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Ron Paul Exposed As White Supremacist By Anonymous
And it looks like the jig is officially up. Hackivist group Anonymous has announced that not only have they decimated the websites of avowed White Supremacist group American Third Position (A3P) during Operation Blitzkrieg but, in the process, they claim to have accidentally uncovered close ties between the racist group and Ron Paul. Not just the Ron Paul campaign, but Ron Paul himself.
The Gay Rights Movement
Quote: Saul Alinsky
Saul David Alinsky, Ph.B. (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972)
American Community Organizer, and Writer
In this world irrationality clings to man like his shadow . . . a world of religious institutions that have, in the main, come to support and justify the status quo so that today religion is materially solvent and spiritually bankrupt. We live with a Judaeo-Christian ethic that has not only accommodated itself to but justified slavery, war, and every other ugly human exploitation of whichever status quo happened to prevail.
Why The [Anti-Choice] Position is Spurious at Best
If someone loves life, I would imagine that person might have a profound interest in biology or some other form of natural science. I mean, if you are truly fascinated and awe-struck by living things, then surely you should be enthralled by the prospect of studying the science of living things. . .
I can’t remember the last time I met someone who professed to be pro-life who was not an avid supporter of the war in Iraq. How can someone who claims to be so bothered by the termination of potential babies be so callous and unaffected by wars that kill so many innocent people ?
. . . Maybe the most blatant incongruity, however, is the position on capital punishment so often held by [anti-choice] advocates. How anyone can be so deluded to believe that s/he loves life and out of the other side of her/his mouth support the killing of people is beyond my ability to comprehend.
So, why then do [reactionaries] so adamantly profess to love life and maintain their [anti-choice] position?
The White-wing’s Racial Politics
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
Controversy ahead
Polling data and social and political science research do show that prejudice is more common in those who hold right-wing ideals that those of other political persuasions.
Brains and bias
As suspected, low intelligence in childhood corresponded with racism in adulthood. But the factor that explained the relationship between these two variables was political: When researchers included social conservatism in the analysis, those ideologies accounted for much of the link between brains and bias.
A study of averages
[T]here is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology might appeal to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world.
“Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order,” Hodson said, explaining why these beliefs might draw those with low intelligence. “Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice.”
Simple viewpoints
Prejudice is of particular interest because understanding the roots of racism and bias could help eliminate them, Hodson said. For example, he said, many anti-prejudice programs encourage participants to see things from another group’s point of view. That mental exercise may be too taxing for people of low IQ.
Why Evangelicals Don’t Care When Rich White Conservatives Defile Marriage
[F]or the Republican base, “family values” don’t actually matter, but are just a gloss painted over what really motivates them: reactionary rage.
The sexual double standard is the most obvious way the us vs. them mentality works. There’s nothing the modern American conservative loves more than to decry our country’s supposedly declining sexual morals.
Sex is a weapon being used against all those classes of Americans they don’t like: non-white people, gays, non-Christians, liberals, Democrats, people who have to work for a living, poor people, Democratic politicians.
Conservatives seem sick and tired of paying lip service to equality and family values, and instead are just enjoying the ride of cheering for the screw-you-I-got-mine guy.
The power to define is the power to destroy
So here’s the thing: Christians want the right to define what marriage is, and that in itself is not a bad thing. Christians should have the right to decide for themselves what the true definition of marriage is. The problem is that they not only want to define marriage for themselves, they want to define it for everyone else as well. They want to deny to others the right of definition that they claim exclusively for themselves.
That’s Christian supremacist thinking, as well as being bigoted and unjust.
Always Question Authority 