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NashvilleLefty

(811 posts) Mon Mar 5, 2012, 12:33 AM Mar 2012

Evangelical meme: I'm against equal rights because I have "Values"!

I've been hearing these meme more and more, especially in relation to LGBT rights - "I'm against it because I have Values!"

My first reaction is "so you're saying that I DON'T have any values?". My second thought is "well, if you don't see how you are advocating stepping all over someone's rights, then your Values are all screwed up!"

Has anyone else run into this "Values" meme?

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Evangelical meme: I'm against equal rights because I have "Values"! (Original Post) NashvilleLefty Mar 2012 OP

sure they have values. But their values are wrong. provis99 Mar 2012 #1

I am for equal rights because I have Christian values. I don't believe in discrimination. SharonAnn Mar 2012 #2

Hate is not a Family Value n/t RainDog Mar 2012 #3

Values is a code word for overt bigotry. I thought everybody knew that. stopbush Mar 2012 #4

provis99

(13,062 posts)

1. sure they have values. But their values are wrong.

Reply to NashvilleLefty (Original post)

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 12:37 AM

Mar 2012

even Nazis had values, so they're not making much of an argument...

I've found fundamentalists are immune to reasoned argument, or even coherent thought. They seem to follow the Martin Luther line:
"Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding."