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<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Liberal logic''' is a term used to describe arguments made by some [[liberal]]s that may appear logical, but are actually nonsensical. Here are 100 examples:<br /> <br /> # No matter what happens in the weather, [[global warming]] must have caused it<br /> # Insist on &quot;tolerance&quot; for anything that is anti-[[Christian]], while promoting [[censorship]] for anything which is [[Christian]]<br /> # If a crime is committed against a member of a predominantly [[Democrat]]ic group, then it's a [[hate crime]]; if committed against a member of a mostly [[Republican]] group, then it is not<br /> # Claim something is true merely because a (nearly bankrupt) newspaper said so (see [[appeal to authority]])<br /> # [[Obama]], [[Obama's Religion|whose statements and activities are]] [[Islam]]ic and does not attend church, is somehow a Christian while [[Thomas Jefferson]], a regular churchgoer, was not <br /> # Claim that liberals' viewpoints are being censored, while actually they are the ones censoring their opponents<br /> # Claim that switching from heterosexual to [[homosexual]] is customary, but switching back is somehow impossible<br /> # Insist that someone needs to experience something (e.g., drugs, pornography, gambling, etc.) before being able to criticize it&lt;ref&gt;[http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1808 Bryn Mawr report on marijuana]. Many commentators said the reporter had no justification for his views since he had never tried marijuana. Examples of such liberal logic included: &quot;There are pros and cons to everything under the sun. That dosen't (sic) mean that you shouldn't try it all...Besides marijuana is so much more beneficial then everyone realizes.&quot; which was smartly replied to by another commenter with: &quot;Following your logic, obviously there are PROS to:<br /> *jumping off the Empire State Building<br /> *anorexia<br /> *drunk driving<br /> *smoking crack or meth<br /> *child molestation<br /> *Shall I keep going?...<br /> Sorry, but not only is your drug-induced logic utterly flawed, but you don't exactly exude intelligence. Forgive me if I don't join your crusade.&quot; &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Pretend to base their opinion on an unverifiable or unusual personal experience, when real [[logic]] would be a better guide<br /> # Criticize [[Christians]] for literal interpretations of [[Genesis]], but then insist on even more literal interpretations when it suits the [[liberal]] ideology&lt;ref&gt;For example, [[liberals]] here insist that [[homeschooling]] can only mean being taught while in someone's own home.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Belief that a [[correlation]] and/or [[causation]] (e.g., between [[atheism]] and [[suicide]]) can be disproved by a [[counterexample]] (e.g., one [[atheist]] who remained sane)<br /> # Responding to a logical comment or question with an (illogical) expression of personal like or dislike, as in &quot;but I like it!&quot;<br /> # Never admitting shame for [[liberal]] behavior, but often telling others they should be ashamed of themselves.<br /> # [[Circular reasoning]] as in demanding censorship of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]] in schools and scientific journals, while simultaneously citing the resulting lack of those views in schools and journals as proof against it!&lt;ref&gt;See, e.g., [[Richard Sternberg]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Americans]] should &quot;move on&quot; past the misconduct of [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Ted Kennedy]], but should dig up as much old dirt as possible about Republican candidates<br /> # Highly implausible assumptions in &quot;if ... then&quot; arguments, such as &quot;if [[embryonic stem cell]] research will find the cure for paralysis, then would you support it?&quot; (without any consideration of superior alternatives)<br /> # [[Barack Obama]] on [[Afghanistan]]: with fewer soldiers, we didn't have enough ammo and humvees!&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21text-demdebate.html?sq=transcript&amp;st=nyt&amp;scp=2&amp;pagewanted=print]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Free speech]] for anything and everything ... except the [[conservative]] truth, and religion.<br /> # Insisting that the [[Bible]] literally prohibits judging anything.<br /> # [[Hollywood]] promotion of [[abortion]] is welcomed, but views of Hollywood actresses towards their own children are concealed<br /> # The belief that, although carrying an unborn child to birth reduces risk of breast cancer, choosing [[abortion]] rather than childbirth somehow does not increase the relative risk.<br /> # Requesting increased spending by [[government]] to reduce poverty, when actually poverty is increased by the dependency<br /> # Claiming that an [[atheistic]] culture cannot harm anyone, but also insisting that classroom prayer can cause harm<br /> # Claiming that teaching [[abstinence]] does not reduce premarital sex and associated disease.&lt;ref&gt;http://media.www.mustangdaily.net/media/storage/paper860/news/2007/04/10/LettersToTheEditor/Teaching.AbstinenceOnly.Unrealistic-2831363.shtml&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that premarital sex is acceptable and normal.<br /> # Claiming that increasing taxes must increase government revenue,&lt;ref&gt;http://capwiz.com/acu/issues/alert/?alertid=11534766&lt;/ref&gt; when often people just work less and revenues then decline.