Harry Belafonte Says Obama Lacks "Moral Compass"

[ljm2002]

176. No, dear, I am not saying that "precious Harry" cannot be criticized...

...in fact, in another post I have stated that I would not have used the term "moral compass". It's the kind of term that is guaranteed to raise hackles, and indeed it has.

OTOH, Belafonte has indeed earned the right to be listened to respectfully on issues of politics including President Obama. One need not agree with him. One might think he is old school in his analysis; one might be correct in that assessment. One might vehemently disagree with his assessment of Obama. But he has damned well EARNED the right to speak his piece without being denigrated as "one banana short of a bunch", "an idiot", etc. as we have seen in this thread.

It is not wrong to support the president or defend him. But there are a lot of knee-jerk reactions to any and every criticism of the President. It's silly, and often seems to be done in an attempt to shut down reasoned discussion.