I would urge you to re-read what I wrote. My essay makes the exact point that Douglass’ speech isn’t a love letter but an indictment. But the *reason* for the indictment, as he himself noted in the speech—both at the beginning and at the end—is hope: hope that America can live up to its promise, BECAUSE he believes in its founding princi…
I would urge you to re-read what I wrote. My essay makes the exact point that Douglass’ speech isn’t a love letter but an indictment. But the *reason* for the indictment, as he himself noted in the speech—both at the beginning and at the end—is hope: hope that America can live up to its promise, BECAUSE he believes in its founding principles. I’m not the one who cherry picks from that speech to suit my political agenda. My entire point, which I state very clearly in this essay, is that people on both the left and the right cherry pick from the speech and obscure his intentions.
And for the record, no one controls what I say or write. I write precisely what I think and believe, and FAIR has never demanded or even gently suggested that I do or say anything except what I think and believe.
I would urge you to re-read what I wrote. My essay makes the exact point that Douglass’ speech isn’t a love letter but an indictment. But the *reason* for the indictment, as he himself noted in the speech—both at the beginning and at the end—is hope: hope that America can live up to its promise, BECAUSE he believes in its founding principles. I’m not the one who cherry picks from that speech to suit my political agenda. My entire point, which I state very clearly in this essay, is that people on both the left and the right cherry pick from the speech and obscure his intentions.
And for the record, no one controls what I say or write. I write precisely what I think and believe, and FAIR has never demanded or even gently suggested that I do or say anything except what I think and believe.