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In reply to the discussion: The increasing, persistent lies about poverty that blame the victims. [View all]SarahM32
(270 posts)10. Perhaps I should better clarify the point, and elaborate.
When it comes to poverty in America, where 20.3 percent of the children live in poverty and about 79 percent of them live in households where at least one adult is working full time, a conscientious person cannot be "in the middle."
A honest, knowledgeable person who is educated in theology, the Constitution and the intent of the Founders of the U.S.A. must call a spade a spade, and be very frank about it because there are some very cunning people deceiving many Americans about all that. In fact, there are some people who obviously think that their wealth or religion or race entitles them to rule.
I am not "looking for a reason to bash the Right." There are ample reasons for exposing their tactics and self-serving agenda.
I am also not "using people that never asked to be spoken for." The Coalition message I promote is independent both politically and in terms of religion, but it does not shy away from exposing divisive and misleading partisan politicians and theocratic hypocrites masquerading as Christians.
It is not insulting to tell the truth, even though some people don't want to hear it. For example, the "religious right" makes a big show of being Christians but does the opposite of what a Christian should do. That's proven in the article on poverty and many others on that site.
Even so, the "religious right" is not "evil," and I never said they were. They are, however, misled by age old doctrine and dogma that has been used to justify theocratic military industrial empires for the last sixteen centuries. They are, in fact, the blind led by the blind, and, as Jesus said, they are hypocrites who claim to "do many wonderful works in the name of the Lord, but they work iniquity."
I get the feeling, though, from the tone and attitude of your comment, that it would not be fruitful for me to debate with you. To me, Independent means that I can see the fault in both Republicans and Democrats but still see that Democrats are the "lesser of the two evils," to use an oft used phrase.
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A honest, knowledgeable person who is educated in theology, the Constitution and the intent of the Founders of the U.S.A. must call a spade a spade, and be very frank about it because there are some very cunning people deceiving many Americans about all that. In fact, there are some people who obviously think that their wealth or religion or race entitles them to rule.
I am not "looking for a reason to bash the Right." There are ample reasons for exposing their tactics and self-serving agenda.
I am also not "using people that never asked to be spoken for." The Coalition message I promote is independent both politically and in terms of religion, but it does not shy away from exposing divisive and misleading partisan politicians and theocratic hypocrites masquerading as Christians.
It is not insulting to tell the truth, even though some people don't want to hear it. For example, the "religious right" makes a big show of being Christians but does the opposite of what a Christian should do. That's proven in the article on poverty and many others on that site.
Even so, the "religious right" is not "evil," and I never said they were. They are, however, misled by age old doctrine and dogma that has been used to justify theocratic military industrial empires for the last sixteen centuries. They are, in fact, the blind led by the blind, and, as Jesus said, they are hypocrites who claim to "do many wonderful works in the name of the Lord, but they work iniquity."
I get the feeling, though, from the tone and attitude of your comment, that it would not be fruitful for me to debate with you. To me, Independent means that I can see the fault in both Republicans and Democrats but still see that Democrats are the "lesser of the two evils," to use an oft used phrase.
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The increasing, persistent lies about poverty that blame the victims. [View all]
SarahM32
Jan 2013
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Still waiting to hear what the right will do for the poor besides stigmatize them
ck4829
Jan 2013
#3
I think Reaganism has sold us a false American Dream, but there is a real one.
SarahM32
Jan 2013
#11
Our National Motto should be changed to: "There, but for the grace of God, go I".
baldguy
Jan 2013
#9
Very true. But that's just for starters. Economic fairness, equity and justice will end hunger.
SarahM32
Jan 2013
#18
Our country's foundations of Puritanism rest on predestination - that those who are "chosen" by God
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#19
Oh I understand. I'm talking about the deeper, cultural patterns of our society
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#23
They believe in the Reaganite "Gospel of Prosperity" that blames the victims of poverty.
SarahM32
Jan 2013
#26
Kind of like how Al-Qaeda turns Islam upside down by taking few isolated sentences out of context.
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
#28
Education eradicated my poverty. But my education was due to numerous other factors as well.
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
#27
Yes. Education is a key, but it's a contested issue about how to eradicate poverty.
SarahM32
Jan 2013
#30