“Context and timing matter.”
It shouldn’t. Truth is constant.
“Your quilt is a historical artifact created before Hitler.”
It isn’t. I created it a couple years ago. The block is old — a variation on Rail Fence Block.
If swastika has bad connotations now — and it certainly does thanks to Hitler — then maybe it’s up to us to help turn that around. We shouldn’t capitulate to these people. It’s wrong that when we see a rainbow our first thought is “homosexual”; it should be a promise from God. It’s wrong that when he hear the word “gay” we think “homosexual”; we should think “happy”.
Caving to the thought police is wrong, and we need to change the wishy-washy “timing and context” cop-out to appease the bad guys.
Kanye’s stupid new symbol is a ridiculous result of an addled brain, and EVERYBODY knows that. No attention would be paid to it if they weren’t using it to take out Trump. They are using it for that purpose, and we’ll see how things shake out. God is in control.
I trust you added that block to your quilt as an example of a historical pattern predating Hitler, not to affirm Nazism, as Kanye did. Context does matter.
The swastika is forever tainted, I’m afraid, and cannot be rehabilitated in the foreseeable future. The rainbow might be saved. I very much hope it can.
I do wish we could return “gay” to its old meaning. I hope we can, but it won’t be easy.
Words do change meaning over time. “Nice” for example:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/nice
“Passion” originally meant suffering, as in “the Passion of Christ” on the cross. Today, a remnant of the original meaning is contained in “compassion”, “ to suffer with”, but it’s rather watered down.
The old meanings of “nice” and “passion” do some truth-telling about the new ways they are used. Passion (as used today) can well involve suffering(!). Niceness (as we mean it now) can be shallow and faint-hearted. The old meaning of “gay” tells no truth about homosexuality. It’s a lie. And ironic. Homosexuality does not bring happiness.
Anyway, back to Elon and Kanye. See my posts #18 and #36:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4113330/posts?page=18#18
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4113330/posts?page=36#36
We don’t expect JimRob to allow every sort of free speech here on FR, do we? Those running a privately-owned forum or social media platform have to draw lines somewhere. We may disagree about where the lines should be drawn, but it seems to me Musk has gone in a good direction. He can only let it go so far before it turns into 8kun and becomes worthless and prone to lawsuits.
““Context and timing matter.”
It shouldn’t. Truth is constant.
“Your quilt is a historical artifact created before Hitler.”
It isn’t. I created it a couple years ago. The block is old — a variation on Rail Fence Block.
If swastika has bad connotations now — and it certainly does thanks to Hitler — then maybe it’s up to us to help turn that around. We shouldn’t capitulate to these people. It’s wrong that when we see a rainbow our first thought is “homosexual”; it should be a promise from God. It’s wrong that when he hear the word “gay” we think “homosexual”; we should think “happy”.
Caving to the thought police is wrong, and we need to change the wishy-washy “timing and context” cop-out to appease the bad guys.
Kanye’s stupid new symbol is a ridiculous result of an addled brain, and EVERYBODY knows that. No attention would be paid to it if they weren’t using it to take out Trump. They are using it for that purpose, and we’ll see how things shake out. God is in control.”
Exactly right, because freedom of religion will be right behind it...
So when will you be posting a swastika imposed on a Star of David on the front door of your abode? As you say “we can’t cave to the thought police.” You won’t do that because some things are so offensive that a liberal society rejects them. Kanye touched that third rail and Musk rightly booted him.
Confederating with fruitcakes like West will only bring defeat to conservatism. We must chose are allies wisely.
It is the firewall of faith. It limits true perspective and scope of the bigger picture. They will look back someday and wish they had not helped further the agenda. We have about lost the 2nd, now we are about to lose the 1st. And freedom of religion will be right behind our loss of freedom of speech. Never give an inch or they will take a mile...
Thank you for your thoughtful, intelligent, astute, and logical comments... :)