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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:23 AM Original message |
A note about Wright's "fiery" tone . . . |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Actually |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Deleted sub-thread |
CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. i think the tradition of politics in black churches go back to times when they were segregated |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. And I think it's wrong for ALL churches |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I know you did |
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Mike Nelson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That's a good point... |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. You had a problem with Martin Luther King, Jr.? |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Did MLK Jr. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. No - but his father did |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Uhm |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Uhm yourself |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Then I stand corrected |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. He certainly engaged in political advocacy from his pulpit. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. He didn't ENDORSE anyone |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Sorry |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Your "sniff test doesn't matter. It's the law. THAT's what matters |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. He endorsed Obama at the pulpit |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You can repeate it all you want. But saying good things about Obama from the pulpit |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. If I'd known about it |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes - it is very invigorating and exciting. But it frightens the sheep. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is pulpit-humping part of that tradition? n/t |
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x-g.o.p.er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Espousing hatred for white people and all things not black isn't "good preaching" |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. i think you are making a caricature of an entire church based on soundbites |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Who espoused "hatred for white people?" Wright didn't, nor do any other preachers I know |
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x-g.o.p.er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It sure comes across as hatred |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. People keep saying that, but have not pointed to a single thing he said that is "hate speech" |
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x-g.o.p.er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I posted this in another thread, |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. That is NOT racist and it is not hate |
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x-g.o.p.er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. You can wrap racism in the cloak of religion, and it's still racism. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. You're equating Affirmative Action |
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x-g.o.p.er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. No, I am not equating one with the other |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. No I don't think you have anything more to say. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Because WHAT Wright mentioned or HOW he mentioned it?!?! |
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Mike Nelson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't like his "Firey Tone" |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. You don't have to like it |
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Mike Nelson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I saw your point clearly... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. What is "Christ-like"?. Seriously, Christ is largely a myth or rather |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Hey, you do church your way |
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Mike Nelson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I don't do Church |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Since I posted on a public website, |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. Context is everything. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. RIGHT!! I was going to ask people who don't like Wrights statements if they have any black friends |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, I basically agree. But it took you five paragraphs of carefully-fashioned |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
24. Self-delete. |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. So "Fiery Tone" is the new phrase for Hate speech? Good luck trying |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. Sorry Effie |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. He did not say that! |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
52. Gets drunk and goes off and gives it up? That's disgusting. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. K, now people are just making carp up. Wright never said that |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
37. Thank you for posting this informative thread. |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. I grew up with "preacher speech", so it wasn't hard for me to get past |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
48. I feel cheated!! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
53. I think the response is hypocrisy on a grand scale. |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
54. I agree, and people should listen to one of MLK JR's sermons in particular |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
56. I've preached in black churches. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
57. k |
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