[Vision2020] Playing the victim

DonaldH675@aol.com DonaldH675@aol.com
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Jerry,
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Once again it is time for a little plain speech - will you guys ever learn?=20=
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Do not, I repeat do not, even begin to think you are in a position to lectur=
e=20
me on racism or its effects.  Unless you are a person of color, or from a=20
family of color I warn you this is not a road you want to walk down.=20

Apparently, you are so busy playing vicarious victim you don=E2=80=99t have=20=
the=20
mother wit to discover what is right in front of your nose.  It is my sincer=
e=20
belief that until Doug pointed out in print (in my opinion a disgraceful red=
=20
herring) that multi-racial families owned Zumes=E2=80=99 and Buchers=E2=80=
=99 the majority of the=20
community was unaware of the ethnicity of the owners or their families.  A m=
ore=20
accurate version of how these accusations of hate crimes or racially=20
motivated boycotts (as you characterize them) came about might go something=20=
like this.=20
 Picture a group of Anglophilic, middle-class, privileged-in-ways-they-can=
=E2=80=99
t-even-begin-to-comprehend, white men hoping to be mistaken for C.S. Lewis,=20
Chesterton or Tolkein, sitting around smoking their pipes, drinking their da=
rk=20
beer, wringing their plump little hands, and moaning amongst themselves abou=
t how=20
*they* suffer from the racist intoleristas in Moscow.=E2=80=A6.and the rest=20=
is=20
history.
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If the boycotts exist at all, and I have no reason to believe they do, I=20
think it is because people choose not to tithe Christ Church, even indirectl=
y. =20
Speaking for myself, and I want to be perfectly clear about this, hell will=20
freeze over before I knowingly put a penny in Doug Wilson=E2=80=99s pocket=20=
=E2=80=93 and the last=20
time I saw him, he was white. Where=E2=80=99s the racism there?
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Zume Bakery and New Saint Andrews are located right across the street from a=
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business that serves alcohol.  I don=E2=80=99t think that it is a giant leap=
 to=20
imagine that the hanging lights seemed inviting to those suffering from impa=
ired=20
judgment. Crude, loathsome, and unhygienic as public spitting may be, one ca=
n=20
hardly describe a glob of sputum on New Saint Andrews=E2=80=99 doorstep as a=
 hate crime.=20
Good heavens, man, there are globs of spit all over Moscow, are those spots=20
also evidence of hatred toward NSA? For all you or I know an unhappy NSA stu=
dent=20
who didn=E2=80=99t pass his class in standup comedy expressed himself in thi=
s nasty=20
way.  If you want to investigate crimes, I suggest you put on your deerstalk=
er=20
and find out who stole the safe from Zume Bakery.  Or, resurrect the case of=
=20
the now defunct Morton Street Casino and bar.  Be a good little soldier and=20
reported it to the police, if you genuinely want to make Moscow a more saint=
ly=20
community.  Oops, I forgot, it was young Saints who were running the place w=
asn=E2=80=99
t it?  Thousands of dollars changed hands and lots of alcohol went down=20
under-aged throats in that den of sin. Surely, even in your mind, unlicensed=
=20
gambling is significantly more serious than sidewalk spitting. =20
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Vitriolic?  Please.  Here=E2=80=99s what I think is vitriolic.  George Grant=
, a great=20
pal of your pastor, who has been repeatedly invited to speak at Agenda=20
Credenda opinion forums, openly expresses his desire to overthrow the govern=
ment and=20
replace it with a theocracy.  (Actually, maybe that=E2=80=99s more like trea=
son than=20
vitriol.)  Did you know that George Grant obtained all his advanced degrees=20
from an audio-tape correspondence school?  http://www.whitefield.edu/ Is thi=
s=20
what passes as academic credentials in your crowd?  It is astonishing that y=
ou=20
actually pay money to hear his opinion on anything beyond how to reverse a=20
tape.  Let=E2=80=99s not overlook the honey-tongued Mr. Lost Our Slaves hims=
elf, Steve=20
Wilkins.  Remember him?  I asked you several questions about the sin of raci=
sm in=20
reference to that bigoted little booklet he co-authored with your pastor. =20
Questions, I might point out, you dodged.  But then, you learned that techni=
que=20
at the feet of a master, didn't you?
