{"id":3105,"date":"2011-09-15T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/09\/clint-eastwood-reminds-us-that-conservative-is-a-relative-term.html"},"modified":"2011-09-15T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:28:00","slug":"clint-eastwood-reminds-us-that-conservative-is-a-relative-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/09\/clint-eastwood-reminds-us-that-conservative-is-a-relative-term.html","title":{"rendered":"Clint Eastwood reminds us that Conservative is a relative term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2018Republican\u2019 certainly is, as Mr. Eastwood reminds us his concerns for such things as Gay Marriage runs far closer to the more progressive than the traditional Christian<\/a>.\u00a0 Many confuse the terms Conservative, Republican, and Christian, as if the three are interchangeable.\u00a0 They\u2019re not.\u00a0 There is an entire swath of secular Conservatives who are no less impatient with traditional Christian (and other religious) believers as their secular leftist counterparts.\u00a0 Others tolerate the traditional Christian insofar as they may help at the ballot box.\u00a0 Still others go even further, and can appreciate the unique contributions that Christian heritage gave to Western Culture, which they value.\u00a0 They see traditional religious values, particularly Christian values, as more or less something that goes with traditional Americana, somewhere between apple pie and baseball.\u00a0 Just which group Mr. Eastwood falls into is beyond me.\u00a0 What is clear is that his Republican identity is in no way linked to a traditional, conservative Christian identity or set of priorities.<\/p>\n

Of course his rather eloquent take on the issue, suggesting that anyone should be able to marry anyone, would be better if it were put in context.\u00a0 Does he mean adults can marry children?\u00a0 Adults can marry animals?\u00a0 Adults can have multiple spouses?\u00a0 Is he really for complete equality for all people, or is he just one more person disguising his prejudices against certain adults by making it sound like support for Gay Marriage is the only true litmus test for absolute moral superiority, tolerance, and enlightened diversity? <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio, not to be outdone, jumps in with a post-modern version of Archie Bunker\u2019s famous \u2018case closed\u2019 brand of arguing:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the most infuriating thing \u2014 watching people focus on these things,\u201d DiCaprio told GQ. \u201cMeanwhile, there\u2019s the onset of global warming and these incredibly scary and menacing things with the future of our economy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Spoken like a true sage.\u00a0 What I would love to do is say, \u201cYou\u2019re right\u00a0 Leo, let\u2019s just accept gays can\u2019t be married and drop the whole issue and focus on those other issues you say are threatening our lives.\u201d\u00a0 I can\u2019t help but think that\u2019s not what he means.\u00a0 Of course he doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 What he means is obvious.\u00a0 Problem is, like so many progressive values and standards, it\u2019s telling it like it ain\u2019t, in the hopes that nobody cares enough to notice.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Republican\u2019 certainly is, as Mr. Eastwood reminds us his concerns for such things as Gay Marriage runs far closer to the more progressive than the traditional Christian.\u00a0 Many confuse the terms Conservative, Republican, and Christian, as if the three are interchangeable.\u00a0 They\u2019re not.\u00a0 There is an entire swath of secular Conservatives who are no less […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nClint Eastwood reminds us that Conservative is a relative term<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'Republican' certainly is, as Mr. Eastwood reminds us his concerns for such things as Gay Marriage runs far closer to the more progressive than the\" \/>\n<meta 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