Comments on: Wallbuilders #2 Man Compares David Barton’s Critics to Hitler and Alinsky https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/13/wallbuilders-2-man-compares-david-bartons-critics-to-hitler-and-alinsky/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 20:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/13/wallbuilders-2-man-compares-david-bartons-critics-to-hitler-and-alinsky/#comment-93130 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:37:24 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11989#comment-93130 In reply to Jen.

@Jen – It really is humorous to consider a Porchmuth native elitist, especially this one.

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/13/wallbuilders-2-man-compares-david-bartons-critics-to-hitler-and-alinsky/#comment-73843 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:30:43 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11989#comment-73843 Byron – Just think of how elite those ten minutes would have been if I had been awake…

Your turn.

]]> By: StraightGrandmother https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/13/wallbuilders-2-man-compares-david-bartons-critics-to-hitler-and-alinsky/#comment-73818 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:30:41 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11989#comment-73818 That Bad Dog- FOR THE WIN!!!

I have been following WThrockmorton on Twitter for a while now and I must say I am really enjoying this. I never really thought of him as “elitist” though.

]]> By: Michael Miles https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/13/wallbuilders-2-man-compares-david-bartons-critics-to-hitler-and-alinsky/#comment-73820 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:30:41 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11989#comment-73820 I can’t divine the sincerity of the beliefs, but they are nothing if not highly calculated and effective. This flank of the culture war is purely political, ambitious and targeted. The academy needs to do much more than react to individual skirmishes.

I jumped on that thread. It is a much different perspective than I am used to experiencing. And quite hostile.

]]> By: Michael Lynch https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/13/wallbuilders-2-man-compares-david-bartons-critics-to-hitler-and-alinsky/#comment-73812 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:30:41 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11989#comment-73812 I had never heard of Green before finding a link to his response on a religious history blog, and found it to be downright bizarre. He lambasts Barton’s critics for innuendo and derogatory references while at the same time comparing them to Hitler, denouncing them as “elitists,” and impugning their supposed motives. He claims that the critics haven’t documented any specific problems with Barton’s work, which is simply not true. And he argues that Thomas Nelson pulled the book because of the HarperCollins acquisition, despite the fact that Nelson still offers books by the likes of Billy Graham and Max Lucado. This is not the way to engage in historiographical give-and-take.

–ML

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