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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis bears repeating.
Think about it. Where we were then and where we are now.
Beloved President by many of us and vilified on the left and the right. DU is the left and he was called a POSUCS here and recommended by over 300 members here. Most gone now but not forgotten.
Obama Doesn't Owe This Country Shit
Barack Obama is not your Magical Negro. I know yall want him to be, but you have to give the man a break. He just got out of one of the most abusive eight-year relationships imaginable. Im sure he needs some time to decompress.
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Nolan contends that Obama sucks as a post-president because rather than jump immediately into saving the same Americans who demanded to see his birth certificate, called his wife an ape, used Muslim as a pejorative against him and questioned every policy decision he made, hes gone on to quietly enjoy his funemployment, living his best life and not worrying about what you haters think.
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His old job is literally expecting him to come back and fix the fuckups of his replacement for free, just because he used to work there. Sir, please.
Then theres this:
It is, in a very real way, a chance to pay back America for its belief in youto use the incredible gift you have been given to do the maximum amount of good that you can in the time you have left.
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The most privileged and entitled part of the entire essay comes in its last line, when Nolan says, Barack Obama: your life is not just about you. Get your fucking shit together man.
I would beg to differ. His life is about him. We dont own him. We arent entitled to him. You dont own him. You arent entitled to him. The days of America benefiting off the free labor of black folks are long over.
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Think about this as 2020 is almost upon us. Think grasshopper. Think.
Turin_C3PO
(13,991 posts)People are actually expecting Obama to fix this mess? He doesnt owe us shit, he gave us 8 wonderful years as President and he deserves to spend his free time as he pleases.
Chin music
(23,002 posts)He deserves a Golden Parachute ten times what ceos get, (usually for doing little else but golfing.) I sure miss him. He has made his legacy, and lifted people everywhere. Life feels much more uncertain, without him.
Nobody is going to save us but ourselves.