tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post3740791664553552552..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Some Brief (for me) Thoughts on the DOJ Report on FergusonDiary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-55101418855990968462015-03-09T03:45:59.136-07:002015-03-09T03:45:59.136-07:00How did my head not explode?
1. It's built u...How did my head not explode?<br /><br />1. It's built up resistance over the years studying patriocentrists. ;-)<br /><br />2. It's hard to tell when this person really means what he says, and when he's just shooting his mouth off - witness what happened with the rape statement. Sometimes I choose to probe further to see if he really meant what he said. I didn't with the Ray Rice thing, because if he did mean it, I would probably have ended up in a discussion about MRAs and domestic violence, and THEN my head would have exploded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-27200106743241180772015-03-08T21:51:56.432-07:002015-03-08T21:51:56.432-07:00Interesting thoughts. One wonders if "railing...Interesting thoughts. One wonders if "railing" in the Biblical sense might be related to Christ's statement in the Sermon on the Mount that hate is equivalent to murder, and that impugning the intelligence and morality of a brother risks gehenna. ("You Fool" seems to carry as much of a sense of morality as brainpower.) <br /><br />One more thing that occurred to me is that even though I have some friends - and relatives - who drive me crazy with the racist and sexist stuff they say, I can't think of anyone I know that defended - or would defend - Ray Rice. (Of course, the Ravens are fairly well hated in CA after they beat the 49ers...) How on earth did your head not explode? Ye gods!Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-65468921597086115442015-03-08T18:25:19.322-07:002015-03-08T18:25:19.322-07:00I've never listened to left talk radio but it ...I've never listened to left talk radio but it wouldn't surprise me. I pretty much don't listen to much radio anyway (can't stand the ads I'm forced to sit through).<br /><br />Per "railing," I assume to the rise to the sense used in the Bible (= excommunicable), it would have to be pretty severe - like I said, basically habitual verbal abuse, not "you vented once and now you're under church discipline." (I've seen the word translated as "gossip" before, but the lexicon I read didn't include that in its definition and seemed very targeted toward abusive, angry speech.) It makes sense, since to engage in that kind of speech so often indicates some pretty deep-seated anger issues. Now imagine you literally make your living sitting behind a microphone yelling 3+ hours a day.<br /><br />I'm sure their audience would use incidents such as Jesus calling the Pharisees a "brood of vipers" as justification for why things like "animals" are appropriate and not crude, uncivil, dehumanizing, etc.<br /><br />What this also means is that I as a blogger have to not automatically use whatever sarcastic turns of phrase come immediately to mind…though I can safely say that I have never even contemplated calling even the most sexist patriocentrist anything remotely close to "f***ing animal." If I'm going to attack something, I try very hard to make sure my target is an idea and not a person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-37942981817579733902015-03-08T13:48:34.350-07:002015-03-08T13:48:34.350-07:00I agree that it isn't isolated, and that it cu...I agree that it isn't isolated, and that it cuts across political lines. I think it is time to clean house on this issue, and that at least a few politicians and law enforcement leaders need to be prosecuted. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-68474735026847883982015-03-08T13:45:28.532-07:002015-03-08T13:45:28.532-07:00It is pretty endemic to talk radio, left and right...It is pretty endemic to talk radio, left and right, isn't it? On the conservative side, it seems to have gotten works since an African American was elected to the White House, which troubles me. <br /><br />I love your point about "railing." I may have to borrow it in a future post. I hadn't really thought about it that way, but I agree. All it takes is watching one's facebook feed these days to see what a popular sin it is. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-89358338370133141552015-03-08T13:30:41.791-07:002015-03-08T13:30:41.791-07:00My brother a conservative and a law enforcement of...My brother a conservative and a law enforcement officer believes there are too many laws and an ugly power hungry attitude among police officers today. This isn't an isolated problem it is something that is spreading through affluent and poor police departments. Our liberal democrat sheriff in my local county is practicing some of these policies. I personally have been pulled over for imaginary offenses by the local Highway Patrol twice in the last year. I am known for driving like a grandma by all my friends and relatives got off with a warning both times probably because I am female and white.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811366858707976479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-35247464508623119912015-03-08T06:53:31.789-07:002015-03-08T06:53:31.789-07:00I know a conservative who told me that the officer...I know a conservative who told me that the officer who shot Tamir Rice was not at fault because Rice was "brandishing a gun." When I reminded him that it was a TOY gun and Rice was 12yo, he said that didn't matter. This is the same person who implied to me that football player Ray Rice was acting in self-defense when he beat his (much smaller) girlfriend and dragged her out of an elevator, and who made that statement I mentioned to you in my email a few months back, about it not being rape if the woman withdrew consent after taking off her clothes. (Though when I called him on that last one, he denied that he had ever said it and agreed with me that yes, the act in question was indeed rape, so I don't know what was up with that one.)<br /><br />On the "animals" comment: I remember seeing video of the (now late) conservative icon Andrew Breitbart screaming at a group of Occupy protesters and calling them animals. The video was being presented as an example of Breitbart's heroism and bravery in standing up to the Left, etc. But all I could think at the time was that, no matter your opinion about Occupy, how was it appropriate to call people animals just because you disagreed with them? Except in my experience, this type of rhetoric (or something close to it) is pretty common in the orbit of talk radio personalities. Which leads to my next question:<br /><br />In light of the fact that "railing" (basically = verbal abuse in the Greek lexicon I looked at) is listed alongside drunkenness, swindling and incest in the list of excommunicable / church discipline-worthy sins in 1 Cor., how can so many Christians listen to talk radio, given that basically it's entire reason for existing is to yell at people who disagree with conservatism and call them names?<br /><br />As I've said in previous comments, I dearly wish I knew conservatives who didn't engage in this kind of moral/ethical doublespeak, so I could analyze conservatism as a political philosophy without all this baggage attached to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com