Left v. Right
I found this interesting graphic. Do you think it is accurate? Why?
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It has me convinced that I'm extremely left-wing.
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It has me convinced that I'm extremely left-wing.
The Good Samaritan for Obama
The Parable of the Good Samaritan goes like this: A guy gets mugged and stripped naked. He's left on the side of the road. A priest and a Levite pass him by, but a Samaritan stops to help him. This was a radical tale for Jesus to tell because Samaritans were like the Muslims of the 1st century. They were distrusted and hated by the majority religion. Obama leads Democrats (the donkey) to help the poor. It was like a an American boy getting mugged, and having Jerry Falwell and Sarah Palin walk past him, and then an al Qaeda Muslim stops to help. Obama is not a Muslim, but he is in the minds of those to whom it would matter. (like people who watch Fox News ) Each of us has our own excuse for walking past the poor. It's our money. They deserve what they get. They're lazy and will take advantage of us. But Obama gets it. I'll let him speak for himself: "If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's no...
After a few minutes it looks solid to me. I'll give it a deeper look though.
ReplyDeleteK pointed out that the words that describe the Right tend to be more negative. But we also found examples of negative wording on the Left.
ReplyDeleteBut it seems like the basic idea is pretty steady. Interesting.
Like I said, it's solid.
ReplyDeleteHahaha!
...I'm a pinko.