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<DIV><FONT size=4>Normal Folks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>As Tom points out, Christ Church Cult Master Wilson
says:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Martin Luther King was a man of great personal
courage and ability, and if we were not being pushed to support a national
holiday in his honor, I would be content to leave the matter there. But the man
was also a scoundrel. Our culture is in the process of deifying him, and someone
should point out that<BR>we are not required to rewrite history for the sake of
a little liberal ''good will.''<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>But, of course, flying under the glorious banner of Covenantal
Hypocrisy, its OK to deify a traitor and a scoundrel like Robert E.
Lee.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4>From: "Tom Hansen" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><FONT size=4>thansen@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT
size=4>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>To: "'Saundra Lund'" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:sslund@adelphia.net"><FONT
size=4>sslund@adelphia.net</FONT></A><FONT size=4>>; <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT
size=4>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:01 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=4>> With a little searching of
the Lewiston Morning Tribune (online edition) of<BR>> January 20, 1990 I
found:<BR>> <BR>>
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<BR>> LIBERAL GUILT DESIGNATES HOLIDAY FOR A SCOUNDREL <BR>> Doug
Wilson<BR>> Lewiston Tribune 1990-01-20 <BR>> Page: A1
<BR>> <BR>> Last Thursday, the Tribune ran an
embarrassed editorial on the national<BR>> holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.
It seems that Idaho is one of the few<BR>> states which hasn't gone along
with all the froth and bubble. The Tribune<BR>> called this sturdy good sense
a defiance of ''the rest of the nation.'<BR>> <BR>> The editorial also
took state Sen. Mark Ricks to task for opposing<BR>> legislation which would
bring Idaho into line. Ricks, R-Rexburg, was guilty<BR>> of saying, ''In my
opinion, there have been people who have done so much<BR>> more than he
has.'' That was enough for the Trib. Reading between the lines,<BR>> the
paper went on to conclude that Ricks was ''whistling Dixie.'' I suppose<BR>>
that what they meant by this was the implication that Ricks is a closet<BR>>
Southerner, from which we are all supposed to infer that he is a racist.<BR>>
Talk about bigotry. Everyone knows that white Southerners are bigots,
right?<BR>> <BR>> The editorial concluded by saying there is no middle
ground between the good<BR>> will symbolized by Martin Luther King, and the
mean-spiritedness and<BR>> intolerance symbolized by Mark Ricks.<BR>>
<BR>> Oh dear. What is a conservative supposed to do? If he doesn't think
a<BR>> national holiday for King is a good idea, does he now have to support
it<BR>> anyway? If he doesn't, then he will not be opposed by those who
question his<BR>> judgment, but by those who would question his
motives.<BR>> <BR>> Contrary to popular superstition, it is possible to
have opposed the<BR>> politics of Dr. King without depising him on account of
his race. It should<BR>> also be noted that the politics of King still occupy
a large segment of our<BR>> current events in the form of Jesse Jackson. If I
don't vote for Jackson,<BR>> does that make me mean-spirited?<BR>>
<BR>> It is also possible to oppose this national holiday on the grounds that
it<BR>> is being used to further a particular current political agenda. This
is in<BR>> distinction from what a national holiday should be: the
recognition of<BR>> historical greatness from a sufficient distance to be
able to make that<BR>> judgment competently.<BR>> <BR>> But white
liberals, riddled with guilt, have trouble with this concept. If<BR>> someone
does a black opponent the courtesy of treating him as a person ,<BR>> with
whom he disagrees, just like he does with other people, the liberal<BR>>
doesn't know where to look.<BR>> <BR>> ''Yes, yes, I know we disagree with
each other all the time, but we're, you<BR>> know, different . If a black
says something stupid, then pretend it didn't<BR>> happen. If you don't, then
we write a editorial calling you mean-spirited.''<BR>> <BR>> Blacks, like
whites, are created in the image of God. They both are to be<BR>> therefore
treated with dignity. Blacks, like whites, are capable of<BR>> monumental
follies. When this happens, then that folly should be attributed<BR>> to the
source, regardless of race, color, national orgin, sex or whatever<BR>> the
current list is that you see in government buildings.<BR>> <BR>> Martin
Luther King was a man of great personal courage and ability, and if<BR>> we
were not being pushed to support a national holiday in his honor, I
would<BR>> be content to leave the matter there. But the man was also a
scoundrel. Our<BR>> culture is in the process of deifying him, and someone
should point out that<BR>> we are not required to rewrite history for the
sake of a little liberal<BR>> ''good will.''<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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