(January 18, 2012 at 7:51 pm)Rwandrall Wrote: Double standards...
We say "yeah fuck their sensibilities", yet we protest the Westborough Baptist Church's signs or Fox News' stupidity...
Insulting people for no purpose other than being smug and condescending is not being a brave voice defying the social norms...it's being an asshole.
So if offending people who havnt done anything to him is so important, then, well, ouch
I suppose one could argue that they just want to show xtians they don't have the market on being an asshole cornered. But if what we really want is to move toward the social mainstream, then yours may be the voice of reason here. Some may deserve to be treated in kind but it might be better to avoid collateral damage where possible.