Post anything that doesn't kiss Mitt's butt and you are in for a.....
Posted on 08/19/2012 9:25:25 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
I am perfectly well aware of BY’s position on the issue.
My post was to defend the Bible against the implication that it is racist.
Which it is not.
That’s the problem with “living prophets.” Their prophecies, which oddly enough tend to fit the prejudices of the times, often become a little more difficult to swallow when those prejudices change.
you have that backwards don't you? You seem to think the only "facts" that matter are the ones the liberal media will let through their filter.
lots of freepers have mentioned the dems history on the '64 civil rigthts bill, romneys fathers marching for civil rights when al gores father and other dems were opposing them. Theyve also mentioned Jeremiah Wright's sermons, and the hypocrisy of the left trashing mormonism while they stick up for the worlds most hateful religion, islam.
These are the facts that will come out on fox, through conservative poundits and talk radio etc. These facts which you have dismissed over and over, obviously not to YOUR liking
Why Journalism Is Still A Problem For The NYT
I am going to give you one more little piece of information on why posting these things without due diligence or debunking doesn’t help. When you Google the title of this article, the article you posted just an hour ago, this thread is already #3 in Google rankings.
Right below the original NYT article and the Democrat Underground reprint.
You may not want it, but FR has a powerful responsibility to push for truth versus spread the lies of the left.
In the past, propaganda hit pieces from the NY Slimes would have a ‘Barf Alert’ in the title and be followed by a lot of debunking by the OP. Not, bolding and cheering the propaganda like you did.
What about all the many Romney's who were not running for President?
Point out the lies in the article.
If we don't stop this bull, the next person this attack is used against will be someone we like. How long until our next Baptist candidate is painted with the same brush due to the history of the SBC? What about all the Pentecostal churches with their racist history; should that damn any Pentecostal candidate in the future?
Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist, was elected President in 1976.
His church was specifically set up in the 1840s when southern Baptists seceded to protect black slavery. IOW, a position far more activist in racism than the Mormons, who were generally at least opposed to slavery.
Many of the SBC’s members and leaders continued to defend racist policies into the 60s and quite possibly up to Jimmuh’s election.
The SBC did not specifically denounce and apologize for its racist past till 1995, 150 years after its foundation to defend slavery and long after Jimmuh was out of office.
Yet I recall little criticism of Jimmuh for being associated with a “racist church.”
The president in 1995 was Bill Clinton, also a Southern Baptist. I don’t recall the racist past of his denomination being an issue in 1991, 4 years before its apology.
Take up the censorship question with JR.
This "leftist narrative" lies on the heads of the people that pushed Mitt Romney down the throats of conservatives, and on Romney himself who knowingly had this issue in his past.
Are you on the NYT website with your complaints?
Which part of the article is incorrect when talking about Mormonism and race?
Post anything that doesn't kiss Mitt's butt and you are in for a.....
“Are you not just amazed how many Romney supporters on FR are opposed to free speech and free exchange of ideas if you don’t tow the GOPe line.”
It depends. Are you including the ones that have been banned from this site for expressing their opinion or just the ones still here?
The GOP had to drag the ‘RATS, kicking and screaming, to the dance during many civil rights battles.
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Well the Democrats must have had a Romney-like miracle conversion because in 1978 Jimmy Carter “had to drag the Mormons, kicking and screaming, to the dance”
Comsequently the Mormons bloc voted for their hated enemy Ronald Reagan in 1980...
My old enemy who is the enemy of my new enemy is now my friend...
Not really...most of the posters have seen the hatred against any FReeper that refuses to follow the ABO line and are just keeping silent to avoid the attacks.
Remember Rogue Yam??
Scroll down for his posts to DJ MacWoW.
I suppose he's back with a new handle by now.
Did I say censorship?
No, but you know full well that Romney’s family has a history of fighting for Civil Rights. That was the environment he was raised in.
This NYT article falsely paints Romney into a blanket group damnation based on a belief of his Church almost 40 years ago.
It is dishonest at best.
The implication of damning all mormons for one belief of the church that ended almost 40 yeas ago.
It is no different than damning all SBCs or Pentecostals for the history of their church on the same subject.
First thing, who has been damned?
Second, you still did not address any inaccuracies in the article.
So again, what in the article is incorrect?
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