<br /> # Denying that widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, can reduce crime.<br /> # Claiming that [[Roe v. Wade]] ''cannot'' be overruled, or can only be overruled if it is a unanimous 9-0 vote (this argument tries to make irreversible law out of the dicta in a weak majority opinion in ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'', even though the very creation of that &quot;secret opinion&quot; was procured by [[liberal deceit]].)&lt;ref&gt;See Jeffrey Toobin's ''The Nine''.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Doing away with traditional language (such as &quot;he&quot; to refer to men '''and''' women), despite centuries of previous use.<br /> # Claiming that getting rid of a sadistic dictator by going into [[Iraq]] was wrong but stepping into [[Sudan]] is not. <br /> # Believing/claiming that the [[United Nations]] is better suited to judge and direct a country's actions rather than the country itself.<br /> # It is a right to dissent against [[American]] policy but never take a stand if that [[logic]] moves beyond dissent and becomes treason.<br /> # Stating &quot;God of the gaps&quot; to justify atheism <br /> # Claiming that the &quot;wondrous, pristine national park of [[ANWR]] needs protection to keep its beauty!&quot; (In reality, it is but a remote barren tundra that few visit.) &lt;ref&gt;[http://townhall.com/columnists/MaryFallin/2008/07/24/anwrs_place_in_our_energy_picture ANWR's Place In Our Energy Picture] Townhall.com, July 24, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that it's not fair to the world that [[America]] keeps the thermostat at 72 degrees at all times. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13459 Freedom and the View From Obamaland] American Spectator, July 1, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Using a double-standard for racism and sexism when the target person is conservative.<br /> # Claiming that it is extremely offensive to call any culture primitive or barbaric, except when they are talking about the writers of the [[Bible]].<br /> # Many liberals claim that even if Obama wasn't born in America then he should still be president.<br /> # Claiming that divine creation is “illogical” but creation from a spontaneous explosion of absolutely nothing at all “makes perfect sense.”<br /> # Failing to respect (and sometimes utterly disrespecting, such as in flag desecration) the United States of America in general while continuing their residency herein and actively demanding the benefits and liberties that come with being a citizen.<br /> # Claiming that Christianity is not a form of diversity while praising Islam for this same reason. Later (whenever it benefits them), liberals will compare the two, claiming that few differences exist between them.<br /> # Dodging statistics when doing so will favor the liberal agenda. A clear example of this is claiming that capital punishment is too expensive to taxpayers while they allow illegal immigrants to fly under the radar.<br /> # [[Cherry picking]] [[democracy]]: Liberals will laud the wisdom of the people when democracy produces a liberal result, but when it produces a conservative result, liberals will complain about [[mobocracy]] and demand [[judicial activism]].<br /> # Assuming that any book espousing a liberal position is automatically authoritative and unquestionable.<br /> # Misplacing the [[burden of proof]]: Liberals insist that things like [[UFO|reports of extraterrestrial visitors]] have to be true until they have been conclusively disproved.<br /> # Claiming that the [[First Amendment]] protects only expression that they like, whereas any expression that [[Logical_fallacy#Appeal_to_pity|offends]] them is subject to [[politically correct]] censorship.<br /> # Arguing that an opponent is inconsistent because he does not take silly extreme views, such as complaining that people are pro-life without preserving life in all circumstances.<br /> # Tacitly assuming that their preconceived notions must be true and then dismissing all other explanations as [[Your theory does not work under my theory, so your theory must be wrong|contradicting their preconceived notions]].<br /> #That a nation can borrow its way out of debt and spend its way out of a recession.<br /> #Claiming that economy is a [[zero-sum game]] (see [[false zero-sum game]])<br /> #Defending evolutionism by attacking a [[straw man fallacy|straw-man]] version of creationism rather than addressing what creationists actually say.<br /> # Liberals claim that they value freedom and at the same time want to [[gun control|restrict freedom to own weapons]].<br /> #Claim that if God exists he demands a designer. Yet at the same time claim that the universe can be self-existing.<br /> #Claim that the [[AIDS]] epidemic is due to prejudice against homosexuals, rather than the dangers associated with the homosexual lifestyle.<br /> #Paying full attention to [[pedophiles]] in the Catholic Church, whilst completely ignoring pedophiles in the homosexual community.<br /> #Claiming that legalization of [[recreational drugs]] will reduce crime. <br /> #Denying that Hitler's [[evolutionary belief]] played a part in the [[Holocaust]]<br /> #Ranting about racism in the Republican party whilst ignoring the more prominent racism made by Democrats. <br /> #Claim that liberal secular bias in the media is a right-wing conspiracy.