[Vision2020] Howard Dean's Confederate Flag Comment

[Douglas]

Visionaries,

Gee, it's good to know that it is possible to take comments like that out 
of context. I'll have to watch my step. Those of us who want to promote 
constructive race dialog cannot be too careful.

Cordially,

Douglas



At 05:50 AM 11/6/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Thank you for the link, Garrett -
>
>I suspected all along that Dean's comment was taken completely out of
>context.
>
>Take care,
>
>Tom Hansen
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> > Behalf Of Garrett Clevenger
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:46 PM
> > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Howard Dean's Confederate Flag Comment
> >
> >
> > For those curious about Howard Dean's confederate flag comments, he
> > addresses it in a speach found at cspan.org
> >
> > In my opinion, he's hoping that this will create a dialog about
> > race issues
> > in our country.  He says it was a clumbsy comment and regrets hurting
> > peoples feelings, but you never know if he did it intentionally
> > to create a
> > buzz.  I don't think his comment should be construed as condoning
> > racism.  I
> > don't think he's racist.  He just knows that this issue is painful.
> >
> > His message is the same.  He's telling it like it is.  And if you
> > listen to
> > what he says, it makes sense.
> > Dean is not out of this race, no pun intended.
> >
> > His speech from 11/5 is right on.
> >
> > Garrett Clevenger
> >
> > http://www.icehouse.net/garrett
> >
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