‘Barack, I Didn’t Do It for This’: An Homage to Andrew Goodman
oh, and i forgot to add how offensive and smug i find it to have called this a tribute to Goodman.
My post included no particular claim that morals are or should be chosen ‘relativistically’ which i would have trouble even understanding. But i did write and meant that Wright’s awful pronouncements are not nearly the craziest things, or not the only crazy and obnoxious things,people hear from the pulpit each week. And, people sit there, and come back each week. and no, they don’t argue with their pastors or rebbes about the various things they don’t agree with–I wrote that Obama is no better nor worse in this regard. i lumped him in with all the other sheep who don’t challenge these idiot leaders. i don’t respect him for it, nor you for being so imperfectly literate as to have read in my post only what you came to it already thinking.
i did go on to say that i thought the wright controversy small change compared to the deep and terrible issues we have with race. that is a comparison of evils, and therefore in the most literal sense it is ‘relativistic,’ but only in a way i am sure you preach and practice, too: we believe some sins or errors worse than others.
I find Wright disgusting, but i find our ability to self-delude, to evade and attempt escape from the issues of racism and bigotry (and yes, this certainly includes anti-semitism and homophobia)to be more damaging to our country. And i did find Obama’s speech on these issues to have advanced this discussion. and your insults not to have done.
