Posted on 12/20/2013 9:06:52 AM PST by NOBO2012
Clearly Phil Robertson is not as articulate as Pope Francis, butt as far as I can determine they both said essentially the same thing. So why is the Pope Man of the Year and old Phil a dead duck?
Maybe it’s because, as head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis is not required to meet the New American Standards of political correctness, which, in the current case have been determined by GLAAD (Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).
I should note here that GLAAD has been authorized by the LGBT Alliance to serve as the new Gay arm of the Rainbow Push Coalition. As such it serves as the official clearing house of unacceptable speech regarding homosexuals in America; A&E was simply bowing to GLAAD’s newly designated role as the new centurion. And since they’ve determined that this new tolerance will not tolerate Christian beliefs regarding homosexual activity, they’ve determined that anyone who thinks that way is an ignorant “homophobe.” And in the new hate speech lexicon, “homophobe” is the new “racist” so I’m sure you can see that what Phil Robertson said was totally unacceptable.
I shouldn’t be dealing with this problem today because I need to finish up my Christmas shopping, butt I have this niggling (can I say that?) little problem eating away at at the logic circuit in my mother board: it has to do with the adoption of a politically correct lexicon of approved speech in America. Doesn’t the adoption of an agreed upon politically correct lexicon likewise require the adoption of politically correct group-think - which is quintessentially un-American? Worse, doesn’t it require that someone serve as the clearing house for what is, collectively, approved as “politically correct?”
Exactly who would that be, I wonder?
No, really; don’t tell me. I don’t want to know.
I think maybe we should ban political correctness and go back to the old fashioned method of dealing with different opinions in the public arena: relegate the outcome to the superiority of the idea itself. You know: speaking your mind and defending your position on its merits? Not that we would have many people capable of doing that anymore, critical thinking skills having been abandoned in the public education system for a couple of generations now. Advancing your position through logical argument is a bit more difficult when you wouldn’t know a logic flaw from an cheeseburger.
And speaking of Logic Lessons: here’s what happens when logic dies: after the adoption of new Obamacare standards forced insurance companies to cancel millions of “sub-standard plans” that didn’t meet the new “minimal” Obamacare standards, Big Guy’s little people injected a new twist yesterday. HHS announced that anybody who had their policy canceled because it was sub-standard and now can’t afford to buy the new Affordable Care Act plans available through the Obamacare Exchanges can get an exemption that allows them to buy “catastrophic coverage” policies instead. By Obamacare definition, aren’t the catastrophic-coverage-only policies the same “sub-standard” plans that Obamacare required the insurance companies to cancel in the first place? Or is there something wrong with my logic circuits?
Don’t worry about the logic, we can fix this thing if we all join hands and wish really hard.
Well, maybe you can figure it out, I’m going Christmas shopping to spread what’s left of my wealth around the old fashioned way.
Carry on.
Liberal Logic 101: Judge not less ye be judged. And we can’t have that.
Posted from: Michelle Obama’s Mirror
Your logic lesson is correct. It takes the insured right back where they started. A liberal friend of mine will not be amused.
Clearly Phil Robertson is not as articulate as Pope Francis, butt as far as I can determine they both said essentially the same thing. So why is the Pope Man of the Year and old Phil a dead duck?
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The fellas at GLAAD see what you did there.
After the Duck Dynasty travesty I can come to only one conclusion.... You’re free to hold Christian beliefs in this country as long as you don’t try to own a business or hold down a job.
Haha!!!
If I had a choice of spending the day with the pope, Phil or the leader of glaad I’ll get my camo and gun and head out with Phil.
If the Robertson Clan simply walked off from the deal with A&E, it would be a very fitting response.
“All of us, or none of us. That is the choice.”
Reality franchises are tricky things, as likely to gain as many adherents as adversaries, and the Robertson Clan would be well served to be given a new contract for the same or similar kind of reality exposition, with another network altogether. Apparently most or all of their advertisers are sticking with them.
And it is not like the Robertson Clan were needing the cash flow from their participation.
Slip of the ...finger? :^)
So much for labeling him a dumb, hick redneck.
I could see them walking away from A&E very easily over this since their advertisers are sticking with them, the public supports them, and they have offers from other companies that would like to pick up their show. A&E has the losing hand is this negotiation.
I hesitate to comment on this Duck dynasty thing as folks may want my head on a platter. I say to the left, dont get too cocky on this firing of Mr Roberson. Tolerance goes both ways. Who knows what will pop up from this open ended controversy. This could open the backdoor to the thought police.
I think the whole thing is a scam. A&E isn’t stupid. They know an employer cannot discriminate based on relgious beliefs. If this were serious, it would be a terrifying thing....persecuting someone for their beliefs. Thought police run wild.
This is an advertising ploy. Bash a Christian at a holy time of the year. They create a whole bunch of Phil Phans without spending a dime. They give a mea culpa...triangulating postions of supporting Phil and his right to his beliefs but also supporting GLAAD, and the show goes on. The ratings go through the roof with all the new Phil Phans sticking it to A&E by tuning in.
What makes GLAD suck so much is their pissed off because what was said IS THE TRUTH. What the hell are they so glad about anyway. It’s always 1984 as far as their concerned.
It’s all a marketing ploy. Mark my words. He’ll be back by next week.
the next season was already taped, looks like it will be the last season
If by "clearly (...) articulate" you mean Robertson is able to state a simple truth using 20 words instead of a Pope's 200, you might be correct. Otherwise...
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