Hypocrisy of Left Wingers and Atheists and the #NotAll Hash Tag or “Not All” Rhetoric
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REMINDER
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(Edit, Sept 2016. My views have shifted somewhat in the last couple of years, since I last wrote this post. I am still right wing but more moderate now.)
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(However, I do not always agree with other conservatives about topics, or how to handle those topics.)
If you’re feeling very confused or duped at this point, as in, “Hey, I’ve been visiting this blog for months now, or I followed you on Twitter, and I thought you are liberal, and that you hate conservatives and Christianity like I do?!”
No, you have misunderstood me or my positions.
Just because I am sometimes critical of Christians, or how Christians and conservatives sometimes pontificate about certain matters, does not mean I am against either one or that I am automatically a liberal who supports abortion, Democrats, Obama, or homosexuality.
You might want to see this blog’s “About” page for more about my views. I tend to criticize other right wingers more so than left wingers on this blog, but this is one of those posts where I have to criticize the left.
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Hypocrisy of Left Wingers and Atheists and the #NotAll Hash Tag or “Not All” Rhetoric
Secular feminists hate men who interject into feminist conversations online – or in real life – about sexism and rape apologia to say, “But not all men are like that; I am not.”
Feminists are annoyed over this common behavior to the point they started using the “#NotAllMen” hash tag on Twitter and blogs.
If you’re not familiar with the history of, or the bruhaha over, the “Not All Men” phenomenon, you can read more about it on Time magazine’s site here:
(Link): Not All Men: A Brief History of Every Dude’s Favorite Argument, by Jess Zimmerman.
(Edit. Since I wrote this post, I read one source that says that it was men who started use of the “#NotAllMen” hash to counter balance the feminist “#YesAllWomen” hash, but by the time I started seeing “#NotAllMen” it was being used by feminists against sexist men.)
Not too long ago, in a conversation in the comments on a left wing site under an article criticizing a famous conservative journalist’s position about something related to sexism, I pointed out that not all conservatives and Republicans see eye- to- eye on every issue, so please don’t assume that one journalist’s views on that one issue are indicative of all conservatives – as the author of the article I was commenting on seemed to imply.
I also pointed out in that same post that I myself, who am a conservative Republican, did not totally support conservatives on the particular topic under discussion, and some rude, liberal, Democratic jackass at that site gave me a sarcastic comment and dismissed my view by sarcastically using the “#Not All Conservatives” hash.
(Among other snarky commentary from that person. This person was truly being an assh-le for no good reason.
I said nothing to that point to provoke snarky, condescending remarks from anyone.
After that person was rude to me, and only afterwards, did I tell her she was rude and could kiss my ass, but prior to that, before her rudeness, I was being polite.)
On the one hand, I can certainly understand why, for example, women may find it rude or annoying when their feminist conversation about male privilege or sexism gets interrupted by some man interjecting to say, “But I am a man, and I respect women” because that can seem to diminish the experiences of sexism by women who are discussing the topic.
On the other hand, nobody likes seeing a group they are a member of, or sympathetic to, being generalized unfairly, or painted with a broad-brush.
Liberals are often hypocritical on this point. And they are also terribly blinded to their hypocrisy.
#NOT ALL MUSLIMS
For example, any time a conservative points out that quite a number of Muslims are terribly sexist against women (e.g., honor killings of female rape victims, extreme modesty teaching which blames women for male sexual crimes or male misbehavior, the practice of female genital mutilation, forced marriages of young girls to old men – are all common beliefs or practices in Islamic communities)-
Or, when conservatives make the true observation that most terrorism in the world today is carried out by Muslims (enjoy this site, or this one (*and see a few more links at the bottom of this post)), your left wingers will quickly exclaim,
“But not all Muslims are like that! I’ve even known some Muslims personally, and they are very nice people.”
Hence, we see #Not All Muslims at play by left wingers in conversations about terrorism. Often.
#NOT ALL ATHEISTS
When I have visited theologically liberal or ex- Christian sites, which are sometimes populated by self-professing atheists (who usually claim to be former Christians), they get angry when Christians point to news stories of atheists who get arrested for murder, or rape, or what have you.
Immediately, the atheists, or theologically liberal Christians, start saying (this one seems to comes up on Stuff Christian Culture Likes Facebook group about once a week it seems, eg. in (Link): this discussion),
“How long until conservative Christians point to this news story of this atheist murdering this child as proof that all atheists are unethical, murdering slugs? Don’t they know that not all atheists are killers or child molesters?”
Yes, I sometimes see anti-Christian atheists bring out the “#NotAllAtheist” commentary.
