Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University
by 6stringmerc on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @10:10AM
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This is a really important observation. Also, in the US, it's quite relevant to the current state of political rhetoric - I know the 'outrage half-life' is pretty short these days, but pointing to the Starbucks Red Cup "manufactured controversy" can, I think, reasonably be referenced to illustrate the hypocritical victimization tendency alive and well in modern (fundamentalist-oriented) Christianity. I think it's no coincidence that OKWU's official stance would be to decry "victim culture" when convenient, and embrace it when expected to conform to the will of society at large (e.g. Hobby Lobby vs. Obamacare).
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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University
by ctdonath on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:30AM
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The "red cup controversy" wasn't "alive and well in modern Christianity" as there was no actual outrage about the cup, only self-congratulatory outrage by others against the presumed & imputed anti-red-cup outrage which didn't actually exist. What's telling is how many people were quick to sneer at a group for doing something they didn't do.
Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University
by 6stringmerc on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:35AM
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Uh, it's an indicator. Goes alongside the "War on Christmas" narrative that has been, ahem, alive and well in modern Christianity. Would you prefer a citation of the growing frequency of political grand-standing of forbidding "Sharia Law" in predominately Christain districts?
Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University
by licoricetic on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @12:25PM
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Saying "War on Christmas is alive and well in Christianity" is like saying "Daesh is alive and well in Islam". It is smearing a much larger group for the misbehavior of a small segment of demagogue extremists.
Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University
by Retra on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @02:37PM
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"Small Segment" indeed:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/august-2015-ratings-fox-news-1-in...
Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University
by licoricetic on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @06:19PM
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Watching FoxNews is not the same as espousing all its broadcasted opinions.