Are Re-Education Camps That Far Fetched?

[Sparko]

That site is blocked here. What does it say at the beginning?

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The Are you a Religious Bigot? Test
Hi! And welcome to my Are you a Religious Bigot? Test. I'll be using advanced logic and knowledge to determine your true nature. This test is for fun only, don't get offended. And if you do get offended -- too bad. :)
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The it goes on to ask loaded questions that make it obvious that the person (ff?) who made this quiz is bigoted against any view other than his own.


1 Do you think your religion is the "only way to go"?

Yes

No

There's more than one religion?

2 Are "All Gods One God"?

Yes

No

There is only One God!


3 You're talking religion. Some people don't agree with you. You...

Smile and let them rant.

Discuss the differences in your religions.

Tell them they'll burn in Hell if they don't change their ways.

4 Someone you work with worships in a way that is very foriegn to you, and all of your co-workers. You...

Think "so what?" and mind your own.

Talk to the boss, and get them fired. We don't need those pinko's here!

Bring your own worship materials into work, to make them uncomfortable

[seer]

It may come down to the use of reason and this is where, unfortunately, the religious loose their foundation.

What utter nonsense - foundation? Ok, we Christians believe our reasoning abilities were created by a rational God. And you believe what? What is your foundation for rationality FF? The blind, non-rational forces of nature?

[Bill the Cat]

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The Are you a Religious Bigot? Test
Hi! And welcome to my Are you a Religious Bigot? Test. I'll be using advanced logic and knowledge to determine your true nature. This test is for fun only, don't get offended. And if you do get offended -- too bad. :)
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The it goes on to ask loaded questions that make it obvious that the person (ff?) who made this quiz is bigoted against any view other than his own.


1 Do you think your religion is the "only way to go"?

Yes

No

There's more than one religion?

2 Are "All Gods One God"?

Yes

No

There is only One God!


3 You're talking religion. Some people don't agree with you. You...

Smile and let them rant.

Discuss the differences in your religions.

Tell them they'll burn in Hell if they don't change their ways.

4 Someone you work with worships in a way that is very foriegn to you, and all of your co-workers. You...

Think "so what?" and mind your own.

Talk to the boss, and get them fired. We don't need those pinko's here!

Bring your own worship materials into work, to make them uncomfortable

Load questions much???

[Sparko]

I have a better quiz....

Is Firstfloor a hypocrite and a bigot?
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. All of the above.

[Bill the Cat]

I disagree. I think it is reason that is our biggest ally.

[seer]

Amazing how relevant de Tocqueville is even today...

[fm93]

Leonhard, even if Don Jones made his views known calmly, or based on Christian convictions, it would have been the same. There have been a number of high profile cases of late like the CEO of Mozilla. It is chilling, there is an orthodoxy forming in this country and you better hope that you don't get on the wrong side of it.

I think this is a rather uncharitable evaluation of society. While I disagreed with the decision to remove Eich, I understood that people were upset because he'd actively contributed money towards a cause that they view as inherently discriminatory. It wasn't simply because he'd expressed an unpopular opinion. Besides, professional athletes like Torii Hunter and Adrian Peterson have publicly stated that they don't support gay marriage (with Hunter even saying that he'd feel uncomfortable playing with a gay teammate), but no disciplinary action was taken against them. That's precisely because they stated those views calmly and in a non-inflammatory manner. Compare these lines:

Peterson (regarding gay marriage):

"I have relatives who are gay. I'm not biased towards them. I still treat them the same. I love 'em. But again, I'm not with it. That's not something I believe in. But to each his own."
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/93...s-gay-marriage

Hunter (in regard to playing with gay teammates):

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec...hobia-20121230

Jones (in regard to Michael Sam kissing someone):

OMG! Horrible!

