Stop the earth rotating, Superman, there's racism!

Okay, and? 

It's so obvious what the producers tried to do here, and somewhat succeeded. What Would You Do? is an ABC prime time show. It puts people (actors) facing awkward social situations (racism, sexism etc.) that are staged in order to see what the unexpected population do and say. Sometimes the goal (to paint small towns as racist, sexist, homophobic etc.) gets the controversial results; sometimes it doesn't. In this episode an elderly woman expresses why people of different skin color should date and marry people within their own race. I don't necessarily see anything wrong with that - it's somewhat similar to the religious deciding to marry someone with the same faith. It's a reasonable belief.  

Ah! Racists and religion are two sides of the same coin! Nope. To be honest, I don't think the elderly woman or the woman agreeing with are racists.

And the comments on the video. Dear Allah. This is the proof that modernism is absolutely ridiculous.

"I can't believe such a person exists!"

Welcome to the reality of diversity of thought.

I'd rather sit down with that elderly woman, a supposed "outed" racist, while having a cup of hot chocolate than sit down with the cast & crew of WWYD? The look on their faces were priceless.

"Did you catch that Cynthia? Dear Lord I can't believe what's happening."
"Jim, camera 4. Grab a headphone."

Sins and crimes through a modernist lens are, and make sure you write these down:

Racism
Sexism
Homophobia

Are there racists in America? Yes. Are there sexists in America? Yes. Are there homophobes in America? Yes. Were the people who did not approve of interracial dating racists? I say no.

What do you think? Do you think the elderly woman is a racist?

Gay "rights" deep and principled philosophical argument. And more.

I don't go looking for these types of comments. They just come my way as I skim through the combox. There's always at least one poster, with socially liberal leanings of course, that show how they're spoiled and outright bitter (and not for any good reason).

The left's argument, the main points, for saying "yes" to gay "marriage"? It's a right dammit! If people can't marry their own sex - or person of their choosing regardless of sex - then it's a limit on personal freedom!

Then there's the "but we help people" idiot.

"Caring about" -

•  the earth = anti-fracking, global warming, sustainability, solar energy
•  the people = universal healthcare, rise of minimum wage, expansion of welfare system, abortion, gay "marriage", women's "rights", transgender operations
• the future of humanity = all of the above

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

This is the mindset I left a few years ago.

Nasty.

The "family"? Ew! Kids? Disgusting!

Then there's always that one guy.

A youtube commenter said Ted Cruz was  "cretin", and apparently this poster explains her reasons why.

If you use too many facts, real life experiences related to the issue and a little bit of common sense then you're blocked. (I saw no proof of ad homs and insults as the moderator accused poster "Mesar" of.)

 An anti-American and self-loathing Americans find out they're kindred spirits. (I'm not sure what posts Jessie was reading, but a good portion of the comments agreed with the writer.)

The modern liberal mind isn't hard to figure out - you know what they like and what they don't like ... And it's practically the same across the board. Once you have met one modern day liberal you met a good majority of them.

I don't frequent dailycaller.com, but since it was mentioned in the combox by one poster and another calling it a "bubble" (the irony) it ceases to amaze me how unhappy the American left can be. They complain about the same things:

1. Social conservatives & religion - this is the "far right" to them. They always bring up Barry Goldwater to paint social conservatives in a "you were never liked" light.
2. America's healthcare system not being "universal healthcare."
3. How ignorant/stupid Americans are.
4. How fat Americans are.
5. How many Americans don't speak a second language.

American left and American expats love:

1. Europe. (Specifically Western Europe.)
2. Europe's attitude towards sex and drugs.
3. Universal healthcare.
4. How Europeans speak multiple languages.

It's clear that the left wants America to become Western Europe 2.0. If they hate the South, the Midwest, and the suburbs then they're going to seek out greener pastures in America's cities. If their bitterness still resides in them they might even move to Europe, but they will always loathe America for what it is not and what it does not provide. As poster "howerton" expresses he wants non-Americans to constantly tell Americans "the truth" and how much better life is abroad. You heard it from many on the article - America sucks, its people suck and that Western Europe and Australia are immensely more mature, filled with wisdom and sophistication that only American wishes to achieve one day.

Chillingly speaking, it's the opposite of "And be not conformed to this world; but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God."

It's funny that leftists want America to conform to Western Europe "for the better", want the social conservatives to be social outcasts if not their beliefs to "die the way of the dinosaur" all while throwing mantras like "be yourself" and "be a free thinker" and other slogans that promote non-conformity & extreme individualism. They definitely sound like the teenager who's ashamed of their parents for not being "cool."

Fantastic quote about education.

The basis of education is a carefully – that is to say, historically – vetted shelf of books. The mentor need not be better versed in the books than the student. He only needs to be older and wiser and willing to take the lead in active reading.

-  Thomas F. Bertonneau

This was in comment of taking control of the education young adults receive when it came to public (and private) institutions.

Go on youtube. Supporters for same-sex marriage show they're nothing but balls of emotions.

Here.

Here's a bet.

