Posted on 10/30/2019 9:59:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
Have you ever wondered how far left the Democratic Party has gone since 2008, let alone 2016? Well, as an example, former President Barack Obama likely would have been chased off the campaign trail had he made some recent comments of his as a 2020 Democratic primary candidate. On Tuesday, President Obama told an audience at the Obama Foundation Summit that they need to get over being "woke" and realize that simply judging people and "casting stones" does not equate to activism.
"This idea of purity and youre never compromised and youre always politically woke and all that stuff, you should get over that quickly," Obama told the group as seen in the clip below.
"The world is messy," he continued. "There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids. And you know, share certain things with you. And I think that one danger that I see amongst young people...and this is accelerated by social media, there is this sense sometimes of, 'the way of making change, is to be as judgmental as possible about other people.'"
"Like if I tweet or hashtag about how you didnt do something right or used the wrong verb or then, I can sit back and feel good about myself, because, 'Man, You see how woke I was? I called you out.'I'm gonna get on TV. Watch my show, watch 'Grownish.' You know, thats not activism," the president continued. "Thats not bringing about change."
"If all you're doing is casting stones, you're probably not going to get very far. That's easy to do," he remarked.
Former President Obama to young people: This idea of purity and you're never compromised and you're politically woke, and all that stuff you should get over that quickly
Obama goes on to slam people who engage in cancel culture and who look to create constant online outrage
Don’t fall for it.
Yes. I understood it. He was saying that critiquing people helps the critic feel good but it doesn’t actually help any problem you may want to get solved.
IMHO, people on the right and in the middle do that too— make comments that justify themselves, and stop there, without following it up by doing something constructive.
I’ve been saying for awhile, he’ll be a Senator again.
...that simply judging people and "casting stones" does not equate to activism... "The world is messy," he continued. "There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids. And you know, share certain things with you. And I think that one danger that I see amongst young people...and this is accelerated by social media, there is this sense sometimes of, 'the way of making change, is to be as judgmental as possible about other people.'"
IOW, the dragnet is about to close and arrests and indictments are coming for him, his "wife", Hillary, Clapper, Brennan, Comey, Mueller -- and we all need to realize they are just imperfect and deserve to be let off scot-free. Thanks Kaslin.
“If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get very far.”
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His puppetmasters have realized the American people are sick of being pelted with stones.
Constant castigation is not a winning strategy.
Yep. Too far too fast.
The Rats do this every election, they try to run to the center, but as time goes on, it is getting harder and harder to pull off.
Val Jar told him to say this...but why?
Two words, “Sistah Souljah”
The King of Woke doesn’t like the results of his wokeness brainwashing.
Keep the Woke! Vote Trump!
Probably to salvage what’s left of the demonicrat party and get some commie elected to finish off the country. Or being the narcissistic he is he may be trying to salvage a molecule of his credibility.
What Obama’s saying makes sense to me...
maybe he is trying to move just a little right of the radical left because he is trying to become a Hollywood mogul.FIrst up..90 million dollar netflix deal.
He sounds like Dr. Frankenstein freaking out when he realizes he’s lost control of the monster.
And did anyone understand that gibberish? Is the man incapable of speaking plain old English?????? I have no idea what he was trying to say...
My translation: Stop being so aggressive and scaring soccer moms with rioting mobs wearing masks.
Obama sounds almost moderate compared with the “woke” Democrat voters. I guess from someone on the left who is intelligent, all of this “wokeness” where people are obsessed with how you use pronouns must seem counterproductive to the larger cause and a waste of energy.
More like, “Don’t give away who we really are.”
pfft. Obama and complicit media/leftists created these “woke” monsters. They are imploding, and those with sanity will clear their wreckage and them.
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer".
Wow! You mean he’s telling them to be MORE LIKE CONSERVATIVES????????
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