I have a dream, too.

FRIDAY
JANUARY 14
2000

Joseph Farah
is editor of
WorldNetDaily.com.

              I have a dream, too
              I have a dream that America will return to its
              heritage of freedom.

              But before that dream is realized, we've got to
              stop miseducating kids at every turn. What do I
              mean? Take what your kids are learning today
              about Martin Luther King and the principles of
              American freedom.

              Just take a look at the garbage being produced
              to commemorate King's birthday by Scholastic,
              one of the largest educational publishers in the
              world.

              "Civil rights are the freedoms and rights that a
              person has as a member of a community, state,
              or nation," writes Kathy Wilmore, in an article
              titled "Civil Rights: How Far Have We Come?"
              "In the U.S., these rights are guaranteed to all
              citizens by the Constitution and acts of
              Congress."

              No ma'am, that is not true. Civil rights,
              America's founders taught us so well, are
              God-given, unalienable rights. They don't
              descend from government. They are not given
              out through acts of Congress. They cannot be
              invented by man. They are inherent, universal,
              permanent.

              This is such a foundational point of
              understanding American civic life, history and
              government that it cannot be a simple mistake
              by an educational publisher. This is deliberate
              brainwashing -- an example of the
              dumbing-down process we hear so much about
              in government schools. What these institutions
              produce is not educated students so much as
              spare parts for a giant statist-corporate matrix
              called America.

              As if to underline her point, she adds: "Since the
              1960s, many laws have been passed to
              guarantee civil rights to all Americans,"
              Wilmore writes. "But the struggle continues.
              Today, not only blacks, but many other groups
              -- including women, Hispanics,
              Asian-Americans, people with disabilities,
              homosexuals, the homeless and other minorities
              -- are waging civil-rights campaigns."

              If Scholastic is correct about rights simply being
              extended by legislative decree, then rights can
              be taken away as easily as they are bestowed.
              Those are not rights, folks. Those are privileges.

              Notice the subtle way the struggle by blacks is
              equated with agitation by "the homeless" and
              homosexuals. This is Marxist Indoctrination 101.
              I know, I used to use such techniques myself.
              But now it is thoroughly permeating not just
              academia, but elementary schools and private
              educational companies that must sell their
              products to the government educational
              monopoly.

              "Most people agree that decent housing is a
              basic right," she continues. "Yet millions of
              Americans live in substandard housing -- or
              have no housing at all. They live that way
              because they cannot afford better -- or are kept
              out of better housing by discrimination (unfair
              treatment)."

              Oh, really? That strikes me as a pretty strong
              statement to make without citing any evidence.
              "Most people agree that decent housing is a
              basic right." Hmmmm. I would challenge that
              supposition. Even in America's advanced case
              of intellectual, moral and cultural decay, I don't
              believe a majority would now say that decent
              housing is a basic right. At least I hope not.

              But, even if some poll showed that the
              statement might be technically true, I have to
              add a big, "So what?" Who cares what people
              think about rights? It doesn't matter. Once again,
              rights -- true rights -- descend from God and
              cannot be given to man by anyone else nor
              taken away.

              We also learn from Scholastic materials that
              King got his ideas for peaceful resistance from
              two sources -- Mahatma Gandhi and Henry
              David Thoreau. Gee, you know, I don't deny
              that those folks were influences on King, but to
              ignore King's inspiration from the Bible is
              ludicrous.

              After all, it was Jesus who taught us -- Gandhi
              and Thoreau included -- about loving your
              enemy and "turning the other cheek."

              Ahhh, but then, of course, you have the old
              sticky wicket of religion in the classroom. Better
              to simply ignore reality -- the truth that Martin
              Luther King was a Christian minister. I have a
              feeling that not many kids in government school
              will hear this part of Martin Luther King's "I
              have a dream speech."

              "I have a dream today.

              "I have a dream that one day every valley shall
              be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be
              made low, the rough places will be made plain,
              and the crooked places will be made straight,
              and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and
              all flesh shall see it together.

              "This is our hope. This is the faith with which I
              return to the South. With this faith we will be
              able to hew out of the mountain of despair a
              stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to
              transform the jangling discords of our nation
              into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With
              this faith we will be able to work together, to
              pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail
              together, to stand up for freedom together,
              knowing that we will be free one day.

              "Th

Hmmm. His profile says his current e-mail is captained@home.com

OK, another copied and pasted piece of material. What’s the point this time ?

That is, if there ever was one before…

Coldfire


“You know how complex women are”

  • Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

Good points,
But you have to remember, that Not everyone believes in God, so where do you think their rights come from?
Or even rights for other religions than MLK’s, or yours?

but that aside, Its good to see someone on who isnt starting a thread denouncing MLK as a pervert.


John Larrigan

“82.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot”–Vic Reeves

You know captain, if any of us were even remotely interested in your stuff, we’d be hanging out at the Bigots 'R Us boards.


Some drink at the fountain of knowledge…others just gargle.

So did anyone actually read his post?

I didn’t seeing as how it looks like another rambler with no point or meaning.

