I have been perusing the lefty blogs this evening and have come to the conclusion that those on the left are miserable people without hope and their purpose in life is dissolving before their eyes.
Good things are happening in this world. I'm not saying that bad things are not happening but good things are. The lefty blogs I went through were replete with doom and gloom, hate for Bush, hopelessness and what seemed a desire for the U.S. to fail in it's objectives to bring peace, democracy and freedom to countries long held by tyrannical dictators.
I cannot understand the mindset that demands U.S. constitutional rights for murderous thugs that are not U.S. citizens.
I cannot understand the thought process that believes nothing good has come from the events in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I cannot understand the mental contortions it must take to believe that EVERYTHING George Bush has done is to put money in the pockets of his corporate buddies.
I'm disgusted by those that want to make the world believe that those brave soldiers who have died to set Iraq free died for nothing.
And most of all I cannot understand how anyone can block from their mind the images of 9-11 or if they do remember 9-11 how they can twist the facts and blame George Bush for the destruction of innocent people on that day.
These people need lots of prayer...
well-meaning but without understanding" - - Mr. Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1928 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It is not a sin to be ignorant but it is a sin to remain ignorant. - - prying1, 2006
Dear Prying--
ReplyDeleteAs a card-carrying member of the left, let me say thanks for your prayers.
I think that part of the reason that you have trouble understanding is that you don't listen. Now I know that we have plenty of differences, but the way you describe what the left thinks and what the left ACTUALLY thinks are not the same. And I think that you have to own some responsibility for that.
I don't mind honest disagreement. It's what the country is all about. What is not fair is to repeatedly misconstrue another person's opinion, which is what that list you rattled off does. Your attributions of what the left thinks are half right, but we might have a better conversation if you really understood and could articulate where the left actually is, rather than assuming you know.
To be honest I am certain that if you would take a look at my blog you would probably have the same criticism of me. I unquestionably need to listen better myself. So perhaps we both can work on this a bit so as to make what we post closer to reality rather than caricature.
Regards,
Public Theologian
I'm not buying it Public Theologian. I saw a newsclip when Moores movie Farenheit 911 came out. This guy came out of the theater and said into a camera, "I heard a few lies in the movie but a lot of it was good." This was obviously someone from the left. He was willing to put up with lies as long as his point of view was shown on the screen.
ReplyDeleteBill Clinton pointed his finger in America's face and said,"I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinski." Some on the left are still in denial over this. I heard on Larry Elder's show just last week a lefty named Freddy say that Bill Clinton did not have sex with that woman and tried to explain away the stain.
These MIGHT be rare nut cases but from the lefty blogs I saw the other night I don't think so. A lot of lefties I know are unwilling to even admit that the Clintons (PLURAL - both of them tried to cover up the scandals) are worse than Nixon because their sins are self centered. At least Nixon was trying to cover up for others, that is, covering up for inept burglers. The Clintons were trying to cover up for themselves. Whitewater, Rose Law Firm billing, Jennifer Flowers, Travelgate... The next election the left will try to foist Hillary off as a center right and not a moral relativist just hoping enough people will believe their lies.
That includes you too from your March 2nd post. - Quote: - "She may have other baggage that makes her unelectable (Trust me Public Theologian, she is), but if she (c)an force the rest of the party to move towards the balance of being seen (Seen? Like play acting?) by Americans to have a vigorous faith life but a faith life that need not be unkind or exclusioanry to those who differ, she will have done her party and the nation a great service." - end quote -
By this statement I wonder if it is IMPLIED that Bush's faith is unkind and exclusionary? or perhaps it is my faith you, on the left, are talking about. That wouldn't be judgemental would it???
Wake up and get honest. Hillary is a lot of things and an overloaded baggage cart is one of them.
Now I ask why is it neccesary for me to understand why and what lefties believe. From what I've seen the lefties do not care who they elect. (Senators Ted Kennedy, Robert 'Sheets' Byrd, Barbara Boxer, Marion (snort) Barry, Mayor of Washington D.C. come to mind) The more baggage the better. If they don't care who they elect they must not care about true ethics. All they care about is agendas.
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You stated in your comment, " Your attributions of what the left thinks are half right."
Which half? Do I get to decide? - Paul -
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Dear Paul--
ReplyDeleteWhat I was referring to was statements like these:
"I cannot understand the mindset that demands U.S. constitutional rights for murderous thugs that are not U.S. citizens.
I cannot understand the thought process that believes nothing good has come from the events in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I cannot understand the mental contortions it must take to believe that EVERYTHING George Bush has done is to put money in the pockets of his corporate buddies."
These are half truths. Most people on the left would qualify each one of these statements with their actual beliefs that would run counter to your claims. For example, the left does have a problem with the government's treament of detainees.
1. Some of them are Americans, yet the government has held these people, in violation of their constitutional rights, in soliatary confinement. So you misrepresent the left by truncating our concerns to fit the profile of your attack, rather than actually listening to the substance of our arguments. Why would you not want the government to follow the Constitution? If it was your child, would you expect the government to follow our laws, or would you be content for the governemnt to make policy up as they went along?
2. You presume what you need to prove about the detainees being "murderous thugs." So in that sense you are misrepresenting the left, because the left is not defending "murderous thugs" but rather people that are ACCUSED by the government (which is not always right) of being "muderous thugs", which is not the same thing. Our whole way of life is based on the governemnt having to prove such a label before an impartial jury, rather than simply being able to make such an assertion unchallenged. And there is good reason for that. Just in the past few weeks, the US had to let go a British Muslim who was an aid worker in Afghanistan whom it had mistakenly detained and tortured for two years on the assumption that he was Al Qaeda. So yes we want prisoners to be treated fairly and their guilt proven rather than assumed. How could a Christian believe otherwise? Can you imagine that Jesus would sanction a policy of torture first, find out the truth later? Have we jettisoned all of our values and become like animals?
I could do this with your other assertions as well. You are not fairly representing what the left thinks, so you are critiquing an imaginary group rather than an actual one. Now I am certain that we would still have genuine disagreement. But we would perhaps be able to work on some of those and find common ground, if there was a clearer articulation from each side of the other's position.
I have little doubt that you could say the same thing about my positions and would welcome correction about your views wherever I misrepresent them.
Regards,
Public Theologian