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Have you no insight, Jerry Owens?  Don=E2=80=99t you think that I have asked=
 myself=20
over and over if I am being absolutely truthful, and fair in my very strong=20
condemnation of your pastor and his ungodly cronies?  Am I being accurate in=
=20
documenting my accusations?  And why do I bother?  It is my firm and unflagg=
ing=20
conviction that right wing theocrats mean harm to this country in general an=
d my=20
family in particular.  I do not dismiss their efforts =E2=80=93 all I have t=
o do is=20
look at Congress to see how successful they have been in their stealth=20
campaigns.  Apathetic citizens, decent, but politically uninvolved people, a=
re their=20
unwitting allies.  And, if from his secure little nest, surrounded by relati=
ves=20
and those economically dependent on him, Doug Wilson thinks for one nano=20
second that I will ever retreat on this topic he is so wrong.  Until he repu=
diates=20
his connections with League of the South extremists, denounces theocratic=20
crackpots, and takes full responsibility for his instigating and perpetuatin=
g=20
this community uproar, I will be on his case like white on rice.  And you ca=
n=20
take that to the bank. =20
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Rose Huskey
Only the very arrogant or the simple minded would be dumb enough to piss off=
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an old lady, and you, my lad, are getting far to close to the edge.
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Jerry,</FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Once again it is time for a little plain speech - will you gu=
ys ever learn?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Do not, I repe=
at do not, even begin to think you are in a position to lecture me on racism=
 or its effects. <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>Unless you a=
re a person of color, or from a family of color I warn you this is not a roa=
d you want to walk down. </FONT></P>
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oman" size=3D3></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Apparently, you are so busy playing vicarious victim you don=
=E2=80=99t have the mother wit to discover what is right in front of your no=
se.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>It is my sincere belief t=
hat until Doug pointed out in print&nbsp;(in my opinion a disgraceful red he=
rring) that multi-racial families owned Zumes=E2=80=99 and Buchers=E2=80=99=20=
the majority of the community was unaware of the ethnicity of the owners or=20=
their families. <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>A more accura=
te version of how these accusations of hate crimes or racially motivated boy=
cotts (as you characterize them) came about might go something like this.<SP=
AN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Picture a group of Anglophilic,=
 middle-class, privileged-in-ways-they-can=E2=80=99t-even-begin-to-comprehen=
d, white men hoping to be mistaken for C.S. Lewis, Chesterton or Tolkein, si=
tting around smoking their pipes, drinking their dark beer, wringing their p=
lump little hands, and moaning amongst themselves about how *they* suffer fr=
om the racist intoleristas in Moscow.=E2=80=A6.and the rest is history.</FON=
T></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>If the boycotts exist at all, and I have no reason to believe=
 they do, I think it is because people choose not to tithe <st1:place><st1:P=
laceName>Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:p=
lace>, even indirectly. <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>Speak=
ing for myself, and I want to be perfectly clear about this, hell will freez=
e over before I knowingly put a penny in Doug Wilson=E2=80=99s pocket =E2=
=80=93 and the last time I saw him, he was white. Where=E2=80=99s the racism=
 there?</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=
=3D"Times New Roman">Zume Bakery and New Saint Andrews are located right acr=
oss the street from a business that serves alcohol.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacer=
un: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I don=E2=80=99t think that it is a giant leap to imag=
ine that the hanging lights seemed inviting to those suffering from impaired=
 judgment. Crude, loathsome, and unhygienic as public spitting may be, one c=
an hardly describe a glob of sputum on New Saint Andrews=E2=80=99 doorstep a=
s a hate crime. Good heavens, man, there are globs of spit all over <st1:Cit=
y><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>, are those spots also&nbsp;eviden=
ce of&nbsp;hatred toward NSA? For all you or I know an unhappy NSA student w=
ho didn=E2=80=99t pass his class in standup comedy expressed himself in this=
 nasty way.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>If you want to in=
vestigate crimes, I suggest you put on your deerstalker and find out who sto=
