Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Intolerance thrives in Palin's PNW

Intolerance thrives in Palin's Pacific Northwest | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/14/2008

The Philly Inkky has a fascinating opinion piece by a "Catherine McNicol Stock".
Catherine McNicol Stock is chair of the history department at Connecticut College and author of "Rural Radicals: Righteous Rage in the American Grain"

Among her quotes in this 1000-word ... article:

There is no evidence that Palin was ever affiliated with white-supremacist groups during her years in Idaho or at home in Alaska. On the other hand, the beliefs of ultraconservative, evangelical churches like her family's come dangerously close to those of the Christian Identity movement of those years. Likewise, Palin's husband was a member of a political party whose members favored secession for Alaska, suggesting an affiliation with radical antistatism. [emphasis added]
The theme here is, that there are Radical Militants in the six states of the Pacific North West (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington) and since these are Bad People, anyone who lives in this area is tainted with the extremism which they exemplify.

Go read the article and find a more lenient ... or at least less accusatory ... interpretation.

Then read the comments (106 comments during the 3 days since it was published, as of this date).

Even the Liberals are opposed to the tone and conclusions of this article.

If you don't like that, watch "How Modern Liberals Think" ... 45:55 minutes on
YouTube. But generally worth the time.

(H/T - Kim: Lennonism I and Lennonism II)

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