tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6584415177777778325..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: What Am I Missing Here?Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-55886733628354918422015-07-06T23:26:10.445-04:002015-07-06T23:26:10.445-04:00If this is true, Chief Wahoo has been a much more ...If this is true, Chief Wahoo has been a much more powerful figure than I ever imagined.<br /><br />I suppose I fall much more in the spiritually innocent camp because Obama and Hillary's path loosely follows my own... you can make the argument that, as America in general grew to accept gay marriage as a concept, those politicians followed suit out of self-interest. Or you can assume that they simply developed different feelings as things went along. I think the longer one thinks about it, the more persuasive the "why does government get to decide what marriage is"/"this hurts some people and helps no one"/"what's the harm, really?" arguments become. <br /><br />I recognize that I feel differently about this than I did before, and without even having sound bytes played back to me from seven or eight years ago. The issue didn't change, but I did, and I'm not bothered by that. I would feel more bothered if the opinions I felt strongly about at 18 had never adjusted at all.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4931406777076347152015-07-05T16:50:16.655-04:002015-07-05T16:50:16.655-04:00Andrea, I didn't realize the Cleveland Indians...Andrea, I didn't realize the Cleveland Indians had that much power. GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-17377875180458485012015-07-05T11:34:08.643-04:002015-07-05T11:34:08.643-04:00It's really simple. Whatever the Tribe wants,...It's really simple. Whatever the Tribe wants, we get. <br /><br />No one dares oppose the Tribe. Both 'left' and 'right' worship it. <br /><br />It was because the Tribe backed 'gay marriage' that Conservatives stopped opposing it. Andrea Ostrov Letaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13478113002321077670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-30535032019849154522015-07-04T19:54:05.548-04:002015-07-04T19:54:05.548-04:00Just in terms of economics, you get more of what y...Just in terms of economics, you get more of what you reward, right? Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-24268661935223703902015-07-04T14:53:10.865-04:002015-07-04T14:53:10.865-04:00I think it's almost definitional that the soci...I think it's almost definitional that the social justice warriors will not be happy.<br /><br />You wrote a post in the last couple months about this happening with fad-ish medical stuff...every wave leaves a few people definitively better off and lots of other hypochondriacs with something else to worry about.<br /><br />I feel that way about gay marriage. I have quite a few friends who will absolutely consider themselves better off and happier after this ruling. Most of these people are either in a SSM or love someone who is. They'll be content. <br /><br />Those who make an identity out of outrage will double down as a59 up there said.<br /><br />Also, based on nothing, I think Obama was more sympathetic than he would admit and Hillary just saw the wind blowing. bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-76856692510571640292015-07-04T12:37:33.135-04:002015-07-04T12:37:33.135-04:00I can tell you that I've had the same attitude...I can tell you that I've had the same attitude toward gay marriage that I had when I was a teenager. It's one of the most consistent positions of my life, surviving changes of party, economic theory, view of federalism, income level, religious affiliation, marital status, you name it.<br /><br />The only problem I have with the current atmosphere is the attempt to force other people to approve of gay marriage socially or religiously. The attacks on bakers and so forth disgust me no end.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7796159149430824262015-07-04T09:47:37.593-04:002015-07-04T09:47:37.593-04:00I've regularly read liberal talking heads admi...I've regularly read liberal talking heads admitting they believe (maybe hope?) many Democrat politicians say what is necessary to get elected, i.e. what the rubes want to hear, while fully planning to implement policies 180 degrees opposite of their stated positions. I think this goes back to the whole 'personally opposed to abortion' stance adopted by many Catholic Democrat politicians in the 1990s, and is common enough that the Instantman runs occasional 'rube self-identifies' squibs when a liberal complains about Obama and others adopting a conservative policy they campaigned against.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-78250304742179992762015-07-04T05:04:58.940-04:002015-07-04T05:04:58.940-04:00I predict that within a month, social justice warr...I predict that within a month, social justice warriors will be twice as angry, detecting numberless microaggressions so micro as to have never before been detected.<br /><br />New people will suffer punishments unusually dire, for micro aggression formerly unknown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com