Ayers and Wright both spoke at Northwestern

November 10, 2008

I find it impossible to believe that Ayers met Wright for the first time on Nov 7th. They have the same ideas and they both know Father Pfleger, as well as Barry. Ayers was invited to speak for obvious reasons. Recall Parker's comment: "This will go down in history." For what? From the Daily Northwestern's NATHALIE TADENA. Not sure where we would have gotten any info if not for her. Bernadine Dohrn, Ayers' wife, is a professor at Northwestern Law School.

TADENA: Ayers, who now teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said he met Wright for the first time Friday. "He has fought his whole life for justice, and I've just admired him," Ayers said.

In inviting Wright to speak on campus, FMO coordinator Zachary Parker said he hoped to "de-mystify stereotypes" surrounding Wright and his controversial remarks. He said inviting Ayers was "only fitting" because the media treated the two figures similarly.

After Friday night's event, Ayers had harsh words for the administration. He said Bienen made a "critical, critical decision" in uninviting Wright from commencement.

"What possible reason could they have except pressure by alumni, pressure by others?" Ayers said. "It's freedom of speech, freedom of thought. Without that, academics is dead."

He said he felt a "huge connection" to Wright.

"Both Rev. Wright and I were brought up as cartoon characters in this campaign because of disinformation and dishonest news," Ayers said. "I did not suffer as much as he did, but we both got out of it with a certain amount of dignity."

And Obama made it out with the presidency by distancing himself from them. How much did Barry respect freedom of speech of his compatriots? How can a man who is unrepentant about being a domestic terrorist use the word "dignity"?

When are people going to get past the issue of race as concerns Wright's statements? Yes, he raged at "White America" and at Obama's opponent who "ain't never been called a nigger" and he ridiculed Obama endorser "Colon Powell" and friend of one of the murdered girls in the Birmingham bombing "Con-damnesia Rice". But he preaches Black Liberation Theology from a black Nationalist Afro-centric church that rejects the United States flag for the Pan-African flag. What else would he be promoting at his "Unashamedly Black" Church? Imagine Senator McCain belonging to an "Unashamedly White" church for twenty years.

The Double Standard.

It was Wright's raging against the government, who created HIV/AIDS as a means of black genocide. (HIV/AIDS originated in Africa from eating/touching infected chimpanzees.) And his unbelievably disgusting comments on the Sunday after 9/11 that the government was responsible for the murder of 2973 innocent American citizens and foreign nationals that is the true evil in his rage. What he chooses to believe about Europeans and Africans is up to him. What a former marine says about his country is another matter, as is his connection to president-elect Obama. And the fact that people still believe Obama had no knowledge of Wright's beliefs never read his book: "Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream", which was based on Wright's speech about "white man's greed".

Wright's speech was "Redeeming and Reclaiming our Community"