I didn't know that Ali campaigned for Reagan. It seems strange now but if you think about the political atmosphere of the time, it almost makes sense. In the early 80s American ruling class seemingly allied with Muslims against communists in Afghanistan. Bin Ladin was once a 'freedom fighter' if you remember. With that background in mind, Ali's decision can be easily justified on political grounds and medical speculations become superfluous. A purely political explanation is even more justifiable in the case of Minaj; why is she supposed to be 'mentally ill' for making a political choice? Medicalizing political decisions should be avoided as much as possible. There is another categorization I take issue with: specifically the call for ‘nuance'. Obama and Ali are paired against Minaj but that categorization is simply wrong. Ali was an ally of Malcolm X who changed course similar to many other radicals in the conservative Eighties. In complete contrast, Obama was a snake from the beginning of his political career. A case in point is his supposed standing up to Netanyahu which claimed to earned him the sympathy of Palestinians. His personal reaction to the Zionist in chief is really immaterial because Obama supported the Zionist invading forces all through his presidency and gifted them the most generous war support until Trump. Mamdani certainly seems like ia similar figure, son of a Columbia professor and a famous filmmaker. He won't disappoint anyone who have their eyes open, he will try to complete the mission given to him by his masters as an infiltrator and deceiver.
i found the story of your dads talk with ali very interesting and moving. i was interested to learn about the obama stuff and the toxic donut, depressing stuff.
i just dont see any evidence, in this article or otherwise, that black people can only be saint or devils in the public imagination. i dont think it would be controversial at all in many places if i said something like “malcolm x did some good important things, but he wasn’t perfect, and he believed some kind of fucked up things”.
I think the average American does actually view kendrick lamar and nikki minaj as not that different, kind of cynical rich ppl.
tiger woods is also another great example of someone who basically no one thinks is an angel, but the average person still isn’t actively anticipating them burning in hell.
Presumably Minaj is re-posturing for the post-Trump era (perhaps MTG?) as Agent Orange dies a death of a thousand cuts delivered by the irrepressible rumors about a 13-year-old piranha.
So sad to see how the mighty fall and fall and fall
I didn't know that Ali campaigned for Reagan. It seems strange now but if you think about the political atmosphere of the time, it almost makes sense. In the early 80s American ruling class seemingly allied with Muslims against communists in Afghanistan. Bin Ladin was once a 'freedom fighter' if you remember. With that background in mind, Ali's decision can be easily justified on political grounds and medical speculations become superfluous. A purely political explanation is even more justifiable in the case of Minaj; why is she supposed to be 'mentally ill' for making a political choice? Medicalizing political decisions should be avoided as much as possible. There is another categorization I take issue with: specifically the call for ‘nuance'. Obama and Ali are paired against Minaj but that categorization is simply wrong. Ali was an ally of Malcolm X who changed course similar to many other radicals in the conservative Eighties. In complete contrast, Obama was a snake from the beginning of his political career. A case in point is his supposed standing up to Netanyahu which claimed to earned him the sympathy of Palestinians. His personal reaction to the Zionist in chief is really immaterial because Obama supported the Zionist invading forces all through his presidency and gifted them the most generous war support until Trump. Mamdani certainly seems like ia similar figure, son of a Columbia professor and a famous filmmaker. He won't disappoint anyone who have their eyes open, he will try to complete the mission given to him by his masters as an infiltrator and deceiver.
i found the story of your dads talk with ali very interesting and moving. i was interested to learn about the obama stuff and the toxic donut, depressing stuff.
i just dont see any evidence, in this article or otherwise, that black people can only be saint or devils in the public imagination. i dont think it would be controversial at all in many places if i said something like “malcolm x did some good important things, but he wasn’t perfect, and he believed some kind of fucked up things”.
I think the average American does actually view kendrick lamar and nikki minaj as not that different, kind of cynical rich ppl.
tiger woods is also another great example of someone who basically no one thinks is an angel, but the average person still isn’t actively anticipating them burning in hell.
Presumably Minaj is re-posturing for the post-Trump era (perhaps MTG?) as Agent Orange dies a death of a thousand cuts delivered by the irrepressible rumors about a 13-year-old piranha.