Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama and the Unacceptability of Truth Of National Lies ...

[Drolefille]

I don't think it is a quick fix, but it is nice to see people talking about it (outside of the media) because my (mostly) very conservative co-workers are actually talking about the speech. It's simply a drop in the bucket, but you have to actually turn the faucet on to get anywhere. Too many people suffer from "don't talk about it, it's not there" or "don't talk about it, all we'll do is fight."

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I don't think it is a quick fix, but it is nice to see people talking about it (outside of the media) because my (mostly) very conservative co-workers are actually talking about the speech.

They are talking about the speech or talking about the concepts that go above and beyond the speech? If they're just talking about the speech itself then they've missed the point.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

It's simply a drop in the bucket, but you have to actually turn the faucet on to get anywhere.

Indeed. As long as people realize that Obama's speech didn't turn on the faucet in a longterm, substantive sense. It didn't.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

They are talking about the speech or talking about the concepts that go above and beyond the speech? If they're just talking about the speech itself then they've missed the point.



Indeed. As long as people realize that Obama's speech didn't turn on the faucet in a longterm, substantive sense. It didn't.

The speech and the concepts behind it.

And we don't know yet how long term the effects will be. Status quo might resume, people always revert back to the stability they knew when they're uncomfortable. But it might be the nail from the shoe that affects the kingdom. Who knows.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

And we don't know yet how long term the effects will be.

I do. Here's one reason:

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Status quo might resume, people always revert back to the stability they knew when they're uncomfortable.

The status quo never stopped and it definitely won't stop anytime soon. Especially not because of a "race speech." But of course the status quo persists for reasons beyond the one you provided.