ToughDiamond wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
what part of "thou shalt not kill" do these pols contest?
Disappointingly, the correct translation is apparently "thou shalt not murder," meaning that killing is fine as long as it's legal. Even if it's the Third Reich making the laws. It's one reason why I prefer humanist ethics to scripture.
Things do seem to be moving horribly towards the religious right in the USA don't they?
The thing is the US is becoming *less* religious, and these people know it.
They think if we return to the societal norms of the 1950s, and life becomes an episode of Leave it to Beaver or Father Knows Best, all of America's problems will go away. The world where white, straight Christian men called the shots, and everybody else was expected to know their place.
Here is a list of things the right blames for America's problems:
Communism
The Pill
Teaching evolution
LGBT+ people and tolerance thereof
Feminism/women's lib
Taking prayer out of public schools
Taking the Pledge of Allegiance out of schools
Abortion
Religions other than Christianity
Atheists/agnostics/secularists
Rock music
Skateboards
Punk rock
Dungeons and Dragons
Harry Potter
The Democratic Party and similar parties abroad
Abolishing the Hays Code for movies
Allowing the word "pregnant" to be used on TV (you can't make this sh*t up)
Elvis swinging his hips.
Women having careers of their own.
The Civil Rights Act
Antifa
Rap music
"Open borders"
George Soros
...the list goes on.
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