The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Stephen Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > They don't oppose the goals as they oppose the means. Christian > Reconstructionists want salvery, but on a race neutral slavery.
You didn't say anything about race-based slavery. Rand Paul > believes that the free market rather than gov't should punish > discriminators. I understand what you are saying but but for most practical purposes, that's not a distinction which really makes a difference, at least not to me. Or to put it differently promoting a more equal society is not an either/or issue, people lie on a continuum. And someone who believes that the government should be use to optain redress for those who suffer unfair treatment is further along on that continuum than someone who believes that private individuals have an enshrined right to discriminate against other people. Try to imagine how you would respond if someone took Rand Paul's position when it comes to some other social ill. (theft, murder?) This is more of the economic-fiscal scale rather than the > social-perosnal-cultural civic scale. Did you check out the Nolan chart in > the other email? > > ________________________________ > From: Gilberto Simpson <[email protected]> > To: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 11:00:57 AM > Subject: Re: Grave Influence > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Stephen Gray <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> >> No social conservative I know is for sexism, racism, slavery, segreation, >> etc. you imply that you associate with the term social conservative. >> > > It's a matter of degree. While at the extreme end there are some > Reconstructionist Christians who really do want to bring back slavery, > even close to the "mainstream" of Republican thinking you have people > like Rand Paul who is opposed to portions of the Civil Rights Act. And > you also have a lot of people who are opposed to affirmative action, > opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment, or are basically okay with de > facto class-based segregation in public education. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-542452-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-542459-68452.e157d5dc5efabb63696f251595c88...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-542482-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
