Cornel West: 'Obama is a global George Zimmerman' with 'no moral authority'

[© tweed]

not terribly surprising, but wonderful to see one of the foremost black popular-intellectuals make a clean break with Obamaism.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/cornel-west-barack-obama_n_3635614.html?ir=Black+Voices

[Brittain33]

not terribly surprising, but wonderful to see one of the foremost black popular-intellectuals make a clean break with Obamaism.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/cornel-west-barack-obama_n_3635614.html?ir=Black+Voices

Hasn't Cornel West been anti-Obama since before 2008?

[MaxQue]

A pseudo intellectual wanting to appear in news. Nothing to see here, just an attention-seeker.

[Paul Kemp]

not terribly surprising, but wonderful to see one of the foremost black popular-intellectuals make a clean break with Obamaism.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/cornel-west-barack-obama_n_3635614.html?ir=Black+Voices

Hasn't Cornel West been anti-Obama since before 2008?

Yes.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Oh gee, an attention whore!

[Paul Kemp]

Kanye West > Cornell West but that should be obvious.

[barfbag]

Democrats compared Bush to Hitler.

[Eraserhead]

Oh gee, an attention whore!

It's a silly analogy but Obama does have a lot of needless blood on his hands.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

West has said some stupid things about Obama like the blackface comment, but the analogy here makes sense.  Profiling someone wearing a hoodie on a hot night in the suburbs is the domestic equivalent of a signature drone strike against an "imminent threat."

[LastVoter]

I didn't know we had such a large base of Obama fanboys on atlas.

[barfbag]

I didn't know we had such a large base of Obama fanboys on atlas.

there's enough of them

[Old Man Svensson]

I didn't know we had such a large base of Obama fanboys on atlas.

You're looking at about 80% of the Democrats here, my friend.

At any rate, the man isn't wrong at all, and to write West off as a crazy or an "attention whore" is an insult and a spit in the face of all his accolades and truly intellectual contributions.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Blah blah blah couldn't you say the same thing about Ayn Rand having "accolades" and "truly intellectual contributions"?

*Looks up this guy some more* Oh look, he semi-defended the Iraq War and is pals with Louis Farrakhan. Not worth listening to.

[Maxwell]

West has a lot of hot blooded rhetoric, but he's right on this and on Al Sharpton.

[Old Man Svensson]

Blah blah blah couldn't you say the same thing about Ayn Rand having "accolades" and "truly intellectual contributions"?

*Looks up this guy some more* Oh look, he semi-defended the Iraq War and is pals with Louis Farrakhan. Not worth listening to.

Really, now? Because all I see comes from Wikipedia, and I quote:

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Wouldn't you agree that that's just about the size of it? No one wanted Hussein to stay in power, but at the same time, no one but Bush and his lackeys wanted out-and-out war - which is why they sent us there and f**k the consequences.

There is no comparison between West and an apathetic narcissist like Rand, and to suggest that there is - just because he called out your political idol and god for what he is - is frankly disgusting.

[7,052,770]

Democrats compared Bush to Hitler.

Obviously there have always been moronic message board heroes, but don't even pretend the high profile important Democrats' treatment of Bush compares to high profile Republicans' treatment of Obama.

[memphis]

But here's the difference between the two parties. The Dems don't give a crap what their fringers have to say. The GOP, in sharp contrast, is completely controlled by their nutters.

[Mechaman]

Glad I'm not the only person who noticed this.

[Link]

West has said some stupid things...

True.  I don't think a man who fled his military commission to avoid a court martial for war crimes should really be talking about "moral authority" on this topic or really just about any other.

[King]

I've seen nothing to suggest Mr. West isn't a simply method actor playing a black Harvard PhD theologian socialist.

[tpfkaw]

West has said some stupid things...

True.  I don't think a man who fled his military commission to avoid a court martial for war crimes should really be talking about "moral authority" on this topic or really just about any other.

Our chief resident anti-racist is excellent at telling black men apart from each other.

[H. Ross Peron]

Typical anti-drone warfare hysteria.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Blah blah blah couldn't you say the same thing about Ayn Rand having "accolades" and "truly intellectual contributions"?

*Looks up this guy some more* Oh look, he semi-defended the Iraq War and is pals with Louis Farrakhan. Not worth listening to.

Really, now? Because all I see comes from Wikipedia, and I quote:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Wouldn't you agree that that's just about the size of it? No one wanted Hussein to stay in power, but at the same time, no one but Bush and his lackeys wanted out-and-out war - which is why they sent us there and f**k the consequences.

There is no comparison between West and an apathetic narcissist like Rand, and to suggest that there is - just because he called out your political idol and god for what he is - is frankly disgusting.

OK how about I compare West to his buddy Farrakhan? Being buddy buddy with such a vile bigot is not a minor detail.

Yes I support Obama over Farrakhan. And thus I support Obama over every single person who is friendly with Farrakhan. So in conclusion: West can f**k himself.

[Asian Nazi]

I, for one, completely agree with West.  And it's sad to see so many formerly anti-war liberals rushing to defend Obama.  Shame on all of you.

[Napoleon]

I, for one, completely agree with West.  And it's sad to see so many formerly anti-war liberals rushing to defend Obama.  Shame on all of you.

bravo!