Why would anyone want to hear what Cornel West has to say if he only says it on Russia Today? (Reply #21)

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Mon Jan 11, 2021, 11:03 AM

George II (60,640 posts)

21. Why would anyone want to hear what Cornel West has to say if he only says it on Russia Today?

Plus, Cornel West is no friend of the Democratic Party or Democrats:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14886287

More about Cornel West:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West#2016_presidential_election

In July 2016, after Sanders exited the presidential race, West endorsed Green Party nominee Jill Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka

In 2013, West referred to Obama's speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech as contradictory and as "pretty words that hide ugly deeds." West then goes on to state, "Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Barack Obama's got drones. Martin Luther King Jr. had prophetic missions. Barack Obama's got deadly missiles that he's ready to use."

In 2014, West gave an interview slamming Obama, calling him a "counterfeit" who posed as a progressive. West defined Obama's presidency as "a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency, a national security presidency."

West further retracted his support for Obama in an April 2011 interview, stating that Obama is "a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black muppet of corporate plutocrats. And now he has become head of the American killing machine and is proud of it.

In November 2012, West said in an interview that he considered Obama a "Rockefeller Republican in blackface."

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why are posts from Russia Today, RT, allowed on DU? [View all]	Budi	Jan 10	OP
Did you alert on it?	left-of-center2012	Jan 10	#1
Yes. It appears to have been alerted on several times.	Budi	Jan 10	#2
The success of an alert depends upon who is on the jury	left-of-center2012	Jan 10	#5
Along the same lines, I remember early videos in Bernies first run being banned because he opposed	LiberalArkie	Jan 10	#17
"Allow?"	elleng	Jan 10	#3
Then ffs find another link to the message than RT.	Budi	Jan 10	#6
I DON'T (usually,)	elleng	Jan 10	#8
Everyone should be concerned about Putin's State run media profiting off of US politics	Budi	Jan 10	#10
Know your enemies.	procon	Jan 10	#4
Posting the message of Cornel West isn't the problem.	Budi	Jan 10	#7
And Russia is our top enemy.	procon	Jan 10	#9
Russia Today doesn't need to be given a voice anywhere, anymore	Budi	Jan 10	#11
Be not afraid, grasshopper, information is useful. nt	procon	Jan 10	#12
Save the smug mockery please. I find that supporting networks like,	Budi	Jan 10	#14
And if RT is the only link? Oh, then Cornel West has to be banned.	LiberalArkie	Jan 10	#18
No one is banning Cornel West. Maybe West's message can be presented other than via a ..	Budi	Jan 10	#19
Why would anyone want to hear what Cornel West has to say if he only says it on Russia Today?	George II	Jan 11	#21
Giving propaganda a voice isn't knowing one's enemies.	TwilightZone	Jan 10	#15
It's a right wing source. If people REALLY want to see what RT has to say....	George II	Jan 11	#20
RT doesn't belong on DU, for any reason	dlk	Jan 10	#13
In the early days of Occupy Wall Street, there was only 1 site that carried video of it. RT.	LiberalArkie	Jan 10	#16

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