Posted on 12/28/2019 7:56:36 PM PST by lasereye
BigBlob is the twin of BumblingGunner (or maybe they’re one and the same). They are self appointed posting Nazis.
Ignore them.
Gay’s are a yawn... they’re NOT the culture war.
“Why use the term that leftists call conservatives?”
Because they turned it into a slur to frighten us into just being conservative.
It’s Time we embrace it and push back.
“...As we know, Trump doesn’t care about that. ...”
When you’re not bought, paid for, and owned, you are ABLE to not care. He’s got enough “F-You money” to insulate himself.
Yeah...we’re 30 years post-Reagan. Things look bleak, post-Trump.
Yes we do. But it probably won’t happen. I can’t see the whole country turning back to God without the Tribulation to knock some sense into them.
At Focus on the Family, they say to be reformed three things have to happen: God has to get your attention, you have to call upon him for help, and three, he will send people into your life who will lead you and help you.
“The SJWs are highly illiberal, extremely moralistic leftists focused obsessively on sex, gender and race. They are strongly motivated to exercise power against their perceived enemies. Their power derives from their support at elite universities, among fellow travelers in the media and, bizarrely, within leading corporations, who have pioneered woke capitalism as a marketing method.”
There is a very simple reason why corporations support SJWs and it’s not at all bizarre.
Corporation by their nature are amoral. Their reason for existence is the bottom line. Most of all they don’t want a mob descending on them and causing havoc, bad publicity, organized boycotts and crashing sales. Who needs that?
The left has been superb at scaring the crap out of the CEOs with their activism and their mobs. They are quick to pounce on any company that strays from the social justice agenda, and to make their lives miserable.
What have we on the right done in response? NOTHING! We’ve sat on our asses while the left has taken over most corporations by threatening to make their lives miserable.
So if you’re a CEO of a major corporation and you are faced with the choice of supporting someone who will cause you unbearable pain if you don’t kowtow to their demands, versus someone who will do absolutely nothing to you regardless of what you do, who are you going to support?
We could have kept the corporations o our side if we only had made their lives even more miserable than the left did. But we chose not to.
It’s only lost if you believe the moronic MSM view of things.
Has he ever been to a Chik-fil-A? They don't sell fried chicken. Lots of different chicken, but fried, I don't remember seeing.
That “slur” is over a century and a half old already. Not saying we ought not embrace it after a fashion since it really has no sting but is an amusing caricature, but if we abandon “conservative”, they’ve won a victory there since it implies we’re willing to compromise the Constitution.
This Dreher fellow displays utter ignorance there. He’s a refugee from Kristol’s sunken ship, the notoriously never-Trump Weakly Standard, never mind several other pseudo-conservative and openly liberal outlets (NPR and MSDNC for example).
1. Gay marriage as constitutional right.
2. A return to the criminalization of homosexual activity, or a return to the attitude that homosexuals should remain closeted.
3. A return to teacher-led prayer in public schools. (Anyone remember when that was a major issue?)
4. The authorization of first-trimester restrictions on abortion,
5. A return to the widespread admiration and endorsement, in schools and in political activity, of Western political thought.
6. The complete replacement of diversity with individual merit as a determinant of university admissions, employment opportunities, etc.
7. The restoration of sexual monogamy within marriage as the goal for young people.
8. A return to an outlawing of marijuana in all states.
Note that all of these things are achievable, and maybe already in effect, in smaller (especially religious) communities. But other than (4), where there is some hope, I think the train has left the station on all of these questions. If you feel differently, how can policy on these matters be changed?
And yet, within Catholicism, the main result has been to keep the Leftist homosexuals out of the seminaries and bring the culture warriors in. The current generation of future priests is very traditional (lots of Latin), very conservative, very STRAIGHT, and eager to take on the sick culture. It's not a cush career anymore. It's combat. This will be interesting.
I wouldn't be shocked if Protestant seminaries were experiencing a parallel "flight to quality." Any intel on that?
Candidly, I don't consider businesses and corporations as a barometer of the culture war. Businesses exist to maximize shareholder value. If there is a segment of society that has money to spend and isn't committing force nor fraud, then it would be irresponsible (if not illegal) for a business to discriminate.
I could care less if Chick-Fil-A raised a rainbow flag underneath the American flag, nor do I think culture is doomed if this happened. However, if NeverTrumpers like Mr Dreher had their way, you can bet your sweet bippy the acceleration of cultural decay would be stunning under President Hillary or President Biden vs that under Presdent Trump.
Give me a break. The “surrender in the Battle of Chick-fil-A was a monumental symbolic loss.” Who is the drama queen? Dreher? Typical loser without belief in the Lord’s resurrection.
Chick Fil A is a company with a good product and stupid advertising, like Energizer, Carl’s Jr. and Nike.
Culture war: understanding that all seven billion people have one enemy and one Messiah and we know who won two thousand years ago. Time to get with the program, Dreher.
Fertility. Religious conservatives of the current generation--Jewish, Catholic, Protestant (and unfortunately Moslem)--are having way more children per woman than anyone else in our culture. Yes, it's the long war. But so was the conquest of the West by Christianity the first time.
We should promote the immigration of conservative African Christians. They are solid, morally strict, and used to fighting for their faith.
CFA was just another regional fast food joint until it took a stand. Now that it surrendered its values it is just another national corporation without morals.
If “we” “promote” preferential immigration treatment for African Christians, what are the chances this will actually happen? Immigration quotas are set by fedgov, and they are a long way from this kind of preferential policy.
You see? The problem is not failing to think about theoretically sound policies. The problem is making them reality in America c. 2020.
We are the America we are. This, I think, is kind of Mr. Dreher’s point.
Where is divorce on your list? I would submit to you, that divorce has been more damaging and corrosive to culture (especially when there are children) than every one of your 8 collectively, with the possible exception of #4, and #7 if you insert the words “and old” after “young”.
C.U.C.K.
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