Comments on: Conservatives and Christians More Inclusive, Tolerant Than Progressives?

By: NavyMustang

NavyMustang — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:48:51 +0000

Love the sinner, hate the sin.

By: NavyMustang

NavyMustang — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:46:12 +0000

I’m married to a German. She knew a cop who was a transsexual. As a matter of fact, this woman made the transition while on the force. I can’t imagine the crap she had to put up with.

But I digress.

We had an informal reception and my bride decided to invite the transsexual woman. When she got the invite, she insisted, and I mean INSISTED, that she play the music at our party.

Hey, whatever. I was good with it.

The day arrived and she showed up for the reception. One of the nicest people I have ever met. Truly happy for our wedding. Friendly. Open. Very giving.

Dressed very nicely IIRC. Nice dress.

And one of the ugliest women I have ever seen EVER. She was ugly to begin with, THEN someone beat her with an ugly stick.

Henry, nothing personal, but that’s what popped into my mind when I read your post.

By: NavyMustang

NavyMustang — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:29:15 +0000

As far as the transsexual issue is concerned, I’ve never been in Jenner’s corner. I wouldn’t stop him, but I believe that the way to figure out what sex you are is to get naked and stand in front of a mirror. Any confusion in your head has to do with other issues besides your genitalia.

But, I’ve never hated the man.

As far as his political leanings are concerned, at least he’s gotten something right, but it doesn’t change my mind about his perceived sexual identity.

Guess that is the difference between us and progressives.

By: randian

randian — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:19:22 +0000

They’d never allow that in the West. Aborting a male child would probably be ok though.

By: SRaher

SRaher — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:10:52 +0000

In 1993 there was a play, “The Twilight of the Golds.” It takes place in the near future, when genetic testing can predict the orientation of an unborn child. Mr. and Mrs. Gold debate whether or not they should abort a gay son. It is only a short amount of time before this isn’t science fiction anymore. Today, it is not uncommon in parts of the world to abort a child for being female.

By: Not A Member of Any Organized Political

Not A Member of Any Organized Political — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:12:08 +0000

How about a Kenyan caftan? I think those are uni-sexual…or is that bi-sexual? Mono-sexual? Oh well……..

By: Not A Member of Any Organized Political

Not A Member of Any Organized Political — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:10:45 +0000

Unless you are in need of diet aids.

By: Not A Member of Any Organized Political

Not A Member of Any Organized Political — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:06:01 +0000

The “Collectivists” and “elite media” are truly the chained-all-their-life-in-the-cave people of Plato.

“The Allegory of the Cave (also titled Plato’s Cave or Parable of the Cave) is presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic (514a–520a) to compare “…the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature”. ….

“Plato has Socrates describe a gathering of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to designate names to these shadows. The shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave

By: Not A Member of Any Organized Political

Not A Member of Any Organized Political — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:01:57 +0000

..”the elite media” and “collectivists” are gonna hate……

By: xdevildog

xdevildog — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:21:27 +0000

Dang it, Gibbie, you beat me to it.

By: gibbie

gibbie — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:03:56 +0000

Many thanks to the pet troll for providing himself as another example of ignorance regarding Christianity.

By: anoNY

anoNY — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:43:35 +0000

“Another Republican presidential hopeful, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, made all kinds of headlines when he said something that would not surprise anyone who has spent any amount of time with a conservative Christian — that he would attend a same sex wedding.”

How is that not “participating” in the gay wedding? Isn’t Sen. Rubio showing approval for “sin”? At least Sen. Rubio isn’t as close-minded as those stupid bakers we are always talking about here…

By: gibbie

gibbie — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:36:14 +0000

The PLAGAL speaker mentioned that too. Simple logic.

By: Fuzzy Slippers

Fuzzy Slippers — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:29:13 +0000

But here’s the thing, Rags, Dem operatives actually know the difference. There’ve been Dems on the record saying that they only use the race card because it rallies their base; heck, we have Harry Reid gloating that his lie on the Senate floor about Romney not paying taxes was part of the reason he lost (I’m not sure about that, but Dirty Harry sure seems to be).

The Hillary Clintons and the Elizabeth Warrens know what they are saying is mostly crap fodder for their adoring masses (i.e. the voting base promised unicorns and happy rainbows under the cowboy poet sky). They know it. It’s the ones who don’t that worry me (ahem Obama, cough Diane Sawyer).

The people who are dim enough to buy into something that even they must know started as Alinsky- / Soviet- style propaganda . . . they’re dangerous.

By: NeoConScum

NeoConScum — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:05:24 +0000

Rags…I’ve been working with traumatic brain injured guys for the last 2-years(Hey, it helps make ‘amends’ for 40-years helping make Steaming Piles of TV Trash!!)and the more I’m around the ‘Wackos’, the more I identify with them. ((-:

(*One further observation re-Film & Traumatic Brain Injury Guys: They have MUCH in common with some ‘stars’ I’ve worked with. Hey, just saying..*)

By: Ragspierre

Ragspierre — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:16:22 +0000

Dude, I’m at a loss here. I’ve seen nothing to which I’d take any exception posted by you.

Besides, you may have noted that my hide…and my frontal plate…is thick.

But, seriously, no worries!

By: jennifer a johnson

jennifer a johnson — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:52:36 +0000

The universal psychosis is hypocrisy-saying one thing and then doing another-which is to say that one is not, “loving your neighbor as yourself”. Just ask the white-washed tombs.

By: Doug Wright Old Grouchy

Doug Wright Old Grouchy — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:18:50 +0000

Nice thought yet not clear at all. Still, you’re correct that he is a valued friend.

By: NeoConScum

NeoConScum — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:01:48 +0000

Doug…I think our friend’s I.D.Comment was re-Platypuss.

By: Doug Wright Old Grouchy

Doug Wright Old Grouchy — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:43:25 +0000

It would seem that “we,” the collective identified as those many who comment on this most excellent blog, otherwise known as Legal Insurrection, perhaps the top legal blog on Plane Earth, have somehow lost the ability to recognize how to do a “reply” to others. It’s almost as though we’re commenting on old fashioned blogs, like that of Althouse, an otherwise excellent, and much older, legal blog.

Rags: I was responding to you, and it was meant to be a somewhat humorous comment, meant to illicit a chuckle and not to offend anyone. But, no, I would never be a troll to your comments because that is not my style. Besides, your comments are usually most deep and quite pithy; some exceptions might apply, as did that one I replied to. Plus, most, but not all, of your comments are such that I would agree with them.

By advised that while this comment is long winded, in a sense, it could have been pared down to a most succulent, concise, and highly targeted reply.

Incidentally, if you ever start your own independent blog, I’ll follow it.