The "Manifest Obama" video that I had posted here is no longer available. It was pulled by its creators after it became a magnet for negative comments after conservative sensationalist (and Mormon) Glenn Beck mentioned it in one of his typically miscontextualizing screeds.
I respect the creator's wish to protect people in the video from the misinformation and false accusations created by Beck (and presumably by a large number of his viewers).
Beck rose to prominence in the wake of America's "War on Terrorism" and is a professional purveyor of fear and cynicism. He seems unable to perceive the video as an expression of prayerful hope and sees it instead as a mingling of messianic spirituality and politics.
That's the height of irony for a believing Mormon! As such, Beck is a good bit deeper in messianic electionism, American exceptionalism, and in religion-meets-politics, than any of the things he criticizes in recent commentary.
Here are some explanations for why it was pulled: one two
21 October 2008
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2 comments:
simply beautiful!
It was indeed. Sorry it's not still available.
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