August 23, 2017
A pro-Confederate Soldiers Monument article - and my brief exchange
Jack Kemp
In reply to the hate-filled screeds of the left aimed against statues of Robert E. Lee and others, Russell Nagelkirk wrote a detailed article at American Thinker called "Why Are There Monuments of Confederate Soldiers?" http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/why_are_there_monuments_of_confederate_soldiers.html In it, Mr. Nagelkirk spoke elequently of both Lincoln's and Lee's efforts to heal the Nation's wounds after the Civil War. As he put it, " In the Civil War, America suffered a fall from grace. But grace was used to turn enmity into comity." I urge you all to read that fine piece.
This brought a number of posted responses, including one from me and a rebuttal to my remariks. I include those and my earthy, plain spoken counter rebuttal to a reader with the screen name of "President Borat."
In reply to the hate-filled screeds of the left aimed against statues of Robert E. Lee and others, Russell Nagelkirk wrote a detailed article at American Thinker called "Why Are There Monuments of Confederate Soldiers?" http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/why_are_there_monuments_of_confederate_soldiers.html In it, Mr. Nagelkirk spoke elequently of both Lincoln's and Lee's efforts to heal the Nation's wounds after the Civil War. As he put it, " In the Civil War, America suffered a fall from grace. But grace was used to turn enmity into comity." I urge you all to read that fine piece.
This brought a number of posted responses, including one from me and a rebuttal to my remariks. I include those and my earthy, plain spoken counter rebuttal to a reader with the screen name of "President Borat."
- JackKemp • a
day ago
This article makes one recall a statement about those who attend churches (and, by logical extension, other houses of worship). The saying goes: A church is not a museum for saints but a hospital for sinners. The same can be said of those same congregation members operating outside their houses of worship, as well as those who do not attend religious services. This country is not a place where self-declared perfect people dictate to "Deplorables," particularly for thought crimes in a manner similar to past Chinese Communist "Right Thinking" enforcement by the Red Brigades. This country is a place where imperfect people work to overcome their imperfections, their shortcomings. And such people exist on both sides of the political spectrum. And we are helped in our individual and collective journies through life by helping one another to learn better practical ways to cope and function, not assume we, by virtue of our position papers, have all the answers. That is why Donald Trump won the primaries and the Presidential election. People were tired of pontificators from both sides of the aisle, people who never met a payroll (or managed a military company or a brigade), telling them how to deal with the challenges of life
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President Borat (to) JackKemp• 5 hours agoif people are tired of pontificators then why did they elect Donald Trump? He never met a payroll he didn't bankrupt or stiff and he certainly never had a thing to do with a military company.
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JackKemp (to) President Borat • a minute agoPresident Borat, since you reference the movie world, I will reference a few lines from another film in reply.In the movie "Almost an Angel," Crocodile Dundee portrays a man just released from prison who risks his life saving a girl from a speeding car on the street. Knocked unconscious and briefly sent to heaven, he meets G-d, portrayed in the movie by Charton Heston. Dundee, a lifetime reprobate, asks G-d why he was chosen to be saved and to do G-d's work. To this G-d replies (words close to this), "In the old days, I had giants like Jesus and Moses to do my bidding. Now I have to rely on s***bags like you!"Pres. Trump isn't exactly as pure as even those of us who voted for him in November, myself included, would have preferred. But who else would have had the combination of qualities to take on the Republican-Democrat duopoly/Congressional Country Club? Mitt Romney? Jeb Bush? Hillary? Not a chance.
UPDATE: "President Borat" went on to say some more nasty things to me and perhaps even others (I noticed his other comments without reading them). I wanted to have his remarks removed but there was no form to request it - and it was a few days old - so I let it slide.
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In looking back at our exchange of comments a few days later, I saw that someone in authority had removed his remarks directed at me. Perhaps his other remarks on that thread were removed - I don't know.
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