The Politics of Gene Wolfe

David Stockhoff · 07 Jul 2010, 00:27 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:27:30 -0400
Subject: (urth) The Politics of Gene Wolfe
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As was mine!

I admit; I lied. I WAS being a little facetious.

But I really don't think the Founders were concerned about armed white 
men killing blacks. First, the rhetoric hadn't heated up to the point 
where it was 100 years later. You could still teach black slaves to 
read. Second, they would have been more concerned, however 
unrealistically, about armed black slaves killing whites, but again see 
point #1. Indians were far more of a "problem" (i.e., scapegoat).

Do you support slaveowners' right to arm themselves against slave 
uprisings? Do you support the right of slaves to arm themselves against 
their "owners"?

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