After a couple of days of real personal confusion, I have finally arrived at my own conclusion as to what has happened to Barack Obama. So many factors were involved—religion, race, politics, media, loyalty, ego—I thought I would never unpack it. But here it is:
Religion is being used by the media to exploit racial tensions. And the goal is to hurt the Obama campaign.
There is fire and brimstone—and offensive silliness—in a lot of religious rhetoric. There is bigotry and bombast and accusation and self righteousness. The wrinkle is that Wright is black. When Wright does the same thing that other religious figures have done, it can be promoted as so scary and so offensive to white audiences that Barack Obama—who did not make these comments and doesn’t agree with them—can be called on the carpet to control his pastor. And when his pastor turns out to be a human being and not subject to control, Obama can be made to apologize for his failure to rein him in.
It’’s a media hit job. It has nothing to do with religion. Religion was just the handiest weapon available.
The American Media has an important lesson to learn—there is a difference between being an entomologist and being a cruel child who enjoys pulling the wings off butterflies.
Filed under: Baradck Obama, media, of children and butterflies