I bet there are more d-bag liberals than actual racist, sexist, bigoted, homophobic, ignorant, war hawk conservatives who fancies their cousin.

Ah, the ever open minded, educated, non-ignorant BosWash corridor. I don't even believe that the TEA Party had a "CONFEDERATE" label before they publicly, and officially, called themselves the TEA Party. The words in caps brings to light the contempt that modern day liberals, if not your garden variety type liberal, have for anyone who don't hold similar political views like them.

TEA = Taxed Enough Already

It's about taxes, but evidently that's a rather hard thing to find out let alone to understand and to sympathize with.

Is it me or do modern day liberals want conservatives to be social outcasts and that they purposefully relish the idea? Though just a story, as told by a man who seemed to enjoy the alienation of his co-worker, that a co-worker of his eating lunch at work with other colleagues. Politics came around and he voiced his views - apparently they were conservative and he was mocked for them. The man telling the story bizarrely enjoyed that the co-worker, who now was humiliated, ate at his desk alone after that incident.

(And to make a point about sex: The word "teabagger" was used by those in the TEA Party, though not all, to describe themselves as supporters of the movement. The name later was spinned to be derogatory in a sexual manner by those who had contempt for the movement. Let's just say "teabagger" wasn't the smartest label to adopt. )

Stuff you find on the internet.

It's always interesting when I either use bing or google to reach sites that I want to read and dig through. I entered "Thinking Housewife" (TH) because I wanted to re-read an entry, saying to myself "Just click on the official site and don't even look at the links below that,"  given pass results.

Well that didn't turn out as planned.

The word "white supremacist" showed up under a site called "pax on both houses." Oddly enough "pax" seems to like Pope Francis as opposed to TH. I then scrolled down to the bottom of the site to see a picture of what I presume is him and some other guy. Now, this "other guy" was sitting rather intimately with "pax", so I took the bait and figured that he was his "partner." I clicked on his profile and then followed a link entitled "Catholicism As if God is Love." That link led to this page. Not too surprising.

Afterthought:

Jesus made no reference to homosexuality or abortion - a peculiar “oversight” for an individual who, according to Christian orthodoxy, participated in the omniscient nature of God. 

Did Yeshua fail to see that homosexuality and abortion would become the signal red button issues of post-Modern Christianity?

And in light of the presumed importance of these two burning issues, why did Yeshua not provide specific guidance?

On the other hand, Jesus did say: “Love your enemies. Do good to those who persecute you."

Literalists!

It's your move.

Are we to lather ourselves over what Jesus did not say?

Or are we to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to what he did say?

And is the former an excuse to avoid the latter?

"Judge not lest you be judged. For with the same measure that you mete out, it shall be meted out to you."

Salvation is in our hands and hinges on whether we make mercy-love the measure of our lives.

I'm not sure if "pax" is a homosexual, I wouldn't be surprised, but I did take away these things that can't be mistaken or assumed: He sounds like a person who uses the Bible, practically uses every other page, to seek out verses that defends the "judge me not" and "make this world a better place" all within the empty mindset of "do good" aka approve of homosexuality, abortion and and other socially liberal and innately immoral "personal" decisions.

Alan [pax]: There are two dogs in this fight.

One is convinced that scripture, doctrine and tradition are supreme.

The other is convinced that acts of love arising from mercy, compassion and forgiveness are supreme.

I suppose most people find themselves in one camp or the other as a result of genetics, conditioning, "cultural momentum" or perceived fidelity to "common sense." 

He quotes Albert Einstein saying common sense is just "a collection of prejudices." His numerous mentions of his subtle irritation for social conservatives, or American conservatives as it sometimes shows up on his blog, is also telling. One would rightly say that I might be of the opposite side of the coin for my numerous mentions and entries about homosexuality, and fair enough, but I definitely have the upper hand because, unlike Alan/pax, I do not desperately find ways to convince myself that homosexuality and same-sex attraction - alongside abortion - is okay simply because it was not mentioned as "wrong" in the Bible. I don't really track down what goes on with the LGBT world, it's just that MSM makes it immensely easy to catch up on whatever story is trending when it comes to such a demographic. What conclude is that it's a bizarre world filled with sadness, bitterness and spiteful (I'll confess I can be rather spiteful as well).

Alan/pax is one of those people, who ironically disdains Bible literalists, becomes a literalist himself in order to A) further and totally misunderstand social conservatives and B) to suck my dick, hold hands with the same-sex (seriously, it ain't cute nor does it warrant an "awww!") and C) wrap himself with a blanket of delusional biblical defenses for same-sex lip locking.

Alan/pax reminds of that one site of a transgender woman who seriously thought Aquinas' Five Ways proved that trasngenderism was totally A-OKAY, and what as legit as the male and female sexes. You know what, forget what Einstein said (I'm surprised he didn't quote Gandhi when it came to war issues). Common sense tells me that it's not legit. It's fucked messed up.

Saving grace about Alan/pax? If he is Catholic, well that's great. But he's a Catholic that, maybe unknowingly, wants to have his cake and eat it too.