jefferson, who partook in “pedophilia,†would also be considered unpatriotic these days because he wrote, “God would punish America for the sin of slavery.â€Â
Wright made these comments in a eulogy for his friend, former appellate judge R. Eugene Pincham, a congregant at Trinity United Church of Christ since 1987. Given the ongoing controversy over Barack Obama’s church, I am surprised other bloggers did not look at Pincham’s obituary in the Chicago Tribune:
In the heat of Mayor Harold Washington’s 1987 run for re-election, Pincham, then a state Appellate Court judge, told a gathering at Operation PUSH headquarters: “Any man south of Madison Street who casts a vote in the Feb. 24 election who doesn’t cast a vote for Harold Washington ought to be hung.”
For those unfamiliar with the history of Chicago, Pincham — a judge — was publicly suggesting that blacks who did not vote for a black mayor be lynched. That he did so around the time he joined Trinity may be pure coincidence. Or not.
Don’t you see, Karl, that certain groups may use the word and idea of “lynching” while others may not.
Kinda like that other word what begins with an “n.”
What saddens me is that the left has decided that black racism and bigotry is acceptable. What concerns me is whether they came to that conclusion based on political expediency or conviction.
The Twoof? You can’t handle The Twoof!
Never forget, some African Americans are excellent role models for persistence, commitment, and achievement. Trevor Immelman comes to mind.
Okay. Tiger too.
and Condi.
Oh, certainly. But, if anything, those folks are treated like crap by the over-culture.
Yes indeed, the Civil Rights movement has borne some “strange fruit.”
I don’t know. I mean, he said “hung,” not “hanged.” I think he’s saying that you’d have to have a big one not to vote for Washington.
…nabob?
I vaguely remember a quote from Abraham Lincoln (a former US President) about slavery. Oh yes, this:
That was in his second inaugural address.
It’s not enough, is it? It never will be enough, will it? We’re going to be stuck with Wrights forever, aren’t we? I do despair, sometimes.
And yet there is hope. If Ian Paisley can be in the same government as Martin McGuinness, there has to be.
Patrick
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A new motto for the US: Our worst critics prefer to stay.
Like that quote from “Blazing Saddles:”
“Bart, they said you was hung!”
“And they was right.”
Thanks for the link Karl! Obama’s distancing himself from Wright sure has had an impact on what Wright has to say hasn’t it? Not! Wasn’t it only a few days ago when we were speculating on whether Obama’s weak repudiation in his most eloquent PA under the bus speech (Erm, he gave that speech in Pennsylvania – no wonder he was “bitter”) was actuall a repudiation or not. Apparently not. Of course the mentor could be telling the student to just STFU! There’s that.
I’ll just go ahead and observe that the most vehement black racists seem to be disproportionately constituted of the lightest of blacks – Wright, Louis F, Dyson, West, etc.
Seems like overcompensation to me. Just sayin’