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Last edited by SeattleUte; 11-25-2015, 09:17 AM.When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
--Jonathan Swift
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostJefferson was a politician, and as such he mirrored the flaws of his constituents in addition to being himself deeply flawed (he sexually abused an adolescent slave girl!). As a politician, he was a convenient person to mythologize and deify as every nation needs its founding myth. Also, as a politician, he contributed nothing original to the history of ideas. On the grounds that you and Lebowski want to continue to deify him we should actually be worshiping Locke, Hume, Adam Smith, Voltaire, and others who were truly original and courageous, instead of him."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostThere you go again with the false dichotomies! Who said I don't love and respect those others?When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
--Jonathan Swift
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostI was weeping before the Gettysburg address.
In my own worshiping of graven images, I point to the time I played fantasy football while it was just getting started. You should have seen the spreadsheet I created. It download the stats weekly, broke them down according to our league rules, told me who to play from week to week, etc. It was a thing of beauty!
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostWe're talking about the University of Virginia's idolatry of Jefferson.
You troll quite a bit, but always remain in character."Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."
Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostJefferson was a politician, and as such he mirrored the flaws of his constituents in addition to being himself deeply flawed (he sexually abused an adolescent slave girl!). As a politician, he was a convenient person to mythologize and deify as every nation needs its founding myth. Also, as a politician, he contributed nothing original to the history of ideas. On the grounds that you and Lebowski want to continue to deify him we should actually be worshiping Locke, Hume, Adam Smith, Voltaire, Paine, and others who were truly original and courageous, instead of him.
I may come closer to deifying Washington. But he also deserves it more.
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostThe part of Judaism and Islam I most agree with is no graven images (Christianity claims this rule too but absolutely does not live by it; it's a creed that adores men if there ever was one).
http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...mple-yesterday
Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostSee it calls itself a temple. It is a temple for all who love liberty.Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostDid you cry? I always do.
http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...l=1#post998434
Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post... I was nine, and those images have stayed with me ever since. I have always ever since pictured in my mind's eye the words inscribed on the walls of the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials ...
Now there's an even richer experience to be had. You have the MLK memorial -- boy was he ever the Dr. J of oratory. His memorial is close to FDR's, and his quotations make FDR's lines look prosaic. And it seems he was never reading form a text. I love the huge MLK statue. The FDR memorial captures the man's strength, contributions to our republic and personal vulnerabilties perfectly....
http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...l=1#post777249
Originally posted by SeattleUte View Postlol yes, all people of a certain generation or generations were racist. Lincoln for most of his political career was not an abolitionist. He rendered the emancipation proclamation when it suited him politically, and served the end of saving the Union. Our founding fathers enshrined slavery in the Constitution. I still have vivid memories of people I loved as a child saying racist things. We all do. SO WHAT. That's a singularly uninteresting and irrelevant point."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Jeff, I'm being consistent. I'm saying that you can contextualize racism all you want, but it doesn't exonerate the racists in any epoch. Here I have elaborated that there have always been people who opposed racism and had our outlook.When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
--Jonathan Swift
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostJeff, I'm being consistent. I'm saying that you can contextualize racism all you want, but it doesn't exonerate the racists in any epoch. Here I have elaborated that there have always been people who opposed racism and had our outlook.PLesa excuse the tpyos.
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostJeff, I'm being consistent. I'm saying that you can contextualize racism all you want, but it doesn't exonerate the racists in any epoch. Here I have elaborated that there have always been people who opposed racism and had our outlook.
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostJeff, I'm being consistent. I'm saying that you can contextualize racism all you want, but it doesn't exonerate the racists in any epoch. Here I have elaborated that there have always been people who opposed racism and had our outlook.Last edited by Topper; 11-25-2015, 12:49 PM."Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."
Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.
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Trigger warnings, safe spaces, and fascism on college campuses
Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostJeff, I'm being consistent. I'm saying that you can contextualize racism all you want, but it doesn't exonerate the racists in any epoch. Here I have elaborated that there have always been people who opposed racism and had our outlook."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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