tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8102395829759776168..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: "My Christian duty is to not support evil"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16866235181031215802016-11-08T06:44:08.636-06:002016-11-08T06:44:08.636-06:00Wise words to tell your son, Mr. S. More parents n...Wise words to tell your son, Mr. S. More parents need to tell that to their offspring.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34394818641503344402016-11-07T16:04:10.574-06:002016-11-07T16:04:10.574-06:00Going in not wanting to argue was probably wise. A...Going in not wanting to argue was probably wise. As a Thurber fable has it, "The saddest words of pen or tongue, are wisdom's wasted on the young."<br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-97392056328218032016-11-07T15:27:50.026-06:002016-11-07T15:27:50.026-06:00Maybe not much to do with these kids but I read th...Maybe not much to do with these kids but I read this article about what type of people would go for Trump. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/216700/who-goes-trump It is based on a parlor game started by Dorothy Thompson. She was very well known in the 30's and 40's until she was accused of being anti semitic. She was the first American to interview Hitler and shortly after was kicked out Germany. http://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19457246153085184412016-11-07T15:05:48.418-06:002016-11-07T15:05:48.418-06:00"I’d rather have somebody right now who is a ..."I’d rather have somebody right now who is a little more toward my beliefs — he doesn’t like abortion" But of course Trump was pro abortion until he became a GOP candidate for president. And he is alleged to have tried to have his girlfriend get an abortion. Then he suggested women getting abortions should be sent to prison. Then he said they shouldn't.<br /><br />Who knows what Trump really believes? What he believes in is what's best for him right now. Being against abortion is a way to look in a mirror and see a righteous person staring back - without having to exert a single calorie worth of effort. The student is going to vote for a bullying misogynist xenophobe so he can look in the mirror and see that righteous person staring back. Zero calorie righteousness. The philosophy of sanctimony.Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59777034580725073192016-11-07T14:32:13.044-06:002016-11-07T14:32:13.044-06:00Naïve in what way? The guy who isn't voting be...Naïve in what way? The guy who isn't voting because he doesn't want to support evil? That's a very common reaction, found on the left as well as the right, by those who -- mistakenly, in my view -- are more concerned with keeping their hands clean than saving the country. I went in not wanting to argue -- though I did challenge them about the repercussions of their actions or non-actions. It blows to be young, in some ways, and I wouldn't dream of bigfooting in with my extra 35 years of experience and ridiculing their attempts to figure out the world. That doesn't help anybody. As I used to tell my older son when he was feeling pumped up about his brilliance, "Is that why you learned stuff? So you could lord your knowledge over other people?" Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34377075632011704932016-11-07T14:03:47.976-06:002016-11-07T14:03:47.976-06:00NS-How did you keep from laughing at some of their...NS-How did you keep from laughing at some of their naïve comments?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72696992494228854172016-11-07T12:49:16.506-06:002016-11-07T12:49:16.506-06:00@tate: I have the distinct feeling that this motiv...@tate: I have the distinct feeling that this motivates more than a few of his followersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18879213356325846182016-11-07T12:28:46.138-06:002016-11-07T12:28:46.138-06:00@tate -- Thank God you're not 20, then.@tate -- Thank God you're not 20, then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90878765340072547252016-11-07T11:04:29.229-06:002016-11-07T11:04:29.229-06:00Were I now 20 years old, I might vote for Trump ju...Were I now 20 years old, I might vote for Trump just because he's even less qualified than I to be President of the United States.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43683248008077484002016-11-07T10:08:44.913-06:002016-11-07T10:08:44.913-06:00It's interesting to read about how our youth i...It's interesting to read about how our youth interprets the political zeitgeist as seen through their particular prism. As always, it's the young people who will be trusted to keep our country moving in the right direction, and I take comfort in that thought.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53454858219357254622016-11-07T09:32:07.049-06:002016-11-07T09:32:07.049-06:00I know youth must be served, but don't really ...I know youth must be served, but don't really care much about what these kids think. To misappropriate a somewhat dubious medical term (What's wrong with me Dr. Ruth? Doing it doesn't make me feel sad.) I greatly look forward to post election tristesse beginning on the 8th. No more compulsive googling of Real Clear Politics; no dread of another October/November "surprise"; no further assault on the senses from endless, and increasingly stupid campaign ads. God willing, no more Trump and such poisonous surrogates as Newt, Rudy, and the fat guy from New Jersey. I will, again if things turn out well, take some satisfaction reading about the forming of the usual GOP circular firing squad.<br /><br />Interesting that stock markets worldwide jumped up, the Dow over 200 points, over the latest missive from Comey clearing Mrs. Clinton. Hopefully a good augur.<br /><br />Tom EvansTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91598257135579144582016-11-07T09:13:29.503-06:002016-11-07T09:13:29.503-06:00The part that really gets me is that Mike Pence an...The part that really gets me is that Mike Pence and now these young people will follow their religion before country. If it comes to the making of law, will their beliefs count first? Again following that logic, if we are attacked should we just turn the other cheek? Using YOUR faith as a guide to government sounds a little too much like certain Middle East countries to me.<br /><br />WernerJust Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208568524571642633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81351371134610602532016-11-07T07:33:50.478-06:002016-11-07T07:33:50.478-06:00Interesting comments. Drumpf is said to have tried...Interesting comments. Drumpf is said to have tried to get Marla Maples to get an abortion. He has never been honest about anything.Maidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695560604873128421noreply@blogger.com