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Lessons in Practical Philosophy #2 It is necessary to make additional comments about the theme of philosophy and Christmas. It had not occurred to me that a Leftist could so totally misconstrue my comments that he would somehow jump to the absurd conclusion that all of my condemnations of homosexuality for the past approximately 40 years are suddenly thrown out of the window because I did not explicitly condemn them again in a new paper. It is especially galling because, in this case, the liberal in question makes a claim to being "Christian." Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I do not intend to allow this to happen twice. The literature on the subject of Christian views of homosexuality is replete with any number of examples of Christians who are reluctant to as much as discuss this sordid subject out of feelings of sensitivity to others and disgust at even thinking about it. Among the believers who made note of this phenomena was Immanuel Kant, himself a Christian, even if one who was, we might say, overly formal about a lot of things, not just issues concerning sexuality. Kant, by the way, was uncompromising in his condemnations of homosexuality. In any case, whether anyone chooses to take me at my word or not, I admit to having an attitudue that isn't all that different than many other Christians. I detest the need to say anything at all on the issue of homosexuality, it is utterly sickening to think about, much less anything else, and, in addition to my feelings of revulsion, it poisons conversation and may cause others pain. Like being reminded that a deadly disease exists in one's community. or that a serial killer is on the loose in your home town. This is not how Leftists view the world, however. For these cretins, and that is what they are, people with small minds, people who can't tell moral right apart from horrible evil, homosexuality is just another 'lifestyle' with no moral content and about which, despite a plethora of evidence, they claim that there are no differences in life outcomes speaking of rates of infection from a laundry list of sexually transmitted diseases to rates of pedophilia, violence, substance abuse, alcoholism, and you-name-it. For these cretins, any attempt to be civil is regarded -by them- as your capitulation to their agenda. Which is ludicrous. To lay this particular false notion to rest. let me be explicit and say again what I have said many times in the past: As soon as I have a public platform to use at my discretion, among the very first things I intend to do is launch an all out war against sodomy and sodomites, "War." This is spelled W-A-R. Not with guns or bombs, but war nonetheless... On many grounds, including those provided by Sigmund Freud in this Introductory Lectures or Psychoanalysis where he characterized homosexuals as "perverts" who suffer from what we would call a mental illness or defect. It is necessary to point this out because Leftists also take the view -which is an abuse of Freud's logic and his system of ideas- that anyone who is critical of sodomy must be have secret desires for such behavior and that they are repressing these desires. This sort of thing is ridiculous on its face because, if that interpretation was correct, then Freud would be condemning himself. It may be that he wrote a sympathetic letter to an aggrieved mother of a pervert as a sop to her feelings, but Freud's published position could not be more clear: Homosexuals are clinically -psychologically- sick. And since when is disgust at something translate into desire for the object of disgust? Lemmie see, you are disgusted at pederasty, you fear for the safety of your young son, therefore, you secretly desire that your son should be sexually abused by homosexuals? O, yeah? As for Christmas, my suggestion assumed total exclusion of homosexuals from any and all ideas expressed in my essay. Christmas is, above all, a family-centered holiday. Homosexuals are enemies of all normal families -plus the enemies of all normal people generally. Homosexuals are clinically heterophobic and seek to destroy the family and destroy religion, destroy cherished traditions, and destroy the lives of people they come in contact with. There is no excuse at all for toleration of homosexuals or of homosexuality. Until ca 1975, with the transition to full criticism taking a couple of years until let us say, 1977 or thereabouts, I had little to say on the issue. In any case, to understate the matter, it had close to zero interest for me. Except to say that even then I regarded it as some sort of sick joke, as absurd, and stupid. My attitude toward boys involved in this sort of thing was negative in every way as so many warped defectives deserving no respect whatsoever. And my reaction to homosexual interest in boys was similarly negative. What kind of fool has an interest in boys except someone who is brain damaged? My view of homosexuality since 1975 and especially after 1976 or 1977, has been uncompromisingly negative and vehement. And with good reason- Left wingers see nothing wrong in perpetrating smears against others, especially if those smears are made against critics of Leftist values. This being the case, hell, I may as well exploit such liberty and tell one and all that I have it on good authority that "Rev Dale Brown" gets his kicks by having he read end ramrodded and that he has an irresistible longing for young boys. He also performs fellatio on some of his male parishioners and likes to spend an hour each day jerking off. All of which he approves and sees nothing wrong in doing. I mean, I really hate to talk about this sort of thing but I think it is called for in various cases and, like the Apostle Paul in the first chapter of Romans, I will spell it all out in graphic detail if a situation calls for it -and in language that is very similar to that of the Apostle. Do you want me to quote verbatim, Romans 1: 26-32, and tell you that homosexuals are, to simplify the text, repulsive moral monstrosities deserving the death penalty? So much for my attempt a civility. Leftists are what they are, mental defectives. At which, so I presume, some Right-wing zealot will rush up and congratulate me on my conversion to Right-wing lunacy. In either case, my comments are hopelessly misconstrued. I am not a Leftist in any way nor am I am Rightist in any way. I am a Radical Centrist and hate ( HATE ) both the political Left and the political Right. As things are at the moment, the Left is far worse, but give the Right some time, maybe a few years, and the situation may become just as bad on the Right. The entire political establishment , both Right and Left, needs to be overturned and replaced. This view is intrinsic to the kind of Radical Centrism that I call my own, which is quite different than the "soft Radical Centrism" of The Atlantic magazine and the New America Foundation. My hero in this context is Teddy Roosevelt -or, perchance, someone like George S. Patton. The idea is to defeat my enemies and destroy their capacity to spread lies, to poison minds, or to as much as pretend that that have any mortal standing at all. Granted that there are times when "moderation" is the best policy. However, I prefer to leave moderation to others. I prefer to be Radical as a Centrist, hard hitting, bold, candid, etc, all of it based on as thorough research that supports my conclusions as possible. That is, unlike Rev Dale Brown, who has nothing but contempt for the First Amendment, I regard it as essential to all of our freedoms as Americans. I have no plans to be civil again toward Rev. Dale Brown any time soon, that's for sure. He can take his insults and shove them even if, in his sick and twisted mind, he wasn't being sick at all and was merely passing along smears that originated with someone else. As for CTV, which telecasts relevant church services, I almost always am highly selective about what I watch, usually it is episodic, when I need a break from my work -which happens at no set time, whenever that may be. The only CTV show I have ever watched on anything like a regular schedule was the Video Map program that used to air on the channel until some worthy at the station decided that this very educational show which, for a self generated program had good production values and an uplifting message, wasn't worthy of continuation. There is a lot -really a lot- that could be done with the Video Map concept, including a takeoff that has a Radical Centrist theme, but that is for another day. Billy R. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radicalcentrism+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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