Hubris has claimed another victim. And in this case irony abounds. I'm speaking of Al Sharpton of course and no longer Reverend to me. Fresh off his Don Imus victory tour he now decides to choose off Mit Romney by questioning his belief in God. Sharpton said,"As For the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway."
Decency doesn't work in degrees. Relativism is a rhetorical tool used to wiggle out of trouble. There is simply a threshold between decency and non-decency and Don Imus and now Al Sharpton have each crossed that threshold. Neither should be viewed the same again.
What do we get out of such a stance? We give a loud and clear message that the shock approach has it's dangers and that participants do risk peril.
Until now I'm not sure I would have found the following statement by John Ridley, the Commentator and screenwriter, to be true but Al Sharpton has now convinced me it is. Mr. Ridley said, " Mr. Sharpton is hanging on by his fingernails to a position that never existed." If the media must persue "black thought" lets hope they start looking to the real African American leaders and not the likes of Al Sharpton.
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