Barack Obama is a sacred cow to the majority of African Americans. Criticizing him (or Oprah or Beyonce) for almost anything comes w/ guaranteed blowback. It’s not generally advisable politically. I believe in the substance of Bernie’s criticism of the Democratic Party though.
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I can't think of him as a sacred cow, when it was his realness, with flaws like all of us, that he strove to work around, and connection to people that I personally miss so much.
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that IS symbolic though, this doesn't counter Shaun's point
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Sorry, don't agree with you.
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'realness', 'flaws' 'he strove' 'connection to people' - these are all symbolic things, not material. Obama's policies devastated USA and lead to Trump; you saying 'but he was real' shows that he is more important as a symbol than what he actually did.
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I believe you at your word
@ShaunKing, that you respect Barack Obama. Please share (either here or off the tweet) your critique of Obama’s role with “Too Big To Jail” and the tit-for-tat arms escalations resulting, in part, from the militarization aspects of the Pivot to Asia?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Do you?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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