Minister Farrakhan Reminds Black Detroit to Stick Together

[onpatrol98]

111. Obama flew to D.C. to attend Farrakhan's Million Man March

+1 Craig

I could be wrong. But, I think I remember reading somewhere that the President flew to D.C. to attend Farrakhan's Million Man March. Now, none of us believe that the President believes as Farrakhan believed about white people or Jews. But, I'm pretty sure he believes in building stronger communities from the inside out.

I believe the President can listen to a person, discard notions that he disagrees with, and use to his advantage the things he does agree with. I have no doubt that the rest of us, even left to our own limited intellectual ability can do the same as the President.

We are quite capable of discarding what we disagree with and using what we do agree with it. End of story.

I doubt seriously any of us are looking to book Farrakhan for our next engagement.

However, honestly...for the sake of dialogue as equals, it probably isn't going to be received well when non minority democrats attempt to chastise minority democrats into a "right way" of thinking.

Every group on DU brings their own baggage into every discussion. I think its more important to understand why a certain group happens to believe or feel the way that they do instead of attempting to bring in a verbal stick and smacking a fellow poster into either obedience or shame.

To tweak Craigmatic's quote: "Well you're entitled to your opinion and we are too."

Not to mention, it sounds like most of us are agreeing more than we disagree.
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