Cornel West comes for Ta-Nehisi Coates - and gets owned

[EffieBlack]

Link to tweet

How embarrassing for him ...

[OilemFirchen]

1. The replies are gems.

Brother West got pwned indeed.

[lunasun]

2. When your book report is due before you've even read the first few pages...

BH❄dges🎙
@LifeOnaPlate
Replying to @africasacountry and 3 others
When your book report is due before you've even read the first few pages...
2:59 PM · Dec 4, 2017

[LenaBaby61]

3. Doc ....

Really needs to go sit his Jill Stein-supporting, Hillary is a neo-liberal-whose-worse-than-tRumputin ass down somewhere 😑

**pwned **

[yardwork]

4. Wow. How embarrassing for West.

[Wwcd]

5. 👍 Ta-Nehisi Coates. Cornel West is a Fellow at the Sanders Institute

THIS is why I take such issue with the purpose of their Institute.
West continues to prove the opposite of everything the Institute claims to be about.

I cannot respect anything he is involved with.

Appreciate Ta-Nehisi Coates pointing out my feelings as well.

[brush]

6. What did West say?

[Hamlette]

11. I been looking for the back story too, but I love anyone who owns West

I hate Cornell.

[RhodeIslandOne]

7. Cornell still hurt he didn't get prime inauguration seats?

Let it go!

[uppityperson]

9. Have you ever considered starting your own forum?

You could set the rules, moderate. It might be a better use of time and energy.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. has she ever truly "considered" anything, I wonder?

[Glamrock]

12. Bullshit!

You can't name a post Cornel West comes for....

And have no mention of Cornel West's statement. There's absolutely no context. WTF, man.

[uppityperson]

13. Um, what? I was suggesting starting her own forum to a frequent flyer troll.

"There's absolutely no context. WTF, man. "

[Glamrock]

16. Exactly!

What did Cornell say that got him owned?

[uppityperson]

17. What? LG is Cornell? I said nothing about Cornell. What?

[Glamrock]

20. Wtf are you talking about?

I just want to know what the poster is talking about.

[uppityperson]

21. The banned one that I replied to? Somehow you jumped onto this subthread blasting me for the OP.

If you want to know what the OP means, reply to them.

[Glamrock]

22. You win

I was wrong. I apologize. Totally in the wrong. May God strike me down and all that come from my loins. I beg your forgiveness. I still have no fucking idea what Cornell West said that got him "totally owned."

[uppityperson]

25. I don't even know who he is. Ask the OP. Here's that link.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9926891
That's the link to the OP.

Yelling "Bull shit, etc, context" at me in a subthread reply to an oft banned troll seems to not address your questions in any manner.

[Glamrock]

27. Like I said

You win

[uppityperson]

28. Ok, just trying to help clear up a confusion. Have a good night.

[Glamrock]

29. Back atcha!

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. What would it be called?

Vegans R Us?

[grantcart]

14. Two things occurred to me:

1) Didn't West used to be somebody.

2) This is why we can't have nice things anymore.

[Roland99]

15. This is rather meaningless w/o cornel West context

[blogslut]

24. The tweet responded to by Ta-Nehisi quotes Cornel West.

Here is the NYT article with West where the quote is:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/magazine/cornel-west-doesnt-want-to-be-a-neoliberal-darling.html

In the original introduction to “Race Matters,” you wrote that there was a crisis of black leadership. Now we’re seeing this whole new generation of black activists: Black Lives Matter, or even N.F.L. athletes taking a knee during the national anthem. Do you still see this crisis? Well, I was talking about the crisis of black elite leadership. When it comes to black leaders, if the model is to be successful but not publicly attack white supremacy — well, then that’s really about success to fit in. Fitting in, in a neoliberal world, is to be well adjusted to injustice. I’ll give you an example: Dear brother Ta-Nehisi Coates has just come out with a new book.

Yes. “We Were Eight Years in Power.” Who’s the “we”? When’s the last time he’s been through the ghetto, in the hoods, to the schools and indecent housing and mass unemployment? We were in power for eight years? My God. Maybe he and some of his friends might have been in power, but not poor working people...

Here is the quote tweeted by the account: @africasacountry

Link to tweet

AFRICA IS A COUNTRY? @africasacountry

"@tanehisicoates has just come out with [“We Were Eight Years in Power]. Who’s the “we”? ... We were in power for eight years? My God. Maybe he and some of his friends might have been in power, but not poor working people."
-- @CornelWest to @nytimes

[oberliner]

34. Here ya go

I’ll give you an example: Dear brother Ta-Nehisi Coates has just come out with a new book.

Yes. “We Were Eight Years in Power.” Who’s the “we”? When’s the last time he’s been through the ghetto, in the hoods, to the schools and indecent housing and mass unemployment? We were in power for eight years? My God. Maybe he and some of his friends might have been in power, but not poor working people.

There are a lot of black intellectuals dissecting these issues. Coates is just one them. That’s true. But I mention him because he is currently the darling of the white and black neoliberal establishment.

At one point, someone might have said the same thing of you. Oh, they tried to make me the darling of the liberal establishment. I refused it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/magazine/cornel-west-doesnt-want-to-be-a-neoliberal-darling.html

[OilemFirchen]

19. Jesus. One fucking click away, but some are demanding "context".

Here:

Link to tweet

Better now?

[brush]

23. Thanks. Everyone is not on twitter, plus, most who post tweets post the 1st tweet and the response.

[OilemFirchen]

26. Gotcha.

BTW, here's a useful response:

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

31. Thank you. That is enlightening.

[DaDeacon]

30. I hate to say it....

But, If Brother West wants to continue to be a public intellectual he needs to act like it. Read books before he comments on them, and not attack others but rather discuss ideas. Brother West took the "L" on this one.

[brush]

33. West is over. Coates has joined Dyson, Harris-Perry, Gates, Tyson, Morrison and others not tainted..

by open jealously of the Obamas like West and Tavis Smiley.

[betsuni]

32. Typical for the types who call Democrats "neoliberals" all the time.

They assume, take things literally, mindlessly believe things they've heard and react emotionally rather than find out the facts for themselves.

West's comment was particularly stupid since the full title of the book is "We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy."

[JHan]

35. oh I'm here for this...this gives me life!

[Gothmog]

36. K&R

[ehrnst]

37. Not even Coates is pure and black and "progressive" enough, apparently.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/17/ta-nehisi-coates-neoliberal-black-struggle-cornel-west

[agincourt]

38. Funny with everything going down,

Cornell West's main thing to be mad about is the Ta-Nehisi Coates book. One year into the age of Trump and the main thing to be mad about is "liberals" and "neo-liberals". Progressives like that need to get out of politics and take up basket weaving or Wal-mart greeting.