Conservative justification: a child would think like I do!

[mwb970]

I just heard an NPR news report about the overturning of the anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8 in California. They had a quote from a conservative protester that really floored me. He said, "This is something that is obvious even to a child, that a kid needs a father and a mother." (slight paraphrase)

Think about this for a moment. This guy is justifying his bigoted beliefs by saying that a child would agree with him. Is this really the best way to convince people that your opinion is well-considered and informed by wisdom? By saying that a 4-year-old would agree?

Well, shucks. It is "obvious" to most 4-year-olds that they should be fed ice cream and candy for dinner every night. Would this conservative therefore advocate that practice as well?

:eyes:

[xchrom]

1. i HATE that down home, common sense bullshit they pull. nt

[HEyHEY]

4. Me too, as I said before......

Ever notice whenever the champions of "down home common sense" get their hands on a country we get shit like Pol Pot and Mao Zedong (Though he was educated).

[xchrom]

8. spot on. nt

[ejpoeta]

2. it's only 'obvious' to a 4 year old who wants to make his bigoted parents happy.

[teamster633]

3. I just heard that, too.

"Ill-considered", "ignorant", "self-righteous" comes to mind. "Obvious" does not. Children have an excuse. This bozo, not so much...

[depakid]

5. Since many "conservatives" demonstrate moral preconventional reasoning

I'm not sure why this would surprise anyone.

Most Republicans and all too many Democrats do in fact think like children.

[boobooday]

6. My four year old would have agreed that I should own Six Flags Magic Mountain

AND Disneyland.

[Brewman_Jax]

7. I heard that article

I'm sure a child would think like the speaker, but children grow up, unlike most conservatives, repubs, and fundies.

[evirus]

9. childs think like republicans

heck i could have told them that! though i wouldn't go around bragging that your thought processes are similar to that of a child.

[Motown_Johnny]

10. no, Republicans think like children.

they don't grasp the complexity of the reality we live in

[evirus]

11. same thing

i was trying to say that in a more round about comedic way