Re: race card

[DonaldH675@aol.com]

Dear Visionaries,

The following paragraph from Credenda Agenda Volume 9 is Doug Wilson's 
self-published "explanation" of how racism developed in the South:  

"We must recognize the racism that has afflicted many in the South since the 
war is the fruit of the Reconstruction, not of slavery and the war. Those 
southern whites who today despise blacks, far from showing ongoing 
resistance, are continuing to submit to that humanist nightmare which was 
first imposed at Reconstruction. Far better would be the attitude of Southern 
whites who fought and bled alongside Southern blacks. At a reunion of the 7th 
Tennessee Cavalry in 1876, Col. William Sanford said, 'And to you our colored 
friends . . . we say welcome.  We can never forget your faithfulness in the 
darkest hours of our lives.  We tender to you our hearty respect and love, 
for you never faltered in duty nor betrayed our trust.'[ The Confederate 
heritage includes deep affection between white and black."

This thinking is as limited in scope and understanding as it is morally 
repugnant.  Vision 20/20 readers who are interested in Doug's glorification 
of the "old South" (or those who are morbidly curious) should visit 
http://www.credenda.org/issues/9-1thema.php

Please, Doug, spare us any future lectures on race or the "race card."  If I 
feel the urge to listen to defenders of the Old South, I'd just as soon turn 
to Jesse Helms, David Duke, or better yet, "Gone with the Wind."  The latter, 
at least, has entertainment value.

One more day for to tote the weary load,
Rosemary Huskey