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Progressive Catechesis

It's almost irrelevant whether we call progressivism a religion or a substitute for religion. Either way, in the really committed progressive, it functions as a religion, providing a coherent world-view and a guide to right thought and right conduct. Here's a young mother on MSNBC gently guiding her daughter in the way she should go:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640

The name of the segment, "Political Playground," says everything about the place of politics in one's (progressive) life.

Krystal Ball? If that's not a married name, I bet her schoolmates had fun with it.

Maclin Horton
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7 responses to “Progressive Catechesis”

  1. Janet

    Not nice on a full stomach.
    AMDG

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  2. Mac

    I was eating lunch while I posted it and found that the distraction of eating was actually helpful.

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  3. Rob G

    This is a very nice parody of such shenanigans — just got it from a friend a couple days ago, so it’s quite timely!
    http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2013/04/08/130408sh_shouts_rudnick

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  4. Mac

    That’s funny, Rob.

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  5. Janet

    There’s a whole blog like that somewhere. I can’t remember where I saw it. I think Simcha linked to it. I don’t know how this woman keeps thinking up the stuff she has on there.
    AMDG

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  6. Janet

    Having thought more about this, the aspect of this little lesson is the dishonesty of it. I think that we are supposed to think that instead of just telling her daughter what is right and wrong, she is ostensibly drawing the “correct” answer out of the child by asking these questions–implying that children innately know that you should just be able to marry anybody you want even if they are the same sex. But it’s not true. The girl’s first response was about husbands and wives.
    I would have had more respect for the woman, even though I would have disagreed with her, if she had just taught her daughter what she believed. That’s her job.
    AMDG

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  7. Mac

    Yes, and we’re supposed to conclude “See, it’s obvious even to a child that boys can marry boys etc.” Imagine how the target audience, or this woman, would react to a video of Christian leading a child to the “correct” answer in a similar way. “Since Jesus is good, shouldn’t everybody love Jesus?”
    There’s also the slightly ominous sense that there’s a progression toward the question “What do you think should be done about those people who say you can’t marry a girl?”

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