tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post156134719134514261..comments2024-01-24T11:31:17.214-08:00Comments on The Dad App: The Fall of 1963McCord Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341524921094467756noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-88917382909419829222013-11-21T14:47:02.927-08:002013-11-21T14:47:02.927-08:00I hope you're not as pessimistic as this makes...I hope you're not as pessimistic as this makes you sound. I am very optimistic about our country, and believe we've made great strides, giant leaps in fact. Gay marriage is becoming a reality, we do have a black president, and women hold great positions of power. Our country is more diverse than ever, and most of these people live and work in peace with one another. Are we perfect-- far from it. But man is an imperfect animal. We can only strive and do our best. CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-89020037453317858692013-11-02T10:49:31.194-07:002013-11-02T10:49:31.194-07:00I'm a fairly honest scribe. When JFK was shot...I'm a fairly honest scribe. When JFK was shot, my grandmother burst into tears. I blurted out . . . "But Grandma, he's a democrat . . . " and my life changed.Jane Phillipson Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08432042857620008932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-39283996170688994992013-11-02T08:47:23.565-07:002013-11-02T08:47:23.565-07:00Thanks, David. You have a good point. I have to ad...Thanks, David. You have a good point. I have to admit that I like a good Ted Cruz joke.McCord Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341524921094467756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-68978239335034055822013-11-02T07:53:13.189-07:002013-11-02T07:53:13.189-07:00Beautiful Mac! You paint an accurate picture of th...Beautiful Mac! You paint an accurate picture of those times. And I have to second your comment about Dad and JFK. Both were fair and generous men. JFK would be considered fiscally conservative by today's standards. And while Dad may have had politically incorrect generalizations about black culture, he did judge men individually, without color being a factor. I don't know if he was ahead of his time, or whether 'fair thinking' was more prominent, although less politicized then,than we're willing to ackowledge. I know It's easy to broad brush the men of the south of that era. And I hope no one is offended by this observation, but I see a cavalier dismissal of conservative southern men these days. Maybe it's deserved. Maybe it's karma. But we must be careful not to invent a new "nigger"<br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com