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119. So Obama laughed and hugged Larry Wilmore used the N-word at the press dinner in 2016.

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 01:14 PM

Apr 2018

http://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/05/larry_wilmore_n-word_joke_obama_white_house_correspondents_dinner.html

Do you think Michelle was slamming her husband, or Larry Wilmore with that description to college grads? Because by your defintion, neither of them "went high." And you are including what they did in your damning of Michelle Wolf as "going low."

I think that you don't really get what Michelle Obama was actually talking about.

Mrs. Obama's defense of her husband was in the context of a commencement address in which she told the 800 graduates that they, too, will face discrimination — in voting rights, criminal justice, education and housing — and have to make a choice of how to deal with it.

"Are you going to get angry or lash out?" she asked. "Or are you going to take a deep breath, straighten your shoulders, lift up your head, and do what Barack Obama has always done — as he says, 'When they go low, I go high"

It wasn't about comedians speaking truth to power.

It was about individuals when they are confronted with discrimination.

Is that clearer?

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WAPO: Michelle Wolf got it just right [View all] ehrnst Apr 2018 OP

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And Puerto Rico still doesn't have power. Fla Dem Apr 2018 #71

3,000 Towns Have Water Systems With More/The Same Amount Lead That Flint Has PaulX2 Apr 2018 #84

And Trump, Sanders and the majority of the folks Trump brought into the swamp STILL LIE usaf-vet Apr 2018 #86

I like David Jolly's tweet about this issue...... riversedge Apr 2018 #2

Thanks rivers! Cha Apr 2018 #5

David, not "their witnessing", it's "they're witnessing" you idiot. longship Apr 2018 #12

If spell check doesn't cover it then it must be OK lunatica Apr 2018 #58

He probably dictated his statement into a computer. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #104

Okay, but disagree about language changing in this case. longship Apr 2018 #121

Spelling is a part of language. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #125

"Their" is in no sense a verb. longship Apr 2018 #127

Yah, well English itself is a really bad version of Latin and German all mixed up Sophia4 Apr 2018 #128

You still cannot have a sentence without a fucking verb!! longship Apr 2018 #130

What I am pointing out is that rules change. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #134

Well, let me just say that I am done here. longship Apr 2018 #135

BUT THAT RULE HASN"T !!!!! Iggo Apr 2018 #144

True. But it is in the process of changing unless perhaps technology somehow Sophia4 Apr 2018 #145

May be bad English xxqqqzme Apr 2018 #142

So is substituting "to" for "too" longship May 2018 #148

The solution is to lose the apostrophe chwaliszewski May 2018 #146

That may be. longship May 2018 #147

You mean 'too' difficult. chwaliszewski May 2018 #149

It was as abrasive and raspy as the Trump administration has been to everything American bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #3

So we are now aspiring to be like Trump? ollie10 Apr 2018 #11

Drumpf & Co. needs to be smacked down. longship Apr 2018 #15

People aren't talking about Trump as a result of her skit ollie10 Apr 2018 #17

Your "concern" is noted. DinahMoeHum Apr 2018 #24

I hope so ollie10 Apr 2018 #25

Good catch. MontanaMama Apr 2018 #81

:D C Moon Apr 2018 #132

Do you understand that you give Wolf enormous power ehrnst Apr 2018 #59

Maybe you should try not putting words into other people's mouths ollie10 Apr 2018 #61

Have you been watching Sarah Huckabee Sanders' press conferences? Sophia4 Apr 2018 #106

I agree w/ you on the description of SHS...she's a self-centered religious snob and a nut to boot... SWBTATTReg Apr 2018 #112

Thats a different way of looking at it. Hadn't thought of that. 7962 Apr 2018 #141

That Ship Sailed, Long Ago ProfessorGAC Apr 2018 #16

I think Michelle Obama's words were great ollie10 Apr 2018 #18

did she kill someone when I wasn't looking? n/t woundedkarma Apr 2018 #28

"Please give me an example for when going high when they go low has achieved anything...." ollie10 Apr 2018 #31

Please give me an example of where a female comedian did as much harm to civil rights ehrnst Apr 2018 #48

high ground vs low ground ollie10 Apr 2018 #52

Which side are you on that you compare a bistering, brilliant satire with violence in the streets? ehrnst Apr 2018 #60

Do you have a problem with me answering a question ollie10 Apr 2018 #64

Here is the question again: ehrnst Apr 2018 #72

No need to continue ollie10 Apr 2018 #75

Giving up? ehrnst Apr 2018 #77

If you were interested in civil conversation, that would be productive ollie10 Apr 2018 #80

Once again, you tell me you are not going to "continue to discuss this with me" ehrnst Apr 2018 #117

You missed the "in the last quarter century" part. Demit Apr 2018 #65

So what? ollie10 Apr 2018 #68

You couldn't give an example, and tried to equate your position on a woman comic with MLK. ehrnst Apr 2018 #74

there is no need to continue our discussion ollie10 Apr 2018 #85

This is what, the 5th time you've said that you are "ending the discussion." ehrnst Apr 2018 #126

So you didn't answer the question as posed. Demit Apr 2018 #82

I was asked to give one example of high ground being more prodictive than low ground ollie10 Apr 2018 #83

