[rockrr]

jmacusa, it will make sense to you when you understand that Traitorism is a type of secular religion centered on a celebration of selfish and cowardly anarcism. It’s not particularly clever or original and in fact is expressed in that great Unitarian hymn to state power Dixie. Ironically there are churches that don’t notice who or what this hymn is celebrating.

Traitorism celebrates a divine right of its leaders to bring death and destruction on those who refuse to bow to its power. One wonders how they would react if say an Obama were to call up 75,000 troops to wage war on North Carolina for opposing gay marriage or some other great moral crusade.

;’}

[Pelham]

Imitation being a the greatest form of flattery.

At least you tried despite the fact that Dixie was penned as a minstrel show tune by an Ohio yankee in the 1850s and isn’t a hymn in any fashion, certainly not a Unitarian example. By contrast Julia Ward Howe was married to the prominent Unitarian Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe and oddly enough did call her song a hymn. Go figure.

As for ‘Traitorism’ we have the example of King George on August 23 1775 condemning the colonials for

” arraying themselves in a hostile manner, to withstand the execution of the law, and traitorously preparing, ordering and levying war against us”

that “such rebellion hath been much promoted and encouraged by the traitorous correspondence, counsels and comfort of divers wicked and desperate persons “

such that “that not only all our Officers, civil and military, are obliged to exert their utmost endeavours to suppress such rebellion, and to bring the traitors to justice, but that all our subjects of this Realm, and the dominions thereunto belonging, are bound by law to be aiding and assisting in the suppression of such rebellion, and to disclose and make known all traitorous conspiracies and attempts against us”

Traitorism is never popular among rulers and believers in the divine right of kings. It’s easy to understand the position of George and Abe without agreeing with them.

http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/procreb.html

[DiogenesLamp]

jmacusa, it will make sense to you when you understand that Traitorism is a type of secular religion centered on a celebration of selfish and cowardly anarcism.

And of course, the Jar Jar binks of Historical knowledge and intellect shows up for comic relief.

One wonders how they would react if say an Obama were to call up 75,000 troops to wage war on North Carolina for opposing gay marriage or some other great moral crusade.

And this is a lot closer to the truth than you unwittingly realize.

In 1860, the agitators for abolition of slavery were the political equivalent of liberal gay marriage proponents. They too were from Liberal New England, and motivated by Puritanism and entranced with the idea of using Federal power against the states.

Left wing Kooks from the North East then, Left wing Kooks from the North East (and now California) now.

[BroJoeK]

rockrr: "it will make sense to you when you understand that Traitorism is a type of secular religion centered on a celebration of selfish and cowardly anarcism."

Nicely done!

Btw, I had no idea this thread was still chug, chug, chugging along from June 23!