Jefferson was a towering figure for the ages--an American equivalent of a Renaissance Man! The efforts to tear down Jefferson, and other genuine American heroes is part of a Leftist war on our cultural heritage.
See Creating Hate In America Today.
Moreover, for anyone to criticize Jefferson on the subject of race--and the article is not entirely accurate on his views, consider the fact that Jefferson did not ask anyone to accept any view, his or any other, uncritically. Rather he called for us to take advantage of having three major races in close proximity, by studying each as an object of Natural History. Isn't that call long overdue? Should anyone be afraid of more knowledge; afraid of better understanding?
Mankind is the only object of great human interest, animate or inanimate, where we do not encourage maximum understanding of the variations. (See Footnote On "Diversity".)
Now, I realize that the author is not attacking Jefferson; rather his detractors, as those of the more immediate subject from Tulsa. But I believe that my point, here, needed to be made. It is important that our counter-attack on the Left be as accurate as possible.
William Flax
Yes, all this is true. He was also a deist, a freethinker, a denier of the supernatural, and published his own version of the bible with all the miracles taken out (because he didn't believe in them). And on top of that, he supported the French Revolution and may have been in contact with subversive Jacobin forces.
Henotheistic ancestor worship will not save us from evil. This is the road taken by the European right wing (the idolatry of "blood and soil") and we all know where that ended.
The only answer to our peril is the One True G-d. Not the "American 'gxd'" (which never existed), but the REAL G-d.
I understand the reaction to internationalism, but we must not opt instead for a "planet of peoples" where each nation has its own "truth" created in its own image. We need G-d. He doesn't need us. We need Him!
And no, I am not a "neocon." I am a Theocrat and a religious fundamentalist. This V-dare ideology is every bit as bad as Communism because each denies HaShem, one in the name of universal materialism, the other in the name of idolatry of local "gxds."