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anglagard
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Message 75 of 95 (781732)
04-07-2016 2:10 AM
Reply to: Message 27 by Jon
04-02-2016 11:57 AM


Re: Reasons Matter
Jon writes:
Libraries throw books away all the time - they get worn, aren't read often, need the space, etc. Nobody much cares when they do it as part of their usual business goings on.
But there is understandably a certain amount of discomfort felt by more liberal minds upon finding out that a library may have thrown away a book because of the 'message' it contains.
Since I took over the library system here, guess what has suddenly appeared on the library shelves:
Mein Kampf
Protocols of Zion
Naked Lunch
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
The Turner Diaries
The Necronomicon
The Satanic Bible
All the works of Hunter S. Thompson and C. Cargassian Boyle (the latter in response to a classroom content challenge by some nut on behalf of his dual-credit (HS and college) daughter.
A few others I have forgotten.
I also added some other works that were not there before, such as:
The Qu'ran
The Bhagavad Gita
The Tao
The Ramayana
The Mahabharata
The Popol Vuh
The Torah
20+ alternate translations of the Bible, including the Tanakh.
And a whole slew of respected works on everything from the Bahai to the Zoroastrianism and everything I can think of in between.
As you can see, both the sacred and the profane - currently taking suggestions.
Yet not a peep from a place that could compete with Alabama and Mississippi for reactionary politics (wonder why?). A place where I dare not attach a Sander's bumper sticker to my vehicle (people who are among those small donors get one) because my vehicle would be keyed within the hour while I see ignorant rednecks flaunt the stars and bars on a daily basis.
You may well ask what is the relevance to this thread?
First, if you are going to be a dick, do not even mention my sacred profession.
Second, if you can't understand why a given group that has suffered under 400 years of slavery based solely on origin may find the symbols of that despicable practice when in their face every day somehow offensive, then you are truly clueless. Even Robert E. Lee told his followers to put the symbols of the Confederacy in the attic after he became the first (and unfortunately still among the few) who acknowledged they lost. I suppose you are similarly clueless about how American Indians find the term 'Washington Redskins' similarly offensive after 400 years of genocide.
Third, as far as I am concerned anyone defending the Confederacy is a traitor. I have that right. My ancestors and I have served this nation since it's conception. I am a Cold War veteran in intelligence, my cousin was the head of intelligence for the American Embassy in Iraq (he retired because he told me his position had become "too political"). My uncle was a major in the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam while another was among the first to cross the Bridge at Remagen after his participation in the Battle of the Bulge. My parents both served in the Pacific in WW2 and Korea. My grandfather was in WW1. Albeit my mother had an ancestor who did fight for Florida and the Confederates, but the Yankees got a leg for his troubles. Meanwhile, my father's side and their neighbors all distilled and sold corn likker to both adversaries at the time, thus finding not only a lucrative business enterprise but also ensuring peace in the Ozarks after Pea Ridge until the end (apparently hillbillies aren't so stupid after all). And so on.
I have defended you in the past despite your fuzzy thinking. I feel I have a deeper understanding of who you used to be because of our many chat sessions back when that was more active. I know you used to be better than your recent posts. This is the last time I cut you slack.
Now, I don't recognize the old Jon. Please don't associate or even mention my sacred profession with your bullshit. I don't think you will like the results.
Edited by anglagard, : Replace his with their right before I start going on about all that corn likker and saving lives by making soldiers too drunk to fight

Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Francis Bacon

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