Foul Language, the Church, the Popular Vote, and Hopelessness
“I am always shocked to hear name calling and foul language by the conservative Evangelical crowd."
I know what you mean. The fact that liberal extremists are just as bad, shows just how much animosity there now is in our country. Most people aren’t like this. However, because they’re so loud, it seems as if all liberals, all conservatives, are haters.
Though I work at being tolerant, I won’t tolerate bigotry. I particularly have issue with Creationists, and their blatant intellectual dishonesty – Or those who deem efforts to help the needy and reduce the income gap that exists, as being “Socialist,” they have no understanding that these factors have been the flashpoint for every bloody revolution that’s occurred the past 100 years – and racists of all colors, whether it be the KKK, or the Nation of Islam, which the National Poverty Law Center has declared to be a black separatist hate group. In addition, their leader, Louis Farrakhan, is well known for his anti-Semitic views.
“Do they teach it in church now?” All throughout history, people have used God as an excuse to hate.
What’s especially infuriating about bigots who claim to be “Christian,” is that their hatred of others is the exact opposite of Christ’s message of love and forgiveness.
To me, they’re no different from the left-wing “progressives,” and their never-ending denigration of all things conservative.
Interestingly, I have a book, “Denying History,” that deals with Holocaust denial. There’s a chapter devoted to the psychology of extremism which points out, that no matter where hatred comes from, extremists comes from the right or the left, the underlying psychology is the same.
There are cases where some individuals switch from one side to the other, but are still zealots. The person I’m most aware of is David Horowitz. In the 60s, he was a left-wing radical who lead many anti-war protests. Now, he’s one of the most outspoken conservative critics of the Islamic faith.
To read his words, one would think that every single Muslim alive is responsible for the terrorists attacks that plague the Middle East, Indonesia, India, and Europe. The reality is though, that most Muslims deplore these terrorists, and simply just want to go on with their lives as best they can.
“May I remind you he did not win the popular vote so the majority of voters feel pretty darn hopeless.”
It’s a matter of perspective. Hillary did get more popular votes then Trump, technically the majority. What has to be taken into account, is that the split was nearly 50/50. If it weren’t, Hillary would have won hands down.
There are more then 320,000,000 people in the U.S. - 50% of that is 160,000,000. - Even if Trump’s supporters were technically in the minority, they still represent a huge number, a number that can’t be ignored, and as you know, they aren’t “hopeless.” In fact, it’s the opposite.
I’ve never supported Trump, and have always said that he exhibits the traits of a psychopath, but in no way do I feel without hope because he was elected.
Why should I let some politician dictate how I feel? I have my own life to live, my own problems to deal with. Why add to the burden with images of gloom and doom.
A number of years ago, I read that the difference between conservatives and liberals, is that conservatives are basically optimistic, while liberals are habitually pessimists. Damn if that doesn’t appear to be true.
I completely understand the necessity for helping people, who through no fault of their own, are down on their luck and in need of moral and financial support.
I also agree with Sander’s ideal of lessening the chasm that exists between this nation’s richest and its poorest. This issue has been at the root of all the bloody uprisings and revolts that have taken place over the past 100 years.
However, I refuse to support this notion that people are helpless victims, without hope. If we cut through the fog, the quest for power is the goal of all politicians, whether they be liberal or conservative.
Democrat politicians obtain power by brainwashing people into believing that they are helpless victims, and that their only hope of salvation is to elect Democrat overlords, who promise manna from heaven, or whatever it takes to get their votes.
And of course, there has to be a patsy, someone to blame, someone to focus all that resentment, anger and hatred on, and that’s where Republicans come in.
I’m not saying that Republicans are without blame, but no matter what they do or say, Republicans will always be the “Great Satan,” because the Gods have declared it so, and Gods can never be questioned, so perfect are they.
So what we have are never ending cycles of growing animosity.
There is actually hope, a way to end this. It’s nothing new. But as I’ve found out from personal experience, those who should be the most interested in change have already made up their minds. So sure are they of their righteousness, they are incapable of making the real change that will begin to make the world a better place.
