tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16017668.post1422852031639396081..comments2023-09-06T04:13:26.083-07:00Comments on untethered: Throw Granny Under the Bus, Hug the Store-Front Preacher, Affect MagnanimityDennis Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233729780363740881noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16017668.post-73347541516496327762008-04-02T12:18:00.000-07:002008-04-02T12:18:00.000-07:00Great blog here, Dennis. This post in particular i...Great blog here, Dennis. This post in particular is top-notch. And Brent, I've made that same point as well without people getting the real point behind it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16017668.post-71464573265040734272008-03-20T22:10:00.000-07:002008-03-20T22:10:00.000-07:00"If you're still with me I do not offer wealth and...<I>"If you're still with me I do not offer wealth and material progress as excuses for apartheid, slavery or the economic exploitation of native peoples. But, having no status or position in this society to protect, I am allowed to openly consider if their absence from history wouldn't leave most of the world to primitive squalor and ignorance."</I><BR/><BR/>A favorite recent rhetorical device of mine is to engage someone (preferably an Obamanaut) in a discussion of the evils of slavery, then get them to agree wholeheartedly with me that slavery was not only America's "original sin", but that the country would have been far better off had it never happened. <BR/><BR/>As of yet, no one has carried the thought to its logical extreme. At least, or no one has yet called me a racist for suggesting it.Brent Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603524747101364060noreply@blogger.com