Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Igel

(37,543 posts)
18. Gotcha.
Sat Aug 17, 2013, 01:28 PM
Aug 2013

The Reverend Martin Luther King was a cult leader, seeking to enslave all Americans. He wanted to foist his view of equality as a God-given right on all those non-believers.

Must never mix religion and politics.

Heck, even the Founding Fathers anchored natural rights in a view of religion. They may have been Deists, but Deism is a fine and dandy religion (or group of oft-disparate religions, as the case actually is).

The abolitionist groups and suffragette groups that were religion based--e.g. Tubman or Anthony, makes no difference--mixed religion and politics. They obviously sought to enslave us all, causing us to bow to their personal totems.

Susan B. Anthony started out by founding her views in Quakerism and Unitarianism, only becoming agnostic as the result of observing hypocrisy and her own personal journey. Women's rights or temperance, no matter. Same rationale. God ordained it. Make it so, says Susan "Jean-Luc Picard" Anthony.

Wannabe slaver Harriet 'Jim Jones' Tubman? Seriously? You want to keep that line?

Or perhaps modify it in some thoughtful way?

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Seems ok since it wasn't a Coup after all JCMach1 Aug 2013 #1
++1,000. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #2
They're trying to box clever dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #3
"Legally?" Scootaloo Aug 2013 #4
Hasn't that been done before? another_liberal Aug 2013 #5
This thing is getting RiverNoord Aug 2013 #6
Anti-Morsi youth groups . . . another_liberal Aug 2013 #8
You keep comparing John2 Aug 2013 #11
Actually, try educating your children the way you want even in some states. Igel Aug 2013 #17
I'll be honest. As a woman, I find it impossible to see the fundamentalist "point of view" MH1 Aug 2013 #30
How about the women among those who were trapped in the Mosque? another_liberal Aug 2013 #31
You're talking about two different things leftynyc Aug 2013 #34
once again what about the women who were killed for supporting MB? azurnoir Aug 2013 #35
I mourn ALL the people killed, leftynyc Aug 2013 #44
Ah so you deem yourself the one knowing what Egyptian women what? azurnoir Aug 2013 #45
Spare me leftynyc Aug 2013 #47
I support democracy and leaders who are chosen by the ballot box. another_liberal Aug 2013 #41
I am sorry to see any violence perpetrated on anyone MH1 Aug 2013 #39
Guilt by association is a pretty awful reason to condemn innocent people. another_liberal Aug 2013 #42
Nice excuse for mass murder. And way to deny those Egyptian women any agency whatsoever. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #49
You don't have to be sorry at all. Less than ten percent of the country supports them. MADem Aug 2013 #36
Unsound reasoning dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #37
There were no shortage of candidates, but even at that, there was little turnout. MADem Aug 2013 #38
Yes, many women and most LGBT's don't see the fundamentalist POV. Zorra Aug 2013 #46
The vast majority of Egyptians . . . another_liberal Aug 2013 #29
There are many shades of Islam, just as there are of Christianity MH1 Aug 2013 #40
Neither was the Moslem Brotherhood. happyslug Sep 2013 #50
I don't know if they were used in the sense that the military pushed them to protest karynnj Aug 2013 #14
I did not mean to say the Morsi government was illegal. Far from it! another_liberal Aug 2013 #28
I'm sorry - it is my really bad usage of "you" in the last paragraph that made it sound like that karynnj Aug 2013 #33
You claim it John2 Aug 2013 #13
Gotcha. Igel Aug 2013 #18
You got John2 Aug 2013 #24
Um... dude - you don't have a clue. RiverNoord Sep 2013 #48
Wonder where they got an idea like that! ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #7
Where was Al Qaeda John2 Aug 2013 #12
"Where was Al Qaeda" before the USA invaded? NOT in Iraq. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #16
It is because John2 Aug 2013 #26
Yes and no. Igel Aug 2013 #21
Yet another Middle Eastern country East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #9
Yup. Igel Aug 2013 #22
Right now sounds good to the Copts. jessie04 Aug 2013 #10
It would be a prelude. Igel Aug 2013 #27
Egyptian youth leader backs army in battle with Brotherhood Bosonic Aug 2013 #15
Here are your "liberal" friends of democracy. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #19
Again: "In Egypt, the liberals aren't democrats and the democrats aren't liberals." Igel Aug 2013 #25
We all know this is not going to end well. n/t Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #20
That'll stop Egypt's poor from wanting to vote! /nt Ash_F Aug 2013 #23
Good luck with that! elleng Aug 2013 #32
Muslim Brotherhood has been in existence since 1928. Good Luck with the dissolution. no_hypocrisy Aug 2013 #43
Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Egypt considers dissolvin...»Reply #18