le the safe from Zume Bakery.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN=
>Or, resurrect the case of the now defunct Morton Street Casino and bar. <SP=
AN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>Be a good little soldier and rep=
orted it to the police, if you genuinely want to make <st1:City><st1:place>M=
oscow</st1:place></st1:City> a more saintly community.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spa=
cerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Oops, I forgot, it was young Saints who were runni=
ng the place wasn=E2=80=99t it?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SP=
AN>Thousands of dollars changed hands and lots of alcohol went down under-ag=
ed throats in that den of sin. Surely, even in your mind,&nbsp;unlicensed ga=
mbling is significantly more serious than sidewalk spitting.<SPAN style=3D"m=
so-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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oman" size=3D3>Vitriolic?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Ple=
ase.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Here=E2=80=99s what I th=
ink is vitriolic.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>George Gran=
t, a great pal of your pastor, who has been repeatedly invited to speak at A=
genda Credenda opinion forums, openly expresses his desire to overthrow the=20=
government and replace it with a theocracy.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"=
>&nbsp; </SPAN>(Actually, maybe that=E2=80=99s more like treason than vitrio=
l.)<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Did you know that George=20=
Grant obtained all his advanced degrees from an audio-tape correspondence sc=
hool?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; <A href=3D"http://www.whitefie=
ld.edu/">http://www.whitefield.edu/</A>&nbsp;</SPAN>Is this what passes as a=
cademic credentials in your crowd?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; I=
t is astonishing that y</SPAN>ou actually pay money to hear his opinion on a=
nything beyond how to reverse a tape.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp=
; </SPAN>Let=E2=80=99s not overlook the honey-tongued Mr. Lost Our Slaves hi=
mself, Steve Wilkins.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Remembe=
r him?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I asked you several qu=
estions about the sin of racism in reference to that bigoted little booklet=20=
he co-authored with your pastor.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </S=
PAN>Questions, I might point out, you dodged.&nbsp; But then, you learned th=
at technique at the feet of a master, didn't you?</FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Have you no insight, Jerry Owens?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun:=
 yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Don=E2=80=99t you think that I have asked myself over an=
d over if I am being absolutely truthful, and fair in my very strong condemn=
ation of your pastor and his ungodly cronies?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: ye=
s">&nbsp; </SPAN>Am I being accurate in documenting my accusations?<SPAN sty=
le=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>And why do I bother?<SPAN style=3D"ms=
o-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>It is my firm and unflagging conviction that=20=
right wing theocrats mean harm to this country in general and my family in p=
articular.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I do not dismiss t=
heir efforts =E2=80=93 all I have to do is look at Congress to see how succe=
ssful they have been in their stealth campaigns.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun:=
 yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Apathetic citizens, decent, but politically uninvolved p=
eople, are their unwitting allies.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; <=
/SPAN>And, if from his secure little nest, surrounded by relatives and those=
 economically dependent on him, Doug Wilson thinks for one nano second that=20=
I will ever retreat on this topic he is so wrong.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun=
: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Until he repudiates his connections with League of the=20=
South extremists, denounces theocratic crackpots, and takes full responsibil=
ity for his instigating and perpetuating this community uproar, I will be on=
 his case like white on rice.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN=
>And you can take that to the bank.&nbsp; </FONT></P>
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Times New Roman" size=3D3>Rose Huskey</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Only the very arrogant or the simple minded would be dumb eno=
ugh to piss off an old lady, and you,</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" s=
ize=3D3>&nbsp;my lad, are getting far to close to the edge.</FONT></P>
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