However, many times, these same atheists like to bring up the Christian “#Not All Christian” habit of saying, “Maybe the preacher arrested for child rape was not a ‘real’ Christian,” by mentioning the “No True Scotsman” fallacy (you can read more about that here or here).
You can see examples of Non-Christians complaining about the alleged Christian use of “No True Scotsman” (Link): here (link is to SCCL Facebook group page, a group which runs from theologically liberal to atheistic).
Let us review.
Some atheists get angry at Christians who assume all, or most atheists, are immoral scum balls, but atheists do not mind assuming these things are true of all Christians.
Atheists detest the #NotAllChristians tactic by Christians, vis a vis the “No True Scotsman” stance, but atheists don’t hesitate to scream #NotAllAtheists in similar contexts.
Oh, I see. We want to make exceptions for our side but not the other side; how convenient.
We want to be angry atheists snarking on Christians all day long and pointing out Christian flaws, but Flying Spaghetti Monster forbid if Christians mention crimes or misbehavior by atheists! Talk about a double standard.
NO TRUE SCOTSMAN
I hate to disappoint the die-hard, irrational, frothing- at- the mouth variety of atheists out there (and many of you are indeed irrational – your hatred for God and Christians is based on emotion or personal dislike of Christians, not due to intellect or dispassionate reason as is often claimed), the “No Scotsman Fallacy” does not totally apply to Christianity to start with.
Jesus Christ himself taught that not all who consider themselves Christians are in fact actual, real, genuine followers of his, even if they do claim to be so.
See for example, (Link): this biblical passage or (Link): this one or (Link): this one.
#NOT ALL HOMOSEXUALS
I’ve noticed that any time crimes or bigotry by homosexuals against heterosexuals, other homosexuals, or other groups, are brought up on blogs or news sites, especially on forums or blogs that tend to have a large segment of left wingers, most of the left wingers are quick to jump in with the “not all homosexuals” argumentation.
One case in point was a recent letter to the “Ask Amy” advice columnist.
Here is a link to the letter:
(Link): Mom worries about gym teacher in locker room
Here is the letter:
DEAR AMY:
- My seventh-grade daughter’s female gym teacher is openly gay. None of the parents or kids has a problem with this.
The issue is that she observes the girls changing into and out of their gym clothes, and my daughter and many of her peers feel very uncomfortable having a lesbian watch them walk around in their underwear.
I’m afraid to say anything because I worry that my daughter will be given a “special area” to change, and it will make her feel awkward.
I understand that seventh-graders need supervision in the locker room, but it seems to me the school should know that it may not be appropriate to have a lesbian in the locker room with young girls!
By the way, the teacher has never behaved unprofessionally — nor is anyone worried that she might — it is simply an issue of discomfort.
What’s the right answer that respects everyone involved? — Concerned Mom
Here is part of Amy’s reply:
DEAR CONCERNED:
- …You might start this conversation by letting your daughter know that there is a likelihood some of her fellow students at school or on sports teams are also lesbians, and that in this environment, along with trusting her instincts, she also has to trust other people (gay and straight) to have integrity.
You seem to think that because this teacher is a lesbian, she may also be attracted to — or be an unhealthy presence — for girls.
Judging by the preponderance of recent alarming news reports of improper sexual relationships between teachers and students, a student is much more likely to be hit on by a heterosexual teacher than a gay one.
— (end Amy letter)—
First of all, notice that Amy’s tact here is pretty much a “Not All Homosexuals” argument. She even goes further to use a “Most All Heteros” argument.
Amy is telling the mother who wrote the letter not to assume that just because a female gym teacher is lesbian that this necessarily means that the teacher is viewing the students in a sexual manner or will “hit” on them.
That may very well be true, but note the “Not All Lesbians” rhetoric is being employed in the first place.
When I visited sites that published copies of this letter and had a comment section, I noted that many of the commentators left statements to the effect of “the gym teacher’s sexual preference should not be an issue, as not all homosexuals prey on children.”
It was remarkable how often the “Not All Homosexuals” cliche’ kept popping up under this particular “Ask Amy” letter and previous ones like it, that mentioned homosexual people.
Secondly, per Amy’s comment that
- “Judging by the preponderance of recent alarming news reports of improper sexual relationships between teachers and students, a student is much more likely to be hit on by a heterosexual teacher than a gay one”
there are more heterosexuals than homosexuals in American culture, so it would mathematically figure that there are more hetero predators than homosexual ones, based on “counting noses” of sexual offenders alone.
