I’m kind of laughing at the huge flap about Rev. Jeremiah Wright saying “God Damn America.” Why is that so shocking? Why is it so shocking that the pastor of a church in Chicago, where the entire south side is synonymous with minority poverty, would not have glowing things to say about our country?
We’ve heard a million commentators say the same thing in less direct terms over the years. Right after 9/11 plenty of people said it, including Rev. Wright in his “Chickens Come Home to Roost” sermon. Many of the United States problems in the Middle East are a direct result of our foreign policy. I am in full agreement with that statement. I wouldn’t necessarily say “God Damn America.” But I don’t find it shocking that someone else might.
Rev. Wright says a whole bunch of what I would consider far more controversial things in the same sermon that got completely glossed over (more…)
