[Vision2020] Welcome to Confederate Latah County . . .

[Joe Campbell]

I wouldn't defend anything related to the Confederacy. Good luck with doing
so -- but don't blame me if people continue to think badly about you. Comes
with the territory.

Don't you have something better to do with your time? Why not do something
constructive. It is not like the display is needed. Is there any
educational value? What?

Joe

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> Would you call placing a confederate flag in a cabinet housing an
> historical display about a confederate soldier that has a tie to Latah
> County in the Latah County Courthouse indefensible?
>
> Because I wouldn't.
>
> Also, the one-dimensional liberal / conservative axis is failing us here.
> We need more nuance in American politics than that.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 07/13/2012 09:47 AM, Joe Campbell wrote:
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> I think it is best to avoid defending the indefensible, anything to do
> with slavery in particular. There are A LOT of better uses for your words
> and your motivations will always be questioned -- no matter how many times
> you call yourself a liberal.
>
> Joe
>
> On Jul 13, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> You have to walk on eggshells around here, lest your honest opinion be
> mistaken as an attack on all things liberal.  Which is ironic because I
> consider myself to be a liberal (at least on some issues).  And I hate
> walking on eggshells.
>
> Paul
>
> On 07/13/2012 12:25 AM, Scott Dredge wrote:
>
>  Wow! - welcome back to the V Paul.  You're a much better man than I am!
> [note to myself: never share a painful personal experience trying to make a
> perfectly valid point on the V lest you be savagely crucified by 'holier
> than thou' Tom and Donovan)
>
> [image: Sad smile] - [image: Sad smile] ---------------- [image: Sad
> smile]
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:13:51 -0700
> From: godshatter at yahoo.com
> To: thansen at moscow.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Welcome to Confederate Latah County . . .
>
>
> At the risk of sending everyone into an apoplectic rage by suggesting that
> they may be over-reacting, exactly what is the purpose of that display?  Is
> it, perhaps, to display information on a historical time, event, or person
> connected to the Civil War?  If so, then having a confederate flag in the
> display might make sense.  Also, trying to imply that the US and State
> flags are unimportant because they placed a table in front of them with a
> box on it seems a bit of a stretch.
>
> Paul
>
> On 07/12/2012 01:17 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
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>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
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