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A 'Moral Obligation' To Protest Trump, Says Michael Eric Dyson
National Public Radio ^ | June 19, 2016 | All Things Considered

Posted on 06/26/2016 3:19:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Professor Michael Eric Dyson argues in a New Republic article that people "have a positive moral obligation to protest the nomination of this racist demagogue" at the GOP convention. He explains why.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

One thing about which there is no dispute is that Donald Trump has made himself the center of political conversation this year. Case in point - a provocative new piece in the New Republic by Michael Eric Dyson, an ordained minister and a professor of sociology at Georgetown University.

In his piece, Professor Dyson writes that Trump's soon-to-be nomination as the Republican presidential nominee has created a moral obligation to protest at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer. He joins us from our studios in New York to talk about this. Welcome, Dr. Dyson. Thanks for joining us.

MICHAEL ERIC DYSON: Always great to talk to you.

MARTIN: Why do you think that people have a moral imperative to protest in July?

DYSON: Well, I think that what Donald Trump is doing, the way in which racism, xenophobia, anti-Muslim belief and the like are being expressed through the campaign of Donald Trump, calls for, I think, a very vigorous and aggressive response to what he's saying....

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics
KEYWORDS: blacks; michaelericdyson; racism; trump
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I wonder if he has endorsed Hillary?
1 posted on 06/26/2016 3:19:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who the hell is Michael Eric Dyson and why does he need three names?


2 posted on 06/26/2016 3:21:04 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When was the last time you heard a celebrity say, If Trump wins, I'm moving to MEXICO!)
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This guy is nobody and nothing to me.


3 posted on 06/26/2016 3:21:13 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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Anything credible indicating racism by trump?


4 posted on 06/26/2016 3:22:23 PM PDT by lurk (T)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Democrats are KILLKERS of INNOCENT BABIES....I would NEVER listen to them. EVIL PERSONIFIED!!!


5 posted on 06/26/2016 3:23:51 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

He’s a freelance gestapo bootlicking parasite for the ruling class oligarchs.


6 posted on 06/26/2016 3:24:07 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Pretentious Leftist Pr**ks and Criminals all have 3 names. Not a lot of difference if any between the two groups . Sarah Michelle Gellar is the only conservative with 3 names in use


7 posted on 06/26/2016 3:25:13 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Ya ever notice how many mass murderers have three names?


9 posted on 06/26/2016 3:27:10 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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It’s the seriousness of the charge that matters.


10 posted on 06/26/2016 3:27:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I have a moral obligation to go @#$@#$ his @#$@#$.

I wish Jim would charge extra donation fees to use the words you really want :)


11 posted on 06/26/2016 3:30:01 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Given what has happened recently in San Jose and Sacramento, it should be a very large and very violent crowd protesting.

I wonder if Governor Kasich is able to put his foot down and hold order...

12 posted on 06/26/2016 3:30:46 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Leftist, Homosexual, Moral

One of these words does not apply.

This “ordained minister” knows nothing about morals but he knows plenty about the other two.


13 posted on 06/26/2016 3:32:56 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Racist “pastor” with a penchant for foul language and hates whites. He takes himself very seriously, too.

Perfect for the social justice warriors .


14 posted on 06/26/2016 3:32:57 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (They've set up the system to protect themselves from us...we need to take it back.)
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< Who the hell is Michael Eric Dyson and why does he need three names?

A guy who was obviously a professional student until received his professor badge and thought that 3 names would impress you more than 2?

15 posted on 06/26/2016 3:34:41 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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One of the first things Pres.Trump should do is have a fireside chat with America’s parents documenting how universities are Marxist indoctrination centers and a colossal waste of money. Thousands of parents across the nation know their children have been miseducated with terrible results as they are not fit to make a living and must sponge off aging parents.


16 posted on 06/26/2016 3:39:02 PM PDT by txrefugee
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And who cares what Dyson thinks and says?


17 posted on 06/26/2016 3:39:38 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: lurk

If there were a “racist” out there running for President, I, too, would be out protesting her nomination and candidacy. But Herself, not known for sympathies for the subhumans that Herself encounters when dealing with minorities or some of the lesser Democrat constituencies, is probably far more rabidly racist than most of the (now deceased) Southern Democrats, who had a “special understanding” with the descendants of former slaves.

The soft racism of the entire Democrat party, and their propensity to project upon others the very qualities they least admire in themselves, is the sort of thing on which legends are built. Legends that are much more myth than reality, and exist only as constructs in their own minds.


18 posted on 06/26/2016 3:41:08 PM PDT by alloysteel (Of course you will live in interesting times, Nobody has a choice, now.)
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Amazing how leftist radical atheists embrace the idea of “morality” when defending their interests.

But let a Christian speak about morality and he/she is branded a closed minded bigot.

The politically correct term is “values.” That is what we have been trained to use instead of morality.


19 posted on 06/26/2016 3:41:31 PM PDT by Awgie (Progressives should be called RE-GRESSIVES!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The use of all three names is mostly reserved for reminding the miscreant he is being called in for a sharp rebuke, and maybe a fetch upside the head, especially if it is coming from his mother.


20 posted on 06/26/2016 3:44:17 PM PDT by alloysteel (Of course you will live in interesting times, Nobody has a choice, now.)
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