Posted by
Bob Siegel on Friday, June 20, 2008 6:51:18 PM
Have you ever noticed that when a person tells you their
position on one controversial, issue, you immediately know their position on
just about every other newsworthy topic as well?
Eventually they tell you anyway, but the truth is, they don’t need to
tell you. All you need to hear is one opinion and you automatically know
all opinions.
Let me share some examples: A person who believes in gay
marriage also takes the side of the Palestinians over Israel. Now what on earth would one issue have to do
with another? They would seem to have nothing
to do with each other. As a matter of fact, they are completely unrelated, save
for the fact that our Politically Correct friends have a list of items we darn
well better believe in.
One who takes the side of the Palestinians is also (by an
amazing coincidence) Pro-Choice. And one who accepts abortion also accepts
partial birth abortion, which isn’t even the same thing. It is down right
infanticide. Yet, those who think it’s OK to kill babies have a tremendous
problem with parents who spank their children. A spanking is an abuse. But killing
the kid? That’s not abuse at all! They are also against capital punishment.
Taking the life of an evil murderer concerns them more than the innocent life
of the unborn. Oh, and these people also believe George Bush stole the 2000
election. I don’t merely mean that they preferred Al Gore. Everybody prefers
someone during an election. I mean, they MUST believe Bush STOLE the election!
If indeed, you feel
this way about all of these issues, you undoubtedly want to defend
yourself by
reminding me that the viewpoints of Conservatives are every bit as
predictable.
To some extent you are correct. But let’s be honest. Diversity of
opinion is
embraced far more on the Right. The greatest evidence of this is in the
Right’s willingness to have open debates and the Left’s
preference to censor their opponents or shout them down. For all the
talk from the Left about diversity, I have found (as a general rule)
they do
not accept diversity of opinion. Diversity of genders? Diversity of
sexual
preference? Diversity of cultures? Sure.
But not diversity of opinion.
Conservatives also tend to disagree with each other. That’s
why the Republican Party is so fragmented right now. For myself, I disagree with fellow Conservatives
on many items. In some cases I support capital punishment for murder but in
other situations, (such as genuine remorse from the guilty) I would come down
on the side of mercy. And as a Christian, I accept traditional marriage for the
most part, but I am not of the opinion that wives must submit to their husbands
or that women cannot be pastors. I have been literally scolded from fellow
Evangelicals for taking such positions. And with my fellow Jews (I was born
Jewish), I take their side when it comes to the current situation in the Middle
East but we are at great odds with each other when the subject of
Jesus comes up. As for abortion? I am
Pro-Life and I would vote to make abortion illegal but I would not want to see
women who had abortions put in jail. Now, if you want to talk about putting
some of the doctors in jail… there’s an idea.
I’m sure there are people who lean more to the left who
could also offer some varieties in their viewpoints. But sometimes generalities
cannot be avoided. As a general rule, I know what a person believes about
everything when they tell me their beliefs about just one thing. I should not
know this. I am not a prophet. The
predictability of our generation and its lack of critical thought is something
to be lamented.
This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.
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