If you think I would ever, knowingly or unknowingly, support Marxism-Leninism (which I define in its original form as “workers controlling the means of production”, i.e. the loss of all private property). If you think I would ever, knowingly or unknowingly, support Fascism (which I define as the State controlling production through fiat to “privately” held interests). If you think I would, knowingly or unknowingly, support any totalitarian regime, regardless of its economic form, feel free to look at my previous posts. Feel free to take your time — you’ll find that I have a very wide libertarian streak.
I quibble with your interpretation from Proverbs. I would call someone who knowingly flip-flops a liar, but a false witness has a special connotation: someone who claims to lead people toward righteousness but is knowingly deceiving them and fully intends to lead them astray when the time is right. Is Romney one of those? Unfortunately, as is often the case with false witnesses, it’s hard to tell until they show evidence of their intent to deceive. I haven’t yet seen indications of that intent, though I’m not closed to the possibility.
Actually I’m not sowing discord, or even attempting to do so, rather I’m making it clear that I’ve had it with the people who are sowing discord by harping on the religion of our presumptive nominee. I don’t recall being a member of the Christian Political Party, but rather of the Republican Party, and last I checked it wasn’t limited exclusively to Christians or to a particular flavor of Christians. I once again pose the question, what happens should the GOP nominate a conservative Jew? Or a conservative Hindu? (for both I define ‘conservative’ as holding a strong belief in Jeffersonian democracy, Federalism, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution). Which is more important to you? If you demand that they hold the same religious beliefs as yourself, then might you be in the wrong place? Perhaps you need your own political party because it appears to me that none of the ones in existence will meet your exacting standards.
I contend that any step, no matter how small, toward the values you espouse is a net plus. I don’t expect perfection, for that can only be found in Heaven.
It is clear that you have a great capacity to justify. Good luck with that.
Hear me——
DO NOT continue to use the word bigot in reference to Christians who will not vote for Romney.
Understand?
An apology from you would be nice. But those who justify are rarely capable of such things.