The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[TJ in Oregon]

That's why the wis-dems and even the national dems are so prone to making huge blunders.  They live in these bubble-enclaves that are surrounded by reality.  Mob mentality is a natural result of their situation.  It's unhealthy. 

Have you ever been to Madison, Miles?

[TJ in Oregon]

I knew I was gonna get criticized for posting that.

Broadly speaking yes, although I'd dispute some of the specifics. If you're a serious Christian you're taking a serious gamble putting your kids in the public schools. I know I'll be homeschooling mine.

Not sure how one can justify this, though.

Why would that be absurd? I don't agree with it, but why is that in here? Isn't it obvious why he would consider it a gamble to send kids to public schools? The schools aren't allowed to teach Christianity so he likely views the moral code they would be teaching his children to be flawed in some way.

And Scott, why do you post so many things in here that aren't absurd just because you disagree with them?

[TJ in Oregon]

I knew I was gonna get criticized for posting that.

Broadly speaking yes, although I'd dispute some of the specifics. If you're a serious Christian you're taking a serious gamble putting your kids in the public schools. I know I'll be homeschooling mine.

Not sure how one can justify this, though.

Why would that be absurd? I don't agree with it, but why is that in here? Isn't it obvious why he would consider it a gamble to send kids to public schools? The schools aren't allowed to teach Christianity so he likely views the moral code they would be teaching his children to be flawed in some way.

And Scott, why do you post so many things in here that aren't absurd just because you disagree with them?

Personally, I've never had a problem with the public schools I've gone to and rarely do I hear talk of sending someone's kids to them to be more of a 'gamble' than if the child learns in any other type of school, so the remark came off as weird to me.  I see no reason why someone can't learn the traditional curriculum in public school alongside religious studies privately and I really don't have a problem if someone goes to either a public or private school, as long as the science curriculum isn't modified so that students are taught certain things which, quite simply, can't be backed scientifically.

If I find a post absurd, I put it here.  What constitutes as absurd varies by individual.  But if we have to be politically correct about everything, maybe next time I'll post them in the Comedy Goldmine or something like that.

When did he say anything about science?

[TJ in Oregon]

I knew I was gonna get criticized for posting that.

Broadly speaking yes, although I'd dispute some of the specifics. If you're a serious Christian you're taking a serious gamble putting your kids in the public schools. I know I'll be homeschooling mine.

Not sure how one can justify this, though.

Why would that be absurd? I don't agree with it, but why is that in here? Isn't it obvious why he would consider it a gamble to send kids to public schools? The schools aren't allowed to teach Christianity so he likely views the moral code they would be teaching his children to be flawed in some way.

And Scott, why do you post so many things in here that aren't absurd just because you disagree with them?

Personally, I've never had a problem with the public schools I've gone to and rarely do I hear talk of sending someone's kids to them to be more of a 'gamble' than if the child learns in any other type of school, so the remark came off as weird to me.  I see no reason why someone can't learn the traditional curriculum in public school alongside religious studies privately and I really don't have a problem if someone goes to either a public or private school, as long as the science curriculum isn't modified so that students are taught certain things which, quite simply, can't be backed scientifically.

If I find a post absurd, I put it here.  What constitutes as absurd varies by individual.  But if we have to be politically correct about everything, maybe next time I'll post them in the Comedy Goldmine or something like that.

When did he say anything about science?

Not the point.

Then what is? You want to prevent him from being able to teach his kids his religious beliefs? Or you want to put him in a situation where he would have his kids potentially being taught two different moralities, one at home and one at school? When you ban religion from everywhere else, you also effectively ban some people from those things as well.

And you don't even need to bother quoting this into the Deluge since it's already here.