tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552880991412553088.post1170908142394609095..comments2024-02-09T02:39:35.343-05:00Comments on Two Seeds on a Blog: Sex and Silliness in South CarolinaJudy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15345722113065788774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552880991412553088.post-72981237135057803052010-06-15T10:32:51.612-04:002010-06-15T10:32:51.612-04:00Might as well laugh about it as cry, Tim.
By glos...Might as well laugh about it as cry, Tim.<br /><br />By glossing over or omitting the funny, sad and negative aspects of our history when our history books are written, we tend to go along with and repeat the same absurd and tragic mistakes.<br /><br />Defensiveness about the racism, militarism and fundamentalism that permeates our history is rather obvious when folks go on and on about how proud they are to be South Carolinians.Tom Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709800599813555016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552880991412553088.post-21005154915588862232010-06-15T07:48:02.680-04:002010-06-15T07:48:02.680-04:00If this wasn't absolutely true it would be fun...If this wasn't absolutely true it would be funny. It's funny how our history is written to avoid almost all of these funny, sad, important episodes.Tim O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653709506879101775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552880991412553088.post-30876426067273428942010-06-13T17:16:33.379-04:002010-06-13T17:16:33.379-04:00We have had a rather large amount of silliness and...We have had a rather large amount of silliness and stupidity in politics for quite some time. It did not begin with Strom Thurmond, Lee Atwater or Mark Sanford.<br /><br />South Carolina has a long and sordid history of being a hotbed of militarism, racism and fundamentalist religion. <br /><br />In the Revolutionary War South Carolina folks slaughtered their neighbors in a struggle of loyalties to either the colonials or the British. <br /><br />We imported more slaves through Charleston than any other port in America and had the highest ratio of blacks slaves to whites of any state.<br /><br />We started the Civil War by firing on Ft. Sumter. <br /><br />We probably have the highest ratio of military personnel and civilians working for the military to non military related people of any state. Our media glorifies and romanticizes war and our military "heroes" even more than the national media. What is heroic about killing so many innocent civilians in our imperialistic wars for the benefit of the big oil companies, the military industrial complex and the banksters who finance it all? Low ranking military personnel are more like cannon fodder than heroes to me. I have two bumper stickers on my car: one says "War is Terrorism, With a Bigger Budget" and the other "Peace on Earth" with a pretty white dove holding an olive branch.<br /><br />The Christian Coalition was begun in our state and Lee Atwater brought the bible thumping fundamentalists from their revival tents into the "big tent" of the Republican Party.Tom Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709800599813555016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552880991412553088.post-1709377711497102742010-06-13T14:14:21.978-04:002010-06-13T14:14:21.978-04:00Well, you can't deny that SC pols sure seem to...Well, you can't deny that SC pols sure seem to like being in the spot light no matter how stupid or crazy they appear.<br /><br />But don't feel bad. I read yesterday that Ten-uh-see is rated # 1 as the most corrupt state with Virginny running a close second. It looks like SC may surge ahead.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.com