Legal Commentary

Rev. Wright At The National Press Club

As I write I?ve just been listening to Rev. Wright at the National Press Club. I?ll probably have more to say after he completes his speech and a transcript becomes available, but I was struck enough by something he said early on to blog it now.

The attack on him, he said, was not personal, not against Rev. Wright the man, but ?against the black church.?

So, he is the church. Presumably his view that he U.S. government conspired to create AID to commit genocide against blacks and his view that the U.S. deserves what it got on 9/11 are thus part of that church?s catechism.

Bull.

9:35: Wright was asked how he felt about America and being an American, since some have called his sermons unpatriotic. He replied that he'd served in the Marine Corps six years and asked how many years Cheney had served. That was his entire answer.

Full post as published by Discriminations on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).