However, based on various studies I have seen over the past ten or more years, there is a HIGHER PERCENTAGE of pedophiles among homosexuals than heteros.
- Using phallometric test sensitivities to calculate the proportion of true pedophiles among various groups of sex offenders against children, and taking into consideration previously reported mean numbers of victims per offender group, the ratio of heterosexual to homosexual pedophiles was calculated to be approximately 11:1.
This suggests that the resulting proportion of true pedophiles among persons with a homosexual erotic development is greater than that in persons who develop heterosexually. This, of course, would not indicate that androphilic [showing preference for males] males have a greater propensity to offend against children.
(Link): Child Molestation and the Homosexual Movement (PDF)
(Link): Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse
- Homosexuals are overrepresented in child sex offenses: Individuals from the 1 to 3 percent of the population that is sexually attracted to the same sex are committing up to one-third of the sex crimes against children.
Further excerpts (I have additional comments below these very long excerpts):
MALE HOMOSEXUALS COMMIT A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF CHILD SEX ABUSE CASES
Homosexual apologists admit that some homosexuals sexually molest children, but they deny that homosexuals are more likely to commit such offenses.
After all, they argue, the majority of child molestation cases are heterosexual in nature. While this is correct in terms of absolute numbers, this argument ignores the fact that homosexuals comprise only a very small percentage of the population.
The evidence indicates that homosexual men molest boys at rates grossly disproportionate to the rates at which heterosexual men molest girls.
To demonstrate this it is necessary to connect several statistics related to the problem of child sex abuse:
1) men are almost always the perpetrator; 2) up to one-third or more of child sex abuse cases are committed against boys; 3) less than three percent of the population are homosexuals.
Thus, a tiny percentage of the population (homosexual men), commit one-third or more of the cases of child sexual molestation.
Men Account for Almost All Sexual Abuse of Children Cases
An essay on adult sex offenders in the book Sexual Offending Against Children reported:
“It is widely believed that the vast majority of sexual abuse is perpetrated by males and that female sex offenders only account for a tiny proportion of offences. Indeed, with 3,000 adult male sex offenders in prison in England and Wales at any one time, the corresponding figure for female sex offenders is 12!”[1]
Kee MacFarlane, et al., writing in Sexual Abuse of Young Children: Evaluation and Treatment report:”The large majority of sexual perpetrators appear to be males (Herman and Hirschman, 1981; Lindholm and Willey, 1983).”[2]
…A report by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children states: “In both clinical and non-clinical samples, the vast majority of offenders are male.”[3]
… A Significant Percentage of Child Sexual Abuse Victims are Boys
According to the Journal of Child Psychiatry: “It was commonly believed fifteen years ago that girls were abused in excess of boys in a ratio of about 9 to 1, but contemporary studies now indicate that the ratio of girls to boys abused has narrowed remarkably. . . . The majority of community studies suggest a . . . ratio . . . in the order of 2 to 4 girls to 1 boy.”[5]
Another study found that “some authors now believe that boys may be sexually abused as commonly as girls (Groth, 1978; O’Brien, 1980).”[6]
… Sexual Abuse of Boys is Underreported
The actual percentage of child sexual abuse victims who are boys very likely exceeds the above estimates.
Many researchers echo the view of the Journal of Child Psychiatry study, which refers to the “under-reporting of the incidence and prevalence of sexual abuse in boys.”[8]
… Homosexuals Comprise Less than 3 Percent of the Population
Relying upon three large data sets: the General Social Survey, the National Health and Social Life Survey, and the U.S. census, a recent study in Demography estimates the number of exclusive male homosexuals in the general population at 2.5 percent, and the number of exclusive lesbians at 1.4 percent.[12]
… Homosexual Pedophiles are Vastly Overrepresented in Child Sex Abuse Cases
Homosexual pedophiles sexually molest children at a far greater rate compared to the percentage of homosexuals in the general population.
A study in the Journal of Sex Research found, as we have noted above, that “approximately one-third of [child sex offenders] had victimized boys and two-thirds had victimized girls.”
The authors then make a prescient observation: “Interestingly, this ratio differs substantially from the ratio of gynephiles (men who erotically prefer physically mature females) to androphiles (men who erotically prefer physically mature males), which is at least 20 to 1.”[17]
In other words, although heterosexuals outnumber homosexuals by a ratio of at least 20 to 1, homosexual pedophiles commit about one-third of the total number of child sex offenses.
.. Homosexuals and Homosexual Pedophiles Engage in a Wide Variety of Sexual Behavior that Belies Simplistic Categories
Despite this evidence, in their efforts to divorce homosexuality from pedophilia, homosexual apologists insist on a rigid, narrow definition of the terms “homosexual” and “pedophile” that permits no overlap of the terms.
