I'm not KKK, I just want to preserve my heritage...

[nailer]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

.... My grandparents were burned out of their home in the 1920s in north central Iowa farm country by KKK Know Knothings... My grandfather knew the Governor of Indiana in the 1920s, and later in life had his silent Klan card in his trove of documents...

Did your grandfather set fire to your your grandparent's home?

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by nailer

Did your grandfather set fire to your your grandparent's home?

'Taint funny, McGee.

[Pio1980]

Five myths about why the South succeeded.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlo...6jD_story.html

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Same problem with gold in a famine.

Life was filled with guns and war
And all of us got trampled on the floor
I wish wed all been ready
The children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish wed all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
A man and wife asleep in bed
She hears a noise and turns her head he's gone
I wish wed all been ready
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears and ones left standing still
I wish wed all been ready
The father spoke, the demons dined
How could…


My music teacher in 7th grade would get really upset trying to get us apathetic young teens to sing anything. I remember her trying to get us to sing this one you made me remember the line about gold and bread Pio.

I sort of knew Miss Louk was pushing the religious envelope at the time.
Poor thing she was up against young kids starting to listen to Led Zeppelin.

[whell]

Originally Posted by nailer

Please show me where you told a blue they were right without immediately making a point discounting your agreement. And while you're at it, why not explain what it is for the forum.

Folks around here are celebrating the ouster of Steve Bannon As stated earlier, I agree that it was long overdue.

I'm not sure what you're asking in your 2nd Q.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by icenine

Life was filled with guns and war
And all of us got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready
The children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
A man and wife asleep in bed
She hears a noise and turns her head he's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears and ones left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready
The father spoke, the demons dined
How could…


My music teacher in 7th grade would get really upset trying to get us apathetic young teens to sing anything. I remember her trying to get us to sing this one you made me remember the line about gold and bread Pio.

I sort of knew Miss Louk was pushing the religious envelope at the time.
Poor thing she was up against young kids starting to listen to Led Zeppelin.

Didn't get that wed =we'd until I looked it up....

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by whell

Folks around here are celebrating the ouster of Steve Bannon As stated earlier, I agree that it was long overdue.

I'm not sure what you're asking in your 2nd Q.

Recall you said I'd never get it?

He was asking you to explain what 'it' is.

[whell]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

You can't tolerate the intolerant. If you try, the intolerant will wipe out tolerance, then where will you be. This isn't me. A big name philosopher, Karl Popper, laid this out, called it The Paradox of Tolerance. You can look it up.

Applies to nazis.

And all this time I thought tolerance was a virtue. I'm familiar with Popper, but his paradox of tolerance idea has practical limitations, most notably that fact that there isn't always agreement about what shouldn't be tolerated. Regardless, even Popper made the point that:

I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise.

I don't think there are any shortages of rational arguments that counter Nazism or white supremacy, nor do I think that public opinion is at risk of being overrun by Nazism or white supremacy. The same is true for Antifa and BLM.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

I don't think there are any shortages of rational arguments that counter Nazism or white supremacy...

Then why doesn't your Trumpenfuhrer make them? He was presented with the easiest slam-dunk in American politics - condemning Nazism. Instead, he called them "fine people."

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by whell

And all this time I thought tolerance was a virtue. I'm familiar with Popper, but his paradox of tolerance idea has practical limitations, most notably that fact that there isn't always agreement about what shouldn't be tolerated. Regardless, even Popper made the point that:

I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise.

I don't think there are any shortages of rational arguments that counter Nazism or white supremacy, nor do I think that public opinion is at risk of being overrun by Nazism or white supremacy. The same is true for Antifa and BLM.

BLM doesn't equate to antifa.