It's a verifiable fact that Coates started this debate in his Atlantic articles. People have talked and argued about it for years but it became a recent topic of conversation due to his arguments, going all the way to him debating Obama at the WH on the topic.
You're a pretty smart guy for the most part.
Do you understand the concept of linear time?
And
Do you realize that "talk and argue" is a synonym for debate?
You can be critical of Snoop's initial response without being intellectually dishonest and sneaky.
Coates seems like a nice guy with generally good intentions, but in this situation he's being biased and purposely misleading to serve his personal relationships and agenda. I don't know enough about him to label him a c00n, but yesterday he displayed the actions of a boot licker and a coward. Maybe that's not who he is in totality and yesterday was just a bad day. If Snoop can be criticized for moving bogus, so can he.