An interesting Obama--Malcolm X analogy

[dabest]

BGOL-

I view Obama's tough decision to cut Reverend Wright off today as very similar to the decision Malcolm X had to make in disassociating himself with Elijah Muhammad and the nation of Islam.

In order to create a movement that is more dynamic than the sum of its' parts, tough decisions have to be made. Great men have a vision of the future, which sometimes necessitates a clean break from the past.


I believe that in both instances, these men were dealing with others who possessed an enormous amount of hubris (Elijah Muhammad and Rev. Wright. I witnessed the press conference yesterday, the show Rev. Wright put on is INEXCUSABLE.) However, both of these men had performed great a service to the community.

Is this a correct association?

 

[dj_excell]

Is this a correct association?

 

[REMINGTON_BLACK]

very interesting

 

[Spectrum]

very interesting correlation...

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

No Don't Compare Malcolm X With Obama They Are Two Different People.

 

[desklamp]

BGOL-

I view Obama's tough decision to cut Reverend Wright off today as very similar to the decision Malcolm X had to make in disassociating himself with Elijah Muhammad and the nation of Islam.

In order to create a movement that is more dynamic than the sum of its' parts, tough decisions have to be made. Great men have a vision of the future, which sometimes necessitates a clean break from the past.


I believe that in both instances, these men were dealing with others who possessed an enormous amount of hubris (Elijah Muhammad and Rev. Wright. I witnessed the press conference yesterday, the show Rev. Wright put on is INEXCUSABLE.) However, both of these men had performed great a service to the community.

Is this a correct association?

Great Post but what i will FOREVER fail to understand is how people keep saying wtf Wright is doin is BAD???..In his speech did he not talk about the EXACT SAME THINGS Obama has been talkin about? How we have to look past our differences inorder to come together for good? How just because we are all different, we are not deficient. How all religions , all faiths have to come together for the betterment of mankind..It's like people just completely shut their ears off when he was talkin. There was absolutely NOTHING negative about what he has said. And that is what frustrates me to no end. CHANGE..exactly what the Both were speakin about. I have truly given up on this country and alot of the people in it. Both black and white.

Folks callin him a clown, a coon, an attention whore, an idiot...i'm really starting to think people were just lookin and hearing him instead of LISTENING to him. Dat's why im on here defending him the way i am. Dood helped me out alot when i was in high school. Gave me the opportunity to do artwork for Trinity. Do you know how inspirational it was to a young brother to be able to see his artwork on t-shirts worn by THOUSANDS of people?? HAving art scholarship made just for you?? He's not this lunatic demon preacher you seein on dese fuckin 20 second clips. Yall gotta ease da fuck offa him and try to not play into dis media hype shit mayne. REal talk.

 

[dabest]

Brother DBM-

In no way am I trying to compare my hero, Malcolm X, with Brother Obama. I'm just trying to note the similarities.

 

[REMINGTON_BLACK]

No Don't Compare Malcolm X With Obama They Are Two Different People.

are you serious?

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

Brother DBM-

In no way am I trying to compare my hero, Malcolm X, with Brother Obama. I'm just trying to note the similarities.

Their Are No Similarities Between The Two They Both Denounced Their Former Leaders For Different Reasons.

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

are you serious?

I'm Very Serious.

 

[dabest]

DeskLamp-

I respectfully disagree. Rev. Wright, I believe, is trying to promote himself. He knows how his name has been circulated, and he wants to profit off of that ( no one mentions that he has a book coming out in the near future).

Additionally, I believe that there is some distinct jealously of the one national political figure who has fallen on his sword for him. Similar to Elijah Muhammad's envy of the justified attention that Malcolm X was receiving.

 

[REMINGTON_BLACK]

I'm Very Serious.

waste of time.

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

DeskLamp-

I respectfully disagree. Rev. Wright, I believe, is trying to promote himself.

He Is Not Trying To Promote Himself He Is Trying To Protect His Name And The Character of His Church And His Beliefs I See Nothing Wrong With That.

 

[desklamp]

DeskLamp-

I respectfully disagree. Rev. Wright, I believe, is trying to promote himself. He knows how his name has been circulated, and he wants to profit off of that ( no one mentions that he has a book coming out in the near future).

