tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post5805291182094809855..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: The 'Post-Racial' Inaugural BenedictionFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-61245072800596074092009-01-21T15:53:00.000-08:002009-01-21T15:53:00.000-08:00I guess we can agree to disagree, anonymous.I felt...I guess we can agree to disagree, anonymous.<BR/><BR/>I felt that bit of 'poetry' was insulting to both whites and Asians.<BR/><BR/>And as I said, if Pastor Warren or any other white clergyman had said something about 'blacks embracing what's right in this context, I think the roof would have blown up.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for dropping by.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-78356262579384530922009-01-21T12:00:00.000-08:002009-01-21T12:00:00.000-08:00I'm white; been that way all my life. I didn't fee...I'm white; been that way all my life. I didn't feel outrage at the pastor's words, just inclusion and love. Pastor Rick was inclusive, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-11094106198742257612009-01-21T11:19:00.000-08:002009-01-21T11:19:00.000-08:00Hello David, and thanks for dropping by.I'm famili...Hello David, and thanks for dropping by.<BR/><BR/>I'm familiar with the Bill Broonzy song and I'm afraid I don't agree that Reverend Lowery's use of it was 'inclusive' or 'gracious' .<BR/><BR/>And by the way...I'm sure Lowery and people that think like him haven't noticed, but it ain't the1950's any more.<BR/><BR/><B>And the reason it ain't is because a number of whites decide that the existing order of things wasn't right and did some thing about it.</B><BR/><BR/>If they hadn't, it wouldn't have changed..and yet Lowery has the unmitigated gall to suggest that ALL whites they haven't yet 'recognized what's right' !<BR/><BR/>Do yourself a favor... exchange 'black' for 'white' in that little couplet and imagine say, Rick Warren or anothe rwhite clergyman doing it.<BR/><BR/>You'd want his head on a platter, and I'd agree with you.<BR/><BR/>My two little words for Lowery and his ilk still apply, I'm afraid.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>FFFreedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-18730237635047278362009-01-21T10:06:00.000-08:002009-01-21T10:06:00.000-08:00Lowery was quoting a Bill Broonzy song from the 19...Lowery was quoting a Bill Broonzy song from the 1950s about race relations and turning it around to include everyone in an optimistic, hopeful way. It was eloquent, gracious, inclusive, and human.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com