[quote name='camoor']That's actually one of the problems I have with Alonzo too - he wants everybody to be friends and just when you think he's going to take a stand he backs down. Kind of reminds me of Ned Flanders that time that Homer is making fun of him - you can't insult this guy!
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Like to know what stands I've backed down from. It almost seems like (due to the wants everyone to be friends part) that comment is due to the fact I said I'd stop making negative comments about you, I didn't think that would be a problem.
I'm consistently liberal, which is why I consider myself far left, but most of my ideas don't cross into the radical camp, especially in their implementation. Some of my opinions have so many conditions on them that I really can't give one solid answer. Another things is I just don't like radicals on either side, they tend to see things as black and white, right and wrong. And even when they're right (which sometimes they are), they do it in such an in your face way that nobody wants to listen.
I'll criticize any group that's doing harm to America, whether I'm part of it or not. The fanatical christians just make it too damn easy, and I guess it comes off as a bunch of jokes. But I'm damn serious when I say that they are doing more damage to America's freedoms then any superspy of old Communist Russia could have dreamed of.
But, like everyone said, you don't distinguish when it actually comes down to it. There's nothing wrong with this paragraph, but that doesn't seem to match the way you normally speek of christians.
Sorry I don't think it's socially acceptable, nor should it be. Most of the Catholic haters in online communities are indeed Non-Catholics. And don't you for a minute think that gay-bashing will stop when Catholics are being bashed nonstop. Camoor and his idiot posse are only doing more harm.
Well, the people I've dealt with seem to have little problem insulting their own group, be it black, indian, muslim, christian, white etc. Again, I often don't think it should be acceptable, but from my experience it generally is. Though I think there's a big difference between catholic haters and those who just want the church to have nothing to do with government, and I don't think you see the difference.
Also I don't see why retaliation for catholic bashing should be gay bashing. For one, they're not opposing groups (at least gays don't oppose catholics, though catholics opposing gays is easier to argue), and two, why do you want to express the same bigotry you complain of?
But, as I've said before, some christians are trying to make this country, and its laws, so they favor christians. Gays aren't doing that, they are trying to make it so this country does not legally prohibit them from things that heterosexual couples can, these christian organizations are simply fighting to keep (or restore) preferential treatment for christians.
I'm sure you've noticed but the overwhelming majority of politicians on both sides in the country are indeed christian. If you took an anti-christian voting stance you wouldn't be doing too much voting in most cases.