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user-inactivated  ·  3900 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Obama to "Call for End" to N.S.A.’s Bulk Data Collection

I mean... I'm happy to hear you out. Kinda what this place is for. You just gotta, you know, use your big boy words.





JakobVirgil  ·  3898 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For full disclosure I cribbed the Idea from Cornel West, Shelby Steele and Toni Morrison.

Further reading that reinforced the view was The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

I am not willing to parse your rant and I am unsure you really desire to know what I think.

But I am glad to answer thoughtfully worded questions.

user-inactivated  ·  3898 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Still unclear on what was so unacceptable about my request for clarification/rebuttal. I'm familiar with Cornel West and Toni Morrison, less so with Shelby Steele. Care to direct me towards specific references that address your point? The Invisible Man, while powerful, doesn't really speak to the President's executive policy. It was also written at a time when the threat to black Americans was much more immediate, pronounced and widespread.

Seriously man, I'm totally cool with an exchange of ideas. I just happen to find appeals to reason more convincing than personal attacks.

JakobVirgil  ·  3898 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  

Read our exchange where did I make personal attacks Jack-ass. <- hint first one on my part ;) .

remember when you point a finger at another person you have 3 more pointed at yourself.

user-inactivated  ·  3898 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Guh. I see no point in this exchange. Congratulations, you're the first person I've ever seen fit to mute on this site. Here, have a badge.

Good music, though.