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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:49 PM Original message |
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Attacking Cornel West Doesn’t Solve Anything |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. So Melissa Perry should shut up because she's YOUNGER than West? |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. weirdly, his home page starts with mentions of his TV |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. "Who is this Boyce guy" You've never heard of him? Really? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. One thing I know about him is that he denigrates one tenured Princeton faculty member |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Right. The main focus of article was about her age. Thanks for the info. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I read it till I got to the point where he said that her HUGE mistake |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Whoa! |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. RE: Jamil Smith at The Maddow Blog |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Another pathetic pushback attempt to the fact that West has |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Cornel West's Disgust with Obama Should Not Make Him a Pariah |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. LOL |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. He will only be a pariah to the very people mentioned in the OP. |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Pariah? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. pffffftttt...nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Actually, |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I find some of these articles paternalistically racist. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Beating up on Dr. West is the easy thing to do. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. And just what do you think of the beating up of Melissa Harris Perry? Just fine with you |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Which point? That rant was so clouded with racist shit flinging, I failed to get the point. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I'm always sort of astonished that people can't distinguish |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Are you saying he wasn't talking to me? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You are getting "hit" with this story, really? |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Not focused on, but distracted by. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. So, now you are regretting that West's audience isn't sequestered |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. And you're being intentionally obtuse. Also one of our great Democratic values. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. You said: |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. That is what I said. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. America is one of the most diverse countries in the world. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I'm sure there was a thought process leading up to that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. In case you need to be connected with your own, |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. That wasn't a conversation. It was a rant. There's a difference. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Like his points about Obama being surrounded by Jews? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. What are you referring to? Do you have the text? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Here: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. But West is exactly talking about the politics of different minority groups. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. No, he wasn't. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I don't know how to break this to you |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. How does reinforcing the greedy Jew stereotype help the issue? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. You are putting words into West's mouth that he didn't say. That's how. n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. How do you get anti-semitism from that? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Could it possibly be that black people disagree on a lot |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You mean they don't fit any stereotype? What a concept! |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I know, right? Imagine black people thinking individual |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Uhhh yeahhh. I disagree with West. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. This is news to you, maybe? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. CNBC: Cornel West Blasts Obama As a 'Mascot of Wall Street' |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. How many OP's and threads will be devoted to this same article? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I believe it's only two so far. Is that two, too many for you? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. West's article has been showing up off and on for months. n/t |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Good question. It's more than two articles, The thing is I don't see the significance. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. As many as the OP can scrape from the bottom of the google. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. pfffffftttt...nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. gad what a mindless stinking pile of dog shit. |
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StarburstClock (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. "gad what a mindless stinking pile of dog shit." |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
61. Huh? |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. no reason |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. exactly.... |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. Boo fuckin hooo |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Person makes borderline-delusional personal attacks and gets called on it. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. pffffftt...nt |
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