On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 9:11 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is our good buddy Ben Shapiro: >
*"People think that it was a bunch of economically distressed people from > the middle of the country who had been losing their jobs because of > globalization with China and so they reacted by voting for Trump. Nobody > there was voting for Trump because of his economic policy, nobody knows > what his economic policy was.”* > I agree with what he said in the above but Mr. Shapiro is not my good buddy. > > *>"People vote for Trump because he’s a giant pulsating middle finger to a > bunch of cultural elite who believe they have a better way to live.That > better way to live,involves them looking down their nose at people who > attend church regularly"* > It's true I look down my nose at people who believe there is an invisible man in the sky that occasionally talks to them and tells them what to do, as happened when the invisible man in the sky told George W. Bush to start the Iraq War, but it's also true that religious people look down their noses at me because I don't believe in that very same invisible man. And if He did give Bush that advice then God is a lousy advice giver. >* "**and at people who believe in traditional marriage and people who are > pro-life on abortion issues"* > I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with somebody who doesn't want to have an abortion or somebody who doesn't want to marry a person of their own sex. And I don't know anybody who does, but I most certainly DO have a problem with somebody who wants to force other people, by using the police, to make other people behave the same way they do even if their personal preferences are quite different. I make no apology for having contempt for that. *> "American exceptionalism and who tend to like the flag".* I also have contempt for those who want to whitewash the history books we used to teach our children so it looks like the USA has never done anything even a little unsavory much less downright evil. And I have contempt for those who believe that millions of American soldiers died to protect the piece of cloth, and want a constitutional amendment saying "*Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States*", with the precise meaning of the word "desecration" left vague. They claim such an amendment is necessary because right winger's are extremely delicate snowflakes who are easily offended and must be protected from things they might hear or see that could traumatize them. I say nobody ever died from being offended. I also note that Mr. Shapiro complains that the Democrats talk down to Republicans too much, but he also says that if the Democrats were savvy they should talk down to Republicans even more and pretend that all the idiotic things that they believe in were really logical. That does not compute, and that is not at all unusual when you're talking about right wing loonies like Mr. Shapiro. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> rwl > > > Yesterday the house passed legislation that would ensure contraception > remains legal nationwide, the vote was 228 to 195, all the Democrats in > the House voted for it but only 8 Republicans did, most didn't even want to > make sure condoms remain legal. The legislation now goes to the Senate > where Republicans are certain to kill it. > > On Tuesday the House passed legislation that would ensure gay marriage > remains legal despite 157 Republicans voting against it. The legislation > now goes to the Senate where the Republicans there are certain to kill > it. > > And Republican Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said a month ago in > his decision that overturned Roe versus Wade, that had given women the > right to control their own bodies, that the court should also consider > making consensual homosexual behavior illegal again. > > Do you see a pattern that Republicans have been following and should you > encourage them to continue doing so by voting for them? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv34_t4ekV10-Yt0kxzuhNB4dQQwFiB0ZAd87QhjKv%2BrVw%40mail.gmail.com.
