Comments on: Is Anh Cao A Model For A New Republican Party? http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: blackoutyears http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-429061 blackoutyears Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:13:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11812#comment-429061 The *right* to sodomize your neighbor wouldn't have to be recognized as such if idiots on the Right hadn't made laws to punish and discourage it. Loosely, that *right* falls under the broad category of the right to do what you want to as long as it doesn't negatively impact others. Crying about the SCOTUS penchant for stemming the tyranny of the majority is douche-y in the extreme. How interesting that Mr. Harden and his ilk think that's okay for Straight America to dictate how Queer America gets to live its lives. I wasn't aware that oppression was a value. The *right* to sodomize your neighbor wouldn’t have to be recognized as such if idiots on the Right hadn’t made laws to punish and discourage it. Loosely, that *right* falls under the broad category of the right to do what you want to as long as it doesn’t negatively impact others. Crying about the SCOTUS penchant for stemming the tyranny of the majority is douche-y in the extreme. How interesting that Mr. Harden and his ilk think that’s okay for Straight America to dictate how Queer America gets to live its lives. I wasn’t aware that oppression was a value.

]]> By: J. Harden http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-429039 J. Harden Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:51:58 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11812#comment-429039 "new values are widely recognized by society as non threatening and acceptable." That is why 30 states have passed marriage-protection laws. Look, if SCOTUS wants to divine some totally new "right" out of the ether of substantive due process (you know, like the right the sodomize your neighbor) then I'd only ask that they not fraudulently trout out a totally bogus perception of "concensus" -- like you just did -- as part of their make-believe jurisprudence. There is no consensus, no critital mass, no tipping-point reached -- or at least, I have much more standing to assert public opinion in my direction than you do in yours. Why did 30 states feel compelled -- because the left want to force their value system on the rest of us. The world was a much more traditional place 50 years ago, why didn't we have marriage-protection laws passed then -- maybe because it is not the "right" that is shoving this crap down everyone's throat, but arrogant lefties that think gay sex is the equivalent to being black. Something that I think a whole lot of blacks have a slight problem with. “new values are widely recognized by society as non threatening and acceptable.”

That is why 30 states have passed marriage-protection laws.

Look, if SCOTUS wants to divine some totally new “right” out of the ether of substantive due process (you know, like the right the sodomize your neighbor) then I’d only ask that they not fraudulently trout out a totally bogus perception of “concensus” — like you just did — as part of their make-believe jurisprudence. There is no consensus, no critital mass, no tipping-point reached — or at least, I have much more standing to assert public opinion in my direction than you do in yours. Why did 30 states feel compelled — because the left want to force their value system on the rest of us. The world was a much more traditional place 50 years ago, why didn’t we have marriage-protection laws passed then — maybe because it is not the “right” that is shoving this crap down everyone’s throat, but arrogant lefties that think gay sex is the equivalent to being black. Something that I think a whole lot of blacks have a slight problem with.

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-429032 Justin Gardner Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:00:57 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11812#comment-429032 Well, I had assumed that Cao was pro-life from the fact he was a Jesuit. But that wouldn't be enough of a reason for me to vote against him. Especially in that district. Listen, nobody <i>likes</i> abortion, and if we could have none that would be ideal. But that's not the world we live in, so focusing on minimizing unwanted pregnancies is key. Hopefully that's where Cao can find common ground with his pro-choice counterparts. J. Harden, you mean the traditional values that constantly change throughout history? Or do you mean the traditional values that Republicans want to force everybody into? You know, as opposed to offering people more freedoms and letting them choose between new values and old values. Because that's all we're talking about...new values and old values. And just because there are new values does not mean people can't practice the old ones. But many on the right want to limit us to simply old values even when new values are widely recognized by society as non threatening and acceptable. Well, I had assumed that Cao was pro-life from the fact he was a Jesuit. But that wouldn’t be enough of a reason for me to vote against him. Especially in that district.

Listen, nobody likes abortion, and if we could have none that would be ideal. But that’s not the world we live in, so focusing on minimizing unwanted pregnancies is key. Hopefully that’s where Cao can find common ground with his pro-choice counterparts.

J. Harden, you mean the traditional values that constantly change throughout history? Or do you mean the traditional values that Republicans want to force everybody into? You know, as opposed to offering people more freedoms and letting them choose between new values and old values.

Because that’s all we’re talking about…new values and old values. And just because there are new values does not mean people can’t practice the old ones. But many on the right want to limit us to simply old values even when new values are widely recognized by society as non threatening and acceptable.

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-429019 Jimmy the Dhimmi Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:37:57 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11812#comment-429019 Hey J.Harden, didn't you know that the Constitution clearly states that a human being is defined as the entity that is viable outside the womb albeit with medical attention? It says so right in the 14th amendment or something like that. I know this because six unelected, unaccountable judges told me so. They also told me that states reserve the right to allow deliberate murder of viable children as long as their heads aren't spatially located outside the host-organism's body (all clearly according to the text of the Constitution, of course). What, do you hate the Constitution or something? I question your patriotism, as well as congressman Cao's. Hey J.Harden, didn’t you know that the Constitution clearly states that a human being is defined as the entity that is viable outside the womb albeit with medical attention? It says so right in the 14th amendment or something like that. I know this because six unelected, unaccountable judges told me so. They also told me that states reserve the right to allow deliberate murder of viable children as long as their heads aren’t spatially located outside the host-organism’s body (all clearly according to the text of the Constitution, of course). What, do you hate the Constitution or something? I question your patriotism, as well as congressman Cao’s.

]]> By: J. Harden http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-428997 J. Harden Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:02:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11812#comment-428997 <blockquote>It turns out that Cao is ardently pro-life. </blockquote> Oh No! Next thing you know, he'll be in support of saying the pledge of allegience. It is a totally slippery slope when it comes to not-hating America and believing that maybe traditional values have a place is modern society.

It turns out that Cao is ardently pro-life.

Oh No! Next thing you know, he’ll be in support of saying the pledge of allegience. It is a totally slippery slope when it comes to not-hating America and believing that maybe traditional values have a place is modern society.

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » More On Anh Cao’s Victory And GOP’s Response http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-428971 Donklephant » Blog Archive » More On Anh Cao’s Victory And GOP’s Response Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11812#comment-428971 [...] checks out the new Congressman we wrote about yesterday here and [...] [...] checks out the new Congressman we wrote about yesterday here and [...]

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2008/12/08/is-anh-cao-a-model-for-a-new-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-428970 Jimmy the Dhimmi Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:59:28 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11812#comment-428970 It turns out that Cao is ardently pro-life. Time for you to throw him under the bus, Justin. It turns out that Cao is ardently pro-life. Time for you to throw him under the bus, Justin.

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