Republicans buy shoes, too.

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(I posted this on my journal earlier and foxfire74 told me I should cross-post it here. I do drop the f-bomb fairly liberally, so should I warn for language?)


There's very little guaranteed to make a small spike in my blood pressure than a random political swipe in my entertainment choices. Seriously, liberals, you can feel me here if you imagine that, at any point where you're watching tv, surfing the web, watching a movie, and all of a sudden you get a screed about how anyone who supports gay marriage is advocating the destruction of religion. It's one thing if I was seeking out politicized content, but if I just want to watch shit get blown up, can't I do that without having to be told I'm stupid?

The worst is when the person doing the mocking is themselves basing their entire premise on sheer, mindless idiocy. See ANY random snickering over "teabagging" for an example. Yeah, I said it. On the one side, you've got people saying, "High taxes are a bad economic model, contrary to the principles on which this country was founded, and we'd like to actually keep some of our own money, thank you. We don't get to spend more than twice what we make, why should the government? A tea party was integral to making this point once already, so we'll look back to 1773 and throw some more to try to get people's attention."

On the other side? Beavis and Butthead snickering about "They said teabag. Heh heh heh."

You want to argue that the American colonists actually paid relatively low taxes compared to the people back in England, that high taxes are a necessary evil, that deficit spending is justified? Hey, knock yourself out. You want to snicker like a twelve year old because you made a connection to sexual slang? It's a free country. You don't, though, get to simultaneously act like a twelve year old AND make fun of the other side for being stupid. That finger points straight back at you, my friend.

As for what set this off: a webcomic I read decided to have a cartoon cat argue with a strawman on the topic of global warming. ( Script )

Just, seriously, GAH. Support your arguments or realize you're the stupid one. That's all I ask.

Why The MSM Hates The Christian Faith

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Brit Hume ended up in hot water because he said on a Fox News show that maybe Buddhism wasn't working out for Tiger Woods and maybe he ought to look into the kind of redemption and forgiveness the Christian faith offers to put his life back together. The media-entertainment-industrial complex were horrified. You see, in the la-la land of the secularist, you can't talk about that sort of thing publicly. T.V. ads can go on about "erectile dysfunction," women on talk shows can yap about their va-jay-jays, and we won't even discuss what happens on "Jersey Shore" or the "Real Housewives" franchise. You can show blood and guts on prime time television. You can portray creepy priests and abusive Christian parents in dramas. But mentioning anything positive about Christianity? Why that's worse than expelling bodily gas at high decibels during a state dinner! You just NEVER do that sort of thing in polite company! The horror!!

johncwright had a long and very well-written piece on the whole thing, including on the difference between Buddhism and Christianity. I won't address that because to be honest, the MSM couldn't care less about the honor of Buddhists worldwide. No, they were offended at someone publicly promoting Christianity as something of value. By the same token, several sportswriters have mocked college football star Tim Tebow's openness about his faith.

Why is that? My theory is many of those visible or prominent in the media-entertainment-industrial complex are deeply uncomfortable with a religion that requires you to be humble and put something above yourself. Hiding it away as something private means you don't have to acknowledge it or think about it. It becomes irrelevant to your life. Without it there, you're free to order your universe according to the way you want it without any consequence. It bothers these people to see a prominent, successful media figure like a Brit Hume act differently because it bursts a trope that smart, powerful people reject that sort of thing. They're not only worried that *gasp* Tiger might take up Hume's advice, but that millions of folks at home might too. And where does that leave the hardcore secularist?

Ray Stevens on Obamacare

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