Yeats is certainly right.  I can remember a newspaper advertisement for a 
fundamentalist church in California printed in the Los Angeles Times.  It 
showed the pastor under the bold inscription;  "Why do they hate us?"  I 
hadn't a clue who he was or what his church preached.  This was in the 1980s 
and it seemed strange at the time.  The reason for it is now clear.  One 
side declared the "culture wars," whereas the putative "other side" tended 
to be oblivious.

Even more to the point, like many on this list I am NOT a Republican but 
have relatives who are Republicans.  Some also are devout Christians, 
including evangelicals.  These people are family, not neighbors or 
colleagues.  One loves one's family even when differences well up.  This 
idea that there is a secular (humanist!?) America with no connection with 
conservative, capitalist, Christian America is a myth which simply ignores 
genealogy.  Vice President Dick Cheney is the model here.  He has a lesbian 
daughter who is pro-gay rights.  Have he and his wife disowned her?  No!! 
Blood is, as I was taught as a child, thicker than water.

Harold S. Forsythe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Apology


"They must to keep their certainty accuse
All that are different of a base intent;"
--Yeats


On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:31:03 EST, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>Don't worry. Saying you hate Republicans will only endear you to the crowd
>on this blog.
>
>J South

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