Comments on: Attack of the Blithes: Cleansing our World of the Filth http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth Sat, 25 May 2013 20:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Megan http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-3239 Megan Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:12:48 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-3239 Thank you! I really was trying to walk that fine line between it being obvious satire and being subtle. I appreciate your kind words!

]]> By: traumachick http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-3238 traumachick Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:01:43 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-3238 I am ashamed to have NOT seen this as satirical at first, re-reading with the new information, I am glad to say I thoroughly enjoyed your piece. Initially I thought you were the daughter of George Orwell…..lol….Well written, clever, your professor should be ashamed….A++!!!!

]]> By: Dragos240 http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2588 Dragos240 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:30:59 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2588 Thank you for this lovely piece of satire. It really shows how silly the arguments used on homosexuals sound when turned on heterosexuals. I was actually thinking of writing a book based on similar ideas. It would have been based in an alternate dimention where homosexuals outnumbered heterosexuals and heterosexuality was considered taboo. All reproduction would have been done in government approved pregnancy centres.

]]> By: Mark http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2586 Mark Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:25:56 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2586 Megan I love this so much so I had to share it so others could read your wonderfully satirical article with others. Hopefully the point is makes will not be missed by many.

]]> By: Megan, too http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2338 Megan, too Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:11:01 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2338 I found a copy of the one we actually used. There are a few other questions not on the one in the link that I would like to share. Statistics show that lesbians have the lowest incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. Is it really safe for a woman to maintain a heterosexual lifestyle and run the risk of disease and pregnancy? How can you become a whole person if you limit yourself to compulsive, exclusive heterosexuality? Considering the menace of overpopultion, how could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual? Could you trust a heterosexual therapist to be objective? Don’t you feel that s/he might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his/her leanings?
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I thought it was really funny when my prof handed it out. She required us to answer all of them (a very difficult task, by the way).

]]> By: Kolenka http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2291 Kolenka Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:11:29 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2291 The problem I have with this response is that ‘sin’ is being used as a reason to intervene with the rights and privileges of others. Passing and enforcement of which costs time and money. Sodomy laws are a great example of fundamentalist politics that consume money for little to no benefit of the public at large. Today’s crop of Republicans are less conservative than I’d like, and acting more on some weird idea of a moral high ground than anything else.

And the problem I have with the response below is that it is a fallacy to assume that because we are dealing with a rights issue, we cannot also deal with the fiscal issues. Last time I checked, it is possible to chew gum and walk at the same time. It is also possible to put too many people on the task of working out some financial solution, and so why not deal with some other issues with those resources? To do otherwise is waste.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2263 Wayne Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:49:00 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2263 I say the social entitlements like the Earned Income Tax credit are Socialistic and have truely hijacked this country. But maybe it’s better do deal with the unimportant issues related to our countries crisis and deal with a moral issue that has nothing to do with what you claim.

Sadness.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2262 Wayne Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:44:16 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2262 Lol

Not only spin but imagination too.

How does calling something sin yield government control?

How do conservatives hijack or try to grow government by call something sin?

]]> By: Kaelyn http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2256 Kaelyn Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:26:31 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2256 Beautiful. I can imagine any number of hets I work with being horrified and outraged. woo hoo! I’m happily bi, and a witch to boot, the hijacking of our political process by right wingnuts who want to force everyone to do what they think is right yet claim they want “small government” disgusts me. Beautiful piece.

I sincerely hope you got an A. Does it qualify as a “manifesto”? Eh, that depends on your definition. Is it an excellent piece of satire and commentary with a very effective use of rhetoric? Definitely, and if you didn’t get an A, you were robbed, and your teacher needs to have their personal prejudices checked.

Might I suggest you submit it to the Advocate? and the New Yorker?

]]> By: Wayne http://www.theatheistpig.com/2012/06/12/attack-of-the-blithes-cleansing-our-world-of-the-filth/#comment-2255 Wayne Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:50:50 +0000 http://www.theatheistpig.com/?p=459#comment-2255 It’s obvious that it’s satire. He even called it satire. Why are you avoiding the facts of what was said.

Why must he be a Republican? I’m guessing he’s definetly a conservative because he speaks his mind and addresses the facts.

You on the other had are clearly avoiding facts.

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