[Vision2020] Welcome to Confederate Latah County . . .

[Paul Rumelhart]

Thinking bad of me is pretty much par for the course around here. There 
is a difference between defending the Confederacy and defending an 
informational display that relates to the Confederacy.

But while we're on the subject, I have no problem with someone 
displaying or glorifying the Confederacy, or pretty much anything else.  
Freedom of expression and all that.  Just not as an official display in 
the Courthouse.  But since this appears to be an informational display 
about the history of one local resident, I have no problem with it.

Why would there be any educational value to a historical display? That 
would be ludicrous.

Paul

On 07/13/2012 12:16 PM, Joe Campbell wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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:
>>     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
>>     <mailto: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)
>>>>
>>>>     Sad smile - Sad smile ---------------- Sad smile
>>>>
>>>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>     Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:13:51 -0700
>>>>     From: godshatter at yahoo.com <mailto:godshatter at yahoo.com>
>>>>     To: thansen at moscow.com <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>
>>>>     CC: vision2020 at moscow.com <mailto: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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>>>
>>>>         Tom Hansen
>>>>         Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
>>>>         "If not us, who?
>>>>         If not now, when?"
>>>>
>>>>         - Unknown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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