{"id":1510467,"date":"2022-06-10T12:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510467"},"modified":"2022-06-10T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:36:02","slug":"bigotry-obama-goes-off-on-critics-of-cancel-culture-identity-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bigotry-obama-goes-off-on-critics-of-cancel-culture-identity-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bigotry\u2019: Obama Goes Off On Critics Of Cancel Culture, Identity Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbigotry-obama-goes-off-on-critics-of-cancel-culture-identity-politics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510467&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Former President Barack Obama said he has \u201clittle sympathy\u201d for critics of cancel culture during a speech Friday in Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I want to be clear. I have little sympathy for reactionaries who cynically condemn identity politics or cancel culture when really all they\u2019re doing is trying to preserve existing privilege or excuse entrenched injustice, or bigotry,\u201d Obama said at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe original identity politics is racism and sexism and homophobia. That\u2019s nothing if not identity politics, and it\u2019s done a lot more harm than some tweet from an aggrieved liberal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BarackObama<\/a> in Copenhagen: \u201cNow I want to be clear. I have little sympathy for reactionaries who cynically condemn identity politics or cancel culture when you all they\u2019re doing is trying to preserve existing privilege or excuse entrenched injustice, or bigotry.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vyZyOTvhBe\">pic.twitter.com\/vyZyOTvhBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1535273504970575873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allianceofdemocracies.org\/initiatives\/the-copenhagen-democracy-summit\/the-summit-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summit unites<\/a> \u201cdemocratic forces to push back on the authoritarian tide\u201d and was inaugurated five years ago with President Joe Biden as the \u201cinaugural keynote speaker.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/former-president-obama-uvalde-shooting-commemorate-second-anniversary-george-floyds-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Former\u00a0<span class=\"il\">President<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Obama<\/span>\u00a0Uses Uvalde Shooting To Commemorate\u00a0<span class=\"il\">The<\/span>\u00a0Second Anniversary\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Of<\/span> George Floyd\u2019s Death)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obama was speaking at a session called \u201cDemocratic Organizing in the Digital Age\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obama.org\/updates\/president-obama-democracy-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discussed<\/a> \u201cchallenges to democracy around the globe, the importance of a positive vision for democracy, and the promise and potential of the next generation of leaders to chart a better course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QINiy_cN1ME&#038;t=9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> sometimes decisions should be pushed to the local and regional levels and energy should be dedicated to building a \u201cdemocratic culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose of us who promote democracy, we\u2019re often progressive, we focus a lot on policy,\u201d Obama said. \u201cThat\u2019s not what moves people in the world. Emotions matter. Stories matter. People care about meaning and purpose and belonging and status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften it\u2019s authoritarian leaders who understand this, and those who believe in democracy struggle to catch up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama said he has \u201clittle sympathy\u201d for critics of cancel culture during a speech Friday in Denmark.\u201cNow I want to be clear. 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