Do Not Disavow

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Do Not Disavow By: Rick Davis   When Charlemagne established law Salic in barb’rous land, The gospel flourished, and he saw Christ’s praise on every hand.   (“Do you approve his methods now?”) I do not disavow.   King Godfrey took Jerusalem From bloody paynim hands And brought a halt to Musselmen Invading Christian lands.   (“He did some mean things anyhow!”) I do not disavow.   King Richard with his scarlet shield And passant lions ‘bossed Rode forth again unto the field To regain what was lost.   (“His deeds at Acre you allow?”) I do not disavow.   Unto the Germans Luther brought The gospel full restored, And Calvin at Geneva taught The glory of the Lord.   (“The Jews? Servetus? Holy cow!”) I do not disavow.   Stonewall and Lee like knights of old Fought for their native soil, The true and lovely to uphold Against the tyrant’s spoil.   (“Those vile racists ...
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Go Get 'er, Flannery!

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Finding this quotation by Flannery O'Connor made me so happy. Especially in light of all the love Ayn Rand is getting from conservatives lately.

“I hope you don’t have friends who recommend Ayn Rand to you. The fiction of Ayn Rand is as low as you can get re fiction. I hope you picked it up off the floor of the subway and threw it in the nearest garbage pail. She makes Mickey Spillane look like Dostoevsky.” 
 (The Habit of Being: Letters by Flannery O’Connor, page 398)

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Rose said…
Completely, completely agree. I listened to about five minutes of Ayn Rand on audio tape. Then, yeah, I turned it off.
26 October, 2012 12:22
Erica said…
I made it about a quarter of the way through The Fountainhead, and it started out interesting...but then it got preachier...and preachier...and finally I gave up. Especially when she was evidently trying to put altruism in a bad light, but all the altruists in the book are not, in fact, altruistic. Rand was mistress of insane troll logic. :D
26 October, 2012 18:45
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