tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10801966.post5361339760352860308..comments2023-10-31T05:28:09.303-07:00Comments on Fear and Loathing in Girl Pants: Everybody Wants the Nazis.k.namannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421786160958149254noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10801966.post-15712572943038638572008-05-27T06:28:00.000-07:002008-05-27T06:28:00.000-07:00So Christians don't do bad things because the ones...So Christians don't do bad things because the ones doing bad things are not real Christians?<BR/><BR/>I have a google search set up. It lets me know, impressively quickly, when every anyone blogs or otherwise uses the words Keith Lowell Jensen, Coexist? Comedy or Scott Namanny in Hot Pants.KLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07518406972256513476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10801966.post-36988304088003155612008-05-27T06:20:00.000-07:002008-05-27T06:20:00.000-07:00Keith is back--and sharp as a tack!Thanks for gett...Keith is back--and sharp as a tack!Thanks for getting yo dander up.<BR/><BR/>This entry was actually an experiment in two things. First, I wanted an excuse to bring up the Godwin Rule, which is, exactly as Keith has stated, hilarious as it is dangerous. To be applied with caution, etc. (And sorry, Keith, I had to misstate your argument so as to overwork the point for effect. I knew you'd clear it up. Which brings us to the second purpose).<BR/><BR/>I wanted to see how fast I could get a person to look at the blog by using their entire name multiple times. Or, rather, I wanted to see if my blog came up when someone googled Keith Lowell Jensen. (Or any other name, it just so happened there was an harmonic convergence of theme). <BR/><BR/>Finally, of course the fact that the audience of downtown hipsters is diverse is part of the point. I did refer to them as Hitlers, yes, but it was knowing that I was one of them at the time and chiefly to illustrate the value of the Godwin Rule. I've blogged enough about being cautious of "grouping people you disagree with into groups" (to use your words) or dismissing them unfairly to have to defend my almost pointless illustration. My own bias here, the only bias at issue, is my bias against people using the Nazi card lightly, which EVERYONE I MENTIONED HERE does, (including me, to make the point). I do not fall for the Hitler as atheist blah any more than I fall for the Nazis as people of faith bile. <BR/><BR/>P.S. Hitler had no faith in Christ, given that he did not follow even one of his teachings. And the "cardinals and such" with whom he circulated were no more christian than you. <BR/>P.P.S "raw umbrage" is golden! I love Keith!s.k.namannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03421786160958149254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10801966.post-16370927374139737672008-05-26T13:18:00.000-07:002008-05-26T13:18:00.000-07:00The argument I made was grossly misstated. I merel...The argument I made was grossly misstated. I merely took umbrage (raw umbrage?) with the concept of faith which to me amounts to a blind devotion in the absence of scientific reasoning. I do argue that this kind of "faith" is easily manipulated for evil and the Nazis are a prime example. <BR/><BR/>The Godwin rule is very funny and I'm guessing the downtown hipsters you cite will agree. But one must be cautious not to rule out discussing Nazis when it is relevant to the issue. It is certainly a period in history that must be remembered not only so that it's extremes are not repeated but so that it can be an extreme example of why lesser tyrannies are to be avoided as well. <BR/><BR/>And be cautious about letting your own bias allow you to group those who you may disagree with into a group (the downtown hipsters.) I happen to know that the audience in question was quite diverse, many Christians a few Hindus, even (GASP) some Mormons were in the crowd. There is no doubt some other didactic blogger out there referring to that crowd deridingly and counting YOU as one of the downtown hipsters. I bet the over whelming majority of that crowd and any other, are individuals who are sure they are the outsiders amidst a group.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, don't get suckered in by the Hitler as atheist camp. He professed his faith in Christ and in the Christian church and traveled constantly in the company of cardinals and such. Yes he killed religious people but he did so as religious people as always done, he killed those who were of the WRONG religion in his eyes.KLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07518406972256513476noreply@blogger.com