No. Civil rights are precisely those rights which are guaranteed by law. Rights which are alleged to be God-given or inalienable would normally be described as “natural” or “human” rights.

Yes, they can. That is the difference between civil rights and natural rights.

Rubbish. Rights granted by law are legal rights. The fact that they may be varied by the appropriate legal authority (as, for that matter, may the US Constitution) does not mean that they are not rights.

Are you British, or is this phrase used in America as well?

Tell that to the people of North Korea, Iraq or China.

Finally, in keeping with what appears to be the MB’s new practice, I offer $10,000* to the person who can provide the most apt and original conclusion to this sentence in 25 words or less:

[*Offer is made for rhetorical purposes only. No intention to pay any actual money is to be inferred]

In the future, perhaps we should make offers of payment in quatloos, phaedybucks or some other fictional medium of exchange. Just in case some two-bit Philadelphia lawyer is reading the board…

I dont think its Captain Ed.

I didnt see anything bad said about MLK…

but then again, I may have missed something…
(oh, and I did see his e-mail address… I think he’s looking for attention, I wouldnt say he really is our friend, Capt. Ed


John Larrigan

“82.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot”–Vic Reeves

Good idea, DrFidelius. Make that a gazillion Phaedybucks.

[Hmm… On second thoughts maybe, as a Briton, I should refuse to participate in any common currency system that the rest of you use.]

Okay Tom. You can use one of the more risible extinct denominations of British currency. Offering “Three guineas and a crown” could be effective.

OK. A bright, shiny farthing to the winner. Thruppence ha’penny to the runner-up.

“A bright, shiny farthing”

TomH, you would not BELIEVE what I misread that for :wink:

Coldfire


“You know how complex women are”

  • Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

I see a grizzled Ewok covered in the blood of the martyrs sitting on the teacher’s desk…

I gotta put that to music

sigh

Nobody cares, Pontificator. Maybe if one day you posted something that came from your own underdeveloped brain stem we’d actually consider giving two shits.

Or not.


We gladly devour those who would subdue us.

“Civil rights, America’s founders taught us so well, are God-given, unalienable rights. . . They cannot be invented by man. They are inherent, universal, permanent.”

Um, certainly yer kidding.

ALL rights, whether civil, legal, or otherwise exist only insofar as others have been willing to die to guarantee them to you. Civilization itself is not a ‘right’ ye’ve somehow inherited by virtue of being born. It is a construct of man, and exists completely at the whim of man.

The only ‘natural’ right that exists is the right to survive or die by yer own wits – no more or less ‘natural’ right than is granted to every animal born to this earth. If ye wish the advantages of the man-made society then the whims of that society will determine the limits and constraints of yer existence.

“Those are not rights, folks. Those are privileges.”

You bet yer ass they are. And we haven’t sacrificed literally millions of young lives over the ages to have smug, snot-nosed, presumptuous ‘pontificators’ lecture US about the value of those privileges. The ‘rights’ of a society have been forged in blood, not created by idealistic declaration.

Feel free to have yer divine author call me collect the moment a ‘right’ is created that someone doesn’t have to die to guarantee.

Dr. Watson
“But 'twas a maxim he had often tried;
That right was right, and there he would abide.” – George Crabbe

I gather that you are complaining about “special treatment” for minorities. We’ll just see about that.

Pontificator, Captain Ed, or whatever the hell your name is, do you actually read what you rant about? It says “GUARANTEE civil rights!” Guarantee! Guarantee! Guarantee! Do I believe that under the laws of nature all men and women are created equal? Yes, I do. Do I believe that the Constitution provides for this? Yes, I do. Do I believe that I am treated equally by my peers, employers, and government? No, I most assuredly do not.

I suppose it’s only fair that the proportion of black to white prisoners is much higher than the proportion of black to white criminals?

And here I was thinking that two people doing the same jobs deserved equal pay. How silly of me.

I don’t think I need to go into the crap Hispanics have to put up with for being from foreign countries and not speaking English- even when they were born and raised in America and speak nothing but English. In most places, Hispanics have a harder time getting jobs because of this.

Most of the stigma assocoated with being Asian has fortunately disappeared in recent times, what with the success many of them have enjoyed on America’s shores. The situation with Hispanics still sometimes does apply here.

My own college was given an F rating for handicap accessibility. I will not have a good time if I ever have to come here in a wheelchair. We all have equal rights to education, so I suppose it’s my own damn fault if I can’t get up the stairs.

You know, I would really like to be able to walk down the street at night without the fear that someone I had inadvertently offended earlier that day by being attracted to women will give me the Matthew Shepard treatment. You demand the right to walk down the street and not be killed by a mugger. How different are those rights? I would also like the right to be attracted to women without reprisals. You do too, you just never have to worry about it.

And finally, the homeless. Is basic housing a right? You spend a week without it and get back to me.

All of these things are outgrowths of natural rights, but they are not being observed. So, we need to make sure they are. How difficult is this for you to grasp? I hope that reincarnation exists, and that you come back as a gay handicapped homeless mixed black/Hispanic/Asian woman. Then we’ll see if you complain about special treatment.


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