--- In [email protected], "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: <snip> > Many progressive liberals voted for Obama believing > he would promote a liberal agenda.
What's particularly amusing about Barry's show of faux outrage is that the concept of "doing the right thing" rather than adhering to axioms *is one of the primary characteristics of progressive liberalism*. This part is truly hilarious in the present context: > > > For example, as I mentioned before in a dis- > > > cussion with Edg, and as he replied to by > > > ignoring it completely :-), what if you believe > > > in a general axiom of "Thou shalt not kill?" > > > Now imagine that you -- believing that -- find > > > yourself in a position where you have the oppor- > > > tunity to kill a terrorist just before he sets > > > off a bomb that could kill hundreds or thousands > > > of people. > > > > > > What's a believer in axioms to do? Aside from the fact that very few people understand the biblical prohibition to rule out self-defense, the Roman Catholic doctrine on abortion is that it violates that prohibition. If Sotomayor ruled against Roe v. Wade on those grounds, she'd be the <spit> fundamentalist; according to Barry, she wouldn't be "doing the right thing" at all. So Barry has inadvertently talked himself into the position that Obama "did the right thing" by nominating someone he had no basis to believe would do the right thing herself rather than hold to an axiom.
