tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post7215908121193918846..comments2023-10-30T08:47:31.863-05:00Comments on The Rambling Prophet: I've Got My Eyes Peeled...Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-59611029359453841342006-12-07T10:06:00.000-05:002006-12-07T10:06:00.000-05:00I think the most disheartening thing is that the c...I think the most disheartening thing is that the constituency doesn't care. How do we actually get change when the people who claim to live by the book don't care about social justice?Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-36633355633347195032006-12-06T21:38:00.000-05:002006-12-06T21:38:00.000-05:00This is one of those things I have begun arguing a...This is one of those things I have begun arguing against in my blog. I think the bottom line is that they really just don't care. They know what issues stick with voters or their "constituency" and that is to whom they pander. Running on a platform to address issues of social justice just does not attract the voters; even if it were a sideline issue, an "in addition to" rather than an "instead of." At least then they would gain some credibility in my book. <br /><br />I find it telling that he included the remark about Hollywood and then retracted it to make a remark about something that really matters; illegal immigration and border patrol. However, he knows both issues are important to conservatives and he would get kudos for mentioning both. You mentioned something to a certain commenter about "campaign promises..."Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-73832628260593064622006-12-06T17:54:00.000-05:002006-12-06T17:54:00.000-05:00What is most interesting to me is how some of thes...What is most interesting to me is how some of these issues become "either/or," in a way that I don't understand. As I have tried to make clear on my own blog to a certain commenter, opposing torture wouldn't have required Dobson or Falwell to step away from their opposition to abortion or homosexuality. Standing for the poor and opposing environmental destruction is not an oppositional or contrdictory cause with real conservatism either. <br /><br />It may conflict with people who believe the answers to society's ills are to punish people who swear on television, but come on!Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-72457980789724412092006-12-06T13:05:00.000-05:002006-12-06T13:05:00.000-05:00I found his failure to address those two items tro...I found his failure to address those two items troubling as well. He did concede in that same article that human rights issues were more of a concern to the "far left" than right wing conservatives. <br /><br />Go figure.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-73005382762887301242006-12-06T11:21:00.000-05:002006-12-06T11:21:00.000-05:00Yeah, isn't that great? Indecency, but not a ment...Yeah, isn't that great? Indecency, but not a mention of poverty or the environment. Social justice is not a Republican value, I am afraid. <br /><br />I am working on expressing my beliefs clearly. :)Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.com