Why didn't she do more outreach to this guy? An idiot had an interview, and a fellow idiot at The Atlantic typed it up. The topic of this interview was "how are you, guy whose actual job was 'do religious outreach for the Obama administration,' going to accuse the Democrats and Barack Obama of refusing to do outreach to religious people, and are all of the reasons going to be stupid and enraging (stupraging) and are you going to complain that Democrats won't 'admit' we're a Christian nation at least once, and are you also going to complain about how Democrats just won't stop insisting that women have the right to birth control pills and gay people have the right to get married, even though you really want the Democrats to just agree with you and it is so unfair that they won't, oh you are going to whine and complain about all of those things, that's good, we were worried you were going to be unreasonable somehow."
Inasmuch as you have introduced Karl Marx and (classical? You haven't specified which school of Marxism you are referring to.) Marxism as the supposed intellectual basis for the 21st century Democratic Party. Please demonstrate your hypothesis with citations from both the Democratic Party platform of 2016 and direct citations from Marx's work. If you are just going to slap labels on things willy-nilly, with no regard for fact - you are a living, breathing illustration of why stupid, low information voters were so easily conned by Trump.
Heinlein wrote a series of short stories contained in a book called "The Future History" which describes a projected future of the human race through the early 23rd century. One story is "Coventry" in which Heinlein postulates a highly evolved society in which democracy has been restored following "The Second American Revolution" against a theocratic dictatorship. Added to the Constitution of 1791 is an agreement known as the "Covenant," defined as the custom of all to refrain from doing any damage to other citizens.
The protagonist commits an act of violence. The State convicts him of the crime of believing himself capable of morally judging his fellow citizens and feeling justified in personally correcting and punishing them. He is sentenced to choose between the Two Alternatives: either undergo submission to psychological readjustment to correct his tendency to wish to damage others, or having the state withdraw itself from him - by exiling him to Coventry. Coventry is a real place - separated from the rest of the country by a physical barrier - a wall of force fields. It is a place of anarchy and violence where laws of the Republic do not apply and are not enforced.
What happens when the protagonist chooses to go to Coventry is the most interesting part of the story, and I won't give a spoiler here. You will have to read it to find out what happens.
I don't have to either like or believe Trump in order to oppose the ideological thrust of the Democrat establishment...its trajectory has been clear for some time to anyone old enough to have been paying attention for the last several decades....which is why it is now a mere husk of its former self....its power and influenced confined to the coasts and a few urban islands scattered here and there....and for good reason....excluding the voters in California and New York,the rest of the country voted for Trump for the same reasons....they know donkey$h!t socialism when they smell it...and this year the smell of it was virtually identical to the stench emanating from Rodham's crotch
Gotta love the "pro-life" worldview: newborns thrown in dumpsters and flushed down toilets and women subjected to lifelong poverty is so much better than abortions! Whether they want to admit it or not, that is the decision they're making.
Several basic truths evangelicals will NEVER get: 1- Planned Parenthood promotes birth control, which in turn limits unwanted pregnancies, ergo abortions; 2- someone has to pick up the slack when babies are born to folks who cannot/will not support them; 3- in America, political decisions should never be couched in religious terms, as we are not (yet) and never have been (so far) a "Christian nation", or any other form of theocracy' for that matter (see:ISIS). Cannot envision this ever being resolved in my lifetime.
You're absolutely correct. That "cultural affirmation of life"? HA! Got a story for you. Here in Georgia the State Board of Pardons & Paroles is an absolute joke because they never pardon anybody. They never convert a death sentence to life imprisonment, either, no matter who pleads for it or what new evidence comes up. One of the men they executed this year was born as an unwanted child--his mother was a prostitute who tried to self-induce abortion, but failed. (Medicaid funding for abortion was cut off in Georgia just after Roe vs. Wade) He grew up homeless living under a bridge. The boy still bonded with his mother enough that when he grew up and she got raped, he killed the guy. The anti-abortion crowd of course saw no link between their ideology and a murder and consequent execution. But I do.
I just created a new term - Duhmerica. I was thinking about how stupid evangelicals are, and how they reject every bit of science, fact, and reality, and it led me to that term. I'm not willing to kowtow to Duhmerica, and if the Democrats want to, then I guess I'll vote third party, because why not?
