Comments on: Worst King Tribute Ever.

By: Magis

Magis — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:02:34 +0000

piny:
(1778/10)
New York- Alexander Hamilton endorses the plan of South Carolina’s Henry Laurens to use slaves as soldiers in the south. “I have not the least doubt that the Negroes will make very excellent soldiers,” says Hamilton , “. . . for their natural faculties are as good as ours.” Hamilton reminds the Continental Congress that the British will make use of Negroes if the Americans do not. In Hamilton’s words: “The best way to counteract the temptations they will hold out, will be to offer them ourselves.”

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:46:01 +0000

They sure are stupid, too. As I’m sure has been said here before, you cannot abort a fetus, you abort a PREGNANCY. They refer constantly to aborting babies/children.

By: other ryan

other ryan — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:49:44 +0000

tigtog – the site is either satire or an idiot-savant attempt at satire. Either way I think the audience that would seriously mistake it for a pro-choice site is very, very small.

I couldn’t find any outside link to see who put it out – anyone know more?

By: That Girl

That Girl — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:47:43 +0000

I apologize Jill, zuzu, piny. I wasnt trying to hijack this thread – I couldnt find anywhere to send an email to any of you and I really wanted to know what you guys thought.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:44:40 +0000

“abortmemommy.org is perhaps one of the most offensive websites… ever”

OK – now think about what that site advocates and what is actually the position of the pro-choice movement.

Just a teeny bit of difference, isn’t there?

By: Liberal Serving

Liberal Serving — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:39:26 +0000

“Sometimes I think about my dead baby, but mostly I don’t.”

More than just awesomely offensive web design (replete with the most hideos font color I’ve ever seen), abortmemommy.org is perhaps one of the most offensive websites… ever. Quoting infallible rhetoric such as:I first asked myself, ‘Is it right to

By: That Girl

That Girl — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:39:17 +0000

I would love to know what you think of this – I found it when I was looking for a mommy & me…

http://www.abortmemommy.org/

By: piny

piny — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:17:12 +0000

But, if I have contemporary sources such as the Federalist Papers I’m going to depend heavily on them. If Hamilton says he meant one thing and somebody 200 years later says, no you didn’t….

There’s a difference between relying on, say, Sir Francis Galton’s essays to establish his position on eugenics and relying on studies conducted by him for data on heredity and intelligence. Contemporary sources frequently come with contemporary bias. Would you trust Alexander Hamilton to tell you about racism during his time?

By: zuzu

zuzu — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:33:59 +0000

Were King still alive today, he would be regarded as an interesting but superannuated pioneer–a Where Is He Now?

Oh, sure. Just like Jesse Jackson, right? He certainly still has the power to get the wingnuts in a lather.

By: other ryan

other ryan — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:07:05 +0000

Some of Kings later speeches are chillingly relevant today. He was far from obsolete. As for Coretta – she was a lot more than a pretty face – her words in favor of queer marriage alone secure her a place in my own personal hall of heros. So gross that the women involved in activism get whitewashed (pardon the clumsy colloquialism) as bland noble care-givers. CSK was a kick-ass activist in her own right – can’t she be remembered as such?