New Black Panthers Advocate Violence, Obama Silent By Craig Andresen
Obama has stepped into the fray before, will he step in now?
In Tucson after the Gabby Giffords shooting, Obama called for calmer heads and less rhetoric. In Tucson Obama stated that, “Terrible things happen for reasons that defy human understanding.” He continued with, “For the truth is that none of us can know exactly what triggered this vicious attack, no one can know what thoughts lurked in the inner recesses of a violent man’s mind.”
Obama later in that speech said that people should not use what happened as, “one more occasion to turn on one another.” Obama encouraged a sense of humility, empathy and especially reflection instead, urging people to consider whether they have, “shown enough kindness and generosity and compassion to the people in our lives.”
He was correct but transparently full of political expediency, seizing the moment for his own aggrandizement.
Will he step up NOW? In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting will he NOW step up?
No. I rather doubt that he will.
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