I want to thank you for your thoughtful column today. Even though I am a Christian conservative, who voted three times for Donald Trump, I, too, am troubled by the general direction he is taking our country.
One of my great comforts these days is knowing our ultimate future is not controlled by men and women.
Thank you for your wisdom and passion.
In His Grip,
Jim M.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16 (ESV)
John E. 6:50 AM
Amen. One of your best ever! I cannot believe we elected an amoral, unethical, egotistical, pathologically lying, admitted and convicted sexual felon TWICE!! THe great businessman declared bankruptcy 5 times!
John E.
Palos Park, IL 60464
John E.
Palos Park, IL 60464
Then there was this pair.
Pete K. 5:14 PM
June 6 and December 7 and September 11 are nothing like Jan 6, and you know it. But your political piece of shit ass likes to think it matters to us, when you like to throw out that date, and it doesn’t, until you cross this line.
Fuck you you fucking fuck, and fuck your simile
I just couldn’t think of anything more appropriate than that.
Ray T. 4:47 PM
Afternoon Mr. Steinberg,
I have been reading your articles since you first started writing for the Sun-Times. Enjoy your point of view immensely. About 95% of the time I agree with you and the other 50% we can agree to disagree.
Todays article on D-Day was one of the best you have done.
Keep up the good work.
I have been reading your articles since you first started writing for the Sun-Times. Enjoy your point of view immensely. About 95% of the time I agree with you and the other 50% we can agree to disagree.
Todays article on D-Day was one of the best you have done.
Keep up the good work.
Ray T.
Commander
American Legion Portage Park Post #183
😬 I didn't understand the comment about men and women and the future. I'm always amazed when I see the comments after one of your posts. I sometimes wonder if I got the gist of the story because of the range of replies.
ReplyDeleteHe's saying everything's in God's hands. Oy.
DeleteMaggie, I believe Jim M is saying he believes our fate is entirely controlled by God - not men and women - and is comforted by that, so he will just sit back and see what happens.
DeleteI couldn't disagree more. The headline on yesterday's column says it all: D-Day is a reminder - We have to fight for freedom. "We" meaning we men and women, humans with brains who really do have the ability to think critically and choose love and democracy over hate and fascism when we choose to do so.
He's a dedicated God-botherer.
DeleteThank you for clarifying.
DeleteWhat Mr Morrison said Ann was that our ultimate future is determined by God.
DeleteThis does not discount the notion that we are thinking people with a free will who chose democracy.
When you choose democracy this can happen . the citizens of this country voted maga in.
Thankfully we can vote them out so I am concerned that even more people will vote maga in the next elections.
As we see it playing out now then our only option is the courts.
And that is roll of the dice.
We should be spending all of our effort building a coalition so that candidates who are not maga get elected. All our effort
"Even though I am a Christian conservative, who voted three times for Donald Trump, I, too, am troubled by the general direction he is taking our country."
DeleteThis gentleman is "not ashamed of the gospel," but he doesn't seem to understand its core message very well if he saw his way clear to voting for the orange felon 3 times. Loving God and loving his neighbors (which include immigrants, for those scoring at home) are not the current occupant's strong suits.
I can somewhat understand rich atheists and Ayn Rand followers voting for an amoral, criminal charlatan who will cut their taxes; I'll never get over the fact that "good" Christians comprise such a large portion of those undermining this nation.
That being said, "the general direction he is taking our country" has been obvious to anybody who's paid the slightest attention since 2015. Voting for him 3 times, and only now being "troubled"? Holy moly!
Mr. Morrison’s comments strike me as being deliberately misleading, claiming to be disturbed by the actions of DT, whom he voted for three times, while citing his religiosity as reason to believe all will end well. Did he really believe the third time was the charm? Or, more likely, did he vote for DT three times so that Mr, Morrison’s true desires - striking down Roe vs. Wade, publicly funded vouchers for religious schools, public displays of Christianity, such as posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms, and the creation of a Christian-centric nation - could be realized? I think the latter. Back to either your cloisters or your Pere La Chaise gravesite, Mr. Jim Morrison!
ReplyDeleteBingo! You got that correct about him.
DeleteWhile I always applaud the use of the phrase “fuck you you fucking fuck” - it has a personal memory attached to it - I do not approve of its use with a winky emoji.
ReplyDeleteAn attack led by the president on our seat of government, on our very democracy, doesn't mean a thing to Pete Kucera. I would argue that Jan 6 is worse than December 7 and September 11 - because it is the only instance where the attack came from within. I weep for our country when people that went to the same history and civics class I went to can have so little understanding of the nature of our democracy, are so filled with contempt for others, and have so little concern for the least among us.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Neil.
ReplyDeleteI have found, in living my life of 83 years, that the use of (or lack thereof) of lucid and meaningful words displayed in one's "conversation" is more often than not a clear indicator of that person's intelligence though not necessarily his/her education.
Good article.
mr. Steinberg , you usually redact the names of people who email. why are names attached today?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I forgot. But fixed now. I don't want to cause embarrassment to anybody writing me. Thanks for the reminder.
DeleteHow many variations of “fuck you, you fucking fuck” (fixed it with a comma) do you receive on an average day, Mister S? Just curious. Do you respond, or just let their rants roll off like water off a fuck's back? You're a better man than I am, Mister S, and probably have a much thicker skin, what with your being a columnist and all. I would be ripping those a-holes new ones, all the livelong day.
DeleteThat's what happened in 2020. A dangerous combination of Trump and the Plague. Hunkered in my bunker for the first eleven weeks, and when not out hiking on park rails, spent my waking hours battling the fascists online. Mostly the locals who spewed their hate at our our struggling alternative weekly.
Got so angry that I was even going to engage in a duel, in Public Square, at high noon. Finally sought out a telephone shrink, as the live ones weren't seeing anyone in person. Trust me...tele-shrinks are not a substitute for whatever ails you. The alternative weekly turned off their comment feature, as most media platforms have had to do. 2020 was a bad year.
I do my best to entertain various points of view and give them a notion that they could be credible I find it hard to imagine that my point of view is the correct one.
ReplyDeleteMany people seem certain in their convictions I guess that's why they call them convictions.
Sometimes we think there is a right answer and a wrong answer while sometimes both points of you are wrong they're just wrong there is no right answer sometimes.
But it is possible for two people to think opposite things and both be right
I love the photo atop the blog today, NS. You're among some pretty good company there on Petterino's wall, but being placed right next to Studs is the best!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't figure out an apt photograph, so grabbed that. An alarming number of the guys around me are dead.
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