Random Politics & Religion #00

I tend not to read or pay attention to anything that utilizes the phrase "rape culture."

Still reading through, but this is depressing.

I'm not fond of the phrase as it's fraught with uber feminist undertones, but it's really worth the read. It's what the actual phrase means, not what the extreme feminists have hijacked it and twisted it to mean.

Clearly it's cause Alaska is a red state.

Clearly it's cause Alaska is a red state.

So apparently I'm not allowed to have an opinion on foreign policy and 9/11 unless I'm a war veteran.

I'm getting chewed up on Facebook from a guy who served OIF/OEF, saying I should have my citizenship revoked and I should be dropped off in Afghanistan or Iraq all because I posted something about acknowledging the US's impact in the Middle East...

That's the attitude I've seen in a lot of veterans. The kind of people who say you can't disagree with the reasons for war without having been there or without degrading the people serving there.

What's worse is my father served in George H.W. Bush's Gulf war.

The guy's reply essentially was "your father is allowed an opinion not you"{i'm paraphrasing)

That's some ***. I've seen people take credit for the parents' war service all the time.

No one is taking credit for the service of others. But 1) the families of veterans are impacted 2) one should be allowed an opinion regardless if they serve or not.

No one is taking credit for the service of others. But 1) the families of veterans are impacted 2) one should be allowed an opinion regardless if they serve or not.

Opinions are like ***. Everybody's got one and some stink worse than others

ftfy

No one is taking credit for the service of others. But 1) the families of veterans are impacted 2) one should be allowed an opinion regardless if they serve or not.

That's the attitude I've seen in a lot of veterans. The kind of people who say you can't disagree with the reasons for war without having been there or without degrading the people serving there.

The only reason I didn't serve for myself is because I -- and everyone around me

I was going to join the army out of HS, but I decided to wait until after the election and well here we are 10 years later.

"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson is sharing his thoughts on how AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases can be traced back to God's wrath.

The reality star sat down Tuesday for a radio interview with Tony Perkins, president of conservative Christian group Family Research Council. Perkins asked Robertson about the controversy he ignited last year after telling GQ magazine that homosexuality is a "modern immorality" and a sin comparable to bestiality.

Answering Perkins' question, Robertson delved into how he thinks life-threatening disease are associated with acts outside of God's "one man, one woman" rule.

"If you just look at the physiological downside to immorality," he began, "I mean, a great question to ask is ... do you think that it's a coincidence that all of these debilitating -- and, literally, it can cause death -- diseases follow that kind of conduct. God says, 'One woman, one man' and everybody says, 'Oh that's old hat. That's that old Bible stuff.' And I'm thinking, 'Well, let's see now, a clean, disease-free guy and a disease-free woman they marry and they keep their sex between the two of them, they're not gonna get chlamydia and gonorrhea and syphilis and AIDS.' It's safe. Now, to me, either it's the wildest coincidence ever that horrible diseases follow immoral conduct or it's God saying there's a penalty for that kind of conduct. I'm leaning towards there's a penalty toward it.

"So, you read in the Bible, 'One man, one woman.' Any logical person would say what the guy is saying -- that'd be me -- is if you want to be safe from a lot of debilitating diseases that's the route to go and it agrees with what God says. So, it's just one argument after another, Tony, but what can I say? All you can do is just show 'em that and say, man, people ought to think about this Jesus stuff."

There are 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) each year in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which says STIs "affect men and women of all backgrounds and economic levels." HIV can spread by not only unprotected sex, but also by other means including sharing needles or mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy.

Robertson's latest remarks come on the heels of his "Good Morning America" interview, during which he spoke about being a homophobe.

“I’m as much of a homophobe as Jesus was," he said last week. "People who are participating in homosexual behavior, they need to know that I love them.”

Yeah. I graduated in 2000.

So, you know, 2001-2002...

...I probably still wouldn't be allowed to discharge.

And you know the "funny" thing?

I still wish I had been better-able to serve. I'm not going to sit here and blow smoke up your ***. I feel like a lesser man at times for not having done so. Even not agreeing with the president or his policies at the time.

Of course, my wife, my mother, and other friends and family tell me that's stupid as hell. Including people who are veterans. But...meh. That phase of life is beyond me now, one way or another.

It's just...I don't know. I guess for me personally it's hard having lost friends and not stood by them. Really, really hard.

'Duck Dynasty' Star Phil Robertson Says STIs, AIDS Are God's Penalty For 'Immorality'

Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Baker says he is just a father who was trying to help his daughter find her way at her new high school.
Lt... Baker has served in the Army for 24 years. This past week he was told by Rochester Adams high school security that if he wanted to get into the high school with his daughter he was going to have to go home and change his clothes.

Baker's wife, Rachel Ferhadson says, "Before he was allowed in, the security guard stopped him and said sorry your not allowed in the school. Security told him men and women in uniform weren't allowed because it may offend another student."

If everyone stayed a Virgin until marriage and stayed married until death (never cheating) sure we'd have a lot less STDs in the world.

But we'd have a shitload more misery.

If everyone stayed a Virgin until marriage and stayed married until death (never cheating) sure we'd have a lot less STDs in the world.

But we'd have a shitload more misery.