tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post8501020585729584075..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: Words that Remade AmericaLKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-61527455553153927722014-02-18T18:24:37.635-06:002014-02-18T18:24:37.635-06:00yes it isyes it isAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217651463278319288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-66225222355792174882013-11-16T08:24:50.582-06:002013-11-16T08:24:50.582-06:00Thanks, Craig, for again posting perceptive commen...Thanks, Craig, for again posting perceptive comments.<br /><br />My good friend Luther Copeland, who passed away in 2011, wrote a book titled "The Southern Baptist Convention and the Judgment of History: The Taint of an Original Sin" (rev. ed., 2002). It has been several years since I read it, but I think it is certainly in agreement with what you wrote.LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-46270592797567345772013-11-16T08:19:19.908-06:002013-11-16T08:19:19.908-06:00Yesterday, CNN reported,
"In what might be o...Yesterday, CNN reported,<br /><br />"In what might be one of the oldest corrections in the history of journalism, the editorial board of a Pennsylvania newspaper has retracted its predecessor's famous panning of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as 'silly remarks.'"LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-56288496876659304122013-11-15T21:55:14.908-06:002013-11-15T21:55:14.908-06:00Your comments touched on a wide diversity of subje...Your comments touched on a wide diversity of subjects each needing serious consideration. Those closing comments on an economic civil war brought to mind the parable of Jesus, The Good Samaritan. It expresses three economic viewpoints: the thieves - what is yours is mine and I will take it; the priest and Levite - what is mine is mine and I will keep it; and the Samaritan - what is mine is yours and you can have it.<br /><br />I would say that the priest and Levite were no less thieves than the original robbers because they saw a need and refused to help. At the same time we praise the Samaritan because he willingly gave to aid another rather than being forced to do so. Tea Party member or card-carrying communist, Christ calls us to help the oppressed, economically or otherwise, out of a grateful heart, not because some human institution demanded it. We perhaps need a little revolution, but it needs to have a primary focus on the individual heart. That would fulfill Lincoln's hope of a nation of, by, and for the people, but it still remains a dream (MLK, Jr)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468602047786863722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-80184896493490407432013-11-15T17:51:21.671-06:002013-11-15T17:51:21.671-06:00150 Years ago this is what the Harrisburg's Pa...150 Years ago this is what the Harrisburg's Patriot & Union newspaper - the Patriot-News's Civil War ancestor - said about Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. <br />"We pass over the silly remarks of the President. For the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall be no more repeated or thought of."Clif Hostetlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192652526880912362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-52471543365642542013-11-15T11:25:20.412-06:002013-11-15T11:25:20.412-06:00To consider the prospect of a second American civi...To consider the prospect of a second American civil war, one might take a look at a second anniversary coming up, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. See this link for recent article on that subject: http://prospect.org/article/radicalism-dallas-1963<br /><br />Talk is cheap, and the Fox speculators may well not really expect a civil war, yet, looking at how the hate-filled atmosphere of 1963's Dallas helped set the stage for the assassination, future generations may look back at Fox News and wonder how much it might have helped trigger such a war. Indeed, as I read how one of the Dallas hate leaders, Reverend Criswell, hated Kennedy for his support of integration, I realized how direct a connection there is between the hate of 1963's Dallas and today's far right wing. There is a painfully straight line from Reverend Criswell through the Southern Baptist Convention to today's Republican Party.<br /><br />It has been said that slavery is America's original sin. Perhaps it was the first flowering of that original sin. However, slavery has been largely absent from America for 150 years. Not so, the original sin. Hate and arrogance are marching on. Perhaps that recent Lincoln vampire movie was on to something!Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-2629971404110311272013-11-15T09:44:09.565-06:002013-11-15T09:44:09.565-06:00Leroy,
I heard on NPR yesterday that a newspaper ...Leroy,<br /><br />I heard on NPR yesterday that a newspaper in Pennsylvania is apologizing for its review of Lincoln's speech. Then it said it was silly. They regretted being so short sighted. Makes you wonder if the then editor of that paper would agree!<br /><br />Thanks for another good post.David M. fulknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-85446468308481035002013-11-15T09:20:07.736-06:002013-11-15T09:20:07.736-06:00Eric, I certainly hope things will settle down. Bu...Eric, I certainly hope things will settle down. But while I agree that there is a considerable amount of racism still abroad in the country, I still see the most disturbing divide between the wealthy and middle class over against the poor in the country. The Tea Party emphasis on no new taxes and the cutting of SNAP and other benefits for the poor is a part of that tension, which could escalate toward even more bitter feelings on both sides of the economic divide, I'm afraid.LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-11340645497532458602013-11-15T09:11:32.707-06:002013-11-15T09:11:32.707-06:00Local Thinking Friend Eric Dollard wrote to say,
...Local Thinking Friend Eric Dollard wrote to say,<br /><br />"I do not believe that we are headed for a civil war, although some 'militia' may try to set up an independent republic somewhere. I believe much of the secessionist talk is motivated by racism; when Obama's term ends, things may settle down." LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.com