To fear or not to fear...

When exactly did this Demagog phenomenon take hold? And how do I get the moniker "Reverend" in front of my name too?

It seems in this country, all you have to do is precede your given name with the abbreviation Rev, and then evidently you can spew out any vile, repugnant, offensive crap you want, without repercussions. Al Sharpton has made a career out of it, and now this so-called "Spiritual Advisor" to Barak Obama - the "Rev." Jeremiah Wright - of Chicago is becoming water cooler talk all over this country.

Look. As if it wasn't bad enough that Senator Obama's wife Michelle said in a public statement about a month ago, that "Finally....she could be proud to be an American", presumably because a person of color could finally be a serious candidate for the highest position in our land, but what made her so ashamed of him only being a senator? And why else was she "ashamed" to be an American? Personally, I don't fancy the idea of a first lady that is ashamed of her country for every moment of every day of her life...then suddenly she loves the shit out of it because he's the President. Smacks of disingenuousness to me. How 'bout you?

And now the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright is blaming everything from 9-11 to the cost of Q-Tips at your local supermarket on the evils of the white man and America as a whole. This guy is a demagog race-baiter, and he is allowed to be so because of ------ what?

His title? His ethnicity? His race? Why is it acceptable to call ones self a Christian, then act in a very UN-Christian-like way? Why is it acceptable for a man who has 2 Masters Degrees and a P.H.D. to speak about the evils of the educational system being all about "the White Folks", with no one challenging the fact that HE didn't seem to have any problems navigating the system? And why is it still acceptable - in the year 2008 - for anyone in our society to reference mistakes - even if those mistakes were horrific and appalling - from 200 years ago?

No one lets the idiotic redneck hard-heads get away with their Confederate Flag bullshit, but anyone who is not a Caucasian male can reference 1679 like they were actually there and personally felt the pain.

If you were a minority 100 years ago - hell, 45 years ago - you were done wrong. No one is disputing that fact. However, given the fact that 65% of our population wasn't even born 45 years ago, and 0% were born 100 years ago, chances are no one you come into contact with had anything to do with the slave ships, the cotton plantations, and probably never burned a cross on your lawn, either. But YOU can lump everyone into the racist, prejudiced, and hateful pile and you get away with it. How in the world is that possible in this day and age?

In other words, stick to the current situation, "Reverend". And stop blaming everyone for everything just so you can continue to fuel your hatred and anger. Stop baiting. Stop being hateful on one side of your mouth, while preaching the love of Jesus out of the other side. It's shameful and embarrassing.

I'm really sick of this nonsense...and even sicker about the so-called "religious" affiliation of such hypocritical bigots. The "Reverend" Wright is doing nothing productive for anyone...black or white...yet no one dares say anything to him or about him, for fear of being called a bigot.

While all you're really doing is pointing out the bigotry of someone else. Someone who goes by the title, "Reverend" and gets away with it.