[autumnraine]

It’s quite common for black men in Atlanta to deem themselves to be “Reverend”, even putting it on their license. I had a guy that came up to Tennessee from Atlanta and he had “Dr. Whateverhisnamewas” on his checks. I asked what kind of doctor he was. Come to find out, he did hair braids and owned a shop called “The Hair Doctor”, but put that title on his check and had people call him “Dr. Whateverhisnamewas”. This is the same mentality. I have also seen black men named “King” and “Master” as to have the person call them “Master Johnson” or “King Jackson”.

[econjack]

Not the same thing to me. These are national figures in the public eye where most people think “Reverend” implies formal training in religion, or at least a church with a congregation. Both individuals know this and let the bogus title persist precisely because of this misunderstanding of what it really means. If either of these two men had any morals, they would insist that the bogus title be dropped. However, since its politically expedient not to, neither has the moral conviction to do what's right.

[scooby321]

O’ Reilly still thinks some Arab wakes up and sets the price of oil every day. He has no clue and I see his ratings going down as all he wants is Obama on his show.