Comments on: That Which We Deny http://themoderatevoice.com/19183/that-which-we-deny/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 05:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: runasim http://themoderatevoice.com/19183/that-which-we-deny/comment-page-1/#comment-153244 runasim Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:02:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/human-rights/19183/that-which-we-deny/#comment-153244 I don't know enough about US involvement in atrocities in Latin America to say whether I agree with your analysis. .<br>In a general way, though, I definitely feel that our inability to face up to the errors and wrongs in our history. shapes our contentious and aggresive culture and breeds hatred toward anyone who so much as brings up the subject. <br><br>Equally pernicious is our inability to live comfortably with complex, dual nature acions. I'm referring to things like our use of the atomic bomb. It is said that doing so saved lives in the end, and that's a legitimate way to look at it. However, there is no logical reason why we can't, at the dame time, acknowledge the suffering that caused and mourn for the vicims. <br><br>When we sweep everything under the rug, the act of keeping so mcuh hidden creates a tension that can burst out in ugly ways. <br>The reaction to Rev. Wright is one such example. I don't know enough about US involvement in atrocities in Latin America to say whether I agree with your analysis. .
In a general way, though, I definitely feel that our inability to face up to the errors and wrongs in our history. shapes our contentious and aggresive culture and breeds hatred toward anyone who so much as brings up the subject.

Equally pernicious is our inability to live comfortably with complex, dual nature acions. I'm referring to things like our use of the atomic bomb. It is said that doing so saved lives in the end, and that's a legitimate way to look at it. However, there is no logical reason why we can't, at the dame time, acknowledge the suffering that caused and mourn for the vicims.

When we sweep everything under the rug, the act of keeping so mcuh hidden creates a tension that can burst out in ugly ways.
The reaction to Rev. Wright is one such example.

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