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Moore, Trump and the Right’s New Religion
New York Times ^ | 11/16/2017 | Charles M. Blow

Posted on 11/16/2017 8:03:28 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

>>I have lived my whole life with a Republican Party with which I disagreed, but at least understood.

I’ve only understood Democrats for about 15 years when I discovered the 100 year history of Progressivism. He expects us to be unchanging, but he won’t even publicly acknowledge the true goals of his ideology.


21 posted on 11/16/2017 8:25:25 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Charles Blow is an affirmative action Big House hand kept on by the slimes for his color not his non-existent mind. He graduated from Grambling a school that does not even show up on any list of schools with accreditation. They are another fake Negro College Fund school.


22 posted on 11/16/2017 8:28:13 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey Blow! Your party denied G-d three times at your 2012 DNC convention in Charlotte.

Going to suck to be you.

I crack me up.

5.56mm


23 posted on 11/16/2017 8:28:49 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: SeekAndFind

Charles Blow is one of the worst left-wing writers in America (and that is saying a lot).


24 posted on 11/16/2017 8:29:19 AM PST by ohioman
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To: SeekAndFind

“I didn’t know much about politics or party platforms.”

Guess what, Token Columnist . . . you still don’t


25 posted on 11/16/2017 8:30:27 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee" Hey, NFL, why didn't you any of you bold guys hire Kaepernick? #GoodbyeGoodell)
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To: Jim 0216

RE: Why post this OP-ED b/s (”opinion as news”) from a known Lying Leftist outlet other than demoralize the readers?

Why not? I want to read FR memebers refutations of his article. Unfortunately, a lot of what I read are mocking the author himself and do not deal with the content of his article.


26 posted on 11/16/2017 8:35:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Charles M. Blow is such a tool.


27 posted on 11/16/2017 8:36:37 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: SeekAndFind

Falwell did not reintroduce religion into politics. It never, ever stopped at black churches, and continues to this day. Who is kidding whom?


28 posted on 11/16/2017 8:40:05 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: SeekAndFind
I want to read FR memebers refutations of his article.

Generally, if you’re told a lie, don’t repeat it. Neutralize the lie by speaking the truth. Lies aren’t defeated by repeating the lie. Lies are defeated by repeating the truth. We should have our eyes on the prize - in this case, politically, what it takes to recover our Free Constitutional Republic. That should be what we major on and focus on.

Some have said if they didn’t know any better they would think FR was a Leftist site what with all the pro-Lying Left headlines steaming across.

To be honest, part of the problem IMO is many know what they’re against but have difficulty clarifying for themselves what they are for. That may be one reason FReepers continually want to publish and then bash the Leftist lies rather than mostly publish the truth that will actually defeat the lies.

So if you have to, IMO, at least get the story from a relatively reliable source or put up your own blog post so at least the headline and the first few sentences are reasonably reliable.

29 posted on 11/16/2017 8:43:39 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: SeekAndFind

Affirmative action columnist praises feminism and gay rights and then complains that Republicans are religious bigots and hypocrites—which is it? The NYT has sunk so low.


30 posted on 11/16/2017 8:44:58 AM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: FlipWilson

I’m not holding my breath on that coverage
ever happening .


31 posted on 11/16/2017 8:49:10 AM PST by cdcdawg
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To: jmaroneps37

Grambling is also known for how many of their students refer to Caucasians. Whitey, honkie, cracker, peckerwood. I hope they graduate to friend and brother. Not with the Democrat need for class clashes. In Christ, there is no distinction for exteriors. We all need redemption.


32 posted on 11/16/2017 8:53:14 AM PST by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

The “M” stands for “Must”.


33 posted on 11/16/2017 8:53:46 AM PST by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“...not generous and inclusive like the Jesus of the New Testament.” Oh, you mean like, “Except you repent and be converted ye shall all likewise perish.” Or maybe, “He that believes will not be condemned, but he that doesn’t believe is condemned already....” You mean like that?


34 posted on 11/16/2017 9:00:50 AM PST by Tucker39 (Read: Psalm 145. The whole psalm.....aloud; as praise to our God.)
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To: Jim 0216; SeekAndFind
Generally, if you’re told a lie, don’t repeat it. Neutralize the lie by speaking the truth. Lies aren’t defeated by repeating the lie. Lies are defeated by repeating the truth.

Jim, forgive me but I think that you have got it wrong. Many of the greatest moments and accomplishments here on Free Republic have come from the discussions about the lies coming from our opponents.

Would Dan Rather have been exposed and forced to resign if those here had just ignored his lies? No, this is a place where the left’s lies can be repeated and repudiated. And what we have discussed and discovered can then be disseminated to a wider audience which sometimes results in the public having their perceptions changed despite all the efforts opposing us.

35 posted on 11/16/2017 9:45:05 AM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15
Many of the greatest moments and accomplishments here on Free Republic have come from the discussions about the lies coming from our opponents.

Absolutely, but as I said, we should find and post reasonably reliable sources or our own blog, that have already deconstructed the lie and replaced it with the truth and with a headline that says the truth. The key is the headline and the first few sentences because not everyone has time to drill down. The endless stream of negative, lying headlines sabotages our purpose IMO.

36 posted on 11/16/2017 9:48:34 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

You are making a good point; we are being flooded with nonsense every day. And it can be exhausting. But ignoring it will not make it go away.


37 posted on 11/16/2017 9:53:09 AM PST by fireman15
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To: SeekAndFind

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>> “The religious activism was in many ways a direct response to the strides made in the 1960s and 1970s on racial equality, women’s rights and gay rights.” <<

Stopped reading right there.

The ‘60s destroyed what racial equality existed, and it has gone down the chute to the abyss ever since.

Women had the right to stay home and teach and enjoy the kids, which right they have essentially lost.

Gay rights? They’ve always had the right to look foolish and live in dysfunction; what has changed?

A perceived ‘threat’ presented by the full acceptance and inclusion of L.G.B.T. insanity?

Unfortunately few seem to be that perceptive!
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38 posted on 11/16/2017 10:03:38 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SeekAndFind
Any chair in a bar fight.

I used to vote primarily along intellectually derived lines. However, the behavior of the left has made me realize that we are in a cold civil war, and I must vote for my team regardless of the individual. Don't blame me, blame the left.

39 posted on 11/16/2017 10:06:48 AM PST by Patriotic1 (Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

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When my eldest son was 8, (1978) he was studying analytic geometry in a program that no longer functions because it is racist.

(yeah)
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40 posted on 11/16/2017 10:09:20 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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