The tension referred to in the cartoon has to do with "loving thy neighbor." Luther was clear that we should love our neighbors, even if they're Jewish; but he didn't have much good to say about "the Jews." It reminds me of when Lisa Simpson became a vegetarian, and balks at the lamb chops set before her. "Come on, Lisa," Homer says to her, "it's lamb, not a lamb."
For some reason, I put my class ring on this morning, and now I can't get it back off my finger. (Plain-man will certainly bust me for that!)
There's a certain irony in discussing anti-intellectualism in American culture while wearing a class ring from a top-ten school; and I'm hoping to work this article into the discussion. Not that I'm biased.
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