Reply #446: That's good, but why even bring it up? [View All]

[sangh0]

You said "Basically I'm saying that we should not be pandering to the RELIGIOUS RIGHT because most of them are bigots."

I'm wondering why you even raise that issue when the OP says nothing about pandering to the religious right, acknowledges that they're bastards, and only calls for tolerating those Christians that do NOT share their bigoted beliefs?

And please don't think this is personally directed at you. If you read through this thread, you'll see many people saying the same exact thing. How is it that a post calling for people to be more tolerant of Christians who aren't bigots produces post after post that ignore that idea, and repeatedly claim "I'm not going to pander to the religious right", which is something the OP didn't ask for?

I find a deep irony here. Many on DU criticize the religious right using the term "Christian". When someone objects, they say that they were talking about the religious right Christians, and anyone reading their words should understand that. IOW, listeners should understand which subgroup the speaker is talking about.

Meanwhile, Perky posted a thread that asked for tolerance for a subgroup (specifically, Christians who aren't right-wing bigots) and nearly everyone in this thread has failed to understand the subgroup Perky was posting about.

IOW, the people who think Christians should understand that the word "Christian" means "Christian bigots" don't seem to understand that "tolerance for people who don't think like you" meant "tolerance for Christians who aren't right-wing bigots". They think others have an obligation to have a perfect understanding of someone else's words (because, as we all know, humans are born with perfect understanding, right?), but they themselves misunderstand what others say.