Harry Belafonte Says Obama Lacks "Moral Compass"

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421. I have no problem with respectfully disagreeing with the man. That is NOT what's happening here!

Last edited Sat Jan 14, 2012, 02:14 PM - Edit history (1)

And you know it. The degree to which this man has been trashed on this thread is revolting.

And here's my proof -- here are some of the comments made about Harry Belafonte upthread:

"Harry has lost his mind"

"No, he's just doing the KISS thing. Keeping it simple, stupid" and then goes on to say Harry doesn't understand the complexity of Obama's presidency.

"Fool."

"maybe someone should tally his bananas, I think he's short a bunch"

"The gonorrhea has spread throughout his brain, poor man." (Hidden by a jury, but only by a 4-2 decision.)

"Mr. Belafonte is an idiot. The Matt Damon of the calypso world."

"Harry is confused about how the system works" Yeah, right, this man who's known & worked with presidents and leaders since Kennedy. Even before Kennedy, in 1958 "Harry Belafonte [led] a delegation of student leaders to the White House to meet with President Eisenhower. They [were] turned away, neither the President nor any of his assistants or aides are willing to meet with pro-integration students." Oh, and that's from a civil rights movement timeline. But according to this DUer, he's some kind of simpleton who doesn't understand how the system works. Riiiiiiight!

"Harry is a singer. He is likely not a constitutional scholar. I bet he cannot identify the top 10 Supreme Court cases or US statues on any given subject, nor can he apparently figure out that the most moral president in the world doesn't get his way entirely." Once again, Belfonte is a simpleton who doesn't know shit about the US, the Constitution, American history, the key Supreme Court decisions in the US......he was out there fucking fighting to make a few of those decisions happen! HE is not the one who sounds like a simpleton here!!

And I got tired of reading the crap at this point and moved back to post my edit. I'll only add here that you and others then post things like this, "Precious Harry can never be criticized. We get it." From an poster who's an avid Obama supporter. And it's pretty much a short version of what you said.

Excuse me, that is NOT what anyone said! What we criticized was the disgusting crap above.

And I, for one, am totally fed up with the disingenuous bullshit that gets thrown around here. It's clear if you read the thread that people are NOT objecting to disagreeing with HB -- disagree away. But I'll damn well criticize the ignorant, hateful, venomous bullshit that's been thrown out there about Harry Belafonte and many others who get trashed because they speak out about disappointments with Obama.