tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582751663390398171.post3170655459416362298..comments2023-11-03T17:20:18.270-07:00Comments on William & Mary Dyer: Mary Dyer and Social JusticeChristy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582751663390398171.post-7771522158196467362020-03-09T15:24:35.723-07:002020-03-09T15:24:35.723-07:00Jeannie Pratt: There is no greater love than to la...Jeannie Pratt: There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. <br />I believe we are all proud ❤ descendants in this group. I think Mary would have wanted us to respect each other even though we all view her from a different perspective. Intolerance of people who thought differently killed Mary Dyer and her friends. No doubt we have Puritan ancestors, too. Let's not repeat their mistakes.<br />Christy K Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582751663390398171.post-76156536941247998002020-03-09T15:23:23.319-07:002020-03-09T15:23:23.319-07:00Jo Ann Butler:
John J Sundelin, it is true that M...Jo Ann Butler: <br />John J Sundelin, it is true that Mary Dyer was put to death by the Puritan government, but calling it 'murder' makes you the same history revisionist @$$ you rudely called Christy K Robinson. Mistress Dyer knew she would be hanged for defying extreme and unjust anti-Quaker laws enacted by New England's Puritans, but she returned to Boston anyway. I can't say whether it was from faith or social justice, but that's sacrificing one's life in my book. You could make a case for judicial murder, but MA's anti-Quaker laws echoed the anti-heretic and witchcraft laws of England, which culminated in execution. Massachusetts deemed Mary Dyer a heretic in 1660, as well as in 1638, as was her mentor Anne Hutchinson. There was discussion in Boston whether Anne had bewitched Mary, and both were a little lucky to escape execution.<br />Christy K Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582751663390398171.post-12102370042462952502020-03-08T23:05:58.428-07:002020-03-08T23:05:58.428-07:00Facebook comments:
John J Sundelin: My 11th Grea...Facebook comments: <br /><br />John J Sundelin: My 11th Great Grandmother. "sacrifice of her own life"? WTF is this bullshit? They hanged her because she wouldn't give up her religion. I hate these history revisionist asses! The Puritan government of Massachusetts murdered her!<br /><br />Jeannie Pratt: Actually, she was warned repeatedly not to come back to Boston. She went of her own free will in support of fellow Quakers imprisoned there. So, in a sense she did sacrifice her own life. But, I agree she was motivated more by Faith than Social Justice.<br /><br />Christy K Robinson: John J Sundelin, Have a nice day. Signed, History Revisionist Ass who has researched Mary Dyer since the 1970s, wrote three books about her and mentioned her heavily in a fourth, consulted on a TV documentary, was interviewed on NPR, wrote articles for several journals and newspapers, and maintains a website with 220+ researched articles on her that has upwards of 651,000 page views. <br />Christy K Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582751663390398171.post-83458467742679135872020-03-08T23:04:24.568-07:002020-03-08T23:04:24.568-07:00Facebook comments:
Ann Barry: My 10th great gran...Facebook comments: <br /><br />Ann Barry: My 10th great grandmother. I've loved finding uppity women in my family and sharing them with my sisters.<br /><br />Annette Burgess Hulett: A grandmother to my husband.<br /><br />Rosemary Dyer Moreo: my 8th great grandmother.<br /><br />Laurel Siviglia: She was my ancestor!<br /><br />Tiffany Garcia: One of my ancestors. Strong women in my family. We don't take things laying down.<br /><br />Jonah McJonah: Mary Barret Dyer stood up and sacrificed equally for freedom of conscience and against the violence and brutality routinely exercised against outsiders.<br />Christy K Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com