Outer Darkness?

[Cal]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Glad to see you post again, Igzy.

Brother Drake has long since decided never to respond to my posts because I also address "the failures and abuses of Lee and his movement."

My personal feeling is that those senior LC'ers like Drake who have long witnessed the "the failures and abuses of Lee and his movement," have shipwrecked their conscience. (I Timothy 1.19)

With all due respect to Drake, he reminds me of Vladimir Pozner, the Western-educated Soviet spokesman who, during the Cold War, was the voice of the Soviet Union in American. Pozner was erudite, telegenic and likable. He spoke with a perfect American accent. He seemed, superficially at least, moderate and reasonable. But in fact, he was a hard-nosed apologist for the Evil Empire.

Once the Soviet Union fell, Pozner was free from his former dominators, and he soon confessed that what he did was wrong. "What I was doing was propaganda" he admitted openly. And that's what Drake is doing.

Pozner finally made peace with the truth. Like LCers, he was driven by fear of reprisal. We can only hope the same freedom awaits the LC propagandists, for their sakes, and everyone else's.

[awareness]

Originally Posted by Igzy

With all due respect to Drake, he reminds me of Vladimir Pozner, the Western-educated Soviet spokesman who, during the Cold War, was the voice of the Soviet Union in American. Pozner was erudite, telegenic and likable. He spoke with a perfect American accent. He seemed, superficially at least, moderate and reasonable. But in fact, he was a hard-nosed apologist for the Evil Empire.

Once the Soviet Union fell, Pozner was free from his former dominators, and he soon confessed that what he did was wrong. "What I was doing was propaganda" he admitted openly. And that's what Drake is doing.

Pozner finally made peace with the truth. Like LCers, he was driven by fear of reprisal. We can only hope the same freedom awaits the LC propagandists, for their sakes, and everyone else's.

Brother Drake is just fine with me. It's no different than relating with Southern Baptist's - my family.

And I gather news from the web, so seeing past propaganda is an unfortunate daily practice.

The only problem I have with bro Drake is that he can't open up and tell us what his thing is out here. Hanging with exLCer's might be entertaining to him ... or he could be paid for doing it.

We don't know, and he ain't telling. But lots of members find a need to hide behind anonymity.

And I think it's healthy to see from his perspective. But if I remember correctly, Lee called that being open like a trash can. So being out here bro Drake is perchance being open like a trash can.

So kudos to bro Drake.

[Cal]

Originally Posted by awareness

So kudos to bro Drake.

I have no problem personally with Drake, and I don't think I'm "better" than him. I'm just telling it like I see it. I can do no more, and should do no less.

Pozner wasn't a bad person. He was just surviving. That's how I see things here.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Igzy

With all due respect to Drake, he reminds me of Vladimir Pozner, the Western-educated Soviet spokesman who, during the Cold War, was the voice of the Soviet Union in American.

Continuing with your Soviet-LC themes, I consider myself somewhat like Whitaker Chambers. As a young man he was completely disenchanted with western capitalism, with all the excesses of the 20's becoming the depression of the 30's. The idealisms of Marx and Lenin captured his heart, viewing them to be the future of the world, solving man's every problem, and providing a glorious future to replace "poor, poor, capitalism."

Then the news of Stalin's purges at headquarters, forced WC into a serious period of soul searching. The apparent beauty of the communist ideals were merely fronts for totalitarian despots. WC's journey led him to Christ, and to risk his own life exposing other top level spies in FDR's socialist administration, notably Alger Hiss. WC's autobiography Witness became one of the most influential books Ronald Reagan ever read, and crucial insight for his battle to take down the Evil Empire.