<br /> #Claim that atheism is not a religion<br /> #Claims that the Bible and prayer should be banned in within education in the name of [['Seperation of Church and State']] whilst preaching for state-sanctioned atheism. <br /> #Claims that Seperation of Church and State is found in the constitution. When in fact it is only found in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. <br /> #Claim that homosexuality is genetically inherited. <br /> #Believe fervently in bogus homosexual statistics e.g. 'out of every two men, three were gay.'<br /> #Claim that domestic violence is due to patriarchy rather than drunkenness or simple anger. <br /> #Focus entirely on child abuse within private homes, whilst ignoring child abuse and severe neglect in state-funded orphanages. <br /> #Argue that illegal immigrants deserve more rights than locals.<br /> #Argue that crime is caused by poverty and social injustice, rather than bad parenting or the choice of the criminal. <br /> #Claim that the idea of happy marriages is naive, without mentioning the same idea to homosexuals. <br /> #Label evolution scientific and creationism as faith. When in fact both evolution and creation are beliefs as they require the person to believe in one or the other. <br /> #Label Christians as bigoted whilst ignoring the sheer intolerance homosexuals and pro-abortionists have to Christians.<br /> #Claiming atheists are somehow more intelligent than theists.<br /> #Argue that the Iraq War was all George Bush's idea whilst denying the fact that 111 Democrats voted in favor of the Iraq War. <br /> #Condemn hunters for shooting defenseless animals whilst encouraging pregnant women to have their even more defenseless children murdered by abortion.<br /> #Declaring satire against Islam and homosexuality as outrageous. Whilst ignoring or even tolerating satire against Christianity. <br /> #Denying the harm associated with participating in Black Magic. <br /> #Exaggerate the numbers of homosexuals and atheists, whilst understate or completely ignore the respectable number of Christians throughout the world.<br /> #Claim that natural gender roles and gender differences are 'socially constructed.'<br /> #Claim that humans are related to animals and plants instead of being created in the image of the Lord God Almighty. <br /> #Claim that liberalism is democratic but in practice referendums on same-sex marriage and capital punishment are prohibited as it is widely known that the opinion of majority disagrees with the liberals.<br /> #Believe that the opinion of a 'persecuted' minority such as homosexuals or drug-addicts are more important than the opinions of the majority.<br /> #Whenever crime increases, the laws need to be softened rather than hardened or maintained as they are. <br /> #Claim that evolution in the modern world is only opposed by a minority of 'christian fundamentalists'. In fact, poll after poll has found that over 40% of Americans believe in Young Earth Creationism. <br /> #When there are terrorist attacks, America's foreign policy is to blame rather than the terrorists themselves <br /> #Declare all military violence outrageous, whilst proclaiming that civilian rioting and violence from 'pacifists' is their right. <br /> #Dismiss social campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse as lunatics, despite their arguments for acting against the problems being reasonable. <br /> #Dismiss wealth made by a conservative shameful, whilst tolerating wealth made by liberals regardless of whether or not it was done legally. <br /> #Focus purely on rehabilitating criminals, whilst neglecting the rights of the victims.<br /> #Dismiss mainstream religion as 'superstitious', but the same label is not applied to easily refutable theories such as evolution or even beliefs in UFOs. <br /> #Denial the scientific value contained in the Bible (Such as the Bible claiming the Earth is round before man discovered the fact). <br /> #Throw a severe tantrum whenever conservatives contradict liberalism with strong logical arguments, rather than use a calm logical argument in reply or accept the conservative's evidence.<br /> #Claim that conservatives and Christians are 'sexist' just for standing up for traditional womanhood, without admitting clearly offensive sexism made towards women who disagree with liberalism. <br /> #Use unnecessarily complex language to make liberals appear more intelligent than conservatives or to avoid admitting errors.<br /> #Claim that people who did not vote for Obama were racist, when in fact there are wide range of factors for not voting for Obama nor the party he represents. <br /> #Rejection of familiar language for the sake of liberal ideology, for example removal of the words mom and dad for sake of homosexual foster parents.<br /> #Claim that religion and science are supposed to be two separate realities, but in fact there continues to be many scientific arguments for God's existence and many great scientists had a devout faith in the Lord God. <br /> #Claim that Christmas and Easter Sunday are just random days for wild parties rather than a special dedication to Jesus Christ. <br /> #Claim that liberals and secularists have a better tendency to liberate society more, when in fact the worse crimes against humanity were committed by atheist socialists and great events of liberation such as the abolition of slavery were led by Christian conservatives. <br /> #Claim that labeling terrorists as evil is 'down to their opinion', whilst labeling Christianity as evil is absolutely correct.