Additionally, I believe that there is some distinct jealously of the one national political figure who has fallen on his sword for him. Similar to Elijah Muhammad's envy of the justified attention that Malcolm X was receiving.

Nigga his name has been in circulation for over thirty fuckin years in his field, all across America and all up n down south Africa. He's already written books, recieved countless awards, honors, and praise. He don't need to profit from jack shit. that "book coming out in the future" was a fuckin joke. You obviously weren't to aware to get it. lol watev mah dood. I respect your opinions either way.

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

waste of time.

Okay.

 

[REMINGTON_BLACK]

He Is Not Trying To Promote Himself He Is Trying To Protect His Name And The Character of His Church And His Beliefs I See Nothing Wrong With That.

That nigga got a book coming out. And I bet you he has Obama's name all up in it

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

That nigga got a book coming out. And I bet you he has Obama's name all up in it

Maybe He Does So What That's His Life, If He Has Obama Name In It Well He Probably Already Had It In There Even Before All This Stuff That Is Going Down.

 

[REMINGTON_BLACK]

Maybe He Does So What That's His Life, If He Has Obama Name In It Well He Probably Already Had It In There Even Before All This Stuff That Is Going Down.

so using your logic: Obama is right for doing what he did today. Isn't it Obama's life?

 

[dabest]

Nigga his name has been in circulation for over thirty fuckin years in his field, all across America and all up n down south Africa. He's already written books, recieved countless awards, honors, and praise. He don't need to profit from jack shit. that "book coming out in the future" was a fuckin joke. You obviously weren't to aware to get it. lol watev mah dood. I respect your opinions either way.

Desklamp-

I've never said that Rev. Wright wasn't a great man, I'm sure he is. However, if it wasn't for Obama, Rev. Wright would still be a local hero, not on everyone's lips worldwide. I consider myself to be a student of progressive movement. However, I've never heard of Rev. Wright until his name unfortunately came up during the Pennsylvania primary. I believe that he is definitely trying to capitalize on his notoriety. I believe that a similar occurrence took place with Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad.

It is interested that I've learned more about the good works of Rev Wright in your statement above, than in his signifyin' press conference yesterday

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

so using your logic: Obama is right for doing what he did today. Isn't it Obama's life?

Use Your Own Logic Not Mines I'm Speaking Up For Rev Wright.

 

[desklamp]

Desklamp-

I've never said that Rev. Wright wasn't a great man, I'm sure he is. However, if it wasn't for Obama, Rev. Wright would still be a local hero, not on everyone's lips worldwide. I consider myself to be a student of progressive movement. However, I've never heard of Rev. Wright until his name unfortunately came up during the Pennsylvania primary. I believe that he is definitely trying to capitalize on his notoriety. I believe that a similar occurrence took place with Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad.

Thank you for proving my point. Since you only know of Wright from the Media. Then you only know of this "flawed attention whore, lunatic, selfish pastor" in which the media has been painting him from day one. You don't know shit else but what you watch on FOX or any of those other sorry ass media outlets that basically summed up a man's life work in a 20 second HEAVILY edited LOOPED soundbyte. So of course you're gonna think he's some greedy self serving person out to get book deals and bring down Obama's campaign. Because you don't know anything else. You just like the rest of the blind citizens of this country. Let the media spoon feed you your information instead of doing your own research.

Do you fam.

 

[REMINGTON_BLACK]

Use Your Own Logic Not Mines I'm Speaking Up For Rev Wright.

thanks for proving my point And we know that the good old Rev can speak for his self

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

Desklamp-

I've never said that Rev. Wright wasn't a great man, I'm sure he is. However, if it wasn't for Obama, Rev. Wright would still be a local hero, not on everyone's lips worldwide. I consider myself to be a student of progressive movement. However, I've never heard of Rev. Wright until his name unfortunately came up during the Pennsylvania primary. I believe that he is definitely trying to capitalize on his notoriety. I believe that a similar occurrence took place with Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad.

He Was A Hero Before Obama, All Obama Has Done Was Get His Name Out There In The Public And Now He Want To Denounce Him I Bet If Obama Wasn't Running For President He Will Still Be Running With Rev Wright Like Nothing Is Wrong.