Wow. Your inquiry contains quite a synchronicity. Somewhere in these comments I've gone off on "Other Powers" by (serious historian!) Barbara Goldsmith, and sure enough, a major character in that historical stew of impending Civil War abolitionists, suffragettes, spiritualists, abortionists and, yes, the abominable Comstock, is Henry War…
Wow. Your inquiry contains quite a synchronicity. Somewhere in these comments I've gone off on "Other Powers" by (serious historian!) Barbara Goldsmith, and sure enough, a major character in that historical stew of impending Civil War abolitionists, suffragettes, spiritualists, abortionists and, yes, the abominable Comstock, is Henry Ward Beecher, father of the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." His career somewhat reflects that of Trump. The most famous preacher of the era, he was also the most prominent lecher, but his profitability to the congregation, combined with the general disregard of females, protected him from disgrace to the end. Only his female victims suffered. As for "Uncle Tom," I'm not sure his fictional memory is not insulted by comparison to Injustice Thomas. I read the book as a kid, but I think the whole point of "Uncle Tom" was coping with powerlessness in a kindhearted way, the which would certainly be the opposite of Clarence Thomas.
Wow. Your inquiry contains quite a synchronicity. Somewhere in these comments I've gone off on "Other Powers" by (serious historian!) Barbara Goldsmith, and sure enough, a major character in that historical stew of impending Civil War abolitionists, suffragettes, spiritualists, abortionists and, yes, the abominable Comstock, is Henry Ward Beecher, father of the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." His career somewhat reflects that of Trump. The most famous preacher of the era, he was also the most prominent lecher, but his profitability to the congregation, combined with the general disregard of females, protected him from disgrace to the end. Only his female victims suffered. As for "Uncle Tom," I'm not sure his fictional memory is not insulted by comparison to Injustice Thomas. I read the book as a kid, but I think the whole point of "Uncle Tom" was coping with powerlessness in a kindhearted way, the which would certainly be the opposite of Clarence Thomas.