They deny that homosexuals are attracted in inordinate numbers to boys. They also claim that pedophiles cannot be classified as “homosexual” if at any time they have had sexual relations with women.
However, such a narrow definition does not do justice to the complex nature of pedophilia. Researchers have long been aware that pedophiles exhibit a wide variety of sexual attractions and behavior — often to draw attention away from their primary lust for boys.
A study on sex offenders in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology notes that “the reason child sexual abusers are successful at remaining undetected is because they do not fit a stereotype.”[35]
.. Homosexual Males are Sexually Attracted to Underage Boys
A study in Archives of Sexual Behavior found that homosexual men are attracted to young males. The study compared the sexual age preferences of heterosexual men, heterosexual women, homosexual men, and lesbians.
The results showed that, in marked contrast to the other three categories, “all but 9 of the 48 homosexual men preferred the youngest two male age categories,” which included males as young as age fifteen.[36]
In The Gay Report, by homosexual researchers Karla Jay and Allen Young, the authors report data showing that 73 percent of homosexuals surveyed had at some time had sex with boys sixteen to nineteen years of age or younger.”[37]
… Conversely, Homosexual Pedophiles are Often Attracted to Adult Males
A study of sex offenders against male children in Behavior Research and Therapy found that male homosexual pedophiles are sexually attracted to “males of all ages.”
Compared to non-offenders, the offenders showed “greater arousal” to slides of nude males as old as twenty-four: “As a group, the child molesters responsed [sp] with moderate sexual arousal . . . to the nude males of all ages.”[38]
… Many pedophiles, in fact, consider themselves to be homosexual. A study of 229 convicted child molesters in Archives of Sexual Behavior found that “eighty-six percent of offenders against males described themselves as homosexual or bisexual.”[40]
… Many Pedophiles are Attracted to Women, Marry, and Have Children
Gay activists insist that pedophilia has nothing to do with homosexuality because pedophiles are only sexually interested in children, whereas homosexuals only have sexual relations with adults.
We have already seen that this stereotypical view is not correct with regard to homosexuals.
There is also abundant evidence demonstrating that, while primarily interested in children, pedophiles nevertheless exhibit a wide variety of sexual behaviors, including relationships with women:
A study in Child Abuse and Neglect found that 48 percent of the offenders either were married or had been married at some time.[43]
… The Journal of Interpersonal Violence studied the sexual preferences of male pedophiles who sexually abused children.
When they compared the sexual response of the pedophiles with the control group, they found, unexpectedly: “Surprisingly, the two groups did not differ in their response to the nude female stimuli.”[44]
A study in the Psychiatric Journal of the University of Ottawa reported that “most of the middle-aged pedophiles have had significant adult sexual activity.”[45]
Fifty-eight percent of the pedophiles in one study had at least one child, while other research indicated that “more than two-thirds of the married pedophiles in their sample had children, with an average of two to three children per subject.”[46]
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That page (again, here’s the link to it) goes on and on with citations to more studies, which I won’t repeat here, you can visit the page to read it all for yourself.
And it’s from the FRC, which liberals or homosexuality supporters despise. Rather than throw a fit over the source of the information, thus committing the Genetic Fallacy, you need to consider if the information they are stating is accurate and true.
Even a drunk who tells you “two plus two equals four” is correct. You should not discount the mathematics of it just because the source of the information is drunk and start screaming that “two plus two” equals fifteen. Two plus two remains four, even if you don’t like the source of that knowledge.
At any rate, as I was saying earlier, about any time someone publishes a news story about homosexual violence or bigotry against Christians or heterosexuals, either homosexuals or heterosexual apologists for homosexuality, will jump in proclaiming loudly, “#Not All Homosexuals.”
I don’t know of many people opposed to homosexuality who argue that ALL homosexuals are child rapists or serial killers. That seems to be a straw man and it isn’t the point.
The point is that people who defend homosexuality in American culture seek several things, one of which is to white wash homosexuality, make it sound harmless, and to do that by drumming up so called persecution against homosexuals or portraying each and every last homosexual as being an upstanding citizen.
Liberals and other defenders of homosexuality try to paint the entire homosexual community as being victims – when they are not.
Sometimes, some homosexuals – yes, that is #SomeHomosexuals – are the aggressors – they not only discriminate against heterosexuals, but have been known to harass or commit crimes against bi-sexuals, children, and Christians.
A few examples are below.
