A manufactured controversy
Sean Gonsalves who always has cogent things to say about America from his base in Cape Cod, hits the nail on the head with his commentary on why nothing’s wrong with Reverend Wright. Indeed, Sean makes the important point that Martin Luther King would not have survived the withering propaganda machine of 24 hour cable news that has attempted to destroy Wright and his message:
Good thing for Martin Luther King admirers — blogs, talk radio, and 24/7 cable news “analysis” weren’t around in the Sixties.
King might not have the status of patron saint in the temple of American civil religion. Then again, King is safely dead. While America may be the land of “second-chances,” its people are definitely not the type to give props to a prophet while he or she is alive.
In criticizing U.S. policy in Vietnam, King said America was “one of the main purveyors of violence” in the world. Imagine King, with his sing-song black preacher cadence, saying that over and over and over again on CNN.
