Comments for A Hateful Outrage at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 10:52:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9468 The principle of the double effect is discussed in this Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article, recently revised and may be read online. - Charles E Flynn Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:55:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9467 When one does not believe in a transcendent God, to whose goodness and wisdom none of us can measure up, then the Next Big Thing in sight becomes a god. I've been arguing that there are three candidates for Next Big Thing. In my mind they go by the names Baal, Pharaoh, and Adam: Nature, the State, and the Self. The Left now worships at the altars of all three, by turns. The secular Right worships at the altar of Adam, with sometimes a nod to Baal, and a nod to Pharaoh when he's on the warpath. A pox on 'em all. The most disgusting thing about all this is the baldfaced bigotry. President Obama dares to say that if the Republicans got their way, Down Syndrome children would die. Indeed, if the Republicans got their way, Down Syndrome children would BE BORN; and the "cure" for Down Syndrome, the test to make sure we filter them out of the gene pool, would be made illegal, as the filthy and hardhearted thing it is. Meanwhile, it's fair game on the Left to go after the Catholic Church. Someday it may be fair game on the secular Right, too; but for now, they're making nice-nice. We should call the Bigots out as Bigots, pure and simple. Nobody would dare to require Quaker schools to offer ROTC programs, lest they lose federal support. Nobody would dare to require yeshivas to serve non-kosher food. The attacks on the Church are purely vicious -- nobody is denied a latex balloon or an estrogen pill just because the Church won't pay for one; just as ROTC programs are easy to find, and delis that serve ham and cheese sandwiches. - Tony Esolen Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:45:06 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9466 Decent people continue to be shocked by these kinds of attacks coming from the end of the political spectrum that promotes itself as the caring, feeling, end becuase decent foks find it hard to accept that those who advertizing themselves as Liberals are in fact Radicals. The Liberals of the past, many of whom were influecned by Catholic Social Teaching, would be shocked at the beliefs, methods, and goals of the Radical wolves of today disguised as Liberal sheep, falsely using the name of a proud, America, Christian tradition. The views of the Radicals are closer to those of Marx than those Pope Leo XIII or Pope Pius IX. It is this very Marxist certainty about the righteouness of their cause that enbables them to stop at nothing in smearing those whom they believe to be class enemies. Yes, many of them are rich, but they see themselves as belonging to the Revolutionary Class, and they can justify their material excesses just as Kim Jong-Il could justify those of his ruling elite. I suppose you might accuse me of crossing the line and exceeding the bounds of deceny. I make no apologies for telling the truth about the Revolutionary Class which is using every means available to drive Christiantiy out of pubic life and have our children worshiping at the altars of Kinsey, Sanger, and Alinsky on thier way to the Temple of Marx. - Thomas C. Coleman, Jr. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:43:56 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9465 One should brace themselves for an avalanche of vituperative villification as Rick Santorum assumes more prominence as a candidate. The mindset of the media, leftist academia and the rest of the cultural relatavists is that he(Santorum) must be destroyed. - willie Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:33:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9463 I have beem following Santorum for some time now because I admire his conviction to stand up for what he believes, especially the social issues. He isn't a "pure" Republican because of some of his more liberal and bigger government support for those in need, and he is more consistent here with Catholic social justice teaching than with the Republican party position. Yet, the Republican party is closer to Catholic teaching regarding abortion and many of the life issues than the Democratic party. While I don't agree with Santorum (or any politician, for that matter) on every issue, I agree with him on many and think that he represents my thinking more than any other. The politics of destroying the person, rather than their position, is abhorrent and shameful. It also begs the question of whether or not they really have any substantive arguements on the merits of the position. My personal experience has been that when people can't argue the merits of their position against yours, then they resort to character assassination, which those with character will not participate in. Unfortunately, it seems that American politics has been going down this road for quite a while now, much to the detriment of the whole process and the misinformation about candidate positions, in general, which does not contribute to a well-informed electorate. - Jenny Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:57:36 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9462 Santorum would have my vote were it not for his failure to remember Jesus' injunction to love thy enemy. Rick's extremely hawkish foreign policy views -- he would bomb Iran if it didn't bow to his demand to pursue nuclear weapons -- are more than enough to offset his otherwise admirable virtues. - Grump Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:47:18 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9461 @Jeannine: It wasn't just that Santorum was talking about social conservative issues; it was the fact that, by featuring his disabled daughter Bella in one of his ads, that prompted Douthat to make his remarks. And I can kinda see his point. It's one thing for the opposition to bring up your family "out of left field", as it were, but another when you use your own family history for your political ends. Douthat didn't quite say he deserved the hatefulness, but rather that Santorum should have expected such a blowback. At its best, American politics can be a dirty fight, and you should never bring into it a weapon that can be turned against you. Having said that, it still doesn't justify the hatefulness of the left, and the attacks on Santorum really illustrate the extent to which the Culture of Death has corrupted our society. - Anthony S. Layne Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:25:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/a-hateful-outrage.html#comment-9459 I, too, thought it strange that Ross Douthat ended his article by saying that, in effect, Santorum deserved this treatment. How dare Santorum bring up those touchy social conservative issues! The comments on Douthat's article are a window into the hatred that some people indulge about the abortion issue. - Jeannine Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:44:26 +0100