See the difference? Peterson and Hunter's statements still spark disagreement, but they aren't too offensive, and they suggest that some degree of thought was put into it. Jones' tweets, on the other hand, were knee-jerk reactions and had a tone of disgust. THAT truly is intolerant and harmful, and that's why he was disciplined. (I also agree with KingsGambit's earlier suggestion that the Dolphins' bullying scandal inspired management to take a stronger, swifter response.)

[firstfloor]

I disagree. I think it is reason that is our biggest ally.

[seer]

I think this is a rather uncharitable evaluation of society. While I disagreed with the decision to remove Eich, I understood that people were upset because he'd actively contributed money towards a cause that they view as inherently discriminatory. It wasn't simply because he'd expressed an unpopular opinion. Besides, professional athletes like Torii Hunter and Adrian Peterson have publicly stated that they don't support gay marriage (with Hunter even saying that he'd feel uncomfortable playing with a gay teammate), but no disciplinary action was taken against them. That's precisely because they stated those views calmly and in a non-inflammatory manner. Compare these lines:

So what if he contributed money to support traditional marriage? That should be his right as a free citizen.

See the difference? Peterson and Hunter's statements still spark disagreement, but they aren't too offensive, and they suggest that some degree of thought was put into it. Jones' tweets, on the other hand, were knee-jerk reactions and had a tone of disgust. THAT truly is intolerant and harmful, and that's why he was disciplined. (I also agree with KingsGambit's earlier suggestion that the Dolphins' bullying scandal inspired management to take a stronger, swifter response.)

I think Jones' reaction to homosexual men french kissing is perfectly natural. And he still should have the right to express his disgust without fear of consequence.

[Cerebrum123]

You don't understand the first thing about faith. Here's a little something that should help.

There is an in depth article here.

[Teallaura]

http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests...ous-bigot-test

It's your definition - and you just proved again that you don't practice what you preach. Guess 'tolerance' is something you only demonstrate to those you agree with.

[Epoetker]

Correcting Firstfloor's exotic vocabulary now.

Being politically correct (if you are in the public eye) is not enough to satisfy our decadent elite because it just makes a person think they have to shut up about what they really think and our clients will be able to see through the deception. I think the point of education is to manufacture consent of issues that are disgusting to a person so that they can start to reassess their own employment prospects. The thing about bigotry is that the person displaying it thinks he is justified; that he is being realistic rather than bigoted. In education, that person will learn what he has misunderstood about offending the degenerates who we've favored.

Religious bigotry is very difficult to combat because the religious bigot is trained to not allow himself to be compromised. He finds it difficult to go past what will save him and his children.

I would say so. Bigotry is just another word for common sense. Religious common sense is the worst sort because it is destructively conservative. It does not easily learn new verbal tricks or new ways of reframing the world and is often slow to absorb new management jargon to justify the latest attempt to push the acceptance of moral ugliness on the public. The current gay marriage debate in Christianity is just one example of the problem of religiously inspired common sense in the world. Blasphemy and Apostasy are other big issues of the same type.

It seems that way because the LBGT movement is becoming more obnoxious and more bullying of common sense in political circles. Sodomy laws were repealed quite recently so it is still a relatively new phenomenon and as long as the honorable, innocent, or ignorant holdouts persists it will be quite noisy. But it amazes me that in the currently young generation it is heavily indoctrinated. They have responded to the only incentives we allow them and the fear of being fired on a whim

[firstfloor]

Amazing how relevant de Tocqueville is even today...

Why? Are you feeling oppressed?

- Alexis de Tocqueville

[seer]

Why? Are you feeling oppressed?

Not yet, yet being the key word here. But like I said FF, it is the left trying to shut down speech and punish those with opposing opinions. Fascism light is coming from the left - that is a fact, whether you see it or not.

[firstfloor]

It's your definition - and you just proved again that you don't practice what you preach. Guess 'tolerance' is something you only demonstrate to those you agree with.

I think you got yourself tied up in knots. I have no idea what you are on about so I hereby declare myself the winner of this little skirmish. Is that okay with you?