"Random acts of tolerance and senseless acts of...mindlessness?"
After all, if the young rally particiapants were open minded and "smart," they'd all be on drugs, having abortions, cutting themselves, sticking their fingers down their throats, and fiercely lesbian and giving their cell phone number to the folks accross the fence!
George Orwell hit the nail on the head when describing doublespeak." Although when it was written, it was a futuristic look at the despotic soicalist world that could be the future. "Up" is "down", "night" is "day", and "tolerance" means "approved groups or beliefs."
This weekend's teen Christian-faith oriented rally in San Francisco dubbed"Battle Cry for a Generation" was organized to give an alternative to popular culture that glamorized gratuitous sex and violence. A pretty good idea, at least in most people's minds. That is, unless you are sold on the self-loathing, hate America, culture of death.
Amazingly, while this was supposedly a positive message for a "reverse revolution," the city officials of San Francisco could not accept such a thing that teenagers should turn to God, and not drugs, gratuitous sex, total abandonment of personal responsibilty, and disavowing any moral absolutes. In fact, they were all quite "intolerant" in the original meaning of the word!
The San Francisco Chronicle was quite blunt in its reporting of the self-annointed practicioners of diversity (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/25/MNG6OHU6RR1.DTL) :
"That's bad news to Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who told counterprotesters at City Hall on Friday that while such fundamentalists may be small in number, "they're loud, they're obnoxious, they're disgusting, and they should get out of San Francisco." "
Whatever happened to the acceptance of divergent viewpoints?
The event's organizer, Ron Luce, was quoted that the enemies they sought to fight against was: "promiscuity and "sexualization" of young people on MTV and the popular online meeting hub MySpace.com to a corporate culture that spends millions trying to woo the under-21 crowd.(SF Chronicle)." A pretty admirable goal, one would think. "Treat others as you would like to be treated" seems to be the public bill of the diversity crowd, but I guess that just ain't so.
50 people of tolerance and diversity showed up to protest at this Christian event..."representing a rainbow of San Francisco's left -- from abortion-rights advocates to anti-war activists to atheists..."(SF Chronicle). Quoth one SF city official, "Even if it is done by a Barnum & Bailey crowd with a tent and some snake oil, I think we need to pay attention to it," said Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who authored the condemnation resolution. "We should not fall asleep at the wheel." (SF Chronicle). My, what open-mindedness.
Now, what were the reactions of the people involved? "I'm not here to hate anybody," Scott Thompson said. "This isn't about Bush or gays or anything other than being here to worship together." (SF Chronicle). "Christian Gallion, a 15-year-old in town with his Assembly of God youth group from Humboldt County, shrugged off being called "fascists" by counterdemonstrators.
"It doesn't bother me," Gallion said. "It's a beautiful city, and we don't have anything against the protesters." "(SF Chronicle). The article further stated, On one side of the barricade was girl carrying a sign that said, "Instead of porn, show us Godly relationships." On the other, a woman held one that said, "I moved here to get away from people like you." (SF Chronicle).
Of all of the protests of the self-described tolerant and open-minded, this offical condemnation of the event from the City of San Francisco was most telling:
"Earlier this week, the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution condemning the "act of provocation" by what it termed an "anti-gay," "anti-choice" organization that aimed to "negatively influence the politics of America's most tolerant and progressive city."" Gee, Christians proclaiming Christ are "provokative," standing up against all forms of sexual sin is "anti-gay," and respect for human life is "anti-choice," and doing so is not to make a positive difference for all, but to "negatively influence politics????" In the mind of the left wing loon, its always "about me." In the life of the believing Christian, it is about God and your neighbor. The one claims to do so gain public approal for serving themselves, and the other really BELIEVES in the value of the other person. Such is the difference.
George Orwell hit the nail on the head when describing doublespeak." Although when it was written, it was a futuristic look at the despotic soicalist world that could be the future. "Up" is "down", "night" is "day", and "tolerance" means "approved groups or beliefs."
This weekend's teen Christian-faith oriented rally in San Francisco dubbed"Battle Cry for a Generation" was organized to give an alternative to popular culture that glamorized gratuitous sex and violence. A pretty good idea, at least in most people's minds. That is, unless you are sold on the self-loathing, hate America, culture of death.
Amazingly, while this was supposedly a positive message for a "reverse revolution," the city officials of San Francisco could not accept such a thing that teenagers should turn to God, and not drugs, gratuitous sex, total abandonment of personal responsibilty, and disavowing any moral absolutes. In fact, they were all quite "intolerant" in the original meaning of the word!
The San Francisco Chronicle was quite blunt in its reporting of the self-annointed practicioners of diversity (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/25/MNG6OHU6RR1.DTL) :
"That's bad news to Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who told counterprotesters at City Hall on Friday that while such fundamentalists may be small in number, "they're loud, they're obnoxious, they're disgusting, and they should get out of San Francisco." "
Whatever happened to the acceptance of divergent viewpoints?
The event's organizer, Ron Luce, was quoted that the enemies they sought to fight against was: "promiscuity and "sexualization" of young people on MTV and the popular online meeting hub MySpace.com to a corporate culture that spends millions trying to woo the under-21 crowd.(SF Chronicle)." A pretty admirable goal, one would think. "Treat others as you would like to be treated" seems to be the public bill of the diversity crowd, but I guess that just ain't so.
50 people of tolerance and diversity showed up to protest at this Christian event..."representing a rainbow of San Francisco's left -- from abortion-rights advocates to anti-war activists to atheists..."(SF Chronicle). Quoth one SF city official, "Even if it is done by a Barnum & Bailey crowd with a tent and some snake oil, I think we need to pay attention to it," said Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who authored the condemnation resolution. "We should not fall asleep at the wheel." (SF Chronicle). My, what open-mindedness.
Now, what were the reactions of the people involved? "I'm not here to hate anybody," Scott Thompson said. "This isn't about Bush or gays or anything other than being here to worship together." (SF Chronicle). "Christian Gallion, a 15-year-old in town with his Assembly of God youth group from Humboldt County, shrugged off being called "fascists" by counterdemonstrators.
"It doesn't bother me," Gallion said. "It's a beautiful city, and we don't have anything against the protesters." "(SF Chronicle). The article further stated, On one side of the barricade was girl carrying a sign that said, "Instead of porn, show us Godly relationships." On the other, a woman held one that said, "I moved here to get away from people like you." (SF Chronicle).
Of all of the protests of the self-described tolerant and open-minded, this offical condemnation of the event from the City of San Francisco was most telling:
"Earlier this week, the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution condemning the "act of provocation" by what it termed an "anti-gay," "anti-choice" organization that aimed to "negatively influence the politics of America's most tolerant and progressive city."" Gee, Christians proclaiming Christ are "provokative," standing up against all forms of sexual sin is "anti-gay," and respect for human life is "anti-choice," and doing so is not to make a positive difference for all, but to "negatively influence politics????" In the mind of the left wing loon, its always "about me." In the life of the believing Christian, it is about God and your neighbor. The one claims to do so gain public approal for serving themselves, and the other really BELIEVES in the value of the other person. Such is the difference.
OR...Is it that the folks who felt obliged to show their "tolerance" think that their access to a never ending supply young and stupid booty made and kept so by the popular media is being challenged?
And I am supposed to be taking you SERIOUSLY???????
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