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[–] bopper [S] 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Reinhold Niebuhr went to Yale and was influenced by Karl Marx so says wikipedia. Apparently Comey studied theology. And this liberal theologian must have been Comey's hero.

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[–] 2impendingdoom 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

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[–] bopper [S] ago  (edited ago)

Wow.

This was being talked about (below) while you were gone, don't know if you heard about it.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/donald-trump-russian-influence-washington/

So I don't really know what's going on, there's never been so much cloak and dagger stuff.

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[–] Nigredo 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The wiki says he was influenced by Marx, and was a "leader of the militant faction of the Socialist Part of America," but it also says that he hated Marxists and supported anti-communism... Nothing about that makes any sense whatsoever...

But I guess it makes sense that an anti-Marxist would be beloved by neoliberal corporatists

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[–] bopper [S] ago 

And neocons too. A man for all seasons. Would hate to see his theological works.

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[–] KnightsofHubris ago 

You're piegonholing him.

The historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in the late twentieth century described the legacy of Niebuhr as being contested between American liberals and conservatives, both of whom wanted to claim him.

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[–] bopper [S] ago 

Probably like his theology, "all over the place."