Negative Activism Assignment:
Following the recent events at Fort Hood, this Conservative Group is advocating changes in the U.S. military policy and suggests purging Muslims from the U.S. army calling it "Islamo-realism"...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/09/conservative-group-time-t_n_350945.html
I would be really interested in hearing what people have to say about this... Possibly not everyone thinks this to be negative?
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I look at posts like this about the right wing extremist and I wonder will some grown up in the GOP step up and lead? The Senator McCain who stood to the people who wanted to honor their past with the Rebel Flag. Are we going to go out and purge all non-christian people from the military seriously? I think your right there are some who will say that guy is a great American sad but true. I am not one of them and think him and his organization is off the reservation we always talk about Islamic extremist what about Christian extremsit?
ReplyDeleteMaybe we don't talk about Christian extremists, because they are more in line with how the majority of America think. I mean look at the Christian existential truths expounded by the declaration of Independence and even W. The ability to cohabitate these two streams of sub-conciousness takes a high human capacity for openness that can only be learned by intensely examining the original bodies of literature that is more often than not neglected for many reasons.
ReplyDeleteBasically, freedom of religion baby!!!!!
You wanna be a whatever, be it, but within the guidelines of the state!
Oh, it's cool to note that Alla is the Arabic word for god...i think, and the greek word for God in the Bible is I am (alpha lambda lambda alpha also), and the word Jesus means I am in french.
I'mmmmm.....Ron Burgundyyyy????
I would have to disagree with that fact my friend that the majority of Americans are in line with Christian Extremist. I think the Declaration expounded some general truths of equality that can be considered purely human compassion. Now if we are talking about them living up to those values is an entirely different story by itself. I don't believe all those guys were Christian who wrote the Declaration. I think the Declaration does open the door for different religions all men endowed by their own creator. I believe the religious right and Reagan took it to a whole another level and look at how church and state interacts now!
ReplyDeleteYea, the tea party patriots expounded the truths of God, Guns, and Religion! They kept asking me if I knew anything about the Decl. of Indp, while at the same time screaming about bring god nack to the government...
ReplyDeleteI like human compassion.
Thx for reminding me of that truth!
Jonathan I would say the idea that no matter what religion you are the idea is that in America all men and women are to be treated equally and you should respect everyone. I don't think any religion has the monopoly on those values those are as I like to call American or human compassion values. I think to see the way people are treated in some countries should tug on the heart of any person not just the religious.
ReplyDeleteI was raised and confirmed Catholic by my parents and it was this and that tea party that turned me away from organized religion because people use their religion as a crutch and define themselves as Catholic/Muslim/Protestant/etc. first. It makes me wonder how these people would act if they didn't have a book telling them because this behavior is growing more and more unacceptable. Religions have always created an Us vs. Them mentality and people are always so quick to forget that we are human beings first and that simple truth should guide all of our actions. I just hope that one day people can find morality in the fact that all humans feel, think, and breathe equally instead of relying on thousand year old literature... Just a thought.
ReplyDeletePart of the reason the government is set up like it is, and you can read about this in Federalist #10, is so that no faction can control the entire country... Madison specifically references religion when he talks about this. The founding fathers never saw this country as a religiously-based country, and when people like to say that they reference God often and the rights given by God, they usually don't understand that this is the type of language used to describe political theory, and not necessarily referring to their specific religion, which is how they often like to twist it.
ReplyDeleteDoes this count as negative political activism?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/firstreading/entries/2009/11/12/_perry_midland_find_more.html
Oh, nice Suzy Q, bringing us back to F-10!
However, weren't the Federalist Papers just his counter attack to the other dude? I mean, he did help write the constitution and all, so maybe you're right...kinda like the rule before the rules were written sorta thing (sorry that might be horribly dense, i was goin for archaic).
Political theory....based on the assumption of the divine and the striving for a higher good. Should we keep the flow of history open?
I think if we look at those who've closed history down and altered the core principles of Western Pol. Theory to suit their own Factions ultimately were and are being shoved to the wrong side of history(shout out to Jerel).
On the other hand, maybe the tyranny of the majority will swing in the direction Chad's talking about. Will it take many, many, many, and finally many generations? Now all i can think about is Dark-Matter! Have y'all heard about the 15 mile long proton-collider-thing-a-ma-gig around central Europe?
Anyways, I think we should teach everything! To the whole Planet!
At the same time!
Mission 1 accomplished: Internet
Mission 2: Lunar/Martian Manifest Destiny BABY!!!!
Hahaha. Yes, the Federalist papers were in defense of a democratic Republic, but since the Federalists won that battle for the most part, the Federalist papers stand as good examples for why the democratic Republic was the best model to follow. Also, I'm not trying to stir up any crazy fun controversy, but if you enjoy reading about the Hadron collider you should also look up the scientists claiming it is sabotaging itself from the future... not saying I believe anything one way or the other but it's rather interesting reading. And most of the articles about it were printed before the most recent incident- the bird dropping a baguette on it and shutting the whole thing down. Food for thought!
ReplyDeleteWhere have y'all been my life!!
ReplyDeleteThere's an EXPLOSION of comments here!
More from the Lunar Mission Front
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091113/ts_afp/sciencespaceusmoon;_ylt=AuKZRIhbUgNTgRIoxr7krO5H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNm00Mm5vBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MTExMy9zY2llbmNlc3BhY2V1c21vb24EY3BvcwM0BHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDbmFzYXNpZ25pZmlj
p.s. the HADRON collider is a magnificent achievement in cooperation...
Also, 2012 was AWESOMEEEEE! Except for the end...which came in the 140th min, so for 2hrs, SHIT GOT REAL...and blown up!