Short but oh-so-sweet! More and more our Well-known Worthies are abandoning the Sinking Titanic!
In all of its glory, to round out your week:
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Quarter page ad
New York Times, June 29,2001
Terrorized by "Tolerance"
Lately, accusations of "intolerance" have chilled free speech. Armed with baseless charges of "racism", "anti-Semitism" and "homophobia", the enforcers of "tolerance" intimidate civic and religious leaders, and the rest of us too, who tremble lest we violate its dictates.
But at Toward Tradition, a national coalition of Jews and Christians, we've taken a look at the Torah and found it isn't particularly "tolerant" ...
In 2001, tolerance means you can't say anything is "right" or "wrong" anymore ... So the enforcers support a drift to moral relativism and general chaos. This drift includes:
Increasingly pornographic entertainment:
Assaults on the dignity of human life, and the equation of humans with animals:
Hostility to police officers and soldiers:
Suburban public schools transformed into political-indoctrination centers, and urban schools into violent, education-free zones:
A massive state bureaucracy hostile to faith, in fact all authority except state authority:
These developments are especially ominous for Jews. A coarsened public life undercuts respect for all moral values, including respect for minorities. An ever-expanding government is more likely than a limited one to grow tyrannical. A demeaned police force and military can guarantee neither our safety nor our freedom, including freedom of religion and continued national prosperity including Jewish prosperity, requires a strong free market. [Something a bit askew here...]
Toward Tradition calls on all Americans of good will to overturn the idol of "tolerance" and rally to the defense of our nation's core values: Biblical morality, Constitutional liberty, patriotism and prosperity. For this, moral cowards among the cultural elite may call us "intolerant". Let them. We will no longer be terrorized by tolerance.
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Thought for the Day:
"Mend your speech a little, lest you may mar your fortunes."
(William Shakespeare)