tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post4040022131093075921..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Of Tea Parties, Historical Fundamentalism, and AntihistoryPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-67610674781813631942010-11-03T13:16:15.282-06:002010-11-03T13:16:15.282-06:00Good stuff, Lin. Perhaps someone needs to do somet...Good stuff, Lin. Perhaps someone needs to do something similar, with more than a book, regarding the influence of David Barton on the study of history, especially among conservative Christians and in parts of the homeschooling movement. Barton's significance has only grown as a result of Glenn Beck promoting his work and his view of American history.<br /><br />Curtis J EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-43143586411890945652010-10-28T15:30:16.012-06:002010-10-28T15:30:16.012-06:00"Austin Hess was offended at being called a r...<i>"Austin Hess was offended at being called a racist; he said we lived in a post-racial world. I took him at his word and wanted to be sympathetic with him."</i><br /><br />Well, that's nice, since her book says that Hess' girlfriend is black.<br /><br /><i>"But that’s why they love the American Revolution, because they see it as a white, pre-racial movement, which of course it wasn’t. But that’s sort of the point of the book, and why I gave it the title it has [The Whites of Their Eyes]." </i><br /><br />Well, that's a relief, sort of. But I wonder how many people will take the title to imply racism.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-91996410392170187512010-10-28T06:23:10.410-06:002010-10-28T06:23:10.410-06:00Great interview, Lin. Thanks for posting this.Great interview, Lin. Thanks for posting this.Phil Sinitierenoreply@blogger.com