Posted on 06/12/2016 7:59:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
This is the saddest day of my life. I can't even wrap my mind around the horror of what happened last night in Orlando, where 50 joyful dancing queers were murdered by a religious extremist. I'm sad -- devastated, in my soul -- about that; but I'm also sad that the events of Orlando have shattered my political beliefs, as I can no longer swear allegiance to a peace-love-and-unicorns progressive philosophy that only helps to get my fellow queers killed.
Yes, there is a war between religious fundamentalism and the spirit of love and tolerance. But we progressives here in America still labor under the delusion that the religion we need to combat is Christianity. But that's a strawman opponent, and has been so for decades. Since the 1990s, Christian extremists have essentially lost all their power, and are now toothless nonplayers in the "culture wars." Meanwhile, Muslim extremists, with guns, murder us, and on the left our only response is to bleat about "Islamophobia" and jump through hoops trying to explain away the self-evident religious motivation for the killings...
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but he could have just as well bought the anti-gun argument.
What was the epiphany?
OTOH, I look at it like this: Right now we have to stabilize the patient (America). Once his vitals are back to normal we can work on the rest of it.
I welcome this guy’s vote. Later we can work with him on the homo stuff.
Why is always about Cruz? What about Rubio, Santorum, Bush, Huckabee, Walker and all the others? I think your hatred of Cruz has taken you over.
They got Gay Marriage. What else is for them to be “activist” about?
Agreed. Islam is the big enemy. Let's defeat it now, and then deal with the rest.
“And you know what makes me angrier still? The fact that I have to hide my identity and remain anonymous in writing this essay. If I outed myself as a Trump supporter, I would be harassed and doxxed and shunned by everyone I know and by the Twitter lynch mobs which up until yesterday I myself led.”
Realty can be harsh.
I don't think so. By the way, Christian extremism might just save you.
As she said in one of her books, Liberals/ Democrats love to lead the mob. And I also think that she said that Democrats will sell out gays when it is convenient to do so.
Given how Obama (and others) have been busy importing Muslims form intolerant societies, how long will it before Muslims constitute a more important voting block than gays?
As the author notes, Muslims are higher than gays on the list of protected groups.
I don't care for the gay lifestyle--but I won't stand for dozens of my fellow citizens gunned down by an Islamic terrorist.
He’s the one I had respect for. I am sad that he has screwed up so immensely.
Mark my words: the Left will blame Christians for this. It is their MO.
Are you really this naive? They have to deal with that pesky, out-dated first amendment.
At least he’s upfront with his belief that the Gays defeated Christianity.
well they are idiots for the cause if they just figured out they are targets for radical muzzies. Haven’t they been persecuting and throwing gays off buildings in the Middle East muzzie hellholes? Only a small percentage of them will switch their vote to Trump after Orlando.
He believes Christianity is not the religion they need to combat because it has effectively been stripped of any power. He doesn't recognize that this is the core of the problem, not an indication of success.
Dennis Prager once said that Jews should support Christianity in America because he knows how badly things will go when America is no longer a Christian nation.
This salami-smoker ought to consider that, and ask himself exactly what he's trying to accomplish.
Welcome aboard...regardless of your politics, this is about American Nationalism, whether we have a nation at all. Anyone who wants to demonstrate some sanity by voting for Trump is welcome.
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