dcrinaz's Comments (2071)

“Scozzafava would have won. So from all us Democrats, thanks Sarah Palin and your very politically inept friend. Keep it up. We need more progressive Democrats in Congress.”

“We keep the subterranean riches. Russia only gets the topsoil. And Palin.”

“In the movie "Mars Attacks," there is a scene in which the evil Martians are going through a town with a voice translator that is proclaiming, "Do not run away, we are your friends," or words to that effect, while they kill every human or animal that comes in contact. I had the same sensation upon hearing Lou Dobbs was reaching out to Hispanics so he can build a political base. Of course, I am exercising a form of crass hyperbole, because the Martians are fiction and Lou Dobbs is real and has done untold damage to racial and ethnic relations in this country by inciting so-called 'nativists" (how are they nativists if they are third nation immigrant Americans*?).

Any Hispanic who falls for him must be plain stupid or a Republican, which is really the same thing. It's like being a capitalist who supports Stalin or an African American who wants to be in the Ku Klux Klan. It's just plain stupid.

*Native Americans=the first nation immigrants; Hispanics (of all races)=the second nation immigrants; every other foreigner who came afterwards=third nation immigrants.”

“Personally, I hope that the Palinists do for all the congressional districts in 2010 what they did in this congressional district: split the Republican­-Right-Win­g vote and get a progressive Democrat elected. That way we can have real reform in Washington: bankruptcy reform with cramdown, banks under strict supervision, real health care reform, etc.”

“Cite the Supreme Court case that makes a statement about "Imposing YOUR religious beliefs on those of us who do not believe that abortion is a sin IS UNCONSTITU­TIONAL." You won't be able to. The Supreme Court doesn't make statements about sin. Sin is in the venue of religions, not politics or law. An offense against God and the rights of humans is a sin; a violation against the State or and individual is a crime. Do you understand the difference?”

“Well, you are wrong. And just as opinionated as the worst right-wing teabagger. You're just like them, except you have another type of hair up your derriere. Most Catholics voted for Obama. Why? Because OFFICIAL church policy tells Catholics to weigh all considerations, not just one. Look what happens when people believe and speak out of ignorance. They sound like fascists.”

“Boy, the hate you see must be a reflection of yourself. With Catholics like you, no wonder the Church has had problems.”

“What if those actions are not beneficial or in the best interest of society? Shouldn't the law prohibit those?”

“Anotherangle is right, Iswideopen. Your logic is faulty.”

“Have you understood the Constitution? And by the way, it's in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution, not in the original. Do you understand that the government cannot force a religion to do its bidding? And aren't your trying to impose your particular beliefs on the country by demanding gay marriage, demanding abortion, and demanding things that other Americans see as unacceptable? That's what Democracy is about. Catholics have the same right as anyone else to participate in the body politic. Grow up. That's what America is about. By the way, I'm sure the Inspector General will act immediately on your letter. By putting it in the circulating file.”

“So tell me how the Catholic Church as messed up royally. Let's see if they are any different from any human group.”

“Does that make you also hate Protestant churches that have had the same problems, or the Boy Scouts of America, that have had the same problems, or any public and private schools that protected and hid child rapists? You must hate a lot of things if you do.”

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I find this Catholic-bashing, which is just a specialized form of Christian-bashing, to be quite indicative of the fact that they are anything but liberals, whom most would characterize as being tolerant, open-minded, respectful of the rights of others and to be non-judgmental. Perhaps we need to define a leftist as being different from a liberal because these anti-Christian leftists in particular seem more like the right-wingers in their narrow-minded bigotry, intolerance, lack of logic and bias. Perhaps they only thing that separates a right-winger from a leftist bigot is what they chose to believe, not how they believe or wish to condemn everyone who does not agree with them. So an extreme leftist may chose to be an atheist, and a right-winger may chose to be a racist, but the way they came to their beliefs, they way they want to impose their beliefs show the same ignorance, intolerance and judgmentalism.”

“Why? He is right. Do people who are right annoy you? What did he say about Dobbs that could annoy you?”

“You'd try to punch me out. Then after I defended myself, I'd have you arrested.

So, poor baby, is physical violence the method of debate you learned from your readings and "everything's connected, tapestry of life" observations? Or does that come from your "primal instincts?" You're not making much of a case for yourself. Keep talking, keep answering, instead of reflecting, and keep looking worse than you do now.

So violence is the way you handle things you don't agree with?”

“Before we purge any Muslims from the military, I think we should purge white, right-wing, gung-ho bigots from the military because they can turn into people like Timothy McVeigh or join the Ku Klux Klan or become a Republican politician. There's not much worse for our country than those folks.”

“What he is not telling you is these are the same white Republicans who are afraid any time any African American drives in their neighborhood.

The rest of the white Republicans see him and say, "waiter, will you bring me a mint julep, please?"”

“Methinks the lady doth protest too much. Look at how you are stereotyping me. You assume a lot about me without even trying to know what I believe, which only shows me that you are a bigot, prejudiced person just like the good ol' Obama haters out there!

Now, I will be glad to explain lots of things to you, but if you don't have the capacity or openmindeness to understand, it would be like talking to the dog--except the dog would be tolerant and loving and not prejudiced and hate-filled like you. So where would you like to start?”

“Poor baby. He makes assertions he cannot defend, and absurd ones at that, and he gets upset because someone points out they are absurd and unfounded. You state that there is no credible evidence that there is a God. I suggest you study Metaphyics, you call Metaphysics nonsense. So it is alright for you to put down the learning of others, and the learning of ages, and yet we are supposed to be sensitive to you and tolerant of you and let you put down other--with no reason, by the way--but we cannot point out that there is no credible proof of your reality or that your beliefs are nonsense. What a crybaby. By the way, your instincts can be deceived, your senses can be one-sided. So that is not a reliable source of information. Have you ever considered that? Have you ever considered your "experience" is limited and not enough?”

“His god is Mammon and a false god at that. He will have his true reward and none of us should want or seek what will happen to him if he continues to love money.”

“Only if it's good beer made with the purest water, barley malt hops and yeast AND NOTHING MORE! And made by a beer artisan, not a technician. If your beer is such and you are such an artisan, you do have God's blessing! You can taste it in the beer itself!”

“Then why, oh thoughtless one, does the scientific community spend so much money, time and effort on trying to find out what is ultimately real? Why did they deny for so many years the Big Bang? Philosophy, dear ignor@mu& is the beginning and framework of all human knowledge. Ever wonder why the highest academic degree is "doctor of philosophy"? Because all learning, all knowledge has as it beginning and framework in philosophy, the first and most important area of philosophy being Metaphysics, dealing with the question of what is real. So you might opine otherwise, but such an opinion merely shows your ignorance.”

“Go study Metaphysics--not that New Age nonsense, but real Metaphysics. Then you won't ask such questions.”

“Well, there is God, and then there are false gods humans invent to justify the wicked path they take in life made of their own misuse of free will, egotism and a pervserse desire to make the world in their own image. Thus is the problem of humankind: there is a just loving God and no other God. But humans refuse to believe because it does not suit with their own conceit and selfishness.”

“And thanks for showing off your lack of them!”