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02/01/2005: "The left is worth nothing"
Replies: 6 Comments
Truly an offensive piece.
What an insult said @ 02/01/2005 05:29 AM CST
ok,
That is ok if you find it offensive, now be so kind as to analyze the piece and tell me why do you find it offensive. What is not true about the piece?
I am like Dennis Prager in that I am not looking for agreement, I am looking for clarity. I am looking for the truth.
Wayne
Q and A said @ 02/01/2005 02:40 PM CST
If you label someone, or a group, as "worth nothing", then you are acting like a Nazi--you are treating them as the Nazi's did the Jews. If they are worth nothing, then their lives are worth nothing. And why? Because they differ with you. The right wing cannot seem to come to grips with a loyal opposition, and will not be satisfied until they cause a dam civil war in this country.
Why it is offensive said @ 02/01/2005 03:45 PM CST
Why is it that the "right wing" is causing a "dam civil war"?
Dennis was talking generalities and he even says it in his piece. You always use generalities when you have policy discussions and his point is that the conclusions that Liberals come to in general are "worthless" form a moral policy perspective. Not that the people are bad people and need to be killed.
Did you know that Dennis Prager is himself a Jew and he would be particularly sensitive to Hitler type tactics.
Dennis as well as I would say that all people are made in the image of God and therefore have intrinic value.
That does not mean their beliefs have equal value especially in the moral and policy arenas.
Wayne
Q and A said @ 02/02/2005 02:03 PM CST
Let us not forget the rabid support that the American right has given to totalitarian forces in Central America over the years. Reagan supported and propped up more than one dictator who ruled through terror and murder.
I hate to mention the term, but a bunch of those WMDs that Saddam had at one time were purchased from the USA. It won't take much digging on Google to find the pictures of Rummy and Saddam together after the deal.
America under Republican and Democratic presidents has cuddled up to evil. Neither side has any moral high ground to stand on. To suggest otherwise on behalf of one side or the other just shows how selective short-term memory loss.
Both sides have made mistakes said @ 02/03/2005 10:33 AM CST
What you are highlighting is the fact that governing a nation that is a super power is a very difficult extremely complex task.
In that environment you often times encounter situations where you need to deal with unseemly figures in order to resist a worse enemy.
Reagan was a huge opponent to communism. I think that is a good thing, and I think history has already shown that to be a good thing. Notice several new fledging democracies breaking out in South America because the communists were held at bay.
But, this is exactly what Dennis was discussing in his commentary, the fact that the left can not even see communism as a worse enemy.
As far as the issue of all the weapons that have been found in Iraq, everything that I have found indicates that the major suppliers have been Russia, China, France and Germany. US weapons found are more than 20 yrs old and the numbers are very small.
But you do raise a good point. At one point we were supporting Saddam. Again, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. We had a worse enemy and we were trying to build a stable Middle East.
Running a huge powerful government is a very difficult task. That is why we want people that truly are guided by values higher than just their own personal ambitions doing the leading. That is why we want people that truly seek Godly wisdom in doing the difficult task.
Wayne
Q and A said @ 02/05/2005 01:04 PM CST
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