NPR fires Juan Williams.

[civver_764]

Therapy and understanding? For our attackers?

Is that not the point of Christianity?

 

[MobBoss]

Is that not the point of Christianity?

Nope.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Dont you believe that people (i.e. republicans) that watch Foxnews and listen to Karl Rove are idiots?

Still trying your best to force your own words to come out of my mouth even though I have already answered that question?

Once again, obviously, not all of them are "idiots". But a number of them certainly are.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. John Stuart Mill

And anybody who states or believes that "45 percent of NPR listeners were Saddam Hussein" would definitely be a candidate for inclusion. Wouldn't you agree?

Is that not the point of Christianity?

"Turn the other cheek" and "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" seem to have disappeared from the tenets of many Christians.

 

[MobBoss]

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. John Stuart Mill

Mill lived in the 1800s when being stupid was equated with fiscal ability and rural life. By that same criteria, todays poor are absolutely of a liberal majority, and can be found in urban and rural areas alike, so I dont think the quote holds up that well 150 years or so later.....changing demographs and all.

And anybody who states or believes that "45 percent of NPR listeners were Saddam Hussein" would definitely be a candidate for inclusion. Wouldn't you agree?

Thats assuming they answered it straight, and not without a sense of sarcasm or humor.

"Turn the other cheek" and "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" seem to have disappeared from the tenets of many Christians.

Along with some other tenets as well.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Mill lived in the 1800s...

And yet it is still true even today. Some things never seem to change.

 

[Holycannoli]

And no, obviously not all Republicans listen to NPR or read quality newspapers. Many of them actually watch the drivel on Fox News instead and believe everything Karl Rove says.

No, they're also listening to talk radio, being successful at life and getting ready to vote democrats out of office.

I hope you don't consider the NY Times and Washington Post as "quality" newspapers, not just considering their obvious liberal bias but also considering how the NY Times just makes stuff up.

 

[Formaldehyde]

And yet I bet you cannot find a single example of that actually being true, not to mention they always retract any statement they later find isn't completely factual.

Believe it or not, many Republicans do indeed listen to NPR and read "quality" newspapers which still actually have journalistic integrity. But, of course, many do not. They decide to watch Fox News, or listen to talk radio, or read Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers instead. They prefer to have the bias turned all the way up instead of being virtually non-existent by comparison.

 

[bhsup]

I'm sure a lot of leftists read the village voice and watch MSNBC as well.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Both of which can be considered to be quite liberal by some, yet they still manage to have journalistic integrity.

 

[JollyRoger]

I'm sure a lot of leftists read the village voice and watch MSNBC as well.

I actually prefer the Wall Street Journal. It's as if the editorial board there doesn't read the rest of the paper.

 

[MobBoss]

And yet it is still true even today. Some things never seem to change.

No, its not even remotely true today, and your inability to admit how much has indeed changed in such demographs proves how hopelessly lost you are in your own brand of propaganda.

 

[Traitorfish]

Nope.

Clearly my childhood teachers and priests differed from you in that area of their faith.

 

[MobBoss]

Clearly my childhood teachers and priests differed from you in that area of their faith.

I did a wordsearch on my New King James for the word 'therapy'. Hits: 0

 

[Lord of Elves]

Nope.

Q: WWJD?

A: Turn the other cheek.

 

[JollyRoger]

If word search hits is the standard, I would hazard a guess that whores are more relevant than therapy to the religion.

 

[MobBoss]

Q: WWJD?

A: Turn the other cheek.

If one doesnt understand the context of a thing, one shouldnt use it as a reference.

 

[Lord of Elves]

If one doesnt understand the context of a thing, one shouldnt use it as a reference.

And the principal of turning the other cheek and loving thy neighbor cannot be applied to Muslims because... ?

 

[Hygro]

No, they're also listening to talk radio, being successful at life and getting ready to vote democrats out of office.

I hope you don't consider the NY Times and Washington Post as "quality" newspapers, not just considering their obvious liberal bias but also considering how the NY Times just makes stuff up.

You really are quite the conspiracist aren't you.

 

[MobBoss]

And the principal of turning the other cheek and loving thy neighbor cannot be applied to Muslims because... ?

No, I am referring to some advanced biblical discussion of what 'turn the other cheek' actually may mean. Apparently, during that period, slaves were hit with the back of the hand. By turning the other cheek after being hit, it basically forces the agressor to use the open hand or fist...and that is how one would hit an equal...not a slave. Ergo, by 'turning the other cheek' one asserts themself as an equal, but not as a slave. Its not an act of being passive, but one of recognition or escalation.

Granted thats not the traditional view of that, but sometimes things 2000 plus years ago are wrongly interpreted. Especially biblical things.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

There's "a greater diversity there than I see in other networks," Rove said of Fox News.

Are there any left-wing liberal democrat type of anchors working at Fox?

Anyone?