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In reply to the discussion: Apparently this is the breaking point, [View all]Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)Where to start? How about missing the point of the whole OP. It is not about absolutes. It is about hypocrisy. If you condemned it when bush did it but excuse it when Obama does it, you are a hypocrite. That would make you someone whose moral center drifts with the popular tide.
How about your rant on absolutes? You don't believe in absolutes? Is that what you are saying. (It's hared to know what you are saying because you don't do anything but toss little sentence non-sequiturs. I think you have a hard time knowing what you think - or you just can't defend it when you actually say it.)
But if you don't believe in absolutes, then you would be able to find a way to make rape okay in some situations. Or shooting four year olds in their school yard. If there are no absolutes, then there must be some way that you could yourself agreeing - in some cases - with the right wing gay haters.
Not me. I believe there are absolutes.
See. Madhound is careful and accurate. The OP lays out a scary situation regarding the moral center and intellectual honesty of those who support a man regardless of action or principle.
So. Do you believe in somethings as absolutes? Do you believe that the actions that bush took were bad then and okay now. Do you apologize to the republicans for condemning bush for doing what you support Obama for doing?