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Reverend Wright Says We all Twisted His Words [Video Update]

By Uppity Woman on April 24, 2008 at 3:58 PM in 9/11, Barack Obama, Black Agenda Report, Black nationalism, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

UPDATE: This is the first snippet of the Wright interview, via MSNBC. We will post more video as it is released. We understand that Chris Matthews featured both video and discussion about the Moyers interview, and we’ll have that video for you soon. – Susan


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That’s right folks. We twisted his words. It’s all your fault. And it’s Hillary’s fault he said what he said too. He didn’t really say what he said. You twisted it! You twisted his twisted words. It’s really nice stuff, not bad stuff. You just are too stupid to understand Black Liberation Theology, dammit. No I mean GODDAMMIT. How could you twist all that loving stuff? You are despicable! Cut it out! All you goddamn Americans should apologize to Reverend Wright right now!

In his first wide-ranging interview since video clips of his inflammatory sermons were aired, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. defended himself over the controversy, saying that his words were twisted. [NO QUARTER READERS: The full interview will air Friday night on PBS's Bill Moyers Journal; Rev. Wright will also speak at a National Press Club breakfast Monday at 8:30 a.m.]

“I felt it was unfair,” Mr. Wright said, according to excerpts of the interview released Thursday. “I felt it was unjust. I felt it was untrue. I felt for those who were doing that, were doing it for some very devious reasons.”

In Mr. Wright’s sermons, he suggested that Americans bore some responsibility for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, saying “America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” He also
blamed the government for the spread of AIDS among African-Americans, characterized the United States government as corrupt and referred to the “U.S. of K.K.K. A.”

He did not apologize or back away from his remarks in the interview, instead saying that people wanted to paint him as “some sort of fanatic.”

That settles it. It’s our fault.

Gee, Reverend Wright, we are sorry we stupid people got it all wrong and were a little bit put out. Let’s take another look so that we might get it right. We wouldn’t want to twist your words or anything. After all, we really appreciate that you removed the Hamas Manifesto from your web site now. No offense, Reverend Wright, but you don’t need any “paint” to look like a fanatic.

We know you didn’t really say these things.

We know you didn’t really say these things either.

Now, we don’t want to misunderstand that the Return to “68″ Movement stuff that’s being dropped all over the net has anything to do with the 1968 origination of your theology that you mentioned below a few months ago. We are just stupid that way, so let us know. We don’t want to twist it or anything. So thanks for correcting us.

I know you will be speaking to the National Press Club and you will be getting all cuddly with Bill Moyers this Friday night. So, I am just wondering: Will you tell them what you said below…or will you be changing it for now? I mean we want to know just how much we need to apologize for what you have said.