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Slacktivist catches one prominent Southern Baptist displeased that Christianity Today profiles of prominent Christian women “regards high-achieving women excelling in their respective fields as something to be celebrated.” Slate looks at one particular female bete noir, a female evangelical who doesn’t make the cut for some conservatives.
•Salon suggests blaming Ayn Rand for football-team owners trying to crush the referees. I think that’s debatable—irrational ego-before-profits decisions certainly predate Atlas Shrugged—but read and decide for yourself. Roy Edroso meanwhile catches the right explaining it’s all the referees’ fault.
•A dubious argument from Ann Althouse that borrowing Native American imagery can’t have racist overtones.
•A growing number of Americans would be disappointed if their child married someone from the opposite political party.
•One study finds 96 percent of Americans have benefited from government support, coming in such diverse forms as food stamps, tax breaks for mortgage interest, the GI Bill and more.
•Lawyers, Guns and Money on the First Amendment.
•Ted Koppel embraces the myth that both sides are equally extreme and intolerant.
•Wild Hunt looks at ongoing Christian propaganda paganism is Satanist and leads to demonic possession.
•Echidne looks at how stereotypes of parenting (and which sex is in charge of the children) play into portrayals of stepmothers. One study, for instance, found stepmothers generally do a poor job stepping in as prime caregiver, but doesn’t suggest birth fathers have any obligation.
•A Fox News commentator asserts that Bush brought peace to the Mideast for 10 years, but Obama’s too weak to do the same. This combines both an outright lie (the Middle East has not been at peace since 2002) with the stereotype of wimpy Democrats.
There’s also the usual denunciations of Islam as “a socio-political system… If something comes along and says it is a religion but it has to control all aspects of government, if something controls all aspects of government it simply is not a religion.” So presumably since many Christians believe in a government run on Christian principles, the same logic applies?
•You may have heard this story: A Reddit user condemns a Sikh woman for her facial hair, then apologizes. Proof there is hope for some people.
•After celebrating Romney for kicking Obama’s butt in the debate, right-bloggers are shocked, shocked and appalled that Biden wasn’t polite to Ryan! When they play this card, remember: The only time they think conversation should be civil is when they take flak. And as one alicublog commenter observed recently, civility should take a back place to calling someone out on their lies.
I’m also amused by David Brooks who asserts that Biden lost in the eyes of Young America because he’s a throwback to an earlier, hard-knuckle school of politics and Ryan’s from the more civilized current style. Pundits normally celebrate the older era as gloriously bipartisan in contrast to today’s bitter divisions … but of course, that’s when they’re complaining Democrats don’t move far enough right.