<br /> #Claim that population control is needed to settle down the growing population worldwide, but in fact this is plain propaganda and the twice the amount of the population of 6 billion can fit into Jacksonville, Floridaas it contains over 25 billion square feet. <br /> #Teenagers are too young to access guns so they can defend themselves but they're never too young to have an abortion<br /> #Hippies, unions and Occupy Wall Street whose messages are intimidating and sometimes violent are heroes, but pro lifers are dangerous extremists (the latter idea is silly because only 7 murders by pro lifers have been made in the years since Roe v Wade. Most of these actions are opposed by pro lifers.<br /> #Animals and trees are precious whilst the unborn are just blobs of tissue.<br /> #A conservative who oppose same sex marriage is a bigot, but a liberal believing in the same way (such as Hillary Clinton) is not<br /> #The constitution explicitly guarantees the right to abortion, but not a handgun<br /> #There is subtle racism in campaign ads but nothing racist about affirmative action which puts blacks ahead of whites regardless of merit.<br /> #Protesting against abortion is extremism but allowing hateful messages at military funerals is free speech.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Liberalism}}<br /> [[category:Liberalism]]<br /> [[Category:Logic]]<br /> [[Category:oxymoron]]<br /> [[Category:Liberal Traits]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Hollywood&diff=1051767 2013-05-11T15:43:46Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Hollywood sign.jpg|thumb|right]]<br /> '''Hollywood''' -- ''best known for its harmful [[Hollywood values]] and lack of intellectual achievement or productivity'' -- is a district located in the city of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. It is the historic base of the movie industry, although the studios have mostly moved out. &quot;Hollywood&quot; now generally refers to the entertainment industry and its culture, which is based primarily in Los Angeles County.<br /> <br /> Hollywood is famous for its [[liberal]] claptrap, as when [[Obama]]-supporting Robert DeNiro insisted that Obama will &quot;do better in the next four years.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://thehill.com/video/campaign/225485-de-niro-obama-will-do-better-in-the-next-four-years-&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Writers such as [[Michael Medved]]&lt;ref&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-vs-America-Michael-Medved/dp/0060924357&lt;/ref&gt; , [Michael Crichton]] and Ben Shapiro have criticized Hollywood.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Further reading==<br /> * Balio, Tino. ''Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939.'' (1993). 483 pp.<br /> * May, Lary. ''The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way'' (2000)<br /> * Schatz, Thomas. ''The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era.'' (1988). 492 pp.<br /> * Vaughn, Stephen. ''Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics.'' (1994). 359 pp.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> *[[Los Angeles]]<br /> *[[Bollywood]]<br /> <br /> [[category:Tourist Attractions]]<br /> [[Category:Cinema]]<br /> [[Category:Hollywood]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Hollywood_values&diff=1051399 2013-05-09T16:13:32Z

<p>Jameselliott: /* Crime */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Hollywood-sign wikimedia.jpg|right|200px]]<br /> '''Hollywood values''' are characterized by decadence, [[narcissism]], rampant [[drug|drug use]], [[adultery|extramarital sex]] leading to the spread of sexually-transmitted [[disease]], [[abortion]], lawlessness and the promotion of the [[homosexual agenda]]. Such values have a very negative influence on the life of individuals, and very often lead to death. A 2006 poll by MSNBC said that 60% of [[Americans]] agree that &quot;Hollywood's values are not in line with the rest of America and that the quality of movies has diminished in recent years.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11714540/&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The lack of [[morals]] and difference of [[values]] in [[Hollywood]] culture has been destroying the fabric of American culture, particularly the family.<br /> ==Conflict over values==<br /> There have been, however, a handful of prominent people whose work in Hollywood opposed these values. [[Charlton Heston]], [[Jim Caviezel]], [[Ricardo Montalban]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[James Stewart]], [[Pat Boone]], [[Paul Schofield]], [[Lisa Whelchel]] (&quot;The Facts of Life&quot; sitcom's 'Blair' who refused a role where she would be the first of Eastland's girls to become a non-virgin), [[Walt Disney]] and many others practiced conservative values while working in Hollywood and the productions of these and many others also reflect these values, irrespective of the names associated with them: [[The Chronicles of Narnia]] and ''Independence Day'' (a 1996 movie about the U.S. being attacked on [[Independence Day]]) being recent examples.<br /> <br /> Although the social elite of Hollywood may have held different values that Main Street America, the disparity was hidden from the public. First, many film studios and actors hired publicity agents to control what life-style facts became known to the public. Certain personal indiscretions were considered &quot;off-limits&quot; to journalists and not generally reported, such as [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s connection to various [[organized crime]] and political figures.