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To: savagesusie

Good post. I didn’t know Lenin created no fault divorce laws but I’m not surprised.

Did you notice in the cartoon that it used the word “discriminate” as a good thing that man’s reason needs to use? Our society has been brainwashed into thinking that it’s always a terrible thing but it simply means to discern or distinguish.

Here are two good articles I posted on this topic:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222992/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2228354/posts

“It especially annoys me when racists are accused of ‘discrimination.’ The ability to discriminate is a precious facility; by judging all members of one ‘race’ to be the same, the racist precisely shows himself incapable of discrimination.”-Christopher Hitchens on a rare occasion when I agreed with him. Sadly, we know emotion has overtaken reason when it’s become a “virtue” to be indiscriminate and undiscerning.


6 posted on 11/16/2013 7:23:20 AM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan
Well done, RF. "Discrimination" misused as a synonym for gross unfairness --- when the ability to discriminate, to discern between one thing and another, is the essential task of the intellect.

Similarly, "judge" is distorted to mean "abuse" --- it's been given the emotional impact of "bully" or "sodomize" --- when judging justly (and in a discriminating manner!) is the essential task of reason as applied to matters of right and wrong. We need to beg the Holy Spirit to give us more and more people who can judge rightly, to give us courage and discernment in judgment --- something very pleasing to God.

7 posted on 11/16/2013 8:59:05 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Justice and judgment are the foundation of His throne." Psalm 89:14)
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To: ReformationFan

Great Hitchen’s quote-—he could be very quick at times.

Wittgenstein knew to control words/language could control perceptions.

The Left flips Good and Evil to destroy Christian Ethics—that which created the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment and USA. Without Logic (Classical Education) we can not understand very much-—especially ideas. Ideas matter and have to be understood—so we know where they will take us (by understanding History).

Discrimination is a virtue and necessary for Excellence and to live. It can be misused-—as Aristotle stated in the Nicomachean Ethics-—there is a Golden Mean (middle)-— the extremes will be bad. Not enough—too little.

Leftists teach our little kids-—in the Billy Ayers curricula that discrimination is bad-—it is a lie....it is essential for Life.

Tolerance is the other big one they teach little children. Tolerance is a Virtue-—but it ceases to be a virtue when you tolerate evil around you. Bonhoeffer had the greatest quote about being Silent in the face of evil-—is evil.

This warps children-—embeds ‘feelings” which will make them “feel” bad when they do discriminate in a good sense and make them think they are “good” when they see evil and they are “nice” and accepting of it.

Wisdom is discerning Good and Evil and the Left is literally destroying Wisdom in our children on purpose. Common Core does it....confuses and teaches lies/misinformation and in an illogical manner.


9 posted on 11/17/2013 8:27:02 PM PST by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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