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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCornel West with Anderson Cooper
&t=272sI do believe his has been the most consistent and true voice for many years about the U.S. and its place in the world.
BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)^^^^^^^
BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)I suspect there will be a few shots at President Obama as well, a man who West is insanely jealous of in every possible way.
Kahuna
(27,311 posts)hlthe2b
(102,304 posts)Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. He can go to hell IMO
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Docreed2003
(16,866 posts)And how was the DNC rewarded? He continues to shit on the party.
BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)I know I sure as hell wont ever forget it. West can go fuck himself. He couldnt carry PBOs jock is on his best day.
still_one
(92,257 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,757 posts)He has no credibility with me on account of some of the shit he's said.
BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)The usual tropes about neoliberals etc.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)- Albert Einstein
Sunsky
(1,737 posts)Solomon
(12,311 posts)After just a few minutes we were yelling to get him off.
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Personally, I have never saw him as being fully sane.
BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)Will leave it at that. Years ago I used to be a big fan, then he attacked President Obama because he didnt get the kind of seats he thought he should have at the 2008 inauguration. He is reported to have said the doorman at his hotel had a better seat. Hes a snob, and a very petty man.
And on top of that, he proudly stated that he voted for Stein in 2016 and urged others to do so as well. West is mostly of no consequence now. Michael Eric Dyson documented his downfall in academic circles over the last decade. Hes basically a guy who sings for his supper whenever someone will give him a platform to bloviate. Loved by supporters of a particular American politician and almost no one else.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Because they think black intellectualism is both new and rare ...
LiberalFighter
(50,967 posts)malaise
(269,082 posts)Cornel is correct
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)Its sad that DU seems to have become such an echo chamber that the messenger is dismissed before the message is heard.
malaise
(269,082 posts)I actually messaged a sibling and told her to turn it on.
FreeState
(10,572 posts)He was correct and had my partner watch it too. #FailBetter should be a new movement. I thought he was very insightful.
BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)Still shitting On the greatest president of my lifetime?
Doremus
(7,261 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)Doremus
(7,261 posts)If we listened to them once in a while we might learn something.
And, no, I didn't vote nor did I ever consider voting for Jill Stein. I like listening to alternate viewpoints now and then to see if there's anything to be gleaned. This man speaks the truth. Open your ears and your mind for a minute. Everything's not always about our team/their team, rah rah.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)continue to fight for whats right
Mosby
(16,320 posts)Not going to work.
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)at least not the extractive, monopolistic disaster capitalism we've been bailing out for the past few decades.
I'd like to hear your alternatives to what Cornel West is saying here.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Cornell West still lives in the delusion that there is no difference between Trump and Hillary Clinton.
still_one
(92,257 posts)against Jill Stein, but encouraging others to do likewise, and the vile and deplorable names he hurled at President Obama, speaks volumes of the type of person he is
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)cancer on decent Americans.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)He may be consistent, but that's about as far as I can go ...
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)and the need for an underclass. In America, its mostly been a Black underclass.