1. The U.S. is in every way vastly superior to every other nation on earth. And we’re God’s favorite.
2. Everyone deserves his or her financial status, whether rich or poor. If you work hard enough, you’ll be successful, and if you’re poor, you’re just lazy. The only rich people who are just lucky are Hollywood celebrities, who are pampered airheads totally out of touch with the real world. (Except for Chuck Norris.)
3. Giving a pittance in handouts to the poor encourages dependency and is a major burden to taxpayers; giving billions in handouts to the rich encourages industriousness and is good for the economy. If we take care of the rich first, it will trickle down to everyone else.
4. The Confederacy was a noble cause, and the Civil War was inevitable. It was really about states’ rights rather than slavery.
5. The bombing of Japan was necessary to end the war, and it saved more lives than it destroyed.
6. The Democratic Party is the party of tax and spend, and the Republican Party is the party of fiscal restraint.
7. Eating meat makes you strong and healthy.
8. Ronald Reagan won the cold war, and brought about the downfall of the Soviet Union.
9. The Founding Fathers were all Christian, and intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation.
10. Islam is a more violent religion than Christianity.
11. It’s impossible to have a moral compass without religion.
12. It’s easy to read and understand the Bible; the English translations we have are very accurate.
13. Trying to guarantee equality of economic opportunity is the same as trying to guarantee equality of economic achievement; and it’s socialist/ communist/ fascist/ whateverist.
14. Capital punishment deters crime.
15. Outlawing abortion is an effective way to prevent it.
16. Pro-choice is the same as pro-abortion.
17. The Second Amendment gives you the right to own a gun.
18. Firearm regulation (“gun control”) means trying to outlaw guns.
19. Evolution means that humans descended from apes; and it’s only a theory.
20. Secularism means suppression of religious freedom.
21. There is an “invisible hand” guiding the economy, and if we just leave it alone, everything will turn out fine on its own.
22. Regulation of business practices is an unwarranted interference in free enterprise, and is socialist/ communist./ fascist/ whateverist.
23. Sex education just gives kids ideas that they’d never be able to think of otherwise; what really works is to tell kids to just say no.
24. “Political correctness” is a totalitarian mindset that squashes free speech.
25. There is a “liberal” bias to American media.
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POP, have some thoughts on 3 of these this including another post you did attacking Christmas (Nov. 2010) which I couldn’t reply to.
1. Hiroshima and Nagasaki-my view always has and will be that atom bombs should’ve been dropped elsewhere in Japan with fewer civilians killed and wounded (such as 5,000 killed & wounded rather than over 150,000), they did end the war. If Japan and Germany had the atom bombs they’d have used them against us. Yes, the 3 year olds killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are innocent war victims, but President Harry S. Truman only had bad choices. A ground war with Japan would’ve resulted in more civilian deaths as Japanese would’ve used women and children in combat. War is something bad and what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a bad choice, but they did end war.
2. Abortion, I’m pro-abortion in some cases such as if it can be predicted that an unborn baby would have deformity such as Down Syndrome, but that it must be the mom’s choice. But as pro-lifers call me pro-abortion as as they regarded abortion as murdering a baby, then that’s fine with me. Pro-choice does mean the same thing as pro-abortion because pro-lifers believe abortion is killing a baby which they believe should not be a choice except to save mother‘s life. What they’d say is no, making abortion illegal doesn’t stop it 100% just as having laws against stealing doesn’t stop it 100%, but making them illegal does reduce them as most people don’t want to go to prison.
3. Death penalty-I’m against death penalty in almost all cases, though not as far as abolishing death penalty. If it’s done, then it must only be for worst cases, after a jury has decided and I support long appeals for death row inmates which includes commuting a death sentence to life in prison. Death penalty would deter the individual who is executed. But again, I’m mostly against death penalty and though I don’t believe in abolition, do believe that we use every chance to avoid death penalty.
POP, with Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’m not a Christian, but I’d rather people tell me Merry Christmas than Happy Holidays. I wouldn’t care for people saying Happy Holidays if there wasn’t controversy over Merry Christmas, but there has been controversy over saying Merry Christmas. Most non-Christians aren’t offended by people saying Merry Christmas. My problem is with companies who tell their workers that they can’t say Merry Christmas or when they call a Christmas Tree a Holiday Tree. People should have the right to say either Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and not be punished for saying either. Yes, Christmas is a religious holiday celebrating Jesus Christ’s birth, but non-Christians must not be offended by Merry Christmas. With Thanksgiving, among the people who have defended Thanksgiving is a Mrs. Linda P. Harvey of Mission America and Mrs. Linda P. Harvey is part American Indian-Cherokee. I praise Mrs. Linda P. Harvey of Misssion America for defending Columbus Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Mrs. Linda P. Harvey has said that American Indians lived hard and scrabble lives and would kill each other for territory. American Indians including the (Tainos and Caribs (or Canibs) discovered by Columbus) lived mostly like street gangs. Each tribe had their own land & when an American Indian tribe wanted land from another American Indian tribe, they used violence to get the land. American Indians killed eachother with tomahawks (ax), bows and arrows,etc. to get land from eachother. When American Indians won land by wars, they were proud winners. But when American Indians lost the land by wars, then they became sore losers complaining about stolen land. Mrs. Linda P. Harvey also defends Thanksgiving and Christmas she is Christian. Mrs. Linda P. Harvey is again a part American Indian woman who has critiqued people who distort history to attack these holidays.
