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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere Are Two Americas, And One Is Better Than The Other
http://www.businessinsider.com/phil-robertson-duck-dynasty-two-americas-2013-12Matt Lewis writes of the controversy over Duck Dynasty that "There really are two Americas" and that the divide over the show "has as much to do with class and geography and culture and attitude as it does with religion."
That's true.
Specifically, there's one America where comparing homosexuality to bestiality is considered acceptable, and another where it is rude and offensive.
In one America, it's OK to say this of gays and lesbians: "Theyre full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant, God-haters. They are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless. They invent ways of doing evil." In the other America, you're not supposed to say that.
There's one America where it's OK to say this about black people in the Jim Crow-era South: "Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues." There's another America where that statement is considered to reflect ignorance and insensitivity.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/phil-robertson-duck-dynasty-two-americas-2013-12#ixzz2o7DkoqYk
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There Are Two Americas, And One Is Better Than The Other (Original Post)
xchrom
Dec 2013
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)1. In short, one America that thrives on hate and hatefulness, and another that
thrives on love and kindness.
indepat
(20,899 posts)2. And who better thrives on hate and hatefulness than the "Christian" right? The love
charity of Jesus flows through their every vein, right?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)4. Yep, and they wrap themselves in the flag clutching the bible, and spout the
opposite of everything their props stand for. They are so POS.