Sunday, April 20, 2014

Put Down That Nativism!

Meanwhile, at the National Review, V.D. Hanson is being taken to task by Blaise Pascal, who is defending the Spanish version of the Inquisition.
It is surprising Dr Hanson is ignorant of the Inquisition and it's purpose. He uses the old anti -Catholic bromides of the Church of England. The Inquisition was set up as a court to try people who were accused of heresy and religious crimes.Before the Inquisition was set -up people were at the mercy and whim of the local prince, magistrate or bishop to mete out justice. Most people who went before the Inquisition were exonerated. I suggest Dr. Hanson put down his 19th century nativism and read Dr. Thomas Madden of St. Louis University on the real Inquisition.
Totally sic, btw.

None of the Inquisitorial revisionists, however, seem to think Dr. Hanson is a nut when he types this sort of thing:
Hounding out people with different views is seen by the Left as a necessary means to achieve its supposedly noble goals — just like the Spanish Inquisitioners who claimed God was on their side as they went after religiously “incorrect” Jews, Muslims, and heretics.
Break out the thumbscrews, it's party time!!

4 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Nobody projects like a wingnut.

Bring...the comfy chair!
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ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Totally
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Unrelated.
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Weird Dave said...

Reading National Review at 0525?

That would drive me insane.

M. Bouffant said...

Boy Wonder Editor:
Yep, some might interpret nut-picking from around 0430 to 0525 (& in an NRO comment section that's two wks. old) as a cry for help, but what do they know?

Don't assume though. Some of the spew is scheduled for early local time (for Easterners & worse) but I was sho' nuff awake & typing (if not thinking) in this sad case.

And time doesn't matter so much in a bunker.