Comments on: In Case You Missed It… http://tfninsider.org/2009/06/22/in-case-you-missed-it/ A Mainstream Voice to Counter the Religious Right Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:03:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Yossarian http://tfninsider.org/2009/06/22/in-case-you-missed-it/#comment-4526 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:55:06 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=3029#comment-4526 In the context of this statement, do you think it would be over the top to recommend the inclusion of Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” as a text for the new curriculum?

The projection of this type of mind-set as victim is truly pathetic; I suppose it shields one’s consciousness from the empathy that would arise if the real suffering of marginalized segments of our culture were understood.

Reading the passage conjured up the image of the first Puritan colonists: huddled and fearful, clinging to their muskets and bibles, and trembling at the thought of the unknown inhabiting the woodlands around them.

]]> By: Coragyps http://tfninsider.org/2009/06/22/in-case-you-missed-it/#comment-4525 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:34:33 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=3029#comment-4525 Nagla: that wasn’t Dr McLeroy quoted above, but Peter Morrison, an appointed “expert” helping with our future social studies curriculum.

]]> By: Robert http://tfninsider.org/2009/06/22/in-case-you-missed-it/#comment-4520 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:47:45 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=3029#comment-4520 holy crap! that statement is completely insane.

]]> By: Cytocop http://tfninsider.org/2009/06/22/in-case-you-missed-it/#comment-4517 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:24:59 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=3029#comment-4517 Not only what century are we in, but what country are we in? The Christian White Anglo-Saxon Protestant United States of America? Seems this is what the writer thinks. Or else the writer thinks this is Salem, Massachusetts circa 1692. Back in the 1970′s, I never dreamed America would have become this. If the above diatribe is an example of Christianity, I am terrified for the future.

]]> By: Nagla http://tfninsider.org/2009/06/22/in-case-you-missed-it/#comment-4512 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:06:44 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=3029#comment-4512 This is so surreal, what century are we in? Are we still fighting the civil war, seems racisim is alive and well. Usually people project their feelings on others and assume that’s their reality, so Mr. Mcleroy must be feeling that way about anyone else who is not of his race, color, or religious persuasion. Why is it that he is feeling so threatened by President Obama to the degree that he would spout such venom? Is it scary to think that other people have rights and that these rights need to be respected? Again what version of christianity is he adhering to, the one that said slavery was okay and whites are superior to any other race. I am just flabbergasted.

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