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The Sacrilegious Sarah Palin
The American Conservative ^ | 4-27-14 | Rod Dreher

Posted on 04/30/2014 8:13:49 AM PDT by Flame Retardant

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To: Flame Retardant

A Rod is such a simple tool.


41 posted on 04/30/2014 9:14:20 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Vaquero; don-o; Flame Retardant; All
I would vote for Palin in a heartbeat.

she will be the Churchill(Winston not Ward), Reagan, Thatcher of the 21st century if given half a chance.

This is an ongoing list of historical, popular, and Biblical people, as well as fictional characters and animals that Sarah Palin™ has been compared to on FR:


42 posted on 04/30/2014 9:17:19 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Just mythoughts
Thank you. The literal meaning of the word baptize is ‘to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); and is used only (in the N.T.) of ceremonial ablution, espec. (techn.) of the ordinance of Chr. baptism: - Baptist, baptize, wash. (Strong's Greek #907) Is water-boarding the same as getting fully wet or getting sprinkled with water? I have seen babies get sprinkled that reacted like they were being tortured.

Honest, I cannot understand the point you made. Are you saying Sarah cannot use the English word for the Greek "baptizo" unless she is referring to Christians getting dunked?

Pardon my denseness; it's acquired.
43 posted on 04/30/2014 9:21:00 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: EveningStar

Sarah Palin is just like Jesus Christ. She came here and she died for our sins.


44 posted on 04/30/2014 9:21:50 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Flame Retardant

Mark Levin rips National Review for cheap shot at Governor Palin

Posted on April 30 2014 - 10:14 - Posted by:

Via Josh Painter, this commentary by Mark Levin is right on the money.

Mark Levin via YouTube


always thought it was the exclusive province of the Left to feign outrage when someone says something that doesn’t fit into their politically correct fantasyland. Not anymore, apparently. These morons, Dreher, Brennan, et. al., are purposely and aggressively missing the point in order to take a cheap shot at a conservative fighting in the trenches whose influence and credibility they’ll never come close to matching. I don’t believe for a moment that they’re dumb enough to believe what they wrote. They couldn’t be. But it’s clear they think their readers are. In Governor Palin we have one of the few conservatives who’s unafraid to mock liberal orthodoxy and its politically correct dogma by taking the fight straight to them. You beat the Left and all they stand for opposing them, not joining them. And yet the aforementioned morons, who I assume call themselves conservatives (like Levin, I’ve never heard of them), have adopted the tactics of the left by leaping into the fray as the self-anointed speech police for the right.

Since when did conservatives become so hyper-sensitive that they’re too obtuse to comprehend a one-liner at a speech? Since when should conservatives go out of their way to not offend those who go out of their way to be offended? I must have missed these developments, and certainly don’t agree with them. If being a conservative these days requires the contrivance of faux outrage on my part, no thanks. Oh, by the way, here’s a tip for the speech police: The word "baptize" has more than one meaning.

(h/t Greg W.)



45 posted on 04/30/2014 9:23:05 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Flame Retardant

They’re enemy combatants, not citizens. And “harsh interrogation” isn’t used to determine if they’re terrorists, it’s used to determine who their compatriots are and what they’re planning next.


47 posted on 04/30/2014 9:29:40 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: dragonblustar
"Is Rod Dreher a man?"

Rod is what's known as a "Crunchy-con" - in touch with his feminine side"....

48 posted on 04/30/2014 9:30:32 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Bratch

I don’t believe for a moment that they’re dumb enough to believe what they wrote.

...thanks for posting Mark’s response!
Just more NR “Girly Boys” which shows us what disasterous shape the “conservative” movement is in. Throw them all out and start over. Can barely read NR these days with the idiocy usually on display. Still angling for the DC cocktail circuit invites it seems.

ymmv


49 posted on 04/30/2014 9:30:35 AM PDT by ElectionInspector (Molon Labe...)
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To: Servant of the Cross; Flame Retardant; 50mm; Old Sarge; Darksheare; All
What's Flame Retardant doing wrong here? It says Jump right in! on the Home Page, doesn't it?
50 posted on 04/30/2014 9:35:24 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Resettozero
Honest, I cannot understand the point you made. Are you saying Sarah cannot use the English word for the Greek "baptizo" unless she is referring to Christians getting dunked? Pardon my denseness; it's acquired.

