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Dr. Burke spoke out against the propaganda of his day, what he called the name-calling, new dangerous parlor game of "creeping socialism" that appeared in the late 50s-60s under influence of the John Birch Society. That sort of baiting that seeks to inflame emotion has only escalated since then, leading to the current polarized situation in which "evidence-free" conspiracies predominate — from communism to racism.<br> | Dr. Burke spoke out against the propaganda of his day, what he called the name-calling, new dangerous parlor game of "creeping socialism" that appeared in the late 50s-60s under influence of the John Birch Society. That sort of baiting that seeks to inflame emotion has only escalated since then, leading to the current polarized situation in which "evidence-free" conspiracies predominate — from communism to racism.<br> | ||
Certainly communism and racism have been and still are problems within the USA, but the issue is not whether or not they are problems. The issue is how these problems are addressed.<br> | Certainly communism and racism have been and still are problems within the USA, but the issue is not whether or not they are problems. The issue is how these problems are addressed.<br> | ||
Dr. Burke always addressed such issues with well researched factual information and well reasoned response to such information. He did not traffic in propaganda, or any form of manipulation. He did not try to "defeat communism by thinking like a Communist"; in other words, he didn't think the US should fight fire with fire, should use dirty, underhanded totalitarian tactics against totalitarian. | Dr. Burke always addressed such issues with well researched factual information and well reasoned response to such information. He did not traffic in propaganda, or any form of manipulation. He did not try to "defeat communism by thinking like a Communist"; in other words, he didn't think the US should fight fire with fire, should use dirty, underhanded totalitarian tactics against totalitarian which would make the US totalitarian too.<br> | ||
Dr. Burke's way of thinking is most eviden in his film [https://ia800207.us.archive.org/34/items/gov.archives.arc.647298/gov.archives.arc.647298_512kb.mp4 Cuba: The Battle of America] 1960. Instead, he responded to those who differed from his way of thinking with educational persuasion, not with name-calling to end discussion, lying, evasion, or outbursts of heated emotion or violence. | |||
The excerpt below from <mark>''Enough Good Men'' [Nov 1962]</mark> in the <mark>chapter ''Dirt, People and History''</mark> is a fine example of how Dr. Burke <mark>related historical events to the environment around us</mark>. The only aspect missing in this printed word, is merely the timing and the inflection in the way Dr. Burke presented it: | The excerpt below from <mark>''Enough Good Men'' [Nov 1962]</mark> in the <mark>chapter ''Dirt, People and History''</mark> is a fine example of how Dr. Burke <mark>related historical events to the environment around us</mark>. The only aspect missing in this printed word, is merely the timing and the inflection in the way Dr. Burke presented it: | ||