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In reply to the discussion: Harry Belafonte Says Obama Lacks "Moral Compass" [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)what you wrote, not what he said. If you take exception to a person's words, take exception to the actual words they spoke. If you need to rewrite and place stronger words in place of what he really said, you are arguing not with his characterization, you are arguing with your own damn characterization of what was said.
The term 'moral compass' and the term 'soul' are not synonyms. Words are defined things, you do not get make up your own meanings for words without others correcting you, as we share a mutual language in which the words do mean things, specific things.
You claim to take offense at what Harry said, yet you claim he said what he did not say. That is a tactic for which I do not hold respect.
If you can not damn a man using his actual words, then his words are clearly not damning him. So you offer some words he did not say, and attempt to damn him with those words.
I reject false witness. Sorry if that sets you off. I respect my elders and those who worked hard to make justice for those of us who came later. I see that offends you deeply.