Grace, redefined, is vital Pynchon ( as we know)

[David Morris]

The flag became a racist symbol when, after over 100 year of obscurity, it
was resurrected, when LBJ got the Voting Rights Act passed in 1960. It's
new public life back then said to the racist majority that it's still Our
Country. Don't worry. See? We can still flaunt our racism in public with
this, our flag of Rebellion. Them Yankees really didn't win the war down
here.

The heritage and regional arguments are a very intentional cover.

David Morris

On Friday, June 26, 2015, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agree with most of what you say, but for the record, I think the kerfuffle
> over the rebel flag is being yanked and tugged in some very
> counterproductive directions.
>
> Take it down from government buildings, yes, by all means. It's ridiculous
> that it's flown there in the first place.
>
> However, if anybody wants to fly it outside their homes, or get it
> tattooed, or wear it on a T-shirt, or paint it on top of their shitty
> muscle car... GO FOR IT! I try to base my opinion of what people are like
> based on how they treat me face to face, in a one on one situation... NOT
> by what's on their t-shirts.
>
> It's not "a racist symbol". It's a symbol with some racist connotations
> (and some not). Hell, there probably is not a single national flag in
> existence that would pass any marginally clever contrarian's ethical purity
> test. Infinitely more blood has been shed in the name of the Union Jack.
>
> MT / J
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 9:47 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> It was a big week!  A three-fer!  (ACA, Fair Housing, Gay marriage, &
>> Confederate porn disgusti). I think the pendulum has officially moved
>> into the leftward arc.
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 26, 2015, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','igrlivingston at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, this is a big, big day. For the first time in what seems ages, the
>>> pendulum seems actually to be turning back toward the left. The US has now
>>> made a big step into changing things for the better worldwide. When I told
>>> Colette this morning about the SCOTUS ruling, she broke down and wept with
>>> joy and relief for her many gay friends and associates. It's a day to
>>> remember.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pres. Obama made grace, Marilyn Robinson's deeply Calvinistic
>>>> religiosity--he quoted her--
>>>> The major theme of his eulogy today for Rev Pinckney.   And he led the
>>>> singing of AMAZING GRACE.  Amazing.
>>>>
>>>> amazing day today in the USA.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad-
>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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