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"The big news is that Billy Graham was still alive this whole time. Anyway, have fun in Hell, B----h."
She later replied to comments at her remarks:
"'Respecting the dead' only applies to people who weren't evil people of shit while they were living, thanks."
Really?
During a 1953
(Yes, a time when the voice of compassion in race relations was all but mute)
rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
Graham tore down the ropes that organizers had erected to separate the audience into racial sections.
He recounted in his memoirs that he told two ushers
to leave the barriers down "or you can go on and have the revival without me."
"we have been proud and thought we were better than any other race, any other people.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to stumble into hell because of our pride."
Billy Graham is now being criticized for leaving children in his wake damaged by his absences
which resulted in divorce, drinking, and drugs --
similar things were written after the death of John Adams about his children.
It is easy to disparage a man after he is no longer alive to defend himself.
He is now said to have damaged the LGBTQ community with his legacy.
Sigh
Rev. Graham was a product of his times and spoke from his interpretation of the Bible.
Do we truly expect people of decades ago to have the same mind-set as we possess?
How unrealistic is that?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LAUREN DUCA'S REMARKS?
A lot of writers, filmmakers, etc., portrayed characters in their creations that acted according to accepted stereotypes or attitudes of the era in which they were created. It doesn't make these creative people bigoted or racist. Sadly ignorant, well, yeah, probably.
ReplyDeleteOver time, people's attitudes change, pure and simple. Fifty years ago, homosexuality was considered a mental disorder. Roughly one hundred years ago, most people were against giving women the right to vote. Long before that, slavery was considered a perfectly acceptable institution. I certainly wouldn't want to return to those older attitudes, but I take them into account when making decisions about people's thoughts and actions during whatever era I'm considering, and try not to judge others by today's standards.
Yes, David, to judge a person from the past for not living today's standards does seem unreasonable. :-)
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