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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 you’re never compromised and you’re 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 didn’t 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, that’s not activism," the president continued. "That’s 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
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How DARE he?
Or it's about undercutting the entire RAT field who continue to find ways to one-up themselves at every debate in being woke. What are they going to do, reverse course? They're stuck. Guess someone not running now will have to get in.
“I have no idea what he was trying to say...”
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It’s left-speak - you’re not his audience.
“It’s all about putting a coat of paint over the extreme left party. The man can read polls.”
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Exactly.
Asking for an entire cohort...
“They just may be ready to retreat just enough to resume their covert attacks on western culture, a strategy which has been tremendously successful for them in previous decades.”
What are you talking about?
In 2010, the CommieRats lost 1,000 state elections, resulting in the Republicans controlling 35 states, while the rats controlled 11 states.
In 2016, Trump crushed the rat hero Hillary, resulting in a Trump presidency.
The USSC codified the 2nd amendment as an individual right.
There’s more, but you can chew on that first. BTW, you smell like a defeatist who is worthless to the American patriot cause.
Hmm...Obama is scared of something. Wonder what?
Obama’s so lucky that there wasn’t any Obama derangement syndrome like there is for Trump.
So, so lucky.
Chapelle was totally waaay funnier.
obama is unhappy that the 'woke' are lazy and prefer social media to boots on the ground.
Democrat war rooms might be stupid, but they’re not THAT stupid. They have to be realizing that most Americans are BEYOND tired of the PC BS.
I actually have to applaud those remarks by Obama ... But while applauding, I’m thinking, “Well, you STARTED this crap, you SOB!”
To have Jughead say it for the liberals is shocking since his previous actions fomented this puritan neo-liberal humanism that is de jour right now.
Sorry Sarge, I’m ashamed of myself.
We agree on their motives, but I’ll never applaud their dishonest, “weaponized” rhetoric.
Whoa. Sounds like a “go” signal to me.
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