Now I'm all about the importance of context. Years ago someone in the entertainment world uncovered a scandal concerning movie reviews. Part of the problem was that the quotes plastered on movie posters, ads, and trailers were attributed to people who didn't exist or who weren't entertainment journalists. The other part of the problem was that many of the reviews were factually accurate but taken out of context.
For example, a hypothetical response to a film like Showgirls could have been
"This is the farthest thing from one of the year's best films!"
or
"The day that this film is worthy of an Oscar nod is the day monkeys fly out of my butt."
BUT the published reviews end up being
Showgirls:
"...one of the year's best films!"
"...worthy of an Oscar nod..."
Reverend Jeremiah Wright thinks that his words have been twisted. Could someone please tell me how to "untwist" the following:
"Hillary was not a Black boy raised in a single parent home... Hillary ain't never been called a nigger..."?
What is the missing context of statements like that, that couldn't be grounded in divisiveness and misogyny?
What's the missing context that warrants this tidbit be part of a larger sermon?
Seriously. These are NOT rhetorical questions. I am actively seeking answers to these questions.
The agenda here is not to deny racism, of course. In fact, it is to further address the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.
And to be fair, I think it is a safe assumption that Hillary Clinton has in fact never been called a nigger.
However, I don't think we can assume that no one has referred to Barack Obama as a bitch, a cunt, a whore, or a cocksucker.
Make of that what you will.
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Uhhhhmmmm.....Maybe in between, the clock struck midnight, and it was technically Opposite Day when he talked about HRC.
It pisses me off. I defended him on everything but the misogyny (that's always indefensible no matter what) - I wish he would just own it.
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