Thank you, do you remember the author's name or the title of
the book?
Take that, Gary.
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| Gary Drescher wrote:
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| "Jim Macklin"
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| Gee, I do remember exactly what the author said, in
context.
| Since did not make up what he said and this is neither a
| court of law or a college manuscript, my word is all
that I
| need.
|
|
| Intellectual integrity should not be restricted to
courts and colleges. It
| is deeply slanderous to claim that a respected black
author had written "a
| book about how glad he is his ancestors were slaves",
and deeply
| irresponsible to make such a defamatory claim without
even trying to verify
| it. (Of course, a sufficiently racist person might not
even realize that the
| claim is defamatory, and thus might not realize that
special care is
| warranted before making the claim.)
|
|
| If you question my memory, you're certainly free to
| research the matter and print your results.
|
|
| That's ludicrous. It's impossible to prove that an
alleged passage did *not*
| appear in some unnamed book by some unnamed author. The
burden of proof is
| obviously on the person who claims it *did* appear.
|
| But your worldview is so impervious to reality that you
are able to continue
| to believe that your recollection is accurate even if
neither you nor anyone
| else is ever able to find the outrageous book you claim
to have read. Thus,
| in your imaginary world, there are respectable African
American authors who
| are grateful for slavery, and your inability to actually
find such an author
| does nothing to undermine your self-serving belief.
|
| --Gary
|
| I saw the same interview on C-SPAN several years ago. Mr.
Macklin's
| recollection is not inaccurate. I don't remember the
exact words,
| phrases, and punctuation used, but Mr. Macklin correctly
posted the gist
| of it here. Before challenging one's "worldview" and
making remarks
| questioning "intellectual integrity," it's surely best to
know what you
| are talking about.