tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post9159944057259977961..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: Can't Seem To Avoid It: My Disappointment On Clicking on a Truthout Piece on the Hobby Lobby CaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-75676361227848526172014-04-01T14:05:03.445-04:002014-04-01T14:05:03.445-04:00I wouldn't have bothered to read the piece if ...I wouldn't have bothered to read the piece if the title hadn't given the impression it was going to be about something substantial instead of leading with neo-atheist click bait. I'm growing ever more skeptical about the usefulness of the "leftist" media because it is saturated with that kind of counterproductive clap trap. It devolves into an impotent and discouraging form of hate talk that enervates the left as well as dividing it. I used to pretend I didn't see that out of leftist solidarity but I've come to see that was mere cowardice on my part. The left could leave the atheists out and probably pick up more than the 2.4% of the population of people who they alienate. And many of that 2.4% aren't leftists as Maddy Murray O'Hair's old American atheists proved when they tried to get a table at CPAC. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-63939744165618311432014-04-01T13:27:28.687-04:002014-04-01T13:27:28.687-04:00In addition to your critique, I'd just add it ...In addition to your critique, I'd just add it was a pretty poor argument. It was, in fact, barely an argument at all. The jump from the Hobby Lobby case to the conclusion was really based on nothing more than a need to reach that conclusion by any means necessary.<br /><br />There wasn't even a connection between that case and the conclusion. It was just words.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com