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"Christian persecution" my ass
Feb. 10th, 2008 12:48 pmThere's a reason I've gotten a few of you to friend ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angry_biscuit over time, as you've found out yourselves by reading his political, social, and religious diatribes. Today's is about the pseudo-phenomenon known as Christian persecution.
Dun-dun-DUN!
(I'll repost my reply here.) I've thought a lot about this "Christian persecution" thing before. Yes, we live in an age of increasing political correctness, or at least it seems in some circles. There are some ridiculously-sensitive people who will correct you on the least little thing (as a woman who does not believe women should dominantly rule the universe any more than men should, I run into this a lot with neo-feminists - I call them that because I consider myself "feminist" and yet I do not think some of the same things they hold dear). And if I lived in a big northern city where I was surrounded at all times by people who think like me, I might actually believe this "persecution" could happen.
But I chronically am cursed to live in states that are not only red, but very red - i.e., the "real" America. My daily contact is with rural Midwesterners (as it used to be with rural Southerners) who definitely do NOT see "Brokeback Mountain" as enlightening or even benign entertainment. The people I deal with have HUGE influence on our state's legislature - or are even in it - and are giving serious thought and votes to banning both the possibility of gay marriage and unrestricted access to birth control anywhere, anytime.
Further, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that there are Republicans nationwide registering to vote in Democrat primaries for the sole and exclusive purpose of casting their ballot for Hillary Clinton - whether it's because they feel a kinship to this former (and possibly, still-) Republican, or to sabotage the Democratic party come November by placing her as the candidate and switching back over to voting Republican in the real election. Because, y'know, most "real" Americans by and large still believe that a penis should run the country. (But, not just any penis - look how well Huckabee did/is doing on the basis of profession of Christian religious belief ALONE; god knows it ain't because of his 23 percent "fair" tax proposal.)
(On a side note, I engaged in a bit of online debate with someone a couple of weeks ago who thought this "fair" tax was A-OK. I politely - for me - explained the problem with it, namely that their dream of seeing a rich person having to pay 23 percent tax on a $70,000 Lexus would be accompanied by themselves having to fork up about $5,000 in taxes on an averagely-priced $20,000 new vehicle, not to mention the daily cost of paying that sales tax on gasoline, toiletries, clothes, possibly food, and other basic supplies. They replied that they felt "attacked" by me (awwww, poor guy). What I replied to that was nothing; what I should have said was "If you feel attacked now, wait'll you're spending about a fifth of your yearly income just in taxes and paying for more wars so defense contractors can retire to Dubai, free of American extradition.")
So ... persecuted? Try "mocked and chastised by a minority with little real power in American's political process," at best. Some minor gains in 35 years for women to do as they want with their own bodies, and a few companies giving health insurance to gay partners aren't yet nearly as powerful a picture of "America" as an idiot being handed the keys to the White House for another term AFTER INSTIGATING A FAILED AND GROSSLY EXPENSIVE WAR simply because he knew how to play the born-again angle.
Note: I do not personally support Clinton as the Democrat nomination for president, which has nothing to do with her gender and everything to do with her political history.
angry_biscuit over time, as you've found out yourselves by reading his political, social, and religious diatribes. Today's is about the pseudo-phenomenon known as Christian persecution.Dun-dun-DUN!
(I'll repost my reply here.) I've thought a lot about this "Christian persecution" thing before. Yes, we live in an age of increasing political correctness, or at least it seems in some circles. There are some ridiculously-sensitive people who will correct you on the least little thing (as a woman who does not believe women should dominantly rule the universe any more than men should, I run into this a lot with neo-feminists - I call them that because I consider myself "feminist" and yet I do not think some of the same things they hold dear). And if I lived in a big northern city where I was surrounded at all times by people who think like me, I might actually believe this "persecution" could happen.
But I chronically am cursed to live in states that are not only red, but very red - i.e., the "real" America. My daily contact is with rural Midwesterners (as it used to be with rural Southerners) who definitely do NOT see "Brokeback Mountain" as enlightening or even benign entertainment. The people I deal with have HUGE influence on our state's legislature - or are even in it - and are giving serious thought and votes to banning both the possibility of gay marriage and unrestricted access to birth control anywhere, anytime.
Further, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that there are Republicans nationwide registering to vote in Democrat primaries for the sole and exclusive purpose of casting their ballot for Hillary Clinton - whether it's because they feel a kinship to this former (and possibly, still-) Republican, or to sabotage the Democratic party come November by placing her as the candidate and switching back over to voting Republican in the real election. Because, y'know, most "real" Americans by and large still believe that a penis should run the country. (But, not just any penis - look how well Huckabee did/is doing on the basis of profession of Christian religious belief ALONE; god knows it ain't because of his 23 percent "fair" tax proposal.)
(On a side note, I engaged in a bit of online debate with someone a couple of weeks ago who thought this "fair" tax was A-OK. I politely - for me - explained the problem with it, namely that their dream of seeing a rich person having to pay 23 percent tax on a $70,000 Lexus would be accompanied by themselves having to fork up about $5,000 in taxes on an averagely-priced $20,000 new vehicle, not to mention the daily cost of paying that sales tax on gasoline, toiletries, clothes, possibly food, and other basic supplies. They replied that they felt "attacked" by me (awwww, poor guy). What I replied to that was nothing; what I should have said was "If you feel attacked now, wait'll you're spending about a fifth of your yearly income just in taxes and paying for more wars so defense contractors can retire to Dubai, free of American extradition.")
So ... persecuted? Try "mocked and chastised by a minority with little real power in American's political process," at best. Some minor gains in 35 years for women to do as they want with their own bodies, and a few companies giving health insurance to gay partners aren't yet nearly as powerful a picture of "America" as an idiot being handed the keys to the White House for another term AFTER INSTIGATING A FAILED AND GROSSLY EXPENSIVE WAR simply because he knew how to play the born-again angle.
Note: I do not personally support Clinton as the Democrat nomination for president, which has nothing to do with her gender and everything to do with her political history.
