---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <sharelong60@...> wrote:
Thanks for your thoughts on this, Mike. A couple of spiritual teachers that
have been to FF talk about, not indifference but rather what they call loving
neutrality. I think it's a bit like what Maharishi calls restful alertness.
I would have to disagree, Sharon. I don't think being "restfully alert" is
remotely related to "loving neutrality" just like I don't think "a couple of
spiritual teachers" talking about "indifference" relates to anything Mike was
posting about. I could be missing the boat here so if you want to clarify it
for me that would be welcome.
On Sunday, December 29, 2013 9:25 AM, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@...> wrote:
I think both of these comments are correct.Phil Robertson *bayoubilly*,and
those supporting him, managed to sway public opinion in his favor by convincing
everyone that this was about freedom of religion and freedom of speech. I never
read any comments that GLAAD made concerning the issue. I simply read a number
of the quotes from the GQ article and realized this was one man's views
expressed in a rude and crude manner, then justified as being Biblical.<
Perhaps his views are Biblical but not how he expressed it and then saying he
loves everybody and doesn't hate anybody just doesn't wash. That would be like
Christ referring to the adulteress as a slutty, little dirty whore, spreading
disease but I'll forgive you this time if you don't sin anymore. Just didn't
happen that way.< By NOT attacking a life style doesn't mean that you agree
with or condone it. Too many people are wrapped up in either loving something
or hating it, loving someone or hating them. There is a middle path and that is
indifference. We hear "love the sinner but hate the sin." Why not love the
sinner and be indifferent to their sin, just don't get involved in it and let
them work it out.< The Robertson family dodged a bullet and if they are smart,
they'll learn from this ordeal. I'll bet they all spent a lot of sleepless
nights and while they won-out, I don't think they want to go through something
like that again.
From: TurquoiseB <turquoiseb@...>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 5:49 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote:
>
> Two groups of smug, urban sophisticates got outsmarted by a backwoodsman who
> carves duck calls with a pocket knife for a living and shoots ducks for
> entertainment. Go figure.
>
> 'Who are the losers in the Duck Dynasty flap?'
> http://washingtonexaminer.com/duck-dynasty-flap/
> http://washingtonexaminer.com/duck-dynasty-flap/
Here's Everything We Learned From the Duck Dynasty Controversy Summed Up in
Just One Sentence You can say whatever you want, including that gay people are
sinful
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-gay_n_4465564.html
and full of "murder, envy, strife, hatred
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/phil-robertson-homophobic-2010-sermon_n_4475546.html";
and are in the same league as those who enjoy being penetrated by barnyard
animals
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-gay_n_4465564.html
and that black people were "happy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/phil-robertson-black-people_n_4473474.html";
and were not "singing the blues
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/phil-robertson-black-people_n_4473474.html";
when Jim Crow laws ruled America, and as long as you later tack on "I love all
of humanity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-gay_n_4465564.html";
and I would "never incite or encourage hate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/27/phil-robertson-back-duck-dynasty_n_4509697.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay%20Voices";
and throw around the word "tolerance
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/a-e-welcomes-phil-robertson-667647,";
and as long as there's enough money and publicity swirling and more ready to be
made, you will face absolutely no consequences
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/27/phil-robertson-back-duck-dynasty_n_4509697.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay%20Voices
and if anything you'll be celebrated as a hero and lauded as an icon of
freedom -- some will even go so far as to call you the "Rosa Parks
http://www.ianbayne.com/congress11/duck-dynasty-star-is-rosa-parks-of-our-generation/";
of our generation -- while the people you were talking about will still be
vilified and will have to fight even harder against society's belief that they
are -- even in the 21st century, even in a country that is not supposed to be
ruled by religion or heartless, hateful zealots -- at their very core all of
those vile and (let it be said once and for all) patently untrue things that
you said about
them.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noah-michelson/heres-everything-we-learn_b_4509998.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noah-michelson/heres-everything-we-learn_b_4509998.html