Inasmuch as you have introduced Karl Marx and (classical? You haven't specified which school of Marxism you are referring to.) Marxism as the supposed intellectual basis for the 21st century Democratic Party. Please demonstrate your hypothesis with citations from both the Democratic Party platform of 2016 and direct citations from Marx's work. If you are just going to slap labels on things willy-nilly, with no regard for fact - you are a living, breathing illustration of why stupid, low information voters were so easily conned by Trump.
I haven't. Please enlighten me!
Heinlein wrote a series of short stories contained in a book called "The Future History" which describes a projected future of the human race through the early 23rd century. One story is "Coventry" in which Heinlein postulates a highly evolved society in which democracy has been restored following "The Second American Revolution" against a theocratic dictatorship. Added to the Constitution of 1791 is an agreement known as the "Covenant," defined as the custom of all to refrain from doing any damage to other citizens.
The protagonist commits an act of violence. The State convicts him of the crime of believing himself capable of morally judging his fellow citizens and feeling justified in personally correcting and punishing them. He is sentenced to choose between the Two Alternatives: either undergo submission to psychological readjustment to correct his tendency to wish to damage others, or having the state withdraw itself from him - by exiling him to Coventry. Coventry is a real place - separated from the rest of the country by a physical barrier - a wall of force fields. It is a place of anarchy and violence where laws of the Republic do not apply and are not enforced.
What happens when the protagonist chooses to go to Coventry is the most interesting part of the story, and I won't give a spoiler here. You will have to read it to find out what happens.
"Everything will be fine as long as you let us have our way."
I don't have to either like or believe Trump in order to oppose the ideological thrust of the Democrat establishment...its trajectory has been clear for some time to anyone old enough to have been paying attention for the last several decades....which is why it is now a mere husk of its former self....its power and influenced confined to the coasts and a few urban islands scattered here and there....and for good reason....excluding the voters in California and New York,the rest of the country voted for Trump for the same reasons....they know donkey$h!t socialism when they smell it...and this year the smell of it was virtually identical to the stench emanating from Rodham's crotch
Gotta love the "pro-life" worldview: newborns thrown in dumpsters and flushed down toilets and women subjected to lifelong poverty is so much better than abortions! Whether they want to admit it or not, that is the decision they're making.
Several basic truths evangelicals will NEVER get: 1- Planned Parenthood promotes birth control, which in turn limits unwanted pregnancies, ergo abortions; 2- someone has to pick up the slack when babies are born to folks who cannot/will not support them; 3- in America, political decisions should never be couched in religious terms, as we are not (yet) and never have been (so far) a "Christian nation", or any other form of theocracy' for that matter (see:ISIS). Cannot envision this ever being resolved in my lifetime.
Wrong...that'd be Trump, who will someday have to be surgically removed from Vlad's behind.
"Christians running from other Christians"Excellent point!!!!! All the upvotes!!
You're absolutely correct. That "cultural affirmation of life"? HA! Got a story for you. Here in Georgia the State Board of Pardons & Paroles is an absolute joke because they never pardon anybody. They never convert a death sentence to life imprisonment, either, no matter who pleads for it or what new evidence comes up. One of the men they executed this year was born as an unwanted child--his mother was a prostitute who tried to self-induce abortion, but failed. (Medicaid funding for abortion was cut off in Georgia just after Roe vs. Wade) He grew up homeless living under a bridge. The boy still bonded with his mother enough that when he grew up and she got raped, he killed the guy. The anti-abortion crowd of course saw no link between their ideology and a murder and consequent execution. But I do.
Hell, I thought we were all atheists and didn't worship a damn thing.
Yes! ^THIS^
Don't be so hasty---Remember St. Paul sympathized "It is hard for you to kick against the pricks." HAHAHAHA--I'll show myself out now.
Hearing this zealot freak talk is just one more reason I am an atheist.
I just created a new term - Duhmerica. I was thinking about how stupid evangelicals are, and how they reject every bit of science, fact, and reality, and it led me to that term. I'm not willing to kowtow to Duhmerica, and if the Democrats want to, then I guess I'll vote third party, because why not?
Your mom is awesome Sounds like my mom