The Holy Scripture states in Psalm 5:4-5: "For thou are not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity." You could, in many instances, apply this truth to a great host of those in our day that seem to take perverse delight in trashing the South and Southern culture in general, and Christians in particular. Let me one example.

About eight years ago now, Pastor Steve Wilkins of Monroe, Louisiana and Pastor Doug Wilson of Moscow, Idaho co-authored a booklet of around thirty pages entitled Southern Slavery As It Was. The booklet was not an attempt to "defend" slavery, but rather a short exposition of what is really a very complicated issue, much the same as is Donnie Kennedy's book Myths Of American Slavery. The slavery issue is not nearly as black and white as many of our current "uptown Marxist" historians would have people to believe. It was never a case of all the whites in the South owning all the blacks in the South, which is basically the propaganda they are spreading nowadays. It is unfortunate that much of the mud of the lies they tell does stick to the walls. Years ago I talked to a lady that informed me, when I tried to explain a few facts about slavery to her, that she knew all about slavery in the South. She had seen Roots on television, and therefore, no one could tell her about slavery. It is tragic that, as Pastor Wilkins has so often said "People learn everything they think they know from television."

At any rate, the booklet Southern Slavery As It Was didn't create that much of a stir until just recently. Pastor Wilkins was in Idaho for a historical conference (which didn't have anything to do with slavery) when the booklet he and Rev. Wilson co-authored was suddenly "discovered" by the cultural Marxists there--eight years after it had been published! By using selective quotes, taken out of context, from the booklet, they sought to make it appear that Pastors Wilkins and Wilson were trying to uphold the institution of slavery. They made a big fuss in Idaho at that time (several months ago) and have managed to maintain enough momentum to keep the pot boiling sporadically.

Now it seems that someone is trying to promote the same hogwash in Monroe, Louisiana. Liars to like to spread their distortions as far and wide as they can. Awhile back a flyer began making its appearence in the Monroe area, accusing pastors Wilkins and Wilson of defending slavery. They flyer gives no detail about how these pastors are continuing to "defend" slavery, but it has their pictures (poorly reproduced) on it, and reproduced above their pictures is part of an add for a slave auction back on January 18, 1859, the implication being that these two men are somehow trying to perpetuate what went on back then.

Whover distributed these flyers in the Monroe, Louisiana area seemed to know just where to go with them to try to cause unrest. They were not distributed city-wide, but rather in the black neighborhood on the south side of town and at some apartment complexes where a good number of black folks live, and, of course, at the local university. The distributors of the flyer were targeting areas they thought they might create problems in.

This sounds like the sort of activity that some disciples of the Southern Poverty Law Center might engage in.

I've read the booklet on slavery written by Pastors Wilkins and Wilson. I used to sell it at Southern Heritage conferences and "Civil War" shows that I attended. As I said previously, it sought to explain rather than defend slavery. Pastor Wilkins is an able historian and he approaches history from a Christian perspective, which I suspect is what really bothers these cultural Marxists. They don't want to recognize that view of history and they don't want that world view presented to too many people, so they must resort to lies, half-truths, and subtle innuendo to attempt to turn as many people as possible away from listening to anyone that promotes a Christian perspective on history, most especially on American history. These people are at war with the Almighty.

Cultural Marxists, of whatever stripe, do not want people to know the truth. That would interfere with the agenda, and it also might put somewhat of a crimp in their fund-raising efforts as they seek to scare people around the country with "straw men" they have created so they can then plead for big bucks to "combat" these horrible monsters. It's an old ploy. Find someone you disagree with, tell people how much of a "threat" he is to society in general, and then ply them for large contributions so you can "fight" against the perceived threat. How much of the money collected actually goes to "combat" the so-called threat and how much goes into their own pockets would be an interesting question to have answered. However, it should be evident to anyone who thinks rationally, that many of these "organizations" that are supposedly created to fight "hate groups" are, themselves, nothing more than hate groups with their own Left-wing political (and financial) agendas.

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Al Benson Jr. columns are to found on many online journals such as The Sierra Times and The Patriotist. Additionally, Mr. Benson is editor of the Copperhead Chronicle and author of the Homeschool History Project a study of the war of Southern Independence.

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