Right-Wing Media are Destroying Our Country

[FlyerInHi]

zk wrote:

I think that right-wing media is extremely popular because it tells right wingers what they want to hear. It tells them they’re right about everything. It makes them feel good about themselves. It makes them feel strong and smart. It makes them feel like they’re better and stronger and manlier than whiny liberal pansies. That stuff sells. It sells way better than the truth.

That shows how psychologically fucked up right wingers are. Being tough and strong and wanting to respond to everything with shock and awe, overwhelmming pushnishment is nothing to be proud of. That also flies in the face of the teachings of the Bible.

The funny thing is that the tough guys get all offended when you’re just rhetorically tough on them.

[zk]

[quote=FlyerInHi] Being tough and strong and wanting to respond to everything with shock and awe, overwhelmming pushnishment is nothing to be proud of. That also flies in the face of the teachings of the Bible.

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Have you read the old testament?

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=zk]
Have you read the old testament?[/quote]

I have not read it but, if I remember what i was told, the Old Testament says sinners should stoned to death.

But then Jesus died for our sins and we’re supposed to turn the other cheek and welcome foreigners as our own.

[outtamojo]

[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=zk]
Have you read the old testament?[/quote]

I have not read it but, if I remember what i was told, the Old Testament says sinners should stoned to death.

But then Jesus died for our sins and we’re supposed to turn the other cheek and welcome foreigners as our own.[/quote]

Ah now there’s the rub. There are always sub sects within your own religion that considers you not pious enough and thus a sinner in their eyes. Those ” religious freedom” shills should opt out of secular protections afforded them by our Bill of Rights and submit themselves to rule by theocracy and punished by the inevitable rise of their religious police. Miss a prayer or have an extramarital fling? Let those who would stone you have their religious freedom!

[SK in CV]

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[SK in CV]

[quote=zk][quote=FlyerInHi] Being tough and strong and wanting to respond to everything with shock and awe, overwhelmming pushnishment is nothing to be proud of. That also flies in the face of the teachings of the Bible.

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Have you read the old testament?[/quote]

I have.

Justice, justice, thou shall pursue.

[zk]

[quote=SK in CV][quote=zk][quote=FlyerInHi] Being tough and strong and wanting to respond to everything with shock and awe, overwhelmming pushnishment is nothing to be proud of. That also flies in the face of the teachings of the Bible.

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Have you read the old testament?[/quote]

I have.

Justice, justice, thou shall pursue.[/quote]

Exactly. An eye for an eye. So to say that responding to violence with violence flies in the face of the teachings of the bible doesn’t really…fly.

Of course, the bible apparently being subject to interpretation as it is, one can interpret the bible to mean almost anything they want. Especially considering all the contradictory things the bible says.

I certainly don’t want to jack my own thread, but I’ve never gotten a decent answer to these questions:

If your holy book is strictly the word of god and not subject to interpretation, how do you explain/justify the horrors in that book?

If your holy book is subject to interpretation, then aren’t those interpretations subject to the folly of man, and therefore not true divine guidance?

If your holy book is not true divine guidance, then what’s the point of it?

What is your favorite color?

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Anyway, fortunately, the bible is not the law of the land. Let’s keep it that way.

[SK in CV]

[quote=zk][quote=SK in CV][quote=zk][quote=FlyerInHi] Being tough and strong and wanting to respond to everything with shock and awe, overwhelmming pushnishment is nothing to be proud of. That also flies in the face of the teachings of the Bible.

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Have you read the old testament?[/quote]

I have.

Justice, justice, thou shall pursue.[/quote]

Exactly. An eye for an eye. [/quote]

No. Not exactly. In fact, not even in the same universe as an eye for an eye. Closer to just the opposite of an eye for an eye.

And I’m not a believer, so it’s not my bible. I was just pointing out, as you have, that the Hebrew Bible, the larger part of the Old Testament, like most religious texts, has some serious inconsistencies.

[zk]

[quote=SK in CV]

No. Not exactly. In fact, not even in the same universe as an eye for an eye. Closer to just the opposite of an eye for an eye.

And I’m not a believer, so it’s not my bible. I was just pointing out, as you have, that the Hebrew Bible, the larger part of the Old Testament, like most religious texts, has some serious inconsistencies.[/quote]

Opposite? What? You lost me.

I was saying that the old testament says an eye for an eye, not that you were saying that.

[SK in CV]

[quote=zk][quote=SK in CV]

No. Not exactly. In fact, not even in the same universe as an eye for an eye. Closer to just the opposite of an eye for an eye.

And I’m not a believer, so it’s not my bible. I was just pointing out, as you have, that the Hebrew Bible, the larger part of the Old Testament, like most religious texts, has some serious inconsistencies.[/quote]

Opposite? What? You lost me.

I was saying that the old testament says an eye for an eye, not that you were saying that.[/quote]

I thought you were referring to the biblical quote I provided: “justice, justice, thou shall pursue”. It’s among my favorites. And isn’t anything like “an eye for an eye”.

[zk]

[quote=SK in CV]

I thought you were referring to the biblical quote I provided: “justice, justice, thou shall pursue”. It’s among my favorites. And isn’t anything like “an eye for an eye”.[/quote]

I was unclear. My bad.

[FlyerInHi]

I was listening to Pod Save America…. I find liberal media more young, sunny and funny compared to right wing media which is all about fear and angst.

[zk]

[quote=FlyerInHi]I was listening to Pod Save America…. I find liberal media more young, sunny and funny compared to right wing media which is all about fear and angst.[/quote]

I’ll pass on anything biased. Just the truth, please.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=zk][quote=FlyerInHi]I was listening to Pod Save America…. I find liberal media more young, sunny and funny compared to right wing media which is all about fear and angst.[/quote]

I’ll pass on anything biased. Just the truth, please.[/quote]

Very truthful… they don’t need to make up shit because Trump provides plenty of material.

Liberals laugh more. They are riled up less.

The asymmetry is also that bleeding hearts will call you out if you’re insensitive (or shaming of others) while right wingers are free to “call it like it is”, except when you call them like they are.

If you contrast Justin Trudeau to Donald Trump you cleary see the difference in approach and psychology. Very interesting!

[Anonymous]

Today’s recent headlines present a brilliant example of the “both sides are the same” fallacy:

– Some obscure comedian, Kathy Griffin, makes a lame joke about Trump’s death. The joke is tasteless and stupid.

– Of course Trump & Fox News use it as an opportunity for outrage and butthurt

– CNN immediately disowns Griffin and her stunt is criticized by key Democratic figures.

– Griffin apologizes and acknowledges her mistake as she returns to obscurity.

Now contrast that with Ted Nugent, who has repeatedly made similar threatening statements against the president and Democratic candidates (and not even in the context of comedy.)

– Trump himself invites Nugent to the White House

(And let’s never forget that Ted Nugent literally shit his pants to avoid the draft…)

The hypocrisy is beyond comprehension and apparently beyond the point of no return.

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