<br /> <br /> Second, both the film studios and the television networks had codes of acceptable content. Actors who were living by Hollywood values were creating films and television programs that carefully avoid sexually explicit themes or foul language. For example, the code required that if a married couple were to be shown in a bedroom scene, they would have twin beds and would be wearing [[pajamas]].<br /> <br /> Third, after the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled that the [[First Amendment]] protected certain forms of literature and motion pictures that were previously considered [[pornographic]], (''[[Miller v. California]]'' in 1973), the case law developed that applied local community standards when deciding whether a particular work was to be protected. This had the effect of decoupling national values from Hollywood values and started a race to the lowest common denominator.<br /> <br /> Finally, over time, the media has shifted from being concentrated to being dispersed. The three major television networks shifted to thousands of cable channels, and the adoption of the Internet by the general public made controlling the spread of news and the fabrication of false public images by movie studios impossible. As a result, [[tabloid journalism]] and [[reality television]] spread the full impact of the Hollywood lifestyle throughout American culture.<br /> ==Description==<br /> <br /> Hollywood values include a flagrant disrespect and disregard for:<br /> <br /> * [[abstinence]], [[marriage]] and [[fidelity]] <br /> * [[patriotism]]<br /> * [[religion]] and [[spirituality]] (Hollywood's profits depend on the [[advertising]] and sale of [[materialism|material goods]] and other superficial &quot;solutions&quot; to problems.)<br /> * [[accountability]]<br /> * the [[military]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/hollywood_gets_it_right_p4d84a9jyymsfLw0THb7EM Hollywood gets it right, New York Post, March 09, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * family responsibilities, like [[childrearing]]&lt;ref&gt;[[Britney Spears]] &quot;doesn't want [her] kids back.&quot; [http://www.nypost.com/seven/02132008/news/nationalnews/brit_doesnt_want_her_kids__1st_ex_97425.htm]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * laws that apply to everyone else<br /> * commonly accepted behavioral boundaries and values of human decency<br /> * hard work and humility<br /> <br /> In addition, Hollywood portrays these values as rebellious and [[counterculture|countercultural]]. They portray religious and spiritual institutions as greedy, self-serving, sexually perverted, prejudiced, ignorant, and unscientific. When comparing the satisfaction brought about by faith, spirituality, family, and friendship, which may happen to include donations to a church or other organization, it is clear that the profits of Hollywood and the industries which rely upon Hollywood for profit are the true establishment - thus making traditional values truly rebellious and countercultural, and Hollywood values a lie.<br /> <br /> ==Deaths ==<br /> Hollywood values are deadly. Tourists in Hollywood can visit over 30 sites of typically self-inflicted Hollywood celebrity deaths.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/celebrity-death-sites.htm&lt;/ref&gt; A sampling of deaths caused by Hollywood values include:&lt;ref&gt;http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4174733&amp;page=1&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/entertainment/news/article/20021--list-of-celebrities-taken-by-drug-use-tragic-and-growing&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Nick Adams]], 36, TV actor died of an overdose from barbiturates.<br /> *[[Jeremy Applegate]], 24, suicide, ironically after saying (in a voiceover scene) in 1989's teen film ''[[Heathers]]'' &quot;I hope this never happens to me, because I couldn't handle suicide&quot;.<br /> *[[John Barrymore]], 60, cirrhosis of the liver from heavy drinking.<br /> *[[John Belushi]], 33, was a repeated drug abuser who ultimately died of a lethal injection of cocaine and heroin.<br /> *[[Clara Blandick]], 81, &quot;Aunt Em&quot; in ''[[The Wizard Of Oz]]'' committed suicide in 1962 by O.D.'ing on prescription meds.<br /> *[[John Bonham]], 32, after too much drinking, asphyxiated on vomit.<br /> *[[Elisa Bridges]], 28, [[Playboy]] magazine model, drug overdose combining heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs.<br /> *[[Joseph Brooks]], 73, Hollywood producer, composer, lyricist, and accused multiple rapist committed suicide.<br /> *[[Timothy Buckley]], 29, musician, died of [[heroin]] overdose in 1975.<br /> *[[David Carradine]], 72, died from suffocation, most likely suicide, had history of suicidal thoughts, alcohol and narcotics abuse &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525177,00.html Thai Police: Carradine Death May Be Accidental Suffocation] Fox News, June 05, 2009 &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Stephen Clark]], 30, Def Leppard guitarist, drug and alcohol overdose&lt;ref&gt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1108020/bio&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Lana Clarkson]], 40, actress and model murdered by [[Phil Spector]]<br /> *[[Kurt Cobain]], 27, lead singer from the band Nirvana, a heroin addict who committed suicide with a shotgun blast to the head.<br /> *[[Ray Combs]], 40, host of the TV game show ''Family Feud'' committed suicide by hanging himself while, ironically, in a psychiatric ward.