mos def has no idea why the Taliban or Al-Qaeda are bad and when the guys gave him real answers as to who they are and what they want he just starting talking louder than they were and then ended with I don't believe anything I see. No one got my reference with the first picture
I think the other panelists were just threatened by Mos Def challenging some of their basic assumptions. Even if the answer to his question was obvious, they should have been less defensive and done a better job of educating him on the particular subject. And he wasn't explicitly questioning whether or not Al Qaeda and the Taliban are bad. I think he was indirectly questioning how much we REALLY know about their agenda. He was also questioning how accurately our media was portraying that agenda. The "experts" in that discussion should have been able to pick up on this instead of assuming he was saying something to the effect of "those terrorists are not bad at all and we have no proof whatsoever that they are bad as well as no understanding at all about their mission." He's a rapper, not an expert in world affairs, and he doesn't pretend to be anything else. That particular show is mostly entertainment. If you watch it, you should know that you're going to see some actors, comedians and musicians offering their points of view on politics and world affairs. If you want pure expertise, turn to other sources. Personally, I think it's interesting to hear the opinions of people like Mos Def every once in a while, even if they aren't perfectly informed experts.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it defines "a double entendre as especially being used to "convey an indelicate meaning". It is often used to express potentially offensive opinions without the risks of explicitly doing so." Why dont you just come out and say your a racist? See, there are few times when some of the ideas you formulate have a decent point. Then instead of contributing the a conversation, you type things like this. It's no wonder everyone attacks you. It is a shame people like you still exist. Back to the point. Mos Def is an entertainer. That's it. BrooksBall said it best. BrooksBall said:
My favorite Supreme Court Justice is CLARENCE THOMAS. My favorite radio personality is BO SNERDLEY. And my favorite NBA basetball star is JASON WILLIAMS (from West Virginia). Yeah, that pretty much proves you wrong.
Has the N word in it...typical Spike Lee fare though. whee. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EihcRDRAy90&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EihcRDRAy90&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
They were quite nice for the first 3 minutes of him talking over them. They said in the first 30 seconds that al qaeda has been very clear on their political agenda. They only got mad when he just kept cutting them off and saying he doesn't believe them, then saying he doesn't trust the interpreters on videos without admitting he never watched one.
That had to be my favorite House episode in a long time. As for him on Maher? The initial question was fine... it made me realize that I wasn't even sure what they wanted 100%, but then the blabber just became a bit much.
I watched the whole episode, live, here's what I have to say: Mos Def's understanding of the world is a million times better than this worthless numbnut Salman Rushdie and that other drunk good-for-nothing ******..all they were doing was spewing hatred toward anything related to islam (quote: islamists are the only group that would use weapons to destroy others) .. yeah right.. it's a shame that Mos Def's background, accent, and appearance (see: race) are the only determinant of his "worth"/intelligence to the majority of y'all.. if you actually watched the whole show you would know that this "worthless rapper" knows a lot more than the two hailed as geniuses seated in the panel..
Mos came off like an idiot in that exchange, but I did agree with him when he told ol buddy not to assume he knows about him because he is a rapper (i.e. pre-judging). Also, Mos didn't have to attack Bill at the end like that. It will be interesting to see if he gets back ont he show.
Whoever posted this on youtube did not even listen to the question that Mos Def asked. The man simply asked what the political motives of Al-Qaeda and Taliban actually are and they basically never gave an answer. Dude made those clips saying he got the answer he wanted when they were simply saying music was illegal under the Taliban which was not the man question. As for him throwing out theories about what the media reports and the government motives I can concur with him with this is the same country that has lied about the Tulsa Oklahoma bombing which is the 2 largest terrorist attacks on American grounds. It would be hidden about the Tuskegee experiments when our own government purposely giving black military airmen syphilis. So the man comes up with theories that are outside the box unconventional to what CNN, MSNBC and FOX News tells you and what ever it takes to make you feel comfortable about our government and media system as it as no faults. If you look through history we tend to place people who think outside the box as crazy men and later on we find out that they were genius but couldn’t think on a simple level which simple minded people who don’t think for themselves do listen to what is taught. If you read a little philosophy you would understand where he’s coming from.
Because he's not narrow minded he comes to conclusions on his own. It a philosophic way of looking at things. Don't beleive what you're told gather you information and come wiht the conclusion yourself.
The other guys clearly explained to him what the objectives were. Soon after they got impatient with his reaction and with all the fallacies in his arguments. He never once listened and questioned their response, he just immediately disagreed with it. Then he tried to distract the audience by talking about something not even related to the subject, what do black panthers have to do with terrorists? What does being from a specific city in america have to do with your views on terrorism? He clearly just wanted to argue and be those kind of people that just disagree with the popular or in this case the obvious. I mean really what was his argument? That Al Qaeda and taliban are not bad for america? Because if that was his argument, there is a lot of evidence that clearly shows that he is wrong. Therefore, why even argue. Just take in the information instead of just disregarding it and getting angry about it.
