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Old 11-26-2008, 01:23 PM
 
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Wow. When I read stuff like this, I really just can't wrap my brain around what kind of world such people as Medved must inhabit:

Michael Medved : Big Lies that Poison Thanksgiving and Subvert Our Sense of Honor - Townhall.com

I mean, seriously batsh*t.
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Then why read it at all? I just avoid reading stuff I consider crap.
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:33 PM
 
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I just stumbled on it. A quick glance and I was speechless--so had to keep reading.

There's a reason that townhall.com is not my news source of choice, lol.
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:34 PM
 
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Wow. When I read stuff like this, I really just can't wrap my brain around what kind of world such people as Medved must inhabit:

Michael Medved : Big Lies that Poison Thanksgiving and Subvert Our Sense of Honor - Townhall.com

I mean, seriously batsh*t.

What do you not agree with? Calling it batsh*t without saying why or how you disagree with the article isn't exactly enlightening. I, for example, agree with about half of it, but his point of view isn't "batsh*t..." it's valid and some of it is verifiable fact (95% disease deaths, etc).
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:34 PM
 
Location: Washington state
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Wow. When I read stuff like this, I really just can't wrap my brain around what kind of world such people as Medved must inhabit:

Michael Medved : Big Lies that Poison Thanksgiving and Subvert Our Sense of Honor - Townhall.com

I mean, seriously batsh*t.
Medved is a bit of a whacko..check out this from a couple months ago, in which he tries to make the case that slavery wasn't that bad after all.

Michael Medved : Six inconvenient truths about the U.S. and slavery - Townhall.com

Actually Medved's radio show isn't that bad. Unlike most in hate radio, he takes callers and has on guests from the left.
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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slavery as an institution was bad, but it is easy to make the argument that it was good for some people in america. ask someone if they would rather live in atlanta, or some 3 world country and see what the response is.

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Medved is a bit of a whacko..check out this from a couple months ago, in which he tries to make the case that slavery wasn't that bad after all.

Michael Medved : Six inconvenient truths about the U.S. and slavery - Townhall.com

Actually Medved's radio show isn't that bad. Unlike most in hate radio, he takes callers and has on guests from the left.
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:40 PM
 
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What do you not agree with? Calling it batsh*t without saying why or how you disagree with the article isn't exactly enlightening. I, for example, agree with about half of it, but his point of view isn't "batsh*t..." it's valid and some of it is verifiable fact (95% disease deaths, etc).
The writer is "batsh*t" if he thinks he can simply deny the facts of history. Claiming that the colonizers did not infect the Indians with disease is claiming something that is, in fact, still up for debate in the historical community:

Early Bioterrorism and Native Americans
Amherst and Smallpox

MUCH of it is ridiculous. I don't really care to go into details regarding each facet of distortion in the piece. I just posted it as an example of the complete and utter fantasy that passes for news in some corners of the media.
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:41 PM
 
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slavery as an institution was bad, but it is easy to make the argument that it was good for some people in america. ask someone if they would rather live in atlanta, or some 3 world country and see what the response is.
Do they still have slavery in Atlanta? Wow.
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Washington state
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slavery as an institution was bad, but it is easy to make the argument that it was good for some people in america. ask someone if they would rather live in atlanta, or some 3 world country and see what the response is.

I see, so now you and Medved are joined at the hip. Asking a slave's descendants is irrelevant...how about asking a young man or woman who was ripped from the country of his or her birth to be put in chains and on a slave ship...I wonder what their response would be?
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Old 11-26-2008, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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reread what I wrote. it was a generic city example. ask a descendant of a slave who lives in the US, if they would rather live where they are at now, or the third world country where they come from. wow is right. how hard anyone tries to twist words. get real.

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Do they still have slavery in Atlanta? Wow.
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