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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Belief? What belief?

Words, just words:
Attorneys offered contrasting interpretations of the Pledge of Allegiance during oral arguments Wednesday in a New Jersey family's lawsuit claiming a school district is discriminating against their child's atheist beliefs.


Um, excuse me! Yes, over here! See, I'm an atheist. You know what my beliefs are? THERE AREN'T ANY. Because belief is the province of religions, not science. You DO understand that atheism is founded in science, right?

"Harm is occurring every day the state is invalidating the plaintiff's religious class..."


Harm? What harm? Exactly how is your child "harmed" by speaking words? I took the military oath of service, (twice, actually), and contained within that oath is the phrase "So help me God." The second time they told me I didn't have to say that part. I did anyway. You know why? Because it's part of the oath, and because they're just words.

See, this is why we atheists can't have nice things. All the time that I and others spend building up good will with people of belief is wasted every time one of you douchewagons stands up on your hind legs in a courtroom and barks idiotically. STOP IT. Seriously, just stop. If you really are an atheist, it doesn't matter a tinker's damn what other people believe or want you to believe, because it's irrelevant. Telling me that Jesus wants to save me is like telling me the grocery store has too many marshmallows: I. DON'T. CARE. Nil. Nada. Zip. Zilch. NONE.

But all of that is an aside to this statement by the plaintiff's attorney, which I find both repugnant and frightening at the same time:

"This is a state-sponsored and state-conducted exercise that happens every single day," Niose argued. "It's done every single day, for every student in all classrooms. It's not like a biology lesson or a sex education class or a controversial novel a class will have to read. It's intended to instill patriotism and to define patriotism."


Got that? "It's intended to instill patriotism..." He just used that phrase in a negative context, the implication being that patriotism is a bad thing. By extending his contention to the logical conclusion, (to the very limited extent that it's logical to begin with), one is forced to conclude that -- by his definition -- patriotism and atheism are mutually exclusive, a notion with which I not only disagree but have disproven through action.

Think hard on what it means for the future of our nation if such people get their way, if they are allowed to define patriotism negatively and the freedom of speech only within the narrow confines of the absence of anything which might possibly offend anybody anywhere in the smallest possible way.

This recently concluded election has brought the hard Left in America to a full boil. They're pulling out all the stops. Just look at any of the online news distributing search engines like Bing or Yahoo: the front pages of such sites are littered with pro-gay, pro-Democrat, anti-conservative stories -- even more so than is their wont. The journo-drones at the New York Times, MSNBC, et al, are pumping out feel-good lefty stories and anti-Republican rhetoric as fast as their bony little fingers can type. Taking the Senate back from Reid and the Democrat obstructionists who have held our country hostage for the last six years was not the end of the battle, it was merely the beginning.

Be very sure of this: the Leftists, Anarchists, Occupiers and other delusional tools in this country aren't going down without a fight. This was supposed to be their dream years, when socialism and liberalism and, uh... hippie-ism (sorry, I'm on a roll) all combined in the perfect storm to bring to life the Great Utopian State. That the American people -- fundamentally conservative and family-oriented -- are fighting back is absolutely unacceptable to these ideologues and demagogues. They will not accept reality, they will fight it until their dying breath. If fighting it means flinging our borders wide open and allowing every criminal and terrorist on the planet free access, they are perfectly willing to do so. These are not thinking people, they are radicals and extremists. They are, at this point, trapped rats. You know the aphorism.

Tighten your swordbelt and continue speaking out, loudly and often, especially around people who disagree with you or "don't want to hear it." Because if you don't, people like the couple in New Jersey who want to keep their child's world free of your beliefs will win. I can't tell you exactly what that America would look like, but can I guarantee you that no one will like living in it.

1 Comments:

Blogger Davis14633 said...

There are two things you must remember about Socialists (which these people are, no matter how much they try to deny it) is that:
1. They KNOW that they are smarter than you
2. It isn't the plan that has failed, it is the people implementing it, or the obstructionists on the other side not allowing full implementation of the plan.

To the first point, they know they are smarter and you are just not bright enough or didn't go to the right school to know enough on how to choose the right car, toilet, house, drink size, medical plan, or law to enact or enforce. If you idiots would just give them absolute power, they promise they can make Heaven (oops sorry, they don't believe in Heaven , they believe in the State) utopia here in America. Once they they have created the perfect system, they promise to give power back to the people, honest. Now you may not see power return to the people, but your great great great grandkids surely will.

Which leads to the second part. Since YOU will not allow them to be in charge and have absolute control, you haven't seen the true wonderfulness that is true Socialism, and that is why you think it doesn't work. Again, see the first part, realize you are too stupid to make your own decisions, put them in charge, and before you know it, everyone will have a job (even if that job is digging a hole, while another puts the dirt back in) everyone will have a home (675 square feet for a family of four) carbon footprint and all. and everyone will be fed ( measured proportions distributed at the local Govt. Grocery store.) Remember, they know better and only have your best interest at heart. Plus this way is really only the fair way to do things ( of course for them and the elite it will be more fair) Just look at Ted Kennedy ( One of the major proponents of universal health care) before he died. He flew to Duke Medical to get treatment at the best doctor, instead of getting it at his local hospital. I'm sure we will all get that kind of treatment, right? RIGHT!?

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