The pious author ignores what the word baptize literally means. Some religions allow the individual to seek literal baptism and others require babies to get sprinkled with water and call that baptism.

Thus the reactionary comments come from each personal acceptance of what it means to be baptized and wrap a 'sacrilegious' accusation against Sarah. I find no occasion or example wherein any baby can make a conscientious decision to be baptized, sprinkled or fully immersed in water.

Conservatism is the idea that each and every person is individually responsible for their own mind and acts. So I so not know if Sarah was speaking in general terms or IF there is a more pointed message given. I would not dream of telling Sarah what she can or cannot say.

51 posted on 04/30/2014 9:41:13 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Flame Retardant
When I see articles and commentary such as this one, they cause me to seriously wonder about the identity of the Republican Party and Conservatives in general. I would like to know what they believe. What do they stand for? What percentage of Republicans are conservative these days? What percentage of Republicans are on the left side of the spectrum? What percentage are in the middle? What percentage of Republicans are pro-life? What percentage are pro-abortion? What percentage support gay marriage? What percentage support low taxes, free enterprise, a strong national defense, small and limited government? I seriously have no clue. Of course I have long known that the party has its share of RINO's and left-leaning wannabees in the country-club set, but I have long believed that people like me were in the majority in the Republican party. I am beginning to think I am in the minority.
52 posted on 04/30/2014 9:43:23 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: Flame Retardant

Every conservative talks big about political correctness in speech gone awry, and then they go ape$hit over Sarah using the word baptism in the same sentence with waterboarding. The over reaction on this issue is so ridiculous that it’s insulting.


53 posted on 04/30/2014 9:43:37 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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To: Flame Retardant

While the rest of these “intellectual” giants are playing footsie Sarah is playing hardball and they can barely comprehend it.


54 posted on 04/30/2014 9:45:44 AM PDT by turducken
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To: Flame Retardant

Dreher sickens me


55 posted on 04/30/2014 9:46:33 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Lazamataz

Reports of her death have been exaggerated.

56 posted on 04/30/2014 9:50:41 AM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: Flame Retardant

“The officer is God’s servant for your protection. But if you are leading a wicked life you have reason to be alarmed. The “power of the law” which is vested in every legitimate officer, is no empty phrase. He is, in fact, divinely appointed to inflict God’s punishment upon evil-doers.” - The Apostle Paul

I think God WANTS governments to protect their citizens, and to strike fear and terror in the hearts of evil-doers!


57 posted on 04/30/2014 9:53:52 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (I sooooo miss America!)
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To: BlueDragon; Lazamataz
...but it does appear she is still being tortured (suffering serial crucifixions).

Somehow she keeps on smiling brightly.

Dan Rather should be pleased?


58 posted on 04/30/2014 9:57:10 AM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: Flame Retardant

It’s a good bet that if they’re shrieking “Allah Ackbar” at you before you catch them, or they are planting IEDs, or they are flying the Al Qeada flag they are a terrorist.


59 posted on 04/30/2014 9:57:43 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: EveningStar; 50mm; Darksheare; Old Sarge; TheOldLady
What's Flame Retardant doing wrong here?

Since you asked ...

Sure, a n00b should "jump right in". But if they're trolls, they should expect that other FR posters may jump right back at 'em if their behavior seems more trollish than conservative. For example:

Rod Dreher?! Srsly? Rod Dreher makes up ways to attack Sarah Palin. And to be able to use a "sacrilegious" angle? He's literally peeing on himself over the glee. You can say she made a really poor joke/analogy, but sacrilege? C'mon Man! That crosses into Pharisee land. And liberals like Dreher who could care less about the sacredness of Christian baptism are delighted over how they can use it to drive a wedge amongst conservatives.

And it's a two-fer for them! They can also divide conservatives over the definition of 'torture'.

You make the call. What has this thread caused at FR? For a brand new n00b to POST a thread like this (rather than reply on other threads), is not a coincidence, IMHO.

Therefore, I stand behind my first post (and Viking Kitty ping) ... Sniff.


60 posted on 04/30/2014 10:06:58 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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