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Free speech for me but not for thee or Haven’t we heard this song before?

April 20th 2006 Posted in Moonbats, One Party System, Religion

Minor Threat - Guilty Of Being White

Let me open with some quotes:

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

These two quotes are extremely important. They place into words, much better than I can, very important precepts and noble ideas. Now lets take a look at the First Amendment (emphasis mine)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Let us now proceed to the moonbat drivel, mind you keep those three quotes in mind as we will touch on them later in the commentary.

Intolerant Speech Threatens Minority Free Expression
By Ian S. Port
Senior Staff Writer

Pretend that you are among the 1 percent of black students at UCSD. As you walk to class one Thursday, a white girl casually hands you a newspaper displaying, on its front page, a sloppy caricature of two thick-lipped black girls eating watermelon in slave garb while masturbating each other. Next to them, a black man in gangsta gear holds two pistols to the head of a man who appears to be standing behind a cash register. Above the picture runs a headline reading: “Cocked: A lifestyle rag for nappy Niggas and Hos to spend welfare money on.” Ridiculing your race as being overly fond of fried chicken and handgun violence, this imaginary publication argues that blacks should “be sent back to Africa where they can kill each other and save our tax dollars.”

Or we could look at the lyrics of rap music where they call for the death of police officers, whites, and anyone who opposes their chosen lifestyle. But lets humor the author for a moment and consider the hyperbole. Of course we would be offended. But wait I do not have to be black to be offended. Many things about the described magazine offend me.

The whole premise is flawed. In fact it presupposes that one would have to be black to understand the depths of the offense that this supposed ‘zine would invoke. The writer is using hyperbole and admits it later in the article. But by opening with playing the race card there is little worth to whole of the situation. It matters not what color my skin happens to be the publication in question offends me to the core. And I do not have to pretend to know what it feels like to be a minority on a school campus. I was a white boy in a mostly black high school as are many kids today. The writer automatically supposes that we must be a minority in order to understand discrimination and racism. This colors the whole article and brings doubt to any wisdom contained therein. To be sure there isn’t much if any wisdom but let us proceed further.

Those who oppose banning intolerant statements within the university decry limiting free speech just because it hurts people’s feelings. The First Amendment, they argue, cannot be limited for making others feel bad.

While the backstory is obviously that some are trying to limit the free speech of others it is also apparent that this writer is in favor of doing so. Let’s think about Ben Franklin for a moment. Consider the strong words he used to describe those willing to sacrifice liberty for safety. Now think of what his reaction might be to those willing to limit the liberty of other, not just their own liberty for something as temporal as the feelings of others. I think Ben would be spinning in his grave and shrieking could he hear this liberal nonesense. This is an abomination. This writer is using the very same amendment to publish his thoughts as he wishes to limit. Now before you start trotting out that USCD isn’t congress it would serve you well to know that they accept federal money and therefore are bound in the same manner as the federal government. So don’t bother to trot out that tired old line.

Of course there’s more…
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Sometimes I think I’m nothing exhausted from the running

April 12th 2006 Posted in One Party System, Religion

So since I have some new readers I figured it would be best to lay out how I feel about certain subjects. I comment on political things a lot and people may think that I am all conservative all the time when in reality quite a few of my stances will piss off both sides just about equally.

  • Abotion: I figured I would get this out of the way first. I am nowhere near liberal on this one. It is murder plain and simple and should be treated as such. I rarely debate the issue because it is very emotional to me. I may post something on the topic occassionally but will likely close the comments because I do not debate the issue.
  • Gun Control: The only gun control we need is teaching people to handle the kick from an Gov’t Model .45. Our right to bear arms is the 2nd Amendment and I support it fully and without reservation. There are many sites, and I have a couple of them linked, that comment on this issue a lot so I generally do not unless there is current legislation or a threat to the right.
  • Immigration: I am all for legal immigrants. I am also for a requirement that insures people know English, making illegal immigration a felony, making it easier to get in legally, and better border security all around. I am opposed to legalizing those already here illegally but not opposed to making it easier for them to get work visas.
  • Religion: I am a Protestant Restoration Movement Christian. Which in reality means I am likely the most ecumenical Christian you will ever meet that can still be called a fundamentalist. I believe what it says in scripture whether I like it or not. I take the verses concerning loving your neighbor extremely seriously. I will debate the merits of Christianity with other Christians and the reality of it with non-Christians. I love debating the topic in fact. I may even start posting more on the subject.
  • Marriage: I am opposed to all gay marriage laws. I am opposed to all hetero marriage laws. I think marriage is not the purview of the government and that government should stay out of it at all levels. I am opposed to outlawing or legalizing any kind of marriage. Marriage is a religious institution. The government, if they so chose, should adopt a civil contract that can be entered into by any two people regardless of sex, race, religion, etc to obtain the current benefits that married couples have under the law. Churches then would decide for themselves who to marry and who to not marry. So if I rant about gay marriage remember that I would be ranting about straight marriage if there were laws being passed.
  • Homosexuality: It’s a sin. There are no two ways about it really. But then we get back to loving your neighbor as yourself. I do not elevate this above all other sins like some evangelicals do. I have gay friends, alcoholic friends, drug addict friends, friends who speed, and in fact I do not think I have any friends who don’t sin! I don’t hate gays anymore than I hate my friends who are having pre-marital sex. I likely will not ever rant about homosexuality unless there is pending legislation that concerns me.
  • Fred Phelps: This man is a jackass and as far as I can tell from my years of study about as far from being a Christian as you can get. He makes me sick.
  • Equal Rights: We should abolish all laws recognizing a difference in skin color, religion, sexual orientation and so on. We live in a time where there would be racists not hiring blacks, whites or whatever but we also live in a time where a tool like the internet can cause those people to stop earning money through boycotts and such. At this point all these laws do is tell people that they cannot make it on their own, that they are less than me, that I am better with them. These laws insure the propogation of racism. I will rant on and on about this subject.
  • Welfare: If the church as a whole was doing its job we wouldn’t need government handouts. I am glad for the government programs and have used them at time but I will damned if I didn’t wish the church would step up and take of things like they are supposed to be doing!
  • The Environment: I do not believe in global warming. I do however believe we are treating the planet like crap and need to stop. Whether or not it causes global warming doesn’t matter one but to me the plain and simplt fact is that we are stewards of God’s creation and we sure ain’t taking care of it properly. I get pretty liberal here but stay far away from terrorists like Greepeace, PETA, and the rest of those whack jobs. I don’t listen to junk science. I do, however, think we need to clean up our act in a big way.

That’s about all I can think of right now. If you want another list later drop some comments on what you want to see my stance on and I will post a brief overview sometime next week.

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It ain’t ever gonna work…

March 31st 2006 Posted in Religion

The Age
NEXT time you’re sick consider asking your loved ones not to pray for you.

A study of more than 1800 patients who underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers said for their recovery had any impact. In fact, some of the patients who knew they were being prayed for did worse than others who were only told they might be prayed for.

Mark 8:11-13 (New American Standard Bible)

11 The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.

12 Sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

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