[Vision2020] A Fresh Look at Southern Slavery As It Was

Fri Feb 2 10:57:40 PST 2007

Isn't it possible, and not just to a wacky moonbat like myself, that 
Wilson's ministries are about something far greater and than monetary gain 
-- and yet include gaining profit in service of that greater cause?

And, if that were the case, wouldn't that mean that your assessment of 
Rose's views is illogical as well as ill-informed?

Profiting from bad scholarship, bigotry, errant theology, divisiveness, 
privilege, evasiveness and a collective calloused heart is bad enough, but 
not as bad, I think, as promulgating such beliefs and exhibiting such 
actions in the first place.  That people buy this crap simply reaffirms that 
it's dangerously effective among what we hope is a limited group of 
pathetically insulated people.

keely

From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
To: "donald huskey" <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Fresh Look at Southern Slavery As It Was
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:07:56 -0800

Rose, nice to hear from you again, it's been a while.

Less than half a year ago I asked you point blank, face to face, if you 
thought that Mr. Wilson and his ministry was about financial gain. You 
looked me in the eye and replied, in no uncertain terms, that you did not. 
One of the few direct answers I received from you on topic CC. Your reply 
was such that I was lead to believe that it was pretty much the only evil 
which you didn't hold Team Wilson guilty of.

When you bend and flex your assertions to suit whatever audience you have in 
front of you at any given time, it's just one more reason for me to dismiss 
the position  that you and your wacky band of moonbats champion.

g
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: donald huskey
   To: vision2020 at moscow.com
   Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:26 PM
   Subject: [Vision2020] A Fresh Look at Southern Slavery As It Was

   Visionaries:

   The discussion of the Wilson / Wilkins infamous little pamphlet "Southern 
Slavery As It Was" is not a new topic on V2020.   SSAIW has been roundly 
condemned by academics, theologians, and the majority of this community.  
It's defenders are few, and generally limited to the ragged remnant of 
Neo/Paleo Confederates who think Gone With the Wind is non-fiction.  To 
those of us familiar with SSAIW it was a great relief when Canon Press 
stopped publishing this ill-considered, poorly written, historically 
inaccurate, heavily plagiarized, piece of trash.

   Sadly, SSAIW appears to have been given new life by Blue Bonnet Press 
<http://www.bluebonnetpress.com/> in the book The War Between The States.  
Blue Bonnet Press is owned by John Dwyer.  Mr. Dwyer holds an undergraduate 
degree in Journalism, has engaged in unspecified  "post-graduate studies in 
history" (note: no degree listed) and holds a Masters from Dallas 
Theological Seminary.  He is employed at Coram Deo Academy  
<http://www.coramdeoacademy.org/content/teacherpages/index.php#dallas> a 
member school of the Association of Classical Christian Schools, Doug 
Wilson's accrediting agency for Christian schools modeled on Logos School.

   Dwyer, principal author and editor, describes his  700 + page effort as a 
book that:

   "[refuses] to cater to anyone's notion of the truth other than that of 
history itself. Most contemporary so-called "scholarship" on most time 
periods and particularly of the American War Between the States is so 
blinded by materialistic, utilitarian, Marxist-oriented perspectives on 
government, society, and history that it fails the "smell test" for what is 
accurate history, not to mention how problematic its judgments and 
assumptions are to those who hold a Christian world view and a 
traditionalist perspective of Constitutional, Republican American 
government."  http://www.bluebonnetpress.com/wbts_interview.html

   Mr. Dwyer did not tackle this magnum opus single-handedly.   He was aided 
by George Grant, J. Steven Wilkins, Doug Wilson, and (former) secondary 
principal at Logos School, Tom Spencer.  Study Guides for the book are 
online at:

   http://www.bluebonnetpress.com/wbts_sg_part1.html

   Chapters 7 and 8 are titled "Southern Slavery As It Was".  The Study 
Guide for these chapters include such penetrating questions as:

   "4..      Using the arguments given in this chapter and others you may 
think applicable, give your opinion on the question debated in 1845 by two 
Presbyterian pastors:                        "Is SlaveHolding in Itself 
Sinful, and the Relation Between Master and Slave, a  Sinful Relation?"

   5.         In your opinion, how useful to understanding and judging 
antebellum slavery is an analysis of the practice within the context of 
Biblical principles on the subject?"

   http://www.bluebonnetpress.com/pdf/SGQs_Ch_7.pdf

   Clearly, SSAIW has once again reared its ugly head to contaminate the 
minds and stunt the intellectual growth of children whose Kirk-enthralled 
parents lack the mother-wit to recognize the difference between the racist, 
Neo-Confederate cretins pretending to be legitimate historians and 
authentic, academically-trained scholars.

   It became apparent to me many years ago that Doug Wilson is not averse to 
financial gain at the expense of truth.  Nonetheless, his share of royalties 
from this $39.00 book are undoubtedly minimal.  Who among us would be 
willing to target an audience of children with the grotesquely deceitful 
content of Southern Slavery As It Was in exchange for a pocket full of 
pennies?   Once again, I ask Doug Wilson, have you no shame?

   Rose Huskey

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