tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post559312157504202078..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Ross Douthat's Vision of RadicalismClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-92137117254818615732009-07-15T14:20:03.037-04:002009-07-15T14:20:03.037-04:00The Nation is a good truly liberal weekly. I hate ...The Nation is a good truly liberal weekly. I hate what they have to say about Russia and Israel but the rest is great. Totally better than stupid NYTimes.<br /><br />Stanley Fish is an abomination.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-77475601713187813522009-07-15T09:37:25.687-04:002009-07-15T09:37:25.687-04:00"Is there a conservative writer who makes mor..."Is there a conservative writer who makes more<br />sense?"<br /><br />Of course not. With my spirit of conciliation, I was trying to be more liberal. Ha!<br /><br />The writer I love to hate in the Times is Stanley Fish.<br /><br />Ol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-27427432994770831662009-07-15T08:12:47.223-04:002009-07-15T08:12:47.223-04:00I guess the real question is: Is there a conservat...I guess the real question is: Is there a conservative writer who makes more sense? These ideas are so bankrupt that I don't see how anybody could make them more attractive. It's all about robbing the people and hiding this fact under the guise of lamenting the "mass destroyed embryos."Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-67990254753749815442009-07-14T08:18:50.070-04:002009-07-14T08:18:50.070-04:00I read this editorial piece yesterday twice, since...I read this editorial piece yesterday twice, since I could not really understand what Douthat tried to say. Thanks for illuminating my lantern and for making me laugh!<br /><br />The NYTimes IS a liberal paper, as liberal as you can get in the US. This is why they provide a kind an editorial space for conservatives such as Douthat. Dialogue, the truth lies in between, freedom for me and for you even if my freedom obstructs yours, relativism: for me this is the core of liberal ideas, and they more than often leads to paradoxical and flawed ideas. So the NYTimes needs Douthat and the likes to be labelled as liberal, otherwise it could end up being a radical media outlet.<br /><br />Or maybe there is a simpler explanation for the NYTimes to allow such an editorial. The NYTimes hired Douthat to make people react, to sell copies? I don't know. That being said, the NYTimes may provide a space for conservative thinking (that IS being a liberal, after all), but they should pick a conservative writer who makes more sense. Isn't the NYTimes a respectable institution?<br /><br />BTW, Douthat was born in Hamden CT (Wikipedia!).<br />Ol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-66673024438043276312009-07-13T16:03:55.098-04:002009-07-13T16:03:55.098-04:00My feelings exactly, Natalee.
Thank you for the q...My feelings exactly, Natalee.<br /><br />Thank you for the quote, Anonymous 2. <br /><br />Anonymous 1: My issue in this post wasn't with the Pope. He's the Pope, so what can you expect from him? My objective is to highlight the nonsense published by this supposedly liberal newspaper. People keep ranting about how liberal thhe NYTimes is. How they explain this label in view of artciles screaming about "mass destruction of human embryos" is beyond my comprehension.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-67442936913754610502009-07-13T15:41:40.694-04:002009-07-13T15:41:40.694-04:00Do you want to know who is really to blame for the...Do you want to know who is really to blame for the current economic crisis? The people who support the right to abortion and euthanasia. This is from the last Benedict XVI encyclical:<br /><br />In economically developed countries, legislation contrary to life is very widespread, and it has already shaped moral attitudes and praxis, contributing to the spread of an anti-birth mentality; frequent attempts are made to export this mentality to other States as if it were a form of cultural progress. Some non-governmental Organizations work actively to spread abortion, at times promoting the practice of sterilization in poor countries, in some cases not even informing the women concerned. Moreover, there is reason to suspect that development aid is sometimes linked to specific health-care policies which de facto involve the imposition of strong birth control measures. Further grounds for concern are laws permitting euthanasia as well as pressure from lobby groups, nationally and internationally, in favour of its juridical recognition. Openness to life is at the centre of true development. When a society moves towards the denial or suppression of life, it ends up no longer finding the necessary motivation and energy to strive for man's true good. If personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of a new life is lost, then other forms of acceptance that are valuable for society also wither away[67]. The acceptance of life strengthens moral fibre and makes people capable of mutual help. By cultivating openness to life, wealthy peoples can better understand the needs of poor ones, they can avoid employing huge economic and intellectual resources to satisfy the selfish desires of their own citizens, and instead, they can promote virtuous action within the perspective of production that is morally sound and marked by solidarity, respecting the fundamental right to life of every people and every individual."<br /><br />http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-52448173576734679912009-07-13T15:19:48.904-04:002009-07-13T15:19:48.904-04:00DOUTHAT IS EVEN STUPIDER THAN I THOUGHT. THE POPE ...DOUTHAT IS EVEN STUPIDER THAN I THOUGHT. THE POPE AS A MODEL OF POLITICAL THOUGHT? HAS THE POPE(EITHER THIS ONE OR ANY OF THE PRECEDING ONES) PRODUCED ONE GOOD IDEA THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED HIS MASSIVELY OUTDATED INSTITUTION TO KEEP UP WITH WHATS GOING ON IN THE WORLD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-35369866146969854092009-07-13T13:05:49.623-04:002009-07-13T13:05:49.623-04:00"Why can’t Republicans worry about economic i..."Why can’t Republicans worry about economic inequality?"<br /><br />This is the joke of the year. God, what a douchebag.Nataleenoreply@blogger.com