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Old 12-16-2005, 05:12 PM
DVaut1 DVaut1 is offline
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A boycott is strictly voluntary. Let anyone boycott what they want. What we need to watch out for are the federal judges who use the force of the government to suppress groups. Now that is scary, and the religious groups are often the victims of such government oppression in this country.

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Example?

I'm willing to listen. How exactly are Christians oppressed in America? I'm just generally assuming that you, of course, mean Christians when you say "religious groups".
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Old 12-16-2005, 07:18 PM
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The WHOLE story here is one that might be far more important for the long term in this country. It has been well covered HERE Ford has been advertising its Jaguar and Land Rover models in predominately gay publications for several years.

A few months ago, the AFA had meetings with Ford executives in Washington DC. Not coincidentally, both of the AFA reps in those meetings were former GWB Adminstration lackeys. The outcome of those meetings was that Ford was going to drop their advertising completely in any gay publications under threat of a boycott organized and backed by the AFA.

After roughly a week of heavy pressure, not just from the gay rights groups, but the CIVIL rights groups, Ford is not only going to continue advertising in the gay publications, but they will continue to buy adspace for ALL of the firm's makes, not just Jaguar and LR, and continue to support the gay community in sponsored events (See Kraft).

There are four or five stories of this similar ilk, From Microsoft to Kraft to Ford over the last year, where the Civil and Gay rights groups carry more weight with these firms and have rejected the bigotry and hate of these so-called 'values' groups.

Bigotry is NOT a family value
Hate is NOT a family value
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Old 12-16-2005, 10:21 PM
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A boycott is strictly voluntary. Let anyone boycott what they want.

[/ QUOTE ] You are confused.

It is not argued that boycotts by persons or private organisations should not be allowed. The boycott itself is not being condemned here as political action. Those folks certainly have every right to boycott.

What is argued is that this specific anti-Ford boycott is indicative of its proponents' intolerant and closed mind.
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Old 12-16-2005, 11:01 PM
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Democracy needs freedom - a theocracy is generally the exact opposite -

basically, the religious right has set themselves up in such a way where any attempt to express oneself outside of their "morally right" definitions is oppression of their goal to establish a theocracy in America. Hence, wanting to allow companies to sell products to gay people is oppressing them and their goals.

I hope to continue oppressing them with my dying breath. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 12-17-2005, 10:27 AM
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A really simple example would be that my mom wasn't allowed to put a small christmas decoration on her desk because it was religous (not even sure if it was religous, was probably a little tree or santa since my mom doesn't go to church). However, any non-christian holiday decorations are allowed because they are afraid of being sued.

Moreover, any idea that is categorized as "religous" suddenly gets treated differently then any other idea. You can teach philosophy and ethics in school if you want, as long as none of the ideas are related to a popular religion. If they are, suddenly those ideas are treated second class.

I haven't been to church in over a decade, and I don't care much for religion. But it's obvious as hell to me that mainstream religion gets the shaft from government.
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Old 12-17-2005, 04:46 PM
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A really simple example would be that my mom wasn't allowed to put a small christmas decoration on her desk because it was religous (not even sure if it was religous, was probably a little tree or santa since my mom doesn't go to church). However, any non-christian holiday decorations are allowed because they are afraid of being sued.

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Does your mom work for the state? If she doesn't, you should realize how empty this complaint is.

Not only that, the Christmas tree is a secular symbol that has no religious meaning.

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Moreover, any idea that is categorized as "religous" suddenly gets treated differently then any other idea. You can teach philosophy and ethics in school if you want, as long as none of the ideas are related to a popular religion. If they are, suddenly those ideas are treated second class.

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Really? Where?

There were no philosophy or ethics classes offered at my public high school. At the state university I attended, I took a few philosophy classes where discussions centered around non-secular ethics occurred quite frequently.

This just sounds like more of the right-wing fiction narrative in action to me.

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I haven't been to church in over a decade, and I don't care much for religion. But it's obvious as hell to me that mainstream religion gets the shaft from government.

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So your evidence that it's 'obvious as hell that mainstream religion gets the shaft from the government' is:

1) an anecdotal story that doesn't prove what you say it does, since if your mom doesn't work for the state, your mom's problem is with her company, not the state.
2) the notion that 'ideas get treated differently' -- which is merely just some subjective assessment that you couldn't prove anyway, and STILL doesn't give weight to the fact that the state oppresses religious groups.

Are these two things, taken together, supposed to provide compelling evidence of the obvious, widespread oppression of religious groups by the state ?

I think there needs to be some serious introspection from those claiming Christians are 'oppressed' in this country.

It seems like, to make the claim work, 'oppression' needs to mean something like 'we don't get what we want all the time'.
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Old 12-17-2005, 04:54 PM
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What is argued is that this specific anti-Ford boycott is indicative of its proponents' intolerant and closed mind.

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That may be so, but I see no difference between them and those, inlcuding posters here, who hate the religious right and vilify them at every opportunity. If you want them to be tolerant and accept those who they disagree with, don't you have to do the same?
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Old 12-17-2005, 07:23 PM
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What is argued is that this specific anti-Ford boycott is indicative of its proponents' intolerant and closed mind.

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That may be so, but I see no difference between them and those, inlcuding posters here, who hate the religious right and vilify them at every opportunity. If you want them to be tolerant and accept those who they disagree with, don't you have to do the same?

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Meet MR. Fallacy, he is your friend.



MAN YOU ARE BIGOTED AGAINST BIGOTS YOU SUXORS!!!!LOL I AM A SMART CONVSERVATIVE HAHA
TAKE THAT LIBERAL SCUM PRESSING LOGIC WINS AGAIN
YOU CAN"T DISAGREE WITH STUPID IDEAS OR ELSE YOU ARE PREJUMICEDDD AGAINST STUPID IDEAS!!!!!

LOCIG YEAH!


Fair paraphrase JackWhite?
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Old 12-17-2005, 07:49 PM
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Meet MR. Fallacy, he is your friend.



MAN YOU ARE BIGOTED AGAINST BIGOTS YOU SUXORS!!!!LOL I AM A SMART CONVSERVATIVE HAHA
TAKE THAT LIBERAL SCUM PRESSING LOGIC WINS AGAIN
YOU CAN"T DISAGREE WITH STUPID IDEAS OR ELSE YOU ARE PREJUMICEDDD AGAINST STUPID IDEAS!!!!!

LOCIG YEAH!


Fair paraphrase JackWhite?

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No, it is not. My point is simple: if you are going to preach tolerance, you must practice it. Disagree?
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Old 12-17-2005, 07:51 PM
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Default Re: Conservative group wants to boycott Ford

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Now that is scary, and the religious groups are often the victims of such government oppression in this country.


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Wow, didn't know they were that oppressed. Poor little souls; hopefully God make up for them in Paradise.
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