The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., former pastor of Barack Obama’s Trinity United Church of Christ, has kept a low profile since some of his sermons landed him in the middle of a political firestorm.
But on Saturday Wright made his first extensive public remarks since the controversy began as he paid tribute to his friend, former appellate judge R. Eugene Pincham, a congregant at Trinity since 1987.
While discussing “seven lessons the judge taught me,” Wright never mentioned church member Obama, who has rejected some of Wright’s comments, which included denunciations of America for its mistreatment of black people and claims that America’s promotion of terrorism abroad helped prompt the 9/11 attacks. But Wright did take the opportunity to bash some of the critics of his controversial statements, including Fox News personalities Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity.
And while Wright made no mention of terrorism, he did revisit the topic of America’s mistreatment of blacks, saying America’s founding fathers “planted slavery and white supremacy in the DNA of this republic,” and adding that Thomas Jefferson wrote, “ ‘God would punish America for the sin of slavery.’ I guess that makes Thomas Jefferson unpatriotic,” he said to the cheers of the congregation.
Reflecting on the late Pincham, Wright said his faith “was not the jingoistic, chauvinistic ‘you’re either with us or against us’ demonizing kind of faith.” Wright said Pincham was friends with “Jews, Muslims, rabbis, imams, fathers in the Catholic church and [Louis] Farrakhan in the Islamic faith.”
Escalating into full-preaching mode, Wright thundered, “Fox News can’t understand that. [Bill]
O’Reilly will never get that. Sean Hannity’s stupid fantasy will keep him forever stuck on stupid when it comes to comprehending how you can love a brother who does not believe what you believe. [Pincham’s] faith was a faith in a God who loved the whole world not just one country or one creed.”
At that point, congregants nearly drowned Wright out with a booming standing ovation.
Wright also referred to Fox News as “Fix News.”
And, talking about Pincham’s integrity and honesty, Wright said, “You don’t change who you are because of where you are. You don’t stop telling the truth because it is not politically correct or it makes a racist uncomfortable. You don’t blame other folks for not fixing some of the problems in our own community that we can and need to fix ourselves.”
5 comments:
Rev. Wright was correct in his statement but America doesn't like to admit the wrongs we're done. I have the newspaper from 1945 when we bombed Japan. I saw people hanging from trees when I visited the South as a child. I had to drink out of the water fountain that said black only. I have been called the N word. I can't say those things never happen. I do understand Senator Obama wouldn't know any of that resent history as his Mother would not have known nor would his grandparents. As his Father only stand in the US for college he wouldn't know. Obama only learned of the struggle of Blacks in America from people like Rev. Wright. I was so disappointed when Senator Obama choose his political career over a 20 year friendship with the Rev. who taught him the things he never knew. But we all have choices. I remember my Dad said you'll know who your friends are when your at your lowest, but everyone's your friend when your on top. I hope Rev. Wright can forgive Senator Obama. Real friends are hard to come by these days.
Rev. Wright was right on target with Faux noise and Hannity and Falafel guy.
Hannity is more than stuck on stupid. Falafel guy and the weasel are as closed minded arrogant as you can get. Yes they are the Fix station for all the confederate flag flying folks in the south.
Falafel guy and the weasel on Faux Noose are there for the skin heads, the Nazi's the KKK, the conferderate flag flying groups.
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My bet is on these bug being smarter than Dumb and Dumber
Dang paws, that should be bugs, not bug.
LOL! Thanks for the link, Kittybowtie!
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