Post removed Post removed Apr 2018 #89

You are so civil ollie10 Apr 2018 #91

Tell it to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #108

I agree ollie10 Apr 2018 #115

You changed the definition of "going low" ehrnst Apr 2018 #122

MLK's high ground could have never happened without the low ground. kwassa Apr 2018 #131

So Many Of These Issues Have Their Ancestry In Nixon DallasNE Apr 2018 #96

Indeed. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2018 #114

MLK Jr Died in 1968 ProfessorGAC Apr 2018 #87

And his words are still true today ollie10 Apr 2018 #88

Nobody Said Otherwise ProfessorGAC Apr 2018 #90

No, I answered the question with a good example ollie10 Apr 2018 #95

A Asked For An Example In The LAST QUARTER CENTURY. . . ProfessorGAC Apr 2018 #97

Michelle Obama is not a comedian. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #109

high road sometimes gets better results than low results ollie10 Apr 2018 #110

So Obama laughed and hugged Larry Wilmore used the N-word at the press dinner in 2016. ehrnst Apr 2018 #119

And what words did he use that relate to Michelle Wolf? ehrnst Apr 2018 #118

Michelle Obama's words - do you mean that she said Barack always "went high" even ehrnst Apr 2018 #120

I think that most people who look at what MLK accomplished acknowledge Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #129

When was the last time moral high ground worked for you? bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #26

MLK Jr advocated non-violent civil disobedience ollie10 Apr 2018 #29

No one is advocating violence here bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #33

The question/issue was taking the moral high ground vs ollie10 Apr 2018 #38

You're worried about taking the low ground against traitors???? bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #41

"friendly yet abrasive" ollie10 Apr 2018 #49

Certainly as friendly as you bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #54

Isn't that what DT's fans love about him? ehrnst Apr 2018 #55

So, what do you think about Steven Colbert's comedy? ehrnst Apr 2018 #42

I love Colbert ollie10 Apr 2018 #46

He doubled down on it. He refused to apologize. ehrnst Apr 2018 #51

you are not being fair ollie10 Apr 2018 #57

I think I'm the one being fair in this discussion. ehrnst Apr 2018 #67

These are jokes we are talking about. MontanaMama Apr 2018 #93

So women have more of a responsibility to maintain the moral high ground ehrnst Apr 2018 #47

Didn't say that ollie10 Apr 2018 #50

So why is Colbert your hero after he called DT "a cockholster for Putin" ehrnst Apr 2018 #53

You Are Talking About Wolf Because You Have Choosen To Talk About Wolf DallasNE Apr 2018 #99

No, I believe YOU brought up her weight ollie10 Apr 2018 #100

THERE'S A TROLL IN THE DUNGEON! JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #101

You have no reading comprehension DallasNE Apr 2018 #102

Who is advocating violence? ehrnst Apr 2018 #37

the issue was high ground vs low ground ollie10 Apr 2018 #40

A bit hyperbolic, don't you think ehrnst Apr 2018 #44

Beginning to think you are a right wing talking point peddler. JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #56

Really? You don't think it was the fear of the Black Panther Party? Oppaloopa Apr 2018 #92

Comparing those who support Wolf with those who opposed MLK. ehrnst May 2018 #150

You sound very much like the Right Wingers who are clutching their pearls over this. ehrnst Apr 2018 #39

Colbert is my hero ollie10 Apr 2018 #43

OK, so Colbert calling DT "a cock holster for Putin" ehrnst Apr 2018 #45

You seem to be unfamiliar with satire. ehrnst Apr 2018 #63

Well, you got the flaming thing down pat! ollie10 Apr 2018 #66

What are you talking about? "Flaming?" ehrnst Apr 2018 #73

It was a comedy show. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #105

I have a two year old and a six year old at home. haele Apr 2018 #111

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Pro-life Republicans njcpa1978 Apr 2018 #7

I am pro-choice ollie10 Apr 2018 #9

You certainly don't have much faith in pro-choice intellect, do you? ehrnst Apr 2018 #35

I agree with you and I'm Duppers Apr 2018 #103

She knew exactly who her audience is. She was pulling a Steven Colbert with the abortion reference. ehrnst Apr 2018 #10

Yes, she set back the pro-choice movement ollie10 Apr 2018 #14

Do you hear yourself? Squinch Apr 2018 #21

yes ollie10 Apr 2018 #23

No, you don't. You are setting back pro-choice... woundedkarma Apr 2018 #32

Who is going to believe that other than someone who is already anti-choice? ehrnst Apr 2018 #27

Are you a troll here to gaslight? bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #30

Definitely a troll. JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #62

Post removed Post removed Apr 2018 #69

No. She didn't. lunatica Apr 2018 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Apr 2018 #107

OK, I'll bite -tell us how she "set back the pro-choice movement." ehrnst Apr 2018 #116

The HUGE BIGLEY difference is maxrandb Apr 2018 #19

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K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Apr 2018 #8

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Which means Wolf did a better job of defending the First Amendment..." Javaman Apr 2018 #20

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Michelle Wolf has her own show. S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #98

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We must take back our republic. PatrickforO Apr 2018 #143