Just posted this response, in regard to this increasingly rare exercise of common sense, by Star Parker: http://washingtonexaminer.com/republicans-must-speak-against-moral-bankruptcy/article/2507357#.UE0Ox67gaSp
Particularly in this piece, I derived the necessity of the rejection
of principled moral values, and the overriding necessity of conformity
as a sole criterion of truth: http://www.goodnessmovement.co…
For my own purposes, I recognize two types of leftist: what I term a
Sybaritic Leftist, and what I term a Cultural Sadeist. Recently, in
debating the fool David Brin, I realized that cognitively there is
little difference between the two. Both require the rejection of
principles that are not mutable. Given that to belong to their tribe
they must accept its dictates, the abuse of reason is logically
necessary.
Politics is culture. This will be understood fully by few, but I
will suggest that this piece is an excellent and much needed start with
respect to a discussion that is much overdue. The question is not even
whether or not we want to be a Christian culture–which is how the Left
frames this issue, propagandistically–but whether we are going to
continue to value the use of reason and genuine tolerance in our
interactions with one another; or whether group membership will be made
the only thing that matters in a power hungry world.
My whole website deals with these issues: http://www.goodnessmovement.co…
Particularly in this piece, I derived the necessity of the rejection
of principled moral values, and the overriding necessity of conformity
as a sole criterion of truth: http://www.goodnessmovement.co…
For my own purposes, I recognize two types of leftist: what I term a
Sybaritic Leftist, and what I term a Cultural Sadeist. Recently, in
debating the fool David Brin, I realized that cognitively there is
little difference between the two. Both require the rejection of
principles that are not mutable. Given that to belong to their tribe
they must accept its dictates, the abuse of reason is logically
necessary.
Politics is culture. This will be understood fully by few, but I
will suggest that this piece is an excellent and much needed start with
respect to a discussion that is much overdue. The question is not even
whether or not we want to be a Christian culture–which is how the Left
frames this issue, propagandistically–but whether we are going to
continue to value the use of reason and genuine tolerance in our
interactions with one another; or whether group membership will be made
the only thing that matters in a power hungry world.