<br /> *[[Jeff Conaway]], 60, film and television actor died from a suspected overdose. He struggled with addictions to cocaine and alcohol. <br /> *[[Don Cornelius]], 75, &quot;Soul Train&quot; TV creator died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/02/01/soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-dead-apparent-suicide-report-says/ 'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius dead of apparent suicide, Fox News, February 1, 2012]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[John Costelloe]], 47, actor from HBO's ''The Sopranos'' known as &quot;Johnny Cakes&quot;, shot himself in the head. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,472864,00.html 'Sopranos' Actor Shocks Fans, Loved Ones With Holiday Suicide] NYPost, December 25, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Bob Crane]], 49, the actor's success as one of ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' led to a bizarre life of [[sex addiction]]. He was beaten to death in [[Scottsdale]], [[Arizona]].<br /> *[[Karl Dane]], 47, suicide by gunshot.<br /> *[[James Dean]], 24, a notoriously reckless and frequently ticketed driver crashed fatally head-on into a car turning left in front of his Porsche (see also crime, below)<br /> *[[Kevin DuBrow]], 52, lead singer of 1980's metal band Quiet Riot died from an overdose of cocaine.<br /> *[[Ryan Dunn]], 34, [[MTV]]'s reality star from the series ''Jackass'', died in a 3:00 AM auto accident after a night of drinking. [http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/20/jackass-ryan-dunn-dies-dead-car-crash-accident-pennsylvania/]<br /> *[[Eazy-E]], 31, [[AIDS]] death in 1995 contracted through drug use.<br /> *[[Peg Entwistle]], 24, leaped to her death from atop the Hollywood sign.<br /> *[[Brian Epstein]], 32, overdosed on sleeping pills and alcohol.<br /> *[[Althea Flynt]], 33, wife of [[Huster]] publisher [[Larry Flynt]], died of possible [[AIDS]] from an infected [[blood transfusion]] or prescription drug overdose.<br /> *[[Chris Farley]], 33, overdose of morphine and cocaine<br /> *[[Frances Farmer]], 56, cancer brought on by former lifestyle of heavy smoking.<br /> *[[Judy Garland]], 47, overdosed on sleeping pills<br /> *[[Lucy Gordon]], 28, British actress from the movie ''Spiderman 3'', hung herself &lt;ref&gt;[http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Movies/wireStory?id=7642829 Actress Lucy Gordon Found Dead at Age 28 in Paris, ABC News, May 21, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Paul Gray]], 38, bassist of heavy metal band Slipknot, died of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl. &lt;ref&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_en_mu/us_slipknot_bassist_autopsy&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Lee Grivas]], 26, the on-again, off-again boyfriend of actress Christina Applegate, 36, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose&lt;ref&gt;http://www.bloggernews.net/116552a&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Corey Haim, 38, teen idol who starred in many teen movies and then a reality show, died of a drug overdose.&lt;ref&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8560246.stm&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Russell Craig Hamer]], 42, child actor, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.<br /> *[[Phil Hartman]], 49, murdered in his million-dollar house by his drug-addicted third wife, Brynn Hartman<br /> *[[Margaux Hemingway]], 42, suicide<br /> *[[Jimi Hendrix]], 27, an enthusiastic abuser of illegal drugs, choked on his own vomit after overdosing on sleeping pills and alcohol while in London.<br /> *[[Whitney Houston]], 48, singer/actress autopsy reports showed cocaine and drowning as contributors to her death. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/03/30/cocaine-found-in-whitney-houstons-hotel-room-report-says/?intcmp=features Cocaine found in Whitney Houston's hotel room, report says, Fox News, March 30, 2012]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Rock Hudson]], 59, AIDS in 1985.<br /> *[[Michael Hutchence]], 37, asphyxiated during an auto-erotic act while alone in a Sydney hotel. His wife, Paula Yates (see below), also fell victim to Hollywood Values.<br /> *[[Michael Jackson]], 50, cardiac arrest from a toxic mixture and abuse of prescription drugs, improperly prescribed by doctors.<br /> *[[Richard Jeni]], 49, suicide&lt;ref&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258231,00.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Russell Tyrone Jones]] (a.k,a. &quot;Old Dirty Bastard&quot;), 35, musician, died of drug overdose two days before his 36th birthday<br /> *[[Janis Joplin]], 27, heroin overdose<br /> *[[Andrew Koenig]], 41, child actor in the TV series ''Growing Pains'', committed suicide.&lt;ref&gt;[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/andrew-koenigs-body-found-in-vancouver-park/36485?nc Andrew Koenig's Body Found in Vancouver Park, Yahoo News, February 25, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Jani Lane]], 47, lead singer for the rock band Warrant was found dead in a hotel room. He had a history of alcohol abuse.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/11/warrant-singer-jani-lane-dead-dies-died-hotel-ventura-los-angeles-cherry-pie/ EX-WARRANT SINGER JANI LANE<br /> DEAD AT 47, TMZ.com, August 11, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Heath Ledger]], 28, best known as one of ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'''s homosexual cowboys, died in his [[Manhattan]] apartment in 2008 from an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs. &lt;ref&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328828,00.