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Obama’s Admonishing Tone to Black Men Presents a Risk for Democrats (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Sigh. The man was elected President twice and people still feel compelled to tell him to watch his tone....

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I watched the speech. He wasn't "admonishing" anyone, as these idiotic headlines keep saying. He wasn't belittling anyone, he wasnt being patronizing, he was just trying to relate a specific position and point out why it would not be in their best interest.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I don't get it. I thought what he had to say was, as usual, extremely prescient. I don't see how any reasonable person would take offense to it.

[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you for this. I felt something was off, and now I know why.

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

You must have watched it through the eyes of a white man. I have yet to see any post from the black community that doesn't see it as him talking down to black men as if he's the plantation whipper.

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

Go to the 1 hour 40 minute mark to hear a leftists view on it... https://www.youtube.com/live/bA4NjJ8Iqjs

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Did you really watch 3+ hours of that?

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

She's live, I had it on in the background while I worked out and cooked dinner.

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I appreciate her fiery rhetoric. She's talented. But a vote for Jill Stein is a wasted vote.

The problem is the election structure. The Electoral College, and, First Past the Post.

[-] mashbooq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

"leftist"

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

If Obama simply drawing a contrast between the two major candidates, and why one candidate is a terrible choice for a specific group of people causes said group to take offense, we're well and truly fucked.

He's a black man who has been at the highest office in American politics, so he sure knows what he's talking about. Seems like his opinion on the matter should be taken into consideration.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Lecturing people into voting is what the Clinton campaign tried in 2016.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

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