On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:59:20 -0500, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Liberal thinkers" hate when Christians or other religious groups protest > things that are considered blasphemous, but find no fault in protesting > other ideals themselves. What's the difference? The difference, as I see it, is historical. For centuries, Christians ruled rather overwhelmingly and imposed their beliefs rather forcefully. Forcefully like overbearing taxes by the Church, imprisoning or killing "heathens" and trying to rule through the Crown which just had the result of creating a new branch of Christianity which did much the same things. Even when you look at Christians in the new world, it has been noticeably intertwined with local government and the social fabric. The Bible Belt isn't named that for nothing. Christians still make up more than 75% of the population in the US, and much of the vast rural America is still seen with trepidation and even fear by non-Christians. So what does this have to do with liberals? Well first of all, Christian and liberal are not mutually exclusive. So saying that liberals hate Christians is an over generalization. Some do, a lot don't. But liberals do hate a hegemony, particularly an oppressive hegemony, and as I see it THAT is what liberals are protesting against--Christianity's historical precedents. A few side-thoughts: - Christians are protesting as being oppressed despite being over 70% of the population. - Liberal outrage against hegemony also requires being in the underdog role, but they are at about 50%. - The idea that "liberal thinking should be tolerance and respect, not license to insult and scandalise" is much like the idea that Christians should practice the peaceful teachings of Christ. Neither has historically been true to form. All the above is just my perspective on the situation, not a defense or condemnation. Especially not a defense of an "opera" about Jerry Springer. -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142024 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
