Re: The Anglican Church and slavery.

Ken Down wrote:

[Paul Grieg:]
Kipling is an apologist for imperialism, racism, misogyny, and
fascism . For instance, he set up a fund for General Dyer - the man
responsible for the 1919 Amritsar massacre in India. He attacked the
Irish, trade unions, socialism, Free Trade, liberalism, and democracy.
He was a rabble-rouser for the extremist Ulster loyalist factions who
makes Paisely look like a wet liberal.

With his "white man's burden", "lesser breeds without the Law", "half-
devil and half-child" and fundamental, unthinking preference for
Americans and Brits over Indians or Filipinos he was an outright
racist.

[Mark:]
It's a good job that one of your many errors in that tirade is one
that, had it been an accurate statement, would have resulted in you
being placed on manual moderation :-)

[Ken:]
Er - you may not be aware, but Kipling is no longer with us.

Wasn't that exactly Mark's point?

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