Also with Hiroshima and Nagasaki. People do discuss this many years after the war. My view to repeat always has and will be that the atom bombs should’ve been dropped elsewhere in Japan with fewer civilians killed & wounded as both cities were incidental when it came to military strategy, that most Japanese pepole are fine-most people of any group want to stay out of the war.
@ the same time, they did end the war. Japan was using a kamikaze airforce, had bushido (Samurai’s Way) where fighting to death and suicide was their option over surrender. Biological warfare was used against China. Incidentally, I’ve been to both China (2010) & Japan (1993).
Most Hiroshima & Nagasaki survivors have said that they don’t blame President Harry S. Truman because they know the intent was to end the war and that it wasn’t against the victims personally, though they think it should’ve been done with fewer civilians killed and wounded. & again, if both Germany & Japan had the atom bombs, they’d have used them against us as Japan used biological warfare such as Shiro Ishi’s fleabombs carrying plague, typhoid and anthrax against China. 19 to 40 million Chinese were killed during the WW2 (1931-45).
War is a bad thing and sadly as long as wars have been with us, people who don’t want part of the war, end up being the victims, as the 3 year olds killed in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Dresden are innocent victims who are not to blame for what their relatives did in Nanking, Bataan & Auschwitz. I don’t like the idea of bombing cities with intent to kill civilians, but during WW2, both sides believed that by bombing cities, the other side would surrender. Again war is a bad thing which is not understandable.
With Islam. While it’s true Christianity has sometimes had a violent history such as with the Crusades, persecution of non-Christians such as Goa Inquisition (Inquisition in Spain isn’t as bad as people think as death penalty was usually not given-late Warren H. Carroll of Christendom College) & while it’s true most Moslems aren’t terrorists, the Koran does justify killing to spread the faith.
It doesn’t require it, in that it says that you must try peaceful ways to try to convert others. But if a person refuses to convert to Islam, the Quran or Koran does justify killing to spread the religion.
Also in mostly Muslim nations, they have laws which persecute non-Muslims and it’s a crime for some1 to convert from Islam to Christianity. Most Moslems aren’t terrorists, but what has been found is that when Muslims become a majority population, then it’s more likely to have Muslim religious leaders to ask that a place become a Muslim nation or have laws based on Sharia whether others like it or not. I hope P.O.P. you can give your view.
Propaganda Professor, hope you can give your view though you didn’t say this here and it’s about Social Security. Social Security must only be for people who need this. Millionaires should not be allowed to get Social Security. Eg. The Eagles Donald Hugh Henley (Don Henley born 1947 formerly of Shiloh), Bernie Leadon (Bernard Matthew Leadon born 1947) & Glenn Lewis Frey (1946-1985) should not be allowed to get Social Security but can collect, though all are millionaires. The Eagles should’ve retired in 1981 as their decade was the 1970s and people who’ve gone to their concerts since 1990s have spent money on musicians who are not in prime. Incidentally while Donald Hugh Henley is Irish, he is a bad Catholic & sinner if indeed he is Catholic while columnist Patrick J. Buchanan and Richard J. Santorum who are both part Irish are good Catholics.
Other people who must be disqualified from getting Social Security would be musicians Ke$ha Rose Siebert (born 1987), Katy Elizabeth Hudson (aka KatyE. Perry born 1984), Pit Bull (a/k/a Armando Cristian Ruiz), Justin Drew Bieber (born 1994), Lady Gaga (born 1986), etc. because these musicians are millionaires. Billionaire Donald J. Trump must not be allowed to get Social Security.
Social Security must be for those who need the $. People must be allowed to get Social Security @ 40, as 40 is old. Women with 4 kids must be allowed to get Social Security. The late Daniel James (DJ) White (1946who was a Vietnam War Sergeant should’ve been allowed to get Social Security for him and his wife after he was paroled in 1984 (1979 Twinkie Defense) as people were not willing to hire him. Social Security must be for people who need the money for themselves or their kids and minimum age should be 40 to collect if 1 has no handicaps and based on need. People who are rich must not be allowed to get Social Security unless they can justify why they need the $, such as if they have many kids to support, have gotten into $ problems, etc. Yes, the law allows rich people to get Social Security, but law needs to be changed. What do you think