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wakemeupwhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-12-08 10:39 PM
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Most excellent new blogger at Huffpost.
This guy is great. I'm really looking forward to reading more.

Moral Relativism and the Right

Posted May 11, 2008 | 08:53 PM (EST)

One of the more popular phrases used by the Right to describe the Left is "moral relativists."

"Good golly, Chip, these liberals have no sense of good and evil. They have no appreciation for the fact that there is Real Evil in the world, and that stems from their moral relativism! They accept that a bad deed is not quite so bad in certain instances. But we know that evil is always evil, right, Chip?"

"Right you are, Skip. Some things are always evil. Like hating freedom."

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But in this case, with all apologies to the title of Arianna Huffington's new book, the Right is right. For the most part, we on the Left side of the political divide -- along with most thoughtful types -- recognize that morality is a mushy subject. Stealing a loaf of bread to feed one's family is not the same thing as, say, draining a pension fund and stealing millions from hapless workers who will then have to steal bread to feed their families.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-sweeney/moral-relativism-and-the_b_101238.html
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CabalPowered Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 01:54 AM
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1. Kicking for the late crowd
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 09:03 AM
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2. :thumbsup:
Recommending.

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Puglover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:29 AM
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3. Done.
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wakemeupwhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 11:50 AM
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4. tiny kick.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 02:45 PM
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5. Big Huge Kick
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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 05:13 PM
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6. That was right on the nose.
(I was wondering where all the mods had gone.)
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 05:18 PM
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7. Well said.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 11:00 PM
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8. kick. n/t
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