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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Arthur Pewtey)
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Subject: The Old Ways - final comments
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 18:36:12 EDT
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What can we say about the difference between Identity Christian movements and
movements like the Moral Majority?  The only one I can think of is in the area
of public relations:  the Moral Majority is a "prettier", more PR-conscious
movement than the Identity Christians, who are more willing to resort to
violence at any time than MM.  The Moral Majority and their radical
fundamentalist ilk may speak in sweet voices publicly how they're not Nazis
("See?  We love Israel!  Therefore we love the Jews!"----note how the
hypocritical cheek is turned to reveal face #2 when they proclaim "How dare you
accuse us of being anti-Semitic when we're simply maligning the behavior of
Jews?").  The IC's, on the other hand, are at least not masking their beliefs
with sugarcoating (they use more "big lie" oriented forms of deception).  Is
what the Moral Morality and the fundamentalist religious right are saying any
different from the words of Don Black above?  I'd say not at all.  So recognize
what it is they're really saying.  And realize that this goes for those who
would proclaim "I'm not one of them", while their actions betray at best a
shocking insensitivity and at worst an appalling level of bigotry.  They may
say, "You know nothing about my church!", but we have witnessed and learned
something about the beliefs that their churches have ingrained in them, and
the actions that result.  (And, no, I'm not singling out one particular person
here either.)

It is becoming apparent that the Don Black persona was more than likely a
fraud perpetrated by DEC employees.  The fact that Don Black is the name of a
leader of the Alabama (?) KKK, plus the fact that Ken Arndt was conspicuously
absent (uncharacteristically so) during this whole affair (with some of
"Black's" material echoing his style), are factors leading to this conclusion.
Would an actual person who actually worked for DEC who actually believed what
was said actually leave his actual name?  Nonetheless, "Black's" words are
worth looking at for what they represent.  Some may take this as some sort of
excuse to say "Now you see why I didn't bother speaking out!"  20/20 hindsight.
-- 
"to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day
 to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human
 being can fight and never stop fighting."  - e. e. cummings
	Rich Rosen	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr