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Been there; done that

Reflections and Observations
​ on American Religion and Politics

They Always Said the "South Would Rise Again"

11/10/2017

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When General Kelly noted this week that Robert E. Lee was an honorable man—and added that we could have avoided the war if people had been willing to compromise—he was rightly criticized.
“Honorable” is not apt label for a slaveholding traitor, as many pointed out, and compromising on whether some people can own other people is morally repugnant. And of course the North and the South did actually compromise repeatedly.

Kelly’s opinion shocked many, but for others it invoked a familiar framework about the Civil War that protects white supremacy and which is at the core of one of the most influential strands of today’s evangelicalism: the strand that help elect Donald Trump. On twitter, as part of the #emptythepews hashtag, ex-evangelical @toriglass wrote, “to be honest, evangelicals never stopped debating whether slavery was actually bad.”
She’s right.
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She’s right.


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Nick link
3/15/2018 08:00:39 pm

Hello, Liked your little blurb. Wanted to share this 12 minute video clip I made from the punch line of half a dozen whistle-blower testimony which clearly shows the ethnic cleansing war on drug/modern slavery Kelly is referring to.

https://youtu.be/xVdXStapd4k

This clip is actually an intro to my website which documents how God saved me from being assassinated by the same evil forces exposed in that clip. They destroyed my family when I was 15.

My website www.USAdevils.com

I'm sure you will enjoy it.

God bless you.

Nick

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Clare link
6/12/2022 12:38:21 pm

Thank you for shariing

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