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12. Cornel West was thrown under the bus years ago when he

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 07:46 AM

Aug 2013

didn't say "yes sir" fast enough. He's an articulate critic with many good points. For those who do not know him he is a very bright man. Here's the bio -- http://www.cornelwest.com/bio.html#.Uhiq4T8XatI

He gets a lot of flack for not touting the party line.

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“Brother Martin would not be invited to the very march in his name" [View all] HomerRamone Aug 2013 OP

Cornel West is full of shit JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #1

AMEN!! uponit7771 Aug 2013 #3

+100 ..n/t obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2013 #9

Wonder why? Because phonies rule on behalf of the richest people in history. Octafish Aug 2013 #15

I only know him from the perspective JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #25

Great. I'm in Detroit. Things haven't trickled down here, yet. Perhaps one day... Octafish Aug 2013 #34

Cornel is probably upwardly mobile hfojvt Aug 2013 #37

MLK would not be marching, b/c he would be on a hunger strike in support of the HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #18

And don't forget JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #21

bullshit, West thinks people wouldn't let Martin tell truth to power?! As if we haven't heard it ... uponit7771 Aug 2013 #2

Oh dear...truthiness meter going wrong way.... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #4

"“Obama is the living negation of everything, from his domestic to foreign policy, that Dr. King and geek tragedy Aug 2013 #5

No one JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #6

Anyone who walks through an African-American neighborhood in any American city geek tragedy Aug 2013 #7

Amen! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #8

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #26

When he says 'brother Martin wouldn't be invited' RZM Aug 2013 #10

You get the gold star! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #11

Say it again!!!! West's ego is still somewhere in the midst of that rap song he made. eom mfcorey1 Aug 2013 #23

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #27

Score! Lex Aug 2013 #31

Ding! Throd Aug 2013 #43

Cornel West was thrown under the bus years ago when he TBF Aug 2013 #12

K & R Le Taz Hot Aug 2013 #13

El toro poo poo! mfcorey1 Aug 2013 #24

This is stupid on it's face, West has complained too much at this point he's being a reflexive jerk uponit7771 Aug 2013 #28

I agree with Dr. West. MLK was WAY too radical for the..... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #14

Peace. Justice. Equality. Not...''Vote for us cause we'll do that next election. Promise.'' Octafish Aug 2013 #16

At the next week's march JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #33

rec. KG Aug 2013 #17

People should stop speculating as to what MLK jr would and wouldn't have done. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #19

Why not? Some of us were alive and politically aware at that time.... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #20

When you consider all the rest of the Civil Rights leaders alive today lunatica Aug 2013 #41

Both JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #46

Hyperbole. He would have been invited, and likely given a memorable speech winter is coming Aug 2013 #22

Divide and rule how much n/t malaise Aug 2013 #29

I think Dr. West is correct. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #30

For the record malaise Aug 2013 #32

My thought is that if MLK Jr were still alive today this country would have lunatica Aug 2013 #35

Sadly ... dawg Aug 2013 #38

Well we can rest assured that they would have certainly tried to destroy them lunatica Aug 2013 #39

I know, but ... dawg Aug 2013 #40

"...as Cornell West says" oberliner Aug 2013 #36

Cornel West has become a heckling clown, CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #42

So, your argument is that Dr. King would support or even be tolerant of dragnet surveillance, drone TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #44

There was nothing patriotric about releasing 250,000 unredacted diplomatic cables pnwmom Aug 2013 #45