A Response
Have you ever seen a paradigm shift without a clutch? You can watch it here, here and here.
1. For those who use rational thought: it'll be some good humor. If it doesn't amuse you, go to point 2
2. For those that do their thinking based on emotion: You're the ones we're chuckling at and you need to read further.
Two quotes:
"4th. The point is that this site regularly exposes the left and the tricks they use to further their agenda. Sometimes the agenda is the right way to go (as was the case with black civil rights) but most times it isn't. I believe we should be able to decide on an issue based on the merit of the arguments put forth as opposed theatrics.Richard Evans Homepage 10.26.05 - 8:03 am #"
and
"Well, I think both things can be true. I wouldn't have had the guts to do what she did, staged or not. And yes, it was planned in advance; she wasn't just tired. She was an NAACP member, not just a "cleaning lady."
This matters. The incident worked _because_ there was an infrastructure in place to stage it then keep it in the news, run the boycott, etc. It wasn't just "one person making a difference", but a group of dedicated people.
The romanticism of history, usually the fault of eager journalists, does no one any favours in the long run.
Inevitably, it creates resentment. With Parks, MLK and others being portrayed as near saints, it made it almost impossible for those who felt the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional to get a fair hearing. Who cared about some old piece of paper in the face of these brave individuals...? Who cared about whether or not the government should be able to tell private companies who they had to serve...? Who cared about long standing traditions of states rights or property rights?
None of that was as romantic and dramatic as the protests. And anyone, even liberals, who dared to raise the constitutional conundrums was "just a racist" or an "uncle Tom".
But "staged" or not, that doesn't take away from what Parks and her colleagues accomplished in an extremely dangerous atmosphere. Roe v. Wade was "staged", now it sounds like "Lawrence" was staged. It seems like the liberal way of getting things changed, whether we like the results or not.Posted by: Kathy Shaidle at October 25, 2005 09:20 AM "
One link:
http://tammybruce.com/archives/2005/10/rosa_parks_the.php
Now a note to those who STILL wish to call me racist:
1. For those who use rational thought: it'll be some good humor. If it doesn't amuse you, go to point 2
2. For those that do their thinking based on emotion: You're the ones we're chuckling at and you need to read further.
Two quotes:
"4th. The point is that this site regularly exposes the left and the tricks they use to further their agenda. Sometimes the agenda is the right way to go (as was the case with black civil rights) but most times it isn't. I believe we should be able to decide on an issue based on the merit of the arguments put forth as opposed theatrics.Richard Evans Homepage 10.26.05 - 8:03 am #"
and
"Well, I think both things can be true. I wouldn't have had the guts to do what she did, staged or not. And yes, it was planned in advance; she wasn't just tired. She was an NAACP member, not just a "cleaning lady."
This matters. The incident worked _because_ there was an infrastructure in place to stage it then keep it in the news, run the boycott, etc. It wasn't just "one person making a difference", but a group of dedicated people.
The romanticism of history, usually the fault of eager journalists, does no one any favours in the long run.
Inevitably, it creates resentment. With Parks, MLK and others being portrayed as near saints, it made it almost impossible for those who felt the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional to get a fair hearing. Who cared about some old piece of paper in the face of these brave individuals...? Who cared about whether or not the government should be able to tell private companies who they had to serve...? Who cared about long standing traditions of states rights or property rights?
None of that was as romantic and dramatic as the protests. And anyone, even liberals, who dared to raise the constitutional conundrums was "just a racist" or an "uncle Tom".
But "staged" or not, that doesn't take away from what Parks and her colleagues accomplished in an extremely dangerous atmosphere. Roe v. Wade was "staged", now it sounds like "Lawrence" was staged. It seems like the liberal way of getting things changed, whether we like the results or not.Posted by: Kathy Shaidle at October 25, 2005 09:20 AM "
One link:
http://tammybruce.com/archives/2005/10/rosa_parks_the.php
Now a note to those who STILL wish to call me racist:
I
Don't
Care!
If you're not bright enough to take what I've posted at face value, then you're not bright enough to have your opinion matter.
posted by Richard at 06:13
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