The right, and by right I am referring to the far right. Those who spend time distracting from the importance of the issue by bringing up Bill Clinton, George Takei, or some other incidence of democratic sexual misconduct as though that makes it okay if in fact the allegations are ultimately shown to be true. Sexual misconduct is always wrong, regardless whether the sexual predator is a conservative, a liberal, a republican, or a democrat. It is especially egregious when the predator holds a position of power and influence over a younger individual, such as was the case with Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Roy Moore, an adult male in a position of influence and power allegedly pursued under age teenagers, one as young 14. The allegation states that Moore, while not forcing sexual intercourse did unclothe and touch touch the young teenager inappropriately. Moore was in his early 30's at the time these alleged encounters allegedly occurred. As the statute of limitations has...
Les,
ReplyDeleteI copied this from a blog I read. It is real words, and real comments, from a person who is a bleeding-heart liberal progressive and she is talking about terrorists.
Here is link:
http://www.jesusneedsnewpr.net/adopt-a-terroritst-says-christian-group/
And here are her comments:
"Hmmmm…. I think the best thing to do for our “enemies” is try to understand them. It seems to me that poverty leads to desperation and desperation leads to fundamentalism… where else can you turn if your world has been utterly obliterated by the “world”?
I don’t hate terrorists (even as a skeptic) because I feel that these people have suffered in ways that we spoiled Americans just can’t fully digest. As a teacher, I’ve learned to acknowledge that children living in desperate or unhappy situations will act out. How is it any different for people just because they turn 18?
I think loving other people is about being willing to listen to their stories and feel compassion for them as best as possible. That’s a really hard thing to do when we feel personally threatened by them, I know!!!
Even so, I think (even as a skeptic!!!) that perhaps Jesus offered a great solution that had been expresses in Eastern religions as well: love others as yourself.
It doesn’t mean that a person can’t be angry or self-defensive (Jesus certainly got angry from time to time), but what it does mean to me is that it is the burden/ moral obligation for every person (believer or not) is to try to understand his or her fellow human being and do the best he or she can do by that person.
Just my $0.02 as a secular humanist."
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Yeesh.
Donald in Bethel, CT
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