Thanksgiving Dumbed Down

[Geee]

National Review:

If Abraham Lincoln released his October 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation today, it would be panned by all sides. In the statement that is considered the beginning of the unbroken annual tradition of presidential Thanksgiving proclamations, Lincoln said that God had dealt “with us in anger for our sins.” He recommended “humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.”

The words “sin” and “perverse” would set off the Left as overly judgmental and embarrassingly archaic. The Right would bristle at national self-criticism from the country’s commander-in-chief (at a time of war, no less).

Lincoln had good reason to speak of perversity, of course. He was knee-deep in blood in a civil war precipitated by half the country’s leaving the Union so it could protect slavery. But his proclamation was firmly within the American tradition.

[Valin]

@Geee

 

If I read this article am I going to get depressed?

[Geee]

@Geee

 

If I read this article am I going to get depressed?

 

Aren't most of them depressing in the last couple of weeks

[nickydog]

@Geee

 

If I read this article am I going to get depressed?

 

Aren't most of them depressing in the last couple of weeks

 

Yup.

[Valin]

@Geee

 

If I read this article am I going to get depressed?

 

Aren't most of them depressing in the last couple of weeks

 

Yup.

 

Don't get me started on the subject of historical illiteracy!