@vivify said"A complete lack of intelligence"?
The type of discrimination Suzianne refers to is denial of civil rights. You equating her opinion on Republicans with that shows a complete lack of intelligence.
divegeester's perspective about the type of discrimination Suzianne refers to and what she has asserted about Republicans, I think, DOES belong on the Spirituality Forum ~ regardless of the merits of it.
An assertion, smack-down style, that someone supposedly has a "complete lack of intelligence" regarding civil rights sounds like it belongs on the cesspool of the Debates Forum ~ a place, I'd say, on the strength of this post of yours, you have perhaps spent a bit too much time.
Are you letting the discursive proclivities of the likes of wajoma, Metal Brain, and Mott The Hoople rub off on you?
-Removed-Yes, they do.
"Discrimination" has more than one use and right now you're just playing semantic games.
An employer who discriminates against people with no experience is not a "hypocrite" for criticizing discrimination against gays. One is a civil rights issue, the other type of discrimination is not.
Be smarter than this.
@vivify saidIt is you who seems to be forgetting that the word "discrimination" has more than one use and that the juxtaposition you are criticizing is entirely valid on a Spirituality Forum where religion and prejudice are discussed.
"Discrimination" has more than one use and right now you're just playing semantic games.
@fmf saidSo because Suzi criticizes people for discrimination against gays...you believe she's a hypocrite if she criticizes a political party?
It is you who seems to be forgetting that the word "discrimination" has more than one use and that the juxtaposition you are criticizing is entirely valid on a Spirituality Forum where religion and prejudice are discussed.
@vivify saidI think there is a generous dollop of hypocrisy in most of the things Suzianne posts. She demeaned people's faith in Jesus rather than merely "criticized a political party". But I see what you did there.
So because Suzi criticizes people for discrimination against gays...you believe she's a hypocrite if she criticizes a political party?
Profound prejudice against Christians who have conservative values and prejudice against people because of their sexual orientation can justifiably be brought up together on a forum dedicated to discussing such matters, including tolerance and loving one's enemies etc, your rather feeble Mott The Hoople-type banter about people's "intelligence" notwithstanding.
@vivify saidYour analogy's dichotomy:
Your logic: people who discriminate against child molesters are hypocrites for criticizing discrimination against Jews.
1. Discriminating against child molesters
and
2. Discriminating against Jews
Tell me, which of these is analogous to
1. Wishing not to serve homosexuals as a matter of religious principle
and
2. Publicly demeaning people's faith in Jesus because of political differences
In your analogy, which is analogous to child molestation and which is analogous to antisemitism?
@fmf saidUntil Suzi starts advocating that Republicans be denied public services the way conservatives are already doing to gays, the two are not comparable. One is invidious discrimination the other is a mere opinion.
I think there is a generous dollop of hypocrisy in most of the things Suzianne posts. She demeaned people's faith in Jesus rather than merely "criticized a political party". But I see what you did there.
Profound prejudice against Christians who have conservative values and prejudice against people because of their sexual orientation can justifiably be brought up together on ...[text shortened]... s etc, your rather feeble Mott The Hoople-type banter about people's "intelligence" notwithstanding.
Furthermore your thread is not a "spiritual" topic, it's a legal and political one.
@fmf saidSuzi is giving an opinion; conservatives are denying legal rights.
Your analogy's dichotomy:
1. Discriminating against child molesters
and
2. Discriminating against Jews
Tell me, which of these is analogous to
1. Wishing not to serve homosexuals as a matter of religious principle
and
2. Publicly demeaning people's faith in Jesus because of political differences
In your analogy, which is analogous to child molestation and which is analogous to antisemitism?
No comparison.
@vivify saidOn a political forum, perhaps. But this is a Spirituality Forum where prejudice, religion-driven animosity and tolerance are the issues. If you don't see the validity of the juxtaposition, that is a matter for you.
Suzi is giving an opinion; conservatives are denying legal rights.
No comparison.
@vivify saidThe issues, on this forum, as I see it are prejudice and toleration. The issue is whether the anti-gay Christians are walking the Christian walk, not whether SCOTUS has just given them a legal foundation for their prejudice-in-action.
Until Suzi starts advocating that Republicans be denied public services the way conservatives are already doing to gays, the two are not comparable. One is invidious discrimination the other is a mere opinion.