Remember the part in Dumb and Dumber when Harry and Lloyd were going to Aspen? This reminds me of that.
Harold Meyerson expounds with amazing detail the situation involving the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Yes, he notes that quite accurately that those churches left because the rest of the ECUSA is starting to treat gays as equals. He’s also dead on about the “ick-factor”(my term, not his) involved allowing a woman to preside over the church. Yuck.
Yes, memberships to God’s Country Club are hard to come by, and these people don’t cut the mustard.
Mr. Meyerson is just miles ahead of us, isn’t he?
There’s something systemic in the minds of liberals/progressives that propels them on these types of rants. Of course, there’s something similar going on in the conservative world. I wish I truly knew what it stemmed from, but I can’t quite figure it out.
The left is led by the self-appointed intellectual elite. They are the smartest, most forward thinking individuals in our society, and therefore the arbiters of social and political correctness/morality. To be the elite you must be decisive, which means there is no question about their stance on the issues. There is a right way to see things, and they’ve found it for us. In fact, it was so easy for them, they will find all of the correct views for us, because we aren’t quite smart enough or compassionate enough or peaceful enough to come up with them on our own, or even as a group.
Because this is true, when a person comes to a conclusion, they see that conclusion as indicative of the person’s character. For example, if I say that I believe homosexual activity is wrong, and explain why, then follow that explanation by discussing how the issue makes me feel, including the fact that I know homosexuals who are good and normal people, and that I’ve had a number of gay co-workers and acquaintances, what one of these types of liberals will hear is, “I believe homosexual activity is wrong, and blah blah blah blah blah”. They will then launch an attack, calling me a “homophobe” and implying that I am a bigot.
Two problems are exposed there, the first being that they seem to have no ability to perceive internal struggle on an issue. So they feel perfectly justified in saying you’re all of those things. They don’t even appreciate the finer points of the issue, which I’ll save for another time. The second is that they also feel justified in engaging in intellectual dishonesty to promote their “correct” viewpoints. This is also known as “lying.”
These guys (and gals) think they are so far ahead of the game that they haven’t noticed they’ve taken the Shaggin’ Wagon about 1000 miles in the wrong direction. They could be halfway to Aspen by now.
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