12751316, The average person can't separate the message from the messenger.
Posted by daryloneal, Fri Mar-13-15 02:32 PM
Just because someone is an asshole or has other flaws doesn't mean there isn't anything you can take from what they're saying.
The core points are here:
Video 1 (from 20:17 - 22:30)
https://youtu.be/KO0M9M83Bx0?t=20m17s
Video 2 (from 18:13 - 22:37)
https://youtu.be/gY2h6uu16Bs?t=18m13s
Out of all the nonsense and yelling, that's really it.
One of the main problems with Dame is that he speaks in absolutes, so it's easy for people to poke holes, argue exceptions, etc. etc.
But his sentiment comes from a real place and has a lot of truth to it.
Also, it isn't new. As black people especially, we're always talking about how we don't own anything. The problem is his extremism.
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