Posted on 08/19/2018 8:00:03 AM PDT by John Semmens
The accusations that Democratic National Committee vice chairman Keith Ellison sexually abused two women may become the latest case of social mores butting up against religious freedom. DNC chairman Tom Perez reminded critics of Ellison’s behavior that “imposition of Christian standards of behavior on a Muslim man violate the First Amendment protection against government infringement on the free exercise of religion.”
“Under Islam, a man has total dominance over a woman,” Perez observed. “First, under sharia law, a woman is effectively only half as human as a man. Using this math, each of the accusers’ testimony is out weighed by a ratio of 1.0:0.5. That’s a two-thirds super-majority. Second, the right of a man to discipline a woman using moderate beatings is expressly authorized. Those demanding that Keith step down from his position in government and bow out of the race for Minnesota Attorney General would be applying an unconstitutional religious test for holding public office.”
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Nicely done.
Semi-satire, with semi equating to half, implies 50% truth and 50% satire.
If there are 3 steps to satire, {0%, 50%, 100%}, then this piece could stretch to be considered "semi"-satire. I'll go with 50%, even though it violates all notions of rounding.
But, if satire is quantified by whole integer percentages, I'd say this article is mostly truth, maybe... perhaps, 1% satire.
Satire is intended to expose an unadmitted truth. Ellison’s alleged behavior is far worse than Trump’s alleged consensual sex with Stormy. Yet, the absence of Party denouncement and media frenzy demonstrates a double standard.
The same Democrats who would crush a baker’s religious freedom to refuse business that violates his beliefs won’t say a peep about the ethical or criminal violations of Party members. My satire helps clarify this double standard by exposing the tortured logic required to defend these standards.
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