HOMOSEXUAL VIOLENCE OR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OTHERS
(Link): Male Air Force Capt., Capt. Devery L. Taylor, Convicted Of Raping Men
(Link): Gay couple left free to abuse boys – because social workers feared being branded homophobic
(Link): Gay Activist, Gary Salles, Charged with Child Pornography
(Link): Gay Rights Chief Held Over Child Porn
(Link): Homosexual Police Officer Steven Rios Convicted of Murdering His Boyfriend
(Link): Lesbian murderers Jessica Stasinowsky, Valerie Parashumti to be separated in jail
- Their friend of three days was bludgeoned to death and strangled with a chain before the two women kissed over her body and threw it into a wheelie-bin.
(Link): Lesbian Raina L. Johnson Shoots Ex Girlfriend, Leaving Her Paralyzed
(Link): Navy Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. John Thomas Lee Faces Court Martial for Gay Sexual Assaults
(Link): Lesbian Fire Chief [Bonnie Bleskachek] Accused of Sexual Harassment
(Link): Former Mr Gay UK ‘slit lover’s throat then marinated his diced flesh with fresh herbs’
This comes from a pro-lesbian, pro-homosexual site:
(Link): New report highlights discrimination against bisexuals by both gays and straights
- A new report released by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission highlights the demonization of bisexuals from both the lesbian and gay community, as well as the straight community.
I don’t divorce heterosexuality from grown men who rape little girls, so it’s very dishonest of the homosexual lobby to try and differentiate between homosexuality from cases of homosexuals who prey on male children:
- Jeffrey Curley was kidnapped and killed on October 1, 1997. Jaynes and Sicari, then just 21, both blamed the other for the murder.
(Link): French Teen Subject to Gay Rape, Then Threatened With Jail Time in Dubai
(Link): Radical Homosexuals Trample A Cross, Harass A Granny, Crash A Church, And Threaten Joe The Plumber’s Life (article originally from gather.com)
Additional related material (off site):
(Link): The dark, intolerant, and abusive nature of the gay agenda
(Link): Some gay activists fear same-sex supporters are becoming intolerant
- Pushing out Mozilla executive a step too far?
(Link): The Gay Community Is Intolerant, Too
(Link): The Coming Gay Marriage Witch Hunt
- Is this the new McCarthyism? With the battle over gay marriage beyond hope, some conservatives say they fear being run out of public life for being on the losing side.
(Link): Gay anarchist ‘action’ hits church – City Pulse
- Nov 2008
A gay anarchist group infiltrated the Mt. Hope Church in Eaton County Sunday morning, disrupting a service by pulling a fire alarm, dropping leaflets and yelling at parishioners, a pastor said.
The group, Bash Back, was simultaneously picketing outside the church, beating on buckets and using a megaphone to shout “Jesus was a homo” and other slogans as confused churchgoers continued to enter the building.
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I could go on.
I have additional news stories I could link to of lesbians and homosexuals fondling children, torturing and killing kittens (yes some of these sick bastards kill animals, on top of harming people), homosexuals beating each other up, murdering people, harassing Christians, and so on and so forth.
There are also studies I could link to about how there is a very high percentage of homosexuals among American serial killers.
While it may be true that not 100% of all self-identifying homosexuals rape, murder, or discriminate, some in fact do, but it is not considered politically correct to mention this or cite specific examples, as I have done in this post.
You cannot even mention in some parts of American society, IRL or online, that one, single, lone homosexual anywhere is less than perfect and angelic or else you will be accused of being a hater or bigot. 🙄
(As though heteros sit around commonly proclaiming every last hetero is angelic? Please spare me the double standard.)
I keep seeing liberals, feminists and atheists who chaff at the “Not All” line of reasoning, but they often employ it themselves. Hello, pot, I want to introduce you to the kettle.
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Additional links, Re Islamic violence:
(Link): Coexist? ISIS Tells Christians In Iraq To Convert To Islam Or Face Death; Most Flee
(Link): ISIS [Muslim group in Iraq] Forces Last Christians Out of Mosul
(Link): Philadelphia mosque leaders try to cut off man’s hand: Police
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Related posts this blog:
(Link): Inconsistency on Feminist Site – Choices Have Consequences
(Link): When Men Are Raped (article from Slate)
(Link): Hypocrisy From The ‘No Slut Shaming’ Crowd by C. Nance
(Link): Sexual Immorality and Five Other Reasons People Reject Christianity by D. Johnson
(Link): On Miley Cyrus Being Sexual at 2013 VMAs – Hypocrisy of Secular Feminists
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