Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
So, you just don't care how anyone else defines it, including Merriam Webster or
Brittanica or anyone else, it means to everyone what it means to you. What do
Webster and Brittanica know, anyway? Now, that's an open-minded way of looking at it.
Oh come on. It's a word with religious connotations, whichever way you slice it.
So, let's say your right. Farrakhan thinks that Obama is a religious figure and thinks we should worship him. What are the implications of
Farrakhan thinking and saying this?
The implications are people don't think for themselves and they'll jump on the Obama-Is-The-S*** bandwagon because it's the popular, exciting thing
to do.
I mean, Pat Robertson thinks feminists kill their husbands, practice witchcraft and become lesbians...
While Robertson is a quack, he never attributed religious or redeemer status on feminists. Or suggested our redeemer can be found among the
feminists. Come on.
The only people who think there's a "Cult of Obama" are people who hate him. No one worships him and it wouldn't really matter if they did because
it doesn't reflect on him, it reflects on them.
I didn't say cult of Obama. I said cult of personality, which is different. This is celebrity worship at its finest. His followers are quick to
dismiss anything shady about him because they want to believe he is all they want him to be. You also are quick to brush off any kind of criticism of
him. And before you flame me for being a neo-con whatever, understand that I'm not a fan of either side. But what I'm witnessing happening among
the Obama crowd is just staggering. The rush to shrug off any hint of his involvement in shady deals or relationships and to quickly accept his
promise of change, knowing full well that this change is fundamentally opposed to the founding ideals of our country leaves me absolutely gobsmacked.
I think Obama's followers are so caught up in the excitement of his campaign that they can no longer think objectively. Just as is the case for
blind followers of any celebrity. Ooooh, there he is, isn't he wonderful, wow, if only I could meet him, he's so amazing... And up on the pedestal
he goes.
EXACTLY! Don't you see how silly it is to be upset or offended by something this man says or thinks?
Because he knows he has people who listen, and he knows the power of words. And he knows how to get people to follow because he knows most people
stopped thinking for themselves long ago.
[edit on 10/10/08 by GirlNextDoor]
[edit on 10/10/08 by GirlNextDoor]
and that there is a ufo
waiting near the moon to beam them up on judgment day
