Photos of what Ezra Taft Benson called a 'commie plot'

[_Baker]

While ETB certainly does not come off well in his many racially-infused quotes, he didn't seem to relish any kind of violence against blacks. Consider the following:

"The Communist program for revolution in America has been in progress for many years and is far advanced ...

"First of all, we must not place the blame upon Negroes. They are merely the unfortunate group that has been selected by professional Communist agitators to be used as the primary source of cannon fodder. Not one in a thousand Americans -- black or white -- really understands the full implications of today's civil rights agitation. The planning, direction, and leadership come from the Communists, and most of those are white men who fully intend to destroy America by spilling Negro blood, rather than their own.

"Next, we must not participate in any so-called 'blacklash' activity which might tend to further intensify inter-racial friction. Anti-Negro vigilante action, or mob action, of any kind fits perfectly into the Communist plan. This is one of the best ways to force the decent Negro into cooperating with militant Negro groups. The Communists are just as anxious to spearhead such anti-Negro actions as they are to organize demonstrations that are calculated to irritate white people.

"We must insist that duly authorized legislative investigating committees launch an even more exhaustive study and expose the degree to which secret Communists have penetrated into the civil rights movement. The same needs to be done with militant anti-Negro groups. This is an effective way for the American people of both races to find out who are the false leaders among them."

[_moksha]

''Photos of what Ezra Taft Benson called a 'commie plot'''

[_Kevin Graham]

Yes, Ezra Taft Benson was just one of the many racist Mormon leaders of our generation. His John Bircherism oozed from every pore whenever he spoke, and it annoyed a few other LDS leaders as well.

But the fact is this is all based on the Mormon Negro Doctrine. You know, they aren't "white and delight some" like droopy.

Graham's intellectual and moral deterioration continues on its way to howling oblivion.

No brakes, no brake fluid, and asleep at the wheel.

Yes, that's probably the best defense you can come up with, for a racist.

[_Droopy]

Yes, that's probably the best defense you can come up with, for a racist.

CFR.

[_Joseph]

Read some of what Steve Benson writes about grampa...

[_sethpayne]

Read some of what Steve Benson writes about grampa...

Now there is a reliable and completely unbiased source of information.....

[_Joseph]

Joseph wrote:

Read some of what Steve Benson writes about grampa...


Now there is a reliable and completely unbiased source of information.....
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So read his earlier writings about grampa and then his later writings and see how they may change.

The guy knew the old man. He talked with him. We also have the statements and writings of ET which show his 'there's a subversive commie under every bed' mentality.

You may not like Steve Benson but it does not change the facts he knew and talked with the old guy about a number of topics and has had access to family documents over the years.

Here are two links you can peruse and criqique for us with your great insider knowlege.

http://mormoncurtain.com/topic_ezrataft ... tion1.html

http://mormoncurtain.com/topic_ezrataft ... tion2.html

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Despite his assurances of security in White numbers, Ezra Taft Benson nonetheless reminded Americans that Blacks might still well attempt a Communist overthrow of the United States:
"It now seems probable that the Communists are determined to use force and violence to its fullest, coupled with a weakening of the economy and military setbacks abroad, in an effort to create as much havoc as possible to weaken American internally, and to create the kind of psychological desperation in the minds of all citizens that will lead them to accept blindly government measures which actually help the Communists in their take-over."

In a throwback to the inquisitional days of McCarthyism, Ezra Taft Benson urged that "duly authorized legislative investigating committees launch an even more exhaustive study and expose the secret Communists who are directing the Civil Rights movement," insisting that "[t]he same needs to be done with militant anti-Negro groups" which, he claimed, were being fit "perfectly into the Communist plan" to "intensify inter-racial friction."

In fighting insidious Communist encroachment on America, my grandfather urged that Americans remain ever-vigilant against enslavement by Big Government. He urged that "our local police . . . not be encumbered by Civilian Review Boards, or asked to be social workers." He warned the police "not to accept grants from the Federal Government," warning his fellow citizens that if they did, it could well "lead to the eventual creation of a national police force" that would be used by the Communists "to hold the people in line."
(Ezra Taft Benson, "Civil Rights: Tool of Communist Deception," adaptation from address of same title, delivered at General Conference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, 29 September 1967, reprinted by National Research Group, American Fork, Utah, , pp. 1-4; see also, "Civil Rights: Tool of Communist Deception," reprint of same "address by The Honorable Ezra Taft Benson" [Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1968, original emphasis)

[_Buffalo]

Yes, Ezra Taft Benson was just one of the many racist Mormon leaders of our generation. His John Bircherism oozed from every pore whenever he spoke, and it annoyed a few other LDS leaders as well.

But the fact is this is all based on the Mormon Negro Doctrine. You know, they aren't "white and delight some" like droopy.

Graham's intellectual and moral deterioration continues on its way to howling oblivion.

No brakes, no brake fluid, and asleep at the wheel.

Objecting to blatant racism = moral deterioration. Got it.