Get attuned to what's really immoral

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I just had to reply to Bob Roushar's Jan. 21 letter ("Unite the country? That's a laugh"). Mr. Roushar would have everyone believe that being liberal is to be immoral. What is immoral is to invade another country and waste the lives of our brave soldiers based on a lie. That is immoral. Or under the guise of "national security" to subvert our constitutionally given civil rights. Or to think that, because you make more money, then some that you're better then them. That is immoral.

I don't think of myself as a liberal or a conservative, just an American. God bless the United States of America.

Jay Collett, Augusta

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patriciathomas

Any number of twisted or perverted points of view can be expressed with little evidence offered to back them up. The "big picture" can be ignored to support your approach. None of it will change the fact that the word "moral" offends most liberals. The implication of personal responsibility is the "garlic and cross" to most liberal ideas. No offense intended, just stating fact.

DeborahElliott2

Sounds more like your opinion than fact to me.

teharper428

I do agree that any number of twisted pov can be expressed with little evidence offered to back them up and PT processed to give a perfect example. (as is frequently the case with PT's comments)

teharper428

must not have had enough coffee yet this morning, I meant to write "proceeded to give a perfect example"...

patriciathomas

So now, te, is twisting a twisted pov a spiraled pov? If so, where is the direction? Ah-h, a.m. philosophy. Now that's what coffee is for.

dashiel

Banana Republicans lecturing on morality! Cheat, lie, repeat. 1/20/2009: End of an Error.

shivas

We shouldn't get upset or defensive about a right-winger callin us immoral. Heck, they've been preaching pseudo-morals for 30 years. Now that the clothing's been removed, we see them now as amoral, and willing to say anything to hold on to their weening influence and power. Failure will do that to a group.

dani

Mr Collet,,while preaching about someone's morals you are spewing your own immoral views.

karmakills123

shivas ...you really should shut up...you do not have a intelligent dog in this fight..............................

teharper428

good point, Shivas. I'll keep in mind to consider the source.

I4PUTT

Is deborah elliott pt's exwife? Jeeeezzzzzz

I4PUTT

As misinformed as shivas seems to me, he at least offers his argument to pat's posts, deborah seems to have no argument other than she doesn't like what pat says. Talking about no intelligent dog in this fight!

shivas

Now sounds like the old hurt dog is yelping, karmakills. I forgot that you fringe right-wingers have cornered the market on morality. Along with that ,however, comes the resulting hypocrisy. Sounds like someone has bad Karma this morning. To get it back, just turn on FOX News and get spoon fed some more of that good old right-wing propoganda.

Bizarro

Morality and immorality are social conventions of "right and wrong" or "good and bad" that are relative to the time and change with time. Homosexuality was moral in ancient rome and apparently now-it is a biblical sin however. Sin is another matter and subject altogether. So liberals can call conservatives immoral and vice versa. A liberal can feel morally justified to support abortion and gay marriage. Biblical both would be a sin, but everybody sins so there is no moral high ground there.

Bizarro

I'll tell you what is immoral is our choices for President in either party.

He_Who_Must_Not_Be_Named

This letter sickens me. People should be thankful that the president doesn't declare martial law since we have to deal with all the sleeper cells and Hollywood celebs who run around saying and doing things that in any other era would/should be considered treason. No civil rights have been really trampled on. For crying out loud in WWII we put Japanese people in camps to watch them...FOR TH SIMPLE FACT HAT THEY WERE JAPANESE!!! Now we can't even listen in n th phone conversatons of people who want to kill us because...Oh My God,The Governent might...HEAR WHAT THEY ARE HAVING FOR DINNER TOO!!!That invades their privacy!! Newsflash folks....War is grownup time. Put all these cry babies like the guy who wrote this crap to the editor to bed for a few years and wake them up when it's over.

Republicant

This dude is hitler's love child. Talk about a freak.^^^

dani

I don't know. I could swear I saw someone installing something on a utility pole across from my house. I thought it was the cable guy, but..it might have been much more sinister.

I4PUTT

Morality is a personal characteristic, in my mind virtue. This is not owned by any party affiliation. However, I do feel the far left is systematically trying to set aside all of those things near & dear to the vast majority of Americans. That majority being folks with christian values, thus the labeling of these folks as less moral.

He_Who_Must_Not_Be_Named

Republicant..you show up unarmed in a battle of wits so you wield name calling ike a broadsword..I'm so impressed.

shivas

Well I4PUTT, we'll see if you're right come this election.

gagirl40

So, good republican conservatives like Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, Mark Foley, Duke Cunningham, Tom DeLay...etc, etc, etc, AREN'T immoral, but liberals are? Ha! I would propose to you that Jesus was the first liberal. Look at his life and tell me who he closer resembles..the wealthy conservative republicans who scream every time one of their pennies is spent helping the poor yet don't mind spending billions supporting a war, or the liberal democrats who support programs for the poor and are against war. I think it's hilarious that a whole religion who bases their belief on Jesus Christ - the son of God, a simple poor man who preached of peace, love, tolerance and charity, somehow thinks liberals, who preach that same message, are immoral. Go figure!

cones

Shivas, it seems as though you are the one with the dillusions. I am a member of neither party, but I least I am smart enough not to label one party as one-way or another. You mention Fox News for Right-wingers, but no mention is made of the lefty crap that is fed on almost every other channel that is on cable. There are a lot more questionable morality issues with the left, and financial ones with the right. I think that if you look at states with the worst probelms right now however, that you would find that they have been run by lefties for sometime now.

gagirl40

Cones...the right doesn't like the MSM because they don't pander to the right like Fox does. They don't pander to anyone, and that makes the right angry. When is the last time you saw or heard ANYONE on ANY other news continually bash conservatives? When was the last time you heard ANY of the other journalists call a conservative immoral, unpatriotic, or any other name like Fox does on a daily basis? When was the last time you saw the other news channels reporting lies and rumors about a presidential candidate? They don't! They actually do "REPORT THE NEWS", unlike Fox who reports their opinions, 24/7. The right has gotten so used to this "news" the way Fox reports it, that when they change the channel and don't hear it on other stations they automatically think the other channels are left leaning. They can't see that it's not that the other channels lean to the left, it's that Fox is so obviously pandering to the right, and they love it!

teharper428

Cones, and those states are? what states have the worst "probelms" right now?

justthefacts

gaGirl, you ever watch Wolf Blizer? Lou Dobbs? Kieth Oberman? Ever read the NY Times, Atlanta Journal? Come on..get real. MSM reports the news as you see it.

Republicant

Georgia's got mucho problemos, and it seems to be run by the right wingers.
Hewhomustnotbenamed....go ahead and check yourself into one of those internment camps. I believe you need some help. Rights being trampled on? You can be the first one to give up your civil liberties in the name of security. You aren't one of the bad guys, so why worry? You have nothing to be afraid of do you? WHile youre at it, remove the curtains from your house, so all the neighbors can see inside. Nothing to hide right? People like you are so scared of these vague threats, you rush to give up all of our rights to the government. You have so much confidence in their ability to protect you, yet don't believe they are capable of administering health care. We need to vote every incumbent out of office and start over clean, but for now, I will be happy when the Shrub and his cronies are gone.

dani

gagairl I guess the left doesn't pander I'll bet Hillary doesn't pander, either.

Republicant

I liked Olberman on espn, but he is over the top. Still cant compare with some of the nuts like Rush,Boortz,Wilkow,O'Reilly,Hannity,and Coulter. That Fox give Coulter an outlet for her vile spewings of hatred , should tell you their affiliation. I love to listen to Sirius "Patriot" channel to hear what weak arguments some of these nuts have.

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