Is it Just Me...

.... or is Obama heckled more than any other president? A lot of people had extreme hatred for Bush and that was definately reflected in the media and in popular culture but I really don't remember his speeches getting interupted as much as Obama's speeches get interrupted. Maybe I'm trippin' but from what I remember Bush always got respect during his speeches. People act like they're at a damn wrestling match or a baseball game when Obama's up there. I think he handled this particular guy pretty well though...anyways, do you all think he's move fast enough on the "Don't Ask Don't Tell Issue" ?

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Permalink Reply by PolarVibez on May 29, 2010 at 6:04am

Put into this context and also following the point Golem made the clip does make more sense. Especially Malcolm's anology about a knife being pulled halfway out of someones's back and how that dosen't exactly constitute progress. Progress begins when the knife is removed and the victim is healed. America has yet to completly remove the knife.

Aminata said:

Its the idea of the white population blatantly showing its true colors. "[...the result] ...of the climate of hate." Its quite natural to understand that the American institution is designed to hate black people. So despite all the hip-hop minstrel, we've got a black president fanfare -- no one should expect that the maltreatment is something that has gone away. If we're not mistreated publicly or individually, we'll still get it literary, educationally, diplomatically or representationally. This is in perfect context. And his use of it in the JFK reference was a subtle one because that was a white on white event about white american self-loathing of internal cultural otherness, honesty and change. A lot of white people hated JFK -- a "new money, prohibition money, irish catholic n*****-lover".

PolarVibez said:
Not sure where you're going with this. I could insinuate what the purpose of posting that clip has to do with the discussion at hand but I'd rather not assume. Seeing Malcolm speak is always cool though.
Aminata said:
"Chickens come home to roost."