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I know what you mean. The fact that liberal extremists are just as bad, shows just how much animosity there now is in our country. Most people aren’t like this. However, because they’re so loud, it seems as if all liberals, all conservatives, are haters.
Though I work at being tolerant, I won’t tolerate bigotry. I particularly have issue with Creationists, and their blatant intellectual dishonesty – Or those who deem efforts to help the needy and reduce the income gap that exists, as being “Socialist,” they have no understanding that these factors have been the flashpoint for every bloody revolution that’s occurred the past 100 years – and racists of all colors, whether it be the KKK, or the Nation of Islam, which the National Poverty Law Center has declared to be a black separatist hate group. In addition, their leader, Louis Farrakhan, is well known for his anti-Semitic views.
“Do they teach it in church now?” All throughout history, people have used God as an excuse to hate.
What’s especially infuriating about bigots who claim to be “Christian,” is that their hatred of others is the exact opposite of Christ’s message of love and forgiveness.
To me, they’re no different from the left-wing “progressives,” and their never-ending denigration of all things conservative.
Interestingly, I have a book, “Denying History,” that deals with Holocaust denial. There’s a chapter devoted to the psychology of extremism which points out, that no matter where hatred comes from, extremists comes from the right or the left, the underlying psychology is the same.
There are cases where some individuals switch from one side to the other, but are still zealots. The person I’m most aware of is David Horowitz. In the 60s, he was a left-wing radical who lead many anti-war protests. Now, he’s one of the most outspoken conservative critics of the Islamic faith.
To read his words, one would think that every single Muslim alive is responsible for the terrorists attacks that plague the Middle East, Indonesia, India, and Europe. The reality is though, that most Muslims deplore these terrorists, and simply just want to go on with their lives as best they can.
“May I remind you he did not win the popular vote so the majority of voters feel pretty darn hopeless.”
It’s a matter of perspective. Hillary did get more popular votes then Trump, technically the majority. What has to be taken into account, is that the split was nearly 50/50. If it weren’t, Hillary would have won hands down.
There are more then 320,000,000 people in the U.S. - 50% of that is 160,000,000. - Even if Trump’s supporters were technically in the minority, they still represent a huge number, a number that can’t be ignored, and as you know, they aren’t “hopeless.” In fact, it’s the opposite.
I’ve never supported Trump, and have always said that he exhibits the traits of a psychopath, but in no way do I feel without hope because he was elected.
Why should I let some politician dictate how I feel? I have my own life to live, my own problems to deal with. Why add to the burden with images of gloom and doom.
A number of years ago, I read that the difference between conservatives and liberals, is that conservatives are basically optimistic, while liberals are habitually pessimists. Damn if that doesn’t appear to be true.
I completely understand the necessity for helping people, who through no fault of their own, are down on their luck and in need of moral and financial support.
I also agree with Sander’s ideal of lessening the chasm that exists between this nation’s richest and its poorest. This issue has been at the root of all the bloody uprisings and revolts that have taken place over the past 100 years.
However, I refuse to support this notion that people are helpless victims, without hope. If we cut through the fog, the quest for power is the goal of all politicians, whether they be liberal or conservative.
Democrat politicians obtain power by brainwashing people into believing that they are helpless victims, and that their only hope of salvation is to elect Democrat overlords, who promise manna from heaven, or whatever it takes to get their votes.
And of course, there has to be a patsy, someone to blame, someone to focus all that resentment, anger and hatred on, and that’s where Republicans come in.
I’m not saying that Republicans are without blame, but no matter what they do or say, Republicans will always be the “Great Satan,” because the Gods have declared it so, and Gods can never be questioned, so perfect are they.
So what we have are never ending cycles of growing animosity.
There is actually hope, a way to end this. It’s nothing new. But as I’ve found out from personal experience, those who should be the most interested in change have already made up their minds. So sure are they of their righteousness, they are incapable of making the real change that will begin to make the world a better place.
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