Comments on: Bill Maher – Christopher Hitchens – Mos Def On Al Qaeda

By: NotFeelingIt

NotFeelingIt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:52:58 +0000

I was hoping Mos would spit some science on this but all he had to say was ‘I think for myself’ & ‘I don’t believe what I hear in the News’

OK, so what do you beleive about the Middle East? What lies have we been told about Sharia Law? Are woman really treated okay over there? Are Homosexuals and other minorities treated fairly? Is all the stuff we hear about people being stoned to death just made up by whitie to keep our eastern brothers down?

I wonder is Ashata would think all this stuff we hear about Sharia Law and women is just made up by the news to keep poor people down…

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:30:51 +0000

Mos Def came across as a blathering fool. He made outlandish statements of the first order. When he wasn’t cutting of the other two speakers, one of whom being a world class novelist, and the other a seasoned public intellectual, he was planting his face in his palm looking bored out of his mind.

The guy is a total flake and shouldn’t have been placed on that panel. He can’t speak in full sentences, he can’t string together a statement without sounding like a cave man, and he doesn’t show any respect to the other speakers.

By: wordup4real

wordup4real — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:54:49 +0000

See alot of people trash talking Mos..

Just wanna say got the utmost respect for standing up to T-bag…

Mos wasnt scared to ask a question where others would be.. I mean for real how many people pretend to know shit.. ‘keeping up appearances’, ’saving face’ etc..

Mos was right about holding his ground for the freedom to think, feel, speak what he does.. Every m*f has an opinion/idea and he’s aloud to have his.

The truth about what I see in that T-bag, a pretty miserable person.. A hater to be blunt.. Like Katt Williams puts it- they hate cause good shit never happened to them!!

I reckon Mos is the man cause whatever happens his willingness to learn keeps him humble…

Much Much much much much much much RESPECT!!!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:26:24 +0000

I agree Mos Def didnt get his point across well, but if the other guys cared to listen they would have easily got what he was trying to say.
I found hitchens rather condescending, and Im glad Mos stood his ground and didnt give in to that.
Hitchens and Rushdie came across as trying to look knowledgeable (which they sure may be) rather than explain things in a straight forward way.

By: Famer

Famer — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:35:04 +0000

mos def looked pretty ignorance, but he was pretty funny with his jokes

By: JimmyBlack

JimmyBlack — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:26:28 +0000

Mos Def offered the down to earth, if you mean I’ve never read a book just thought what makes the most sense to me opinion yes. He did represent the Im a dumb ass and I just say what makes sense in my dumbass world without any attempt to validate or verify those with evidence. Mos Def is going to sit there and tell Rushdie whats what in the Middle East. That’s not only ignorance that’s arrogance. Rushdie spent years in hiding because the Ayatollahs put a hit on his head for writing a book!

By: JimmyBlack

JimmyBlack — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:20:27 +0000

Eric Dyson would have been a better choice for that week if they could get him to shut up a little more.

By: JimmyBlack

JimmyBlack — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:18:20 +0000

TwinBreed if Mos didn’t know who Ashata was then he would be a complete waste of human flesh. That’s his terrority outside of Black Radicals and Berkley Punks not many people do know who Ashata is Her and Mumia are right up Mos Def’s conspiratorial anti white ghost dance cult alley. Knowing who Ashata Shakur is not a measure of intellectual status but more of political status. And being an intellectual is not being good a trivia its being able to analyze and interpret information and formulate a unique and insightful opinion as such, Mos Def is completely opposite of that. As much as I hate Hitchens, and I do, he is an intellectual, I disagree almost completely with every word that he says but its unique and insightful and based on information whether i agree or not. Mos Def sounds like that old bum on the bus.

By: Brad Sands

Brad Sands — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:14:17 +0000

Kemit I don’t understand why you cant say you like someones “art” yet disagree with them politically. I like Mos Def musically but I did cringe at how he acted on this show. I do believe he was sincere to a point but then he got stubborn as he found himself in a hole that he dug himself. This is especially true on the overtime segment. He asks a question about the Taliban and gets an answer about Sharia law but then says he doesn’t believe anything he hears or reads. Why ask a question if you won’t listen to the answer? He struck me as a very intolerant person not interested in exchanging ideas but only looking for information that reinforces his beliefs even if all the evidence around him is saying otherwise. Obviously he doesn’t read at all because the internet is full of objective sites about the Taliban based Sharia law if that question was something he really was interested in.

By: Twinbreed

Twinbreed — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:24:09 +0000

I found it EXTREMELY ironic to watch a panel of so called world-renowned intellectuals (namely Hitches), who worked at every angle to try to emasculate Mos Def yet, MOS was the guy who knew who Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) was? Amazing. There is a plethora of literature on Assata, including an autobiography. Yet, Hitches, an AUTHOR, doesn’t know who she is? Rushdie and AUTHOR doesn’t know who she is? Fascinating. Mos Def offered an alternative to a panel that absolutely refused to see past their antiquated understanding of the world. Mos offered the most honest, down to earth perspective throughout the entire show. It’s a shame that the people who replied to this video and disagree with Mos, are all painfully limited in their scope of reason and intelligence.