I wish we were more tolerant of all speech that didn't fit the norm. Republicans should feel like they can speak their mind, just like an atheist could speak theirs about religion
Posted Jan 25, 2016, 7:39 PM UTC
They're hypocrites
Yep. If you're going to flip off PCness, you shouldn't make exceptions. All belief systems are fair game to criticize.
It's not weird at all. It's very human.
This isn't really a case of confirmation bias. That would be more along the lines of expecting Donald to be a great president simply because the super wealthy are just better than us.
Confirmation bias is when you accept arguments/logic/facts that support what you already believe and reject anything that contests your beliefs, oftentimes in such a way that leads you to have self-contradictory beliefs as a result.
Yes, This is killing me as a Republican... (Hate the religious right>)
as a Republican... Hate the religious right
You must have had a bad couple of decades then.
Yeah pretty much....
Ironically, Trump is the least religious, if at all, of all the Republican candidates. <_< Do they even realize?
Two Corinthians.
I know... It makes me happy on one level but I still have to come to terms that I may be voting for a realty tv star/billionaire. (Which I may be ok with because he won't pander to the religious right on things like abortion.)
"Like it is" is code for loud, stupid and racist.
He is not saying it like it is. He is pandering to people who want to justify their hate and distrust.
Not weird at all, it's par for the course. Hypocrisy is an integral part of both theistic religion and the slightly more secular religion we call 'politics.'"
Yup. Just like those who set up organisations with "freedom" and "liberty" in their names, but upon further examination exist solely to limit those freedoms and liberties to those who aren't like them.
''Political incorrectness is good, especially if we can use it as a thin veneer to mask our blatant bigotry, misogyny and racism, but don't you dare mock my religion! Then you're hurting my feelings and you need to stop this instant!''
Christian hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Nope.
On one hand, people do it all the time.
On the other hand, these are the same people who want to limit government power (unless it's enforcing something that they want), de-regulate everything in sight (unless it stops people from doing something they disagree with), and stop public schools from "indoctrinating our youth" (except when the schools are indoctrinating them in the "correct" points of view.) The religious right collectively have very little self awareness.
Well duh... Because he's telling it how it is aka telling it how they see it.
I agree.
If you're white, Christian, male, or rich (preferably all four), you're going to be just fine under Lord Trump's reign. I think you'll find that most of his supporters are either greedy or xenophobic, or possibly both.
Not at all. People who complain about "PC police" are the people who are trying to step on other people's rights.
The very term "politically correct" means in line with popular ideals, and the one that the complainers have a problem with is egalitarianism.
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War on Christmas. They use that as a PC attack on anyone that dares to not be a Christian three months out of the year.
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For liberals. Conservatives have their own PC, and it revolves around never saying anything bad about Christianity, guns, Saint Reagan, or "traditional" marriage.
In reality conservatives are significantly more PC than liberals.
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To a lot of people on the far right, being an atheist should exclude you from holding political office. Their idea is to silence anyone that isn't of their own religion.
Also, the same group seems to be the people that are against secular reasoning through science. They don't want science even taught in schools
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There are eight states where atheists are banned from office: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/07/08/there-are-states-where-you-technically-cant-hold-public-office-if-youre-an-atheist/
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If there is one thing I've noticed in the IS, it's the curtailment and deriding of negative speech against religion....oh wait, no it hasn't, you're fucking idiots
one thing I've noticed in the IS
"in the IS"? I'm assuming that it was a typo and you meant to say US. In the US there is a lot of open discrimination against atheists. Many states have laws that forbid atheists from holding public office, and they are routinely the least liked 'religious group' in polls (source: http://www.pewforum.org/2014/07/16/how-americans-feel-about-religious-groups/)
Gay marriage was banned for years because it offended the religious sensibilities of many Christians. Same is still happening with abortion, prostitution, euthanasia, etc. You're a fucking idiot. For real. How much in denial can one possibly be?
And it's not just a domestic problem, the Religious Right is spreading their toxic religious bullshit all over the world, which is why children are being labelled as witches and murdered and gay people are locked behind bars for daring to love or lust after someone of the same sex.
As much as I can't stand the Regressive Left, you morons are worse by magnitudes, and do more damage to this world than a bunch of obnoxious Tumblrinas could ever dream of accomplishing.
"Freedom for me, but not for thee."
"Free thought" and free speech isn't free. Free thought costs your bias, dogma, ignorance and intolerance; i.e. the cost is your religion.