I guess I should have known better. I read and listened to Barack Obama’s speech on race and was impressed. As I wrote in my most recent post, I thought it exhibited real leadership.
Then I read the NYT account of the speech’s reactions among bloggers, and then I read the comments posted by readers about that article (there were 178 at that time, but I only made it through about 40). And now I feel depressed. For all of us — and there are many of us — who found Obama’s speech to be powerful and genuine, there are still many sad and bitter people who could only find negative things to say about it.
I could call them names, and many unflattering ones come to mind. But that’s not my point here. Read the rest of this entry »
