tytlyf
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Why would the NY Times editors publish an editorial blaming evangelicals for corona?
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tytlyf
Not Religious
The radical right does. It's cult-approved facts & journalism.
The problem America has is there are more dumb people than intelligent. It's a genes thing, happens at birth.
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The article in question is from the NYT,
which is hardly "far-right".
I quoted the text from it for all to read.
You don't dispute its existence, do you?
esmith
Veteran Member
Now Now Rev be nice to the children
"When the so-called private sector is supposed to have the answer to nearly every problem, it’s hard to deal effectively with the very public problem of a pandemic and its economic consequences. But if you examine the political roots of the life-threatening belief in the privatization of nearly everything, you’ll see that When the so-called private sector is supposed to have the answer to every problem, it’s hard to deal effectively with the very public problem of a pandemic and its economic consequences. Christian nationalism played a major role in creating and promoting the economic foundations of America’s incompetent response to the pandemic.. nationalism played a major role in creating and promoting the economic foundations of America’s incompetent response to the pandemic.
I added a couple of qualifiers in red. Now the sentences are factually accurate.
Now, does that mean you can accept to truth of the last sentence, in blue?
Tom
PS The c/p function was making me crazy. I think I fixed it.
I added a couple of qualifiers in red. Now the sentences are factually accurate.
Now, does that mean you can accept to truth of the last sentence, in blue?
Tom
PS The c/p function was making me crazy. I think I fixed it.
What I'm disputing is the truth of the OP.
The article didn't blame evangelicals for the virus.
Until we get past that lie, there's not much point in conversation about the rest of it.
Tom
InChrist
Free4ever
I assume you don’t read the Bible, so you don’t know how many passages are devoted to warnings about false teachers and wolves in sheep’s clothing. If you are aware of these passages, why do you think they are there?
I have read the Bible.
I know about those passages.
Like other RF members, I consider you one of the false teachers.
Oh well.
Tom
Good advice.
I'm in hot water, but not yet scalded.
The OP was reasonable.
But you're not when calling it a "lie".
There's room for interpretation.
Sorry, I forgot to tag you in post #45.
My response to your post about the non-factual.
The opinion piece did not blame evangelicals for the virus. Anybody who read it could see that. I do not think the OP made a small error. It was a calculated and false assertion, as far as I can tell. Totally partisan.
Tom
Goodness, you've little charity for those you disagree with.
whirlingmerc
Well-Known Member
Is NY Times right? Are (white) evangelicals responsible for spread of COVID-19?
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The Times headline is bold and provocative: “The Road to Coronavirus Hell Was Paved by Evangelicals.” Yes,
and....
Stewart also fails to mention, by name, leading evangelical pastors who are close to Trump and who have fully complied with his guidelines. Is that because this doesn’t fit her narrative?
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Which facts are you disputing are indeed facts?
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
The link is to an article in Breitbart......do you have any reliable sources?
His link had one to the NYT.
I posted another link, & the full text on the 1st page.
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
You have linked to one of the least factual rags on the planet. The opinion piece (OPINION...not news) did not blame the virus on anyone....go read the actual article.
The piece opined that the fact that Trump's base is solidly evangelical skewed his response to the pandemic away from science-based responses. The Evangelical right is notably anti-science.
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
I don't think he read the NYT article to fact check the Brietbart rag.
The article did not blame Evangelicals of the virus. It pointed out that in catering to his evangelical base, Trump had skewed his response away from what the science was telling us.
Another explanation is that Trump is science illiterate.