tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post7666066329724500700..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Manzanar National Historic SiteDiary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-28301222804948371822017-04-13T19:04:26.439-07:002017-04-13T19:04:26.439-07:00True, biblical Christianity doesn't act or tal...True, biblical Christianity doesn't act or talk this way because it will always follow the example of Jesus Christ. To be a Christian in the true sense is to be a "little Christ." It is Americanized "christianity," which is more patriotic than Christ-like, that produces this rubbish. That reminds me of pre-war Germany...<br /><br />I had a pretty heated run-in with one of these people through Facebook in March. It was essentially over ethnic cleansing and the alleged superiority of America. First time I've ever been warned to be careful or I'd become a "bleeding heart." ha! Apparently, I'm the most "unchristian" person she's met "in a long time," among several other things. <br /><br />"And the farmer hauled another load away,<br />And you could tell <br />By the smell, <br />That it wasn't a load of hay."Mary E. Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206071568335923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-63946722434121409882017-04-13T18:37:02.136-07:002017-04-13T18:37:02.136-07:00If you haven't seen this, you should take a lo...If you haven't seen this, you should take a look. Censored photos of the Japanese internment:<br />http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/12/censored-photos-from-inside-u-s-japanese-concentration-camps/#<br /><br />One of the dirty, little known secrets of Texas history is that they had an internment camp here for German-Americans during WW II. It was called Crystal City. http://tpr.org/post/texas-matters-secret-history-crystal-city-wwii-internment-camp#stream/0<br /><br />The tragedy is that I can see similar things happening again if things don't change for the better in this country.Mary E. Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206071568335923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-72824737104368561362016-10-21T10:45:19.135-07:002016-10-21T10:45:19.135-07:00One of my interesting musical experiences was with...One of my interesting musical experiences was with a woman whose Chinese American ancestors built the Transcontinental Railroad. She had some pretty harrowing stories of prejudice and hate that were passed down. It was a bit startling to realize that her people were Americans before my people were. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-5343071100338727302016-10-20T17:12:29.937-07:002016-10-20T17:12:29.937-07:00I used to sing in choir with a Japanese-American w...I used to sing in choir with a Japanese-American woman whose grandfather was put in a camp. He was so mad that he went back to Japan after the war. It's almost like getting someone to love America by stuffing them in a camp doesn't work, or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-20303336726964343392016-10-19T10:50:55.658-07:002016-10-19T10:50:55.658-07:00I am very concerned by the levels of fear and hate...I am very concerned by the levels of fear and hate in our country right now, and devastated that my own religion seems to be the locus for it. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-74773578995011975872016-10-18T18:42:57.004-07:002016-10-18T18:42:57.004-07:00One of those internment camps, Granada, was here i...One of those internment camps, Granada, was here in Colorado. I have not yet visited there, nor the site of the even more shameful Sand Creek massacre, also in eastern Colorado. I pray, Never Again; yet I fear we may yet sink still lower...jochanaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143066702059757955noreply@blogger.com