Oso planning to go pro
Pretty spot on. I’m vaccinated, I’m in favor of the vaccine, but I’m not big on government mandated. As for the rest, I imagine you’re a bit older than me, but you’ve summed up a sizeable millenial faction. I have numerous friends in the 25-35 range like me who lean right, especially on financial and business issues, but are decidedly a left of center on stuff like the environment, LGBTQ and social issues, etc… I’ve been homeless for awhile. It’s incredible frustrating to not want to be associated with the lunatic Bible Belt fringe that is prominent in the GOP, but also have precious little in common with the louder voices on the left and less with my peer demo who enthusiastically supports them
This describes me to a T.
Me. too.
So, to you guys - what do you do now?
So, to you guys - what do you do now?Reminds me of the dilemma with the Catholic Church. Many people left after the scandal. Many stayed.
I completely get the moderate dilemma. I consider myself just left of center. So, two election cycles ago, I was torn between a socialist and a politician whose family and history I detested. If the R's had put up Kasich or Bush, I probably would have voted R. However, when they put up Trump, I had to vote Clinton. Nothing that happened under his watch surprised me based on his history. If 0 is Bernie and 100 is Q, I rate myself in the low 40's. If I am hearing you guys correctly, you put yourself in the upper 50's, lower 60's. I have little doubt that there is room for us in the same party, or at least room for people like us to sit down in a room and hammer out some decent policy.
Clinton is a socialist? Hmmmm.
Nice. To be clear, I meant 'in the democratic primary.'
If 0 is Bernie and 100 is Q, I rate myself in the low 40's.
The fact that Q is even on the scale is a reflection of how skewed the view of 'conservative' is. I don't agree with many of Bernie's positions but I don't think there's any question that his policies are rooted in what he believes will help the majority of people in the country. You can have a debate on the shortcomings/merits/+ - impacts of those policies.Q is an insane combination of delusional conspiracy beliefs that politicians use as a grift to further their personal ambitions. There is no debating Q because it's 90% emotion and 10% substance and there is no policy associated with it.If Q is the equivalent of Bernie I'm like a 5 (everyone needs a little insanity in them). On a Bernie to Mitt Romney scale I'm somewhere in the 50's.
Sorry, I misunderstood. My bad! And my apologies.
Here's a good one that I read in this morning's Charlotte Observer ...At the YMCA of Greater Charlotte, staff balance personal safety with feasibility. The organization recommends that unvaccinated people — more than half the county’s population — wear a mask indoors, said Pamela Hempstead, the Y’s group exercise and health equity director.Hempstead, who oversees upward of 20 weekly classes, from spin to water aerobics, said enforcing these guidelines is tricky.“We are a Christian organization and it would be entirely too messy to ask people to show proof of vaccination,” she said.Dear Christian Scoopers: Can any of you explain why being Christian would make it "too messy to ask people to show proof of vaccination"?Do Christian police officers decline to ask drunk driving suspects for license and registration because, well, it would just be too messy?Do Christian pharmacists just hand out medications to anybody because asking for prescriptions would just be too messy?Of all the ridiculous things we've all read and heard during the pandemic -- and there have been hundreds, if not thousands -- that might be No. 1.
Why are asking people on this board? None of us said it. You’re a reporter, go and ask the source.
I thought maybe some Christians here might be able to offer some insight for nonbelievers why it would be "entirely too messy" for employees of a Christian organization "to ask people to show proof of vaccination."I really wasn't fishing for the kind of snarky response pbiflyer made.I'll mark you down to as either not willing or not able to discuss the subject. Thanks!
Okay, the real answer is that there is no basis in christianity to claim a reason not to ask. It was a pathetic deflection. Less snarky, more honest. Better?