much gnashing o' teeth and rending of garments of late concerning
my new favorite pastor and his soon to be successful acolyte
Oh sure, blacks and busses fit the narrative don't you think?
Think Rosa Parks
Think the Freedom Riders
but that was on the bus---not under it....
well this is my first diary so if you would be so kind as to
follow me into thebriarpatch--below the fold, of course.....
At first I was somewhat dismayed by the campaigns disavowals--
trancendent as they have been--and will be again....I hope...
I felt betrayed because I really could find no fault with the good reverends basic premises--
including his 911 analogies and HIV/AIDS theories
even the most dismal students of our collective inhumane past
would be foolish to discount the nefarious and destructive impulses of
our ..ahem.. ruling classes--both historically and presently.
and yes, I can see where some might be offended by his 'tone', 'delivery', or 'approach'
or even his righteous indignation--
but I challenge anyone, here and now, to refute
the basic TRUTH of his ideas that he so skillfully presented....
You see, it occurred to me that this whole exercise
is somewhat like the good cop/bad cop routine....
a carefully planned and constructed and executed
guerilla tactic of comparitive imagery, if not ideology...
the Rev angrily speaks the TRUTH and it offends some,
"concerns" the hennypennys of hopeville, and then follows the refutation, a disavowal,
"UH... that is not how I look at the world"--
"That was the Past--This is the Future" --
and rinse, spin and repeat as often as neccessary
except that you get the MSM to spin and repeat your META narrative for you--and even better, they are doing it with the frenzied ambition and blind passion usually reserved for the all you can eat buffet, or lynch mobs of just yesterday--BUT--they are hanging themselves...
with the TRUTH...and for free...
Imagine how much in campaign funds it would cost to pay for
all the airtime this has received....
a "dialogue" on race --- it's history in our nation --
and some remedies for progress -- for everyone?
sure beats the other "reality" programming to me.....
I may be wrong on this....
Our nation may be unredeamably racist,
and to be sure,
there are many who are
but they would never have voted for our candidate anyways....
No, this battle royale is for the independent minded, and the slightly below average, the outsiders, the disenfranchised, the dissaffected and
the cast offs and left behinds, the poor and the powerless, the young, and the old, and anyone who is tired of our collective, but oh so well deserved national guilt and shame, even if they don't know it yet,
but still recognizes a chance to turn things around, to renew and reconcile ourselves, and grow our futures together,
everyone who cares enough to want a change---before it is too late---
just like I do.....
It was very clear that the issue of race
would be made formost in this election
and not by the electorate by any means,
and I believe this campaigns brilliant strategy
of political genius will play out on
all the playas who think they own and know so much
just look at the progress and the numbers so far.....
look at the after effects--electorally speaking--
of our previous episodes...lol
yes they can lie and distort and
try all manner of subterfuge...
and they will...
my only ..uh..concern.. is that
Faux and their MSM friends will wise up
and see that they are being used
for OUR 'framing' purposes
and realize that their 'old narrative' has no
'legs' or 'traction' before the GE...
Gee I HOPE not...
at least until this meme has reached critical saturation,
and this strawman issue will cease to hold interest
Plus the MSMs palpable fear of losing 'narrative control' is
blinding them to all rationality---a welcome side effect--
that shows the TRUTH about themselves
They really can't attack anymore unless they show the TRUTH also...