What Century are We In?

In further news of the weird and misguided, the Westboro Baptist Church people were set today to picket the National Weather Service. Why, you might ask have they picked the National Weather Service to picket? Well, they say only God can control the weather and it's hubris in the highest to think that anybody can predict it. Also, I'm not sure exactly how, same-sex marriage has something to do with it, according to them. Of course. No surprise there.

I think they're taking on gravity and avian migratory patterns next.
 
jujube said:
In further news of the weird and misguided, the Westboro Baptist Church people were set today to picket the National Weather Service. Why, you might ask have they picked the National Weather Service to picket? Well, they say only God can control the weather and it's hubris in the highest to think that anybody can predict it. Also, I'm not sure exactly how, same-sex marriage has something to do with it, according to them. Of course. No surprise there.

I think they're taking on gravity and avian migratory patterns next.
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You know this really isn't funny anymore. Promoting ignorance. Obstructing progress at every turn. We can mock these people, but they are a significant part of the population and are really a dead weight around the neck of this country. Yes, its just my personal view, but I really do think that what they are teaching their kids is contributing in large part to all of the nut case shootings. Constant repression. Don't spare the rod. Guilt. Fear.You are unworthy from birth. Forced to believe that obvious absurdities are "The Truth!". Making their kids easy targets for ridicule. How can that not make you crazy?
 
Underock, various studies have been done on the long term effects of extreme repression on the children of fanatics of various types. So far, the picture is not pretty. Substance abuse, personality disorders, psychosis, sexual deviancy, porn/sexual addiction, even extreme sexual and physical abuse are way above the "norm" re the rest of the population. It gives one pause.
 
jujube said:
In further news of the weird and misguided, the Westboro Baptist Church people were set today to picket the National Weather Service. Why, you might ask have they picked the National Weather Service to picket? Well, they say only God can control the weather and it's hubris in the highest to think that anybody can predict it. Also, I'm not sure exactly how, same-sex marriage has something to do with it, according to them. Of course. No surprise there.

I think they're taking on gravity and avian migratory patterns next.
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:lofl: Too funny. That is what should be done about people like this - laugh at them.

I see, Underock, that you disagree but IMO the best way to deal with them is to reduce them in importance. Ridicule is a very powerful tool for doing that.
 
Ameriscot said:
Sometimes I'm tempted to claim I am Canadian! I spent 10 years in TN but I had to bite my tongue a lot.
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I love the South and my relations there "to pieces", but the dark side to otherwise lovely people and culture is the little "screw loose" mentality that some folks have. :shrug:
 
Warrigal said:
:lofl: Too funny. That is what should be done about people like this - laugh at them.

I see, Underock, that you disagree but IMO the best way to deal with them is to reduce them in importance. Ridicule is a very powerful tool for doing that.
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I agree Warrigal. The best I can hope for is that they eventually get laughed out of existence. The problem is that currently many of them are in positions where they can and do real harm. They are aided and abetted by people in real power looking for their support. This coming election is a scary thing. I would hope to see such a crushing defeat for them that they would finally get the message. Unfortunately, I'm sensing the possibility that they might just win. "Death. Where is thy sting?"
 
tnthomas said:
I love the South and my relations there "to pieces", but the dark side to otherwise lovely people and culture is the little "screw loose" mentality that some folks have. :shrug:
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I have to agree.. I have in laws in Alabama.. and they are certainly different. I love them to death.. and I've enjoyed my visits to the south but.. As a born and bred Yankee.. I have to admit that I don't understand Southerners.. Seems like there is a set of Southern codes that we are not privy to or warned about until you break them... I've given up.. I just shrug and say "It must be a Southern Thang"
 
tnthomas said:
I love the South and my relations there "to pieces", but the dark side to otherwise lovely people and culture is the little "screw loose" mentality that some folks have. :shrug:
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I really enjoyed living in East TN - the Smokeys, the rivers, the climate and the people were very friendly. Being in a university town helped dilute the fundamentalists as many were from other states.

I am a northerner but some of my ancestors came from middle TN. My grandmother moved away in 1923 but ancestors were there as far back as the very early 1800's.
 

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