Posted on 02/07/2002 8:02:41 AM PST by watsonfellow
In the past few months I have noticed that the posters on Free Republic have become more and more hostile towards social conservatism.
And I do not mean indifference (less pro life threads etc) but an outright hostility at pro life and other social conservative causes.
Am I alone in thinking this?
In particular, notice the responses to the thread concerning the recent request by social conservative groups to the FCC to reign in Fox's racey primetime programs.
I wonder if this is becoming only a haven for hedonists and libertarians, and if so, perhaps it would be better for social conservatives to find their own site.
OWK...means this is how screwed up your brain gets when you use drugs.
That was almost enough to make me a believer. ;^]
Nah, they laughed at her for saying that (I swear I am not making this up) teenagers needed to be taught to masturbate. The vision of humans as the equivalent of domestic turkeys, so dumb that they need to be brought out of the rain by their keepers so they don't drown, is liberalism distilled to its core element.
This was an extremely lazy, liberal response on your part. Nothing worse than whining.
Toupsie, while I admire your particularly American "get-behind-yourself-and-push" attitude, you do realize that you are only looking at ONE side of the equation, don't you? Some of us just want to be left in peace, but the vulgarity is omni-present. Just as the Pacifica case found, you cannot not hear the seven dirty words when they are broadcast on the radio if you were not expecting them. You call US busybodies, but you refuse to recognize that your are putting YOUR filth in our face. At what point will we be allowed self-defense?
And less some accuse me of running away from the thread, my lunch hour is over and I will not have a chance to visit FR again for another day.
FRegards
I really are?
I'm not an absolutist and I don't agree with such a set of values and beliefs. I am a traditionalist and a mainstream conservative, who supports the Constitution as the basis for our freedom and liberty and the American legal and judicial system. Limiting government. Placing lawyer jargon aside, it is important to understand, the Federalist Papers aren't part of the Constitution and have no relevency whatsoever, in the goverance of our Republic. While I strongly support a national government that has a reduced scope of power and influence, one that is smaller and less intrusive into the lives of its people, I'm no anti-govt type, who believes America is better off with chaos and anarchy.
Also, many of us are guilty of letting our emotions run away with us on our pet issues. I've made that mistake myself, and have worked on guarding against it. I confess I don't always succeed.
According to God's "absolute moral standard", is rape always wrong?
Reagan in 1986 on drugs:
America has accomplished so much in these last few years, whether it's been re-building our economy or serving the cause of freedom in the world. What we've been able to achieve has been done with your help-with us working together as a nation united. No we need your support again Drugs are menacing our society. They're threatening our values and undercutting our institutions. They're killing our children.
From the beginning of our administration, we've taken strong steps to do something about this horror. Tonight I can report to you that we've made much progress. Thirty-seven Federal agencies are working together in a vigorous national effort, and by next year our spending for drug law enforcement will have more than tripled from its 1981 levels. We have increased seizures of illegal drugs. Shortages of marijuana are now being reported. Last year alone over 10,000 drug criminals were convicted and nearlv $250 million of their assets were seized by the DEA, the Drug Enforcement Administration.
And in the most important area, individual use, we see progress. In 4 years the number of high school seniors using marijuana on a daily basis has dropped from 1 in 14 to 1 in 20. The U.S. military has cut the use of illegal drugs among its personnel by 67 percent since 1980. These are a measure of our commitment and emerging signs that we can defeat this enemy. But we still have much to do.
Despite our best efforts, illegal cocaine is coming into our country at alarming levels and 4 to 5 million people regularly use it. Five hundred thousand Americans are hooked on heroin. One in twelve persons smokes marijuana regularly. Regular drug use is even higher among the age group 18 to 25 most likely just entering the workforce. Today there's a new epidemic: smokable cocaine, otherwise known as crack. It is an explosively destructive and often lethal substance which is crushing its users. It is an uncontrolled fire.
And drug abuse is not a so-called victimless crime. Everyone's safety is at stake when drugs and excessive alcohol are used by people on the highways or by those transporting our citizens or operating industrial equipment. Drug abuse costs you and your fellow Americans at least $60 billion a year.
As we mobilize for this national crusade, I'm mindful that drugs are a constant temptation for millions. Please remember this when your courage is tested: You are Americans. You're the product of the freest society mankind has ever known. No one, ever, has the right to destroy your dreams and shatter your life
Yes, a new social order is emerging. Heard that on the news this morning. Some high government official, didn't get his name. It's a phase of the birthing process. Whether we find we have evolved to something better or something worse, or something the same but subtly different remains to be seen. In any case the evolution will not stop long enough for our philospohers to catch up before we evolve yet again. The flowing river, mutable Selene, You Can't Go Home, Again."
The reasons are adequate: the war, the sleeping stock market, the sleeping economy, the election cycle, the all-wheel drive. We evolve to adjust. Or vice versa.
Post #281 did it for me. ;-)
Take it from me that this is true.
Because the WoD and opposition to drug legalization benefit the same group, the drug dealers. If you want to control drugs and drug use, legalize it and let the Government over regulate it like water rights. Now that would hurt the criminals.
Right now there is nothing stopping a 14 year-old girl from buying Marijuana or Cocaine. Drug Dealers don't require ID and the payoff out weighs the threat of Government action.
Did the household survey require respondents to take drug tests to prove that they didn't use drugs or were they just taking their word for it? As all the popular theories about drug users say, you can't trust them to tell the truth.
Considering I'd back even Gray Davis over Riordan, you probably know what I think of Riordan.
I like the Gipper, but I disagree with him on this issue. However, he wasn't like GHWB and Klinton with their freedom grabs in the name of the WOD. My bigger complaint is the freedom grabs, asset forfeiture, etc. If drugs are illegal, and the war itself was ended, I can go along with that.
...used young girls as pimpsUhhhh, for the camels?? "Ah slap yo ass biatch iffen yu don get your hairy camel butt back on dee street, biatch!"
How can the FCC become a legitimate party to such a contract? A "contract" imposed by a third party who does not have any relevant property right is nothing but a protection racket.
you cannot protest activity through inaction
I guess all those descriptions "sit-in" protests in the history books are just stories, like UFOs and Bigfoot sightings.
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