Battle of Gettysburg...Nah...women and gay rights...

[billc]

There is a time and a place for everything and the time and place for the Battle of Gettysburg was not the time to talk about women and gay rights...

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/07/01/Doris-Kearns-Goodwin-A-Few-Inappropriate-Remarks-At-Gettysburg

On Sunday, a stunned audience sat in silence as Doris Kearns Goodwin turned the keynote address at the opening ceremony for the 150th anniverary of the Battle of Gettysburg into a political lecture focusing on women's and gay rights.

Missing from much of her keynote: Gettysburg.

Self-centered, insular, and oblivious to the occasion, the historian who was infamously caught plagiarizing merely recycled much of what she has said before about herself in previous speeches. And her rambling, self-promoting, and borderline inappropriate lecture touched upon nearly everything except for the heroic sacrifices made on that battlefield.

 

[Steve]

I guess she won't be invited back.

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[jks9199]

Why wouldn't your keynote speaker at the event be someone like, say, a Civil War historian. Or even Ken Burns... They may not be as famous, but they'd make more sense.

ETA: OK, just looked her up; I guess she wrote a biography of Lincoln. So I guess she's just got no sense.

 

[Takai]

She is lucky no one had a Shepherds Crook. I am stunned that no one stopped her from continuing speaking. Insulting on so many levels.

 

[arnisador]

This is from Breitbart. A quick check via Google didn't turn up independent complaints. So, considering the source...

 

[Tgace]

This is from Breitbart. A quick check via Google didn't turn up independent complaints. So, considering the source...

What..the video of her ACTUALLY TALKING at the bottom of the article wasn't proof enough for ya?

 

[arnisador]

I didn't go to the article, since it was Breitbart. I'll give it a listen.

 

[billc]

well, everyone knows the battle cry of General Pickett as he lead the charge was. "For women's and Gay Rights!"

Too many people buy into the anti-Breitbart hate.

 

[arnisador]

Too many people buy into the anti-Breitbart hate.

Pretty much everyone, yeah.

 

[Steve]

I don't hate brietbart. I just don't consider it credible media. It's a biased, agenda based web outlet. I try to avoid those.


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[Takai]

well, everyone knows the battle cry of General Pickett as he lead the charge was. "For women's and Gay Rights!"

Too many people buy into the anti-Breitbart hate.

Guess I must have missed that in my US History class. I am sure that the PC revisionists will ensure that future generations don't suffer from a lack of education like me.