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[jacomo]

Rudy Giuliani's priest has been accused in grand jury proceedings of molesting several children and covering up the molestation of others. Giuliani would not disavow him on the campaign trail and still works with him.



Mitt Romney was part of a church that did not view black Americans as equals and actively discriminated against them. He stayed with that church all the way into his early thirties, until they were finally forced to change their policies to come into compliance with civil rights legislation. Romney never disavowed his church back then or now. He said he was proud of the faith of his fathers.



Jerry Falwell said America had 9/11 coming because we tolerated aaaaa, feminists and liberals. It was our fault. Our chickens had come home to roost, if you will. John McCain proudly received his support and even spoke at his university's commencement.



Reverend John Hagee has called the Catholic Church the "Great ddd." He has said that the Anti-Christ will rise out of the European Union (of course, the Anti-Christ will also be Jewish). He has said all Muslims are trained to kill and will be part of the devil's army when Armageddon comes (which he hopes is soon). John McCain continues to say he is proud of Reverend Hagee's endorsement.



Reverend Rod Parsley believes America was founded to destroy Islam. Since this is such an outlandish claim, I have to add for the record, that he is not kidding. Reverend Parsley says Islam is an "anti-Christ religion" brought down from a "demon spirit." Of course, we are in a war against all Muslims, including presumably Muslim-Americans. Buts since Parsley believes this is a Christian nation and that it should be run as a theocracy, he is not very concerned what Muslim-Americans think.



John McCain says Reverend Rod Parsley is his "spiritual guide."



What separates all of these outrageous preachers from Barack Obama's? You guessed it. They're white and Reverend Jeremiah Wright is not. If it's not racism that's causing the disparity in media treatment of these preachers, then what is it?



I'm willing to listen to other possible explanations. And I am inclined to believe that the people these preachers go after are more important than the race of the preacher. It's one thing to go after aaaaa, liberals and Muslims - that seems to be perfectly acceptable in America - it's another to accuse white folks of not living up to their ideals.



I think there is another factor at play as well. The media is deathly afraid of calling out preachers of any stripe for insane propaganda from the pulpits for fear that they will be labeled as anti-Christian. But criticism of Rev. Wright falls into their comfort zone. It's easy to blame him for being anti-American because he criticizes American foreign and domestic policy.



If Rev. Wright had preached about discriminating against gay Americans or Muslims, there probably would not have been any outcry at all. That falls into the category of "respect their hateful opinions because they cloak themselves in the church."



But one thing is indisputable - the enormous disparity in how the media has covered these white preachers as opposed to Rev. Wright. Have you ever even heard of Rod Parsley? As you can see from what I listed above, all of these white preachers have said and done the most outlandish and offensive things you can imagine - and hardly a peep.



If the disparity in coverage isn't racist, then what is it?



(This article is from the huffingtonpost.com)

[cici]

Some of these so called t.v. evagenlicals or pastors get on my nerves. They act like they are holy or righteous.. They say these things that contradict themselves.Its so sad they use religion as a means to dehumanize others. If they are so called God's people, they should not hate on others or dehumanize people. If they love God, their statements do not represent that. For me, religion gets tricky when you add politics and legaltarianism.

[Inconnu]

Indeed, Jacomo, you've just made a good observation. That race could be a factor in all this is not so far-fetched. The nature of these preachers' faux pas, however, might be as big a factor as race is.

Note that none of these preachers blunders is intrinsically "un-American" or unpatriotic. On the other hand, Reverend Wright's comments unveiled some ugly truths about this country. As you and I know, the truth hurts.

Consider these statements by Rev. Wright (taken from your previous post on this subject):

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We took this country by terror away from the Sioux, the Apache, Arikara, the Comanche, the Arapaho, the Navajo. Terrorism

Ouch!!! This gotta hurt.

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We took Africans away from their country to build our way of ease and kept them enslaved and living in fear. Terrorism. “We bombed Grenada and killed innocent civilians, babies, non-military personnel. “We bombed the black civilian community of Panama with stealth bombers and killed unarmed teenage and toddlers, pregnant mothers and hard working fathers. “We bombed Qaddafi’s home, and killed his child. Blessed are they who bash your children’s head against the rock

He's really pushing it right there!!! Who does he think he is - Farahkan?
That's called, "reveillez le chat qui dort".

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We bombed Iraq. We killed unarmed civilians trying to make a living. We bombed a plant in Sudan to pay back for the attack on our embassy, killed hundreds of hard working people, mothers and fathers who left home to go that day not knowing that they’d never get back home. “We bombed Hiroshima. We bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon and we never batted an eye. “Kids playing in the playground. Mothers picking up children after school. Civilians, not soldiers, people just trying to make it day by day. “We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff that we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost

How "unpatriotic" is that(if u know what I mean)???

Catch my drift??? Some sh*t in this country you just don't touch. If u do and it gets out there in the mainstream, they'll vilify you. If u stay underground, u're good.

[Redji-Vice]

Pi gwo problem America's facing today se Media a ki lakòz. Administration Bush la voye anpil tintin anpil tchaou, but provèb la klè ..." Si pa gen sitirè, pa tap gen vòlè".

Se Media yo ki pou poté real facts yo nan yon population, men pouvwa lajan que administration sa ki en place la pou fèmen bouch Media sa lakoz que "vrais problemes yo" pa janm ka report. Donc media just ap chèche bagay ki pou distrè lespri moun.

Si moun ap konpare sa Pè ak Pastè blan ap fè ap di se bagay pou moun ta touye tèt yo. Cependant, sa Pastè Obama di moun viv yo nan America chak jou, men du fait que li se yon Pastè nwa ki supòte yon kandida nwa; sa sufi pou li fè Headlines plus que 9.000 case of unemployment Labor Dept. la rapòte ki pase a 366.000 nan yon ti kras tan ...

Tout tande moun tande administration Bush la voye tintin lage America nan tchouboum li ye jodi a, se a cause complicite Media yo ki fè bagay yo rive nan eta sa. Si bouch Media pat achte, bagay yo patap rive la!
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