runrussellrun wrote:Why won't I understand? Because I am too stupid? To racists? WHy? 90% of the district is white, so they should have put images of "otherisms" in the ad?
And, please respond to his lyrics and content. But you won't, and mostly can't, because they are scrubbed. Sorry, but Delgado made it about race when he chose to make the Painful CD. But, what is REALLY important is Delgado's corporate lawfirm, Akin Gump, and who it represents. He's sad that GE is gone? And yet has worked at a law firm that has helped, and continues to, ship US jobs to slaves overseas. Oh, and defended Paul Manfort
I have no idea whether you are "too stupid" nor "To racists?"...I assume you meant "too racist?".
What your posts seem to suggest is that you have an angry perspective about a black man, in his youth, expressing challenges to racial bigotry and other social issues in the medium of rap, or otherwise.
If you'd like to point me to other posts where you've demonstrated a more subtle comprehension about such perspectives and their expression, I'd be happy to change my opinion of the likelihood that I could explain the rationale of those particular lyrics. That said, I'm not a fan of that medium per se, so wouldn't be the best interpreter in any case. But some of the expressions about bigotry and social justice, sure, I can go there.
You say that Delgado made it about race because he expressed anger about the legacy of white supremacy a decade ago? Really? He made it about race?
In the posts above, you evidently don't see the signals about race that the ad expressed. Is that sheer ignorance or is it willful disregard? Or is it actually looking for an excuse to be angry? I dunno.
I don't have any particular stake in the specific candidates in that particular election and haven't examined the candidates' backgrounds in any depth, other than as follow-up to this controversy.
Maybe there is something to criticized, legitimately, about this candidate and his views. But I'd like to understand what he really believes as a more mature man today than how he expressed himself as an young 'artist' a decade ago.
On the Akin Gump stuff, perhaps there's something legitimate to question there as well. If so, I'd like to know what the candidate's views actually are.
As a lifelong Republican, I'm disturbed by the tack the GOP has taken to more and more overtly tailoring messaging to appeal to scared and angry white voters. It has a long history, but it seems to me that it has grown increasingly frequent and overt.