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Bruce Lee]] (Li Xiaolong), actor, 33, collapsed and died; trace amounts of cannabis found in bloodstream at postmortem; the official cause of death was acute cerebral edema (swelling of the brain) from hypersensitivity to aspirin. Cannabis probably didn't contribute to his death.<br /> *[[Stuart Lubbock]], 31, found dead in the swimming pool of popular TV entertainer [[Michael Barrymore]], having suffered severe anal trauma, after a drug-fueled party at the star's home <br /> *[[Queen (band)|Freddie Mercury]], 45, born Farrokh Bulsara, lead singer of the band Queen, died from AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia.<br /> *[[Sal Mineo]], 37, murdered under circumstances that suggested &quot;a homosexual motive&quot;.<br /> *[[Marilyn Monroe]], 36, overdosed on sleeping pills.<br /> *[[Keith Moon]], drummer of [[The Who]], 32, overdose of Clomethiazole prescribed to treat his [[alcoholism]].<br /> *[[Jim Morrison]], 27, died of an apparent heroin overdose.<br /> *[[Brittany Murphy]], 32, motion picture film actress died of cardiac arrest from combining prescription drugs &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/02/27/brittany-murphy-taken-vicodin-days/ Brittany Murphy May Have Taken 109 Vicodin in 11 Days, Fox News, February 27, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt; Official death from pneumonia and drug intoxication.<br /> *[[Chris Penn]], 40, brother of [[Sean Penn]], &quot;died accidentally from an enlarged heart and the effects of a mix of multiple medications&quot;.<br /> *[[River Phoenix]], 23, died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin.<br /> *[[Dana Plato]], 34, ''Diff'rent Strokes'' star, suicide by drug overdose after posing for lesbian pornography.<br /> *[[Elvis Presley]], 42, large drug intake causes a cardiac arrhythmia, and rumored to have suffocated on the carpet when he collapsed from a drug overdose.<br /> *[[Freddie Prinze]], 22, actor from ''Chico and the Man'', committed suicide by gunshot to the head.<br /> *[[Richard Pryor]], 65, comedian with a history of smoking cocaine, died of a heart attack.<br /> *[[Virginia Rappe]], 30, died of a ruptured bladder incurred at a party hosted by [[Roscoe Arbuckle]].<br /> *[[Robert Reed]], 59, actor known as Mike Brady on ''The Brady Bunch'' was a homosexual with AIDS, died from cancer in 1992.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2009/08/14/brady-bunch?slide=25 Robert Reed in 1990, Fox News]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Brad Renfro]], 25, became addicted to heroin and was found dead after a night of drinking<br /> *[[George Reeves]], 45, played Superman from the series ''Adventures of Superman'', suicide by gunshot<br /> *[[Rebecca Schaeffer]], 21, actress in CBS's television series ''My Sister Sam'', stalked and murdered by a crazed fan in 1989.<br /> *[[Ronald, aka &quot;Bon&quot; Scott]] lead singer of [[AC/DC]] chocked on his own vomit on alcohol and illegal drugs in 1980 while touring to support their (appropriately titled ?) album, ''Highway To Hell''.<br /> *[[Jean Seberg]], 40, actress with clinic depression committed suicide by overdose of alcohol and barbiturates<br /> *Michael Showers, 45, HBO actor found dead in the Mississippi River.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/08/25/treme-actor-michael-showers-body-found-in-mississippi-river/#ixzz1W3rKzHFr 'Treme' Actor Michael Showers' Body Found in Mississippi River, Fox News, August 25, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Anna Nicole Smith]], 39, accidental overdose on prescription drugs<br /> *[[Layne Staley]], 34, found dead in apartment two weeks after a drug overdose.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/staley1.html&lt;/ref&gt; Layne promoted the use of hard drugs in the 1992 [[Alice in Chains]] song &quot;Junkhead&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Junkhead-lyrics-Alice-In-Chains/3A665DABDFC00AD54825688F0010CD45&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Dorothy Stratten]], 20, murdered by spouse after engaging in extramarital affair<br /> *[[David Strickland]], 29, cast member of NBC's ''Suddenly Susan'' hung himself in a Las Vegas hotel.<br /> *[[Sharon Tate]], 26, an actress with a [[hippie]] lifestyle who was murdered by followers of [[Charles Manson]], a [[Beatles]]-obsessed musician wannabe; Manson's followers murdered Tate, who was pregnant and only two weeks from birth, her unborn child, her prior lover, who was staying with her while her husband, movie producer [[Roman Polanski]] (see 'Crime', below), was away, and another unmarried couple staying in the house. (It is believed that Manson had actually intended his followers to kill the home's previous residents, [[Terry Melcher]] (son of [[Doris Day]]) and [[Candice Bergen]].)&lt;ref&gt;The Polanski Problem [http://moviegeeksclub.blogspot.com/2008/04/polanski-problem.html]&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;Sharon Tate Official Site: Sharon's Biography [http://www.sharontate.net/bio4.html]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Lou Tellegen]], 52, a silent film and stage actor, suicide<br /> *[[Lupe Velez]], 36, 1920s-1940s movie actress, suicide by an overdose of sleeping pills; she was pregnant and didn't want an illegitimate child.<br /> *[[Sid Vicious]], 21. [[Heroin]] overdose while awaiting trial for his girlfriend's murder in [[New York City]].<br /> *[[Herve Villechaize]], 50, actor who played the character Tattoo on the hit show ''Fantasy Island'', committed suicide by self-inflicted gunshot.<br /> *[[Kenneth Williams]], 62, comedian and actor, heart failure from interaction of pain medication and sleeping pills.<br /> *[[Amy Winehouse]], 27, young singer with a life of substance abuse. Toxicology reports showed alcohol but no illegal drugs found in her system.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/amy-winehouse-was-drug-free-when-she-died-20110823 Amy Winehouse Toxicology Report Shows No Illegal Drugs] Perpetua, Matthew, August 23, 2011, ''The Rolling Stone'', retrieved August 25, 2011.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Natalie Wood]], 43, actress, drowned while intoxicated.<br /> *[[Paula Yates]], 41, television writer, heroin overdose. &quot;Coroner Dr Paul Knapman told Westminster Coroners Court she had not committed suicide but said her behaviour had been &quot;foolish and incautious&quot;. Her death was the result of &quot;an unsophisticated taker of heroin&quot; using drugs, he said. The court heard that 0.3mg of morphine per litre of blood was found in her body, which would not have been enough to kill her had she been a heroin addict.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1013404.stm Heroin overdose killed Yate] November 8, 2000, BBCNews.com, retrieved August 25, 2011&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Bubba Smith]], 66, football player and actor, died from an overdose of diet pills.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2056807/Police-Academy-star-Bubba-Smith-died-diet-pill-overdose.html Revealed: Police Academy star Bubba Smith died of a diet pill overdose - Daily Mail]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor Jonathan Brandis committed suicide in 2003.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.smh.com.au/news/heath-ledger/ten-actors-who-died-in-their-20s/2008/01/23/1201024961111.html Ten actors who died in their 20s], The Sydney Morning Herald&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Singer [[Elliott Smith]] committed suicide in 2003 by stabbing himself in the chest.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1475177 Singer Elliott Smith Dead in Apparent Suicide - NPR]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Sexually Transmitted Diseases==<br /> The loose sexual morals characteristic of the lifestyle defined by Hollywood Values often lead to sexually transmitted diseases. Examples include,<br /> <br /> * [[Rock Hudson]] died of AIDS-related complications after contracting the disease through homosexual intercourse.<br /> * Michael Jeter, who was homosexual, also died due to AIDS-related complications. <br /> * Freddie Mercury of the rock group [[Queen (band)|Queen]], notorious for his flamboyant onstage presence, also contracted AIDS through his wildly promiscuous homosexual lifestyle, and subsequently perished of the self-inflicted condition.<br /> <br /> == Crime ==<br /> '''Hollywood values often include being arrested or convicted for a variety of crimes. Here are some examples:'''<br /> * [[Frances Farmer]], arrested in 1942 for driving with bright lights in a &quot;dim out&quot; zone that affected the West Coast during World War II and allegedly for not having a drivers license. In 1943, she assaulted a hairdresser who she claimed insulted her and also failed to appear in court for the remainder of her previous fine. When arrested in 1943, she resisted and was eventually placed under guardianship of her mother, who eventually committed her to various psychatric hospitals until 1950 (the guardianship lasted until 1953).<br /> * [[Paris Hilton]] was convicted in 2007 of driving while intoxicated, and then violated the terms of her probation, leading to a 45-day prison sentence.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18472845/ Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail], MSNBC, May 4, 2007&lt;/ref&gt; She was also arrested in Las Vegas on 8/27/2010 for possession of a controlled substance, [[cocaine]]. The hotel heiress was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police. The driver was arrested for DUI '''pertaining to drugs, not alcohol'''. Through further interaction between Hilton and authorities, it was discovered she was in possession of a controlled substance. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/28/paris-hilton-arrested-drug-possession/ Paris Hilton arrested in Las Vegas.]&lt;/ref&gt; In order to avoid prison, Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, and received a sentence of one year's probation, a fine, community service and also was ordered to complete a drug abuse program. <br /> * Actress Lori Petty, who was featured in ''Free Willy'' and ''A League of their Own'', ran into a 14-year-old skateboarder and was arrested for felony drunk driving charges.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015343906&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * Craig Phillip Robinson, the actor famous for playing Darryl Philbin on NBC's ''The Office'', &quot;was arrested on June 29, 2008, on suspicion of possessing MDMA, also known as ecstasy, and methamphetamine.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/15/office.actor.arrested.ap/index.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * [[Winona Ryder]] was convicted of vandalism and grand theft for stealing designer merchandise worth $5,560.40.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * [[O.J. Simpson]] is widely believed to have murdered his wife and her friend, and was found liable in a civil (but not criminal) trial. He has since been convicted of unrelated felonies outside [[California]] ([[Nevada]] