I WILL punch you in the mouth!!
Saturday, 14 October 2006 15:01This is a rant, and it's not directed at anybody I personally know (and hopefully it won't happen),
but I just want to get this out on the record.
I've been getting back lately into reading and following links in
twistedchick's journal and as I feared, some of the stuff she links to is pretty damn upsetting.
Our way of life in this country truly is under siege from a segment of our population who wants to set up a Christain Theocracy, and they, by co-opting the right wing agenda have succeeded on a scale that alot of people don't realise. This may be the last gasp of the far right that could very well be finally snuffed out, but there is ALOT of money that is being spent, and A HELL OF A LOT OF GROUND THAT HAS BEEN LOST.
Read the interview with Michelle Goldberg and shudder.
But Christian Nationalism is not what I'm ranting about here. What I'm ranting about is a belief that has informed some of these nutjobs and it's been around for awhile.
It's called the "Two Seed Theory" or some such.
This (Christian) ideology holds that the non-white races are not the sons of Adam as the Bible implies, but that they are the bastard descendants of Satan with Eve. Thus there are two human races in the world, one inherently good (the white, esp the Aryan Race) and one inherently Evil (the other races).
I have never in my life actually read of a more repulsive, divisive, and EVIL ideology, never.
And I just want to go on record about something.
I'm a tolerant guy. If you want to believe in something freaky and different and call it God, that's your business. Whatever floats your boats. It's not my habit to tell someone that they are wrong on a religious matter. I'll say why it is I disagree, and hopefully we can leave it at that.
My personal leaning is towards a loving and functional Divinity, and thankfully, while we disagree alot on the specifics, the vast overwhelming majority of my friends agree that God (who ever He or She is or is called) loves Us.
But this. This goes to far. To call people Evil, to essentially justify doing Evil acts towards entire classes of people is pretty bad. To say that they are inherently Evil and SPAWNED of Evil.
No no no no no.
I'm telling this, out loud, in English, uncensored to the WORLD:
If ANYONE ever speaks, spouts, says, or expresses this crap around me,
If you are making any type of attempt to convince someone that this is true in my presence,
whether it's spoken word or leaflets, or websites or a song on an Ipod.
I don't care how. If you express this opinion-
I WILL PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH!
Yes this is America, and you have the right to say what you will.
Yes, it is against the law to assault someone, and if prosecuted, I will PROUDLY pay the price.
But remember this: Laws work because they are social compacts, and not actual restraints.
I can and will violate this social compact and HURT YOU if you spout this filth in my presence.
I'm drawing this line here and now.
(oh, and just because someone will want to nitpick: I don't mean that you will be punched if you happen to be talking about this stuff in an informational context. You know and I know that what I mean is that if I catch you for one micro second saying that this has an validity or that anybody should truly believe this as fact- ok?)
but I just want to get this out on the record.
I've been getting back lately into reading and following links in
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Our way of life in this country truly is under siege from a segment of our population who wants to set up a Christain Theocracy, and they, by co-opting the right wing agenda have succeeded on a scale that alot of people don't realise. This may be the last gasp of the far right that could very well be finally snuffed out, but there is ALOT of money that is being spent, and A HELL OF A LOT OF GROUND THAT HAS BEEN LOST.
Read the interview with Michelle Goldberg and shudder.
But Christian Nationalism is not what I'm ranting about here. What I'm ranting about is a belief that has informed some of these nutjobs and it's been around for awhile.
It's called the "Two Seed Theory" or some such.
This (Christian) ideology holds that the non-white races are not the sons of Adam as the Bible implies, but that they are the bastard descendants of Satan with Eve. Thus there are two human races in the world, one inherently good (the white, esp the Aryan Race) and one inherently Evil (the other races).
I have never in my life actually read of a more repulsive, divisive, and EVIL ideology, never.
And I just want to go on record about something.
I'm a tolerant guy. If you want to believe in something freaky and different and call it God, that's your business. Whatever floats your boats. It's not my habit to tell someone that they are wrong on a religious matter. I'll say why it is I disagree, and hopefully we can leave it at that.
My personal leaning is towards a loving and functional Divinity, and thankfully, while we disagree alot on the specifics, the vast overwhelming majority of my friends agree that God (who ever He or She is or is called) loves Us.
But this. This goes to far. To call people Evil, to essentially justify doing Evil acts towards entire classes of people is pretty bad. To say that they are inherently Evil and SPAWNED of Evil.
No no no no no.
I'm telling this, out loud, in English, uncensored to the WORLD:
If ANYONE ever speaks, spouts, says, or expresses this crap around me,
If you are making any type of attempt to convince someone that this is true in my presence,
whether it's spoken word or leaflets, or websites or a song on an Ipod.
I don't care how. If you express this opinion-
I WILL PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH!
Yes this is America, and you have the right to say what you will.
Yes, it is against the law to assault someone, and if prosecuted, I will PROUDLY pay the price.
But remember this: Laws work because they are social compacts, and not actual restraints.
I can and will violate this social compact and HURT YOU if you spout this filth in my presence.
I'm drawing this line here and now.
(oh, and just because someone will want to nitpick: I don't mean that you will be punched if you happen to be talking about this stuff in an informational context. You know and I know that what I mean is that if I catch you for one micro second saying that this has an validity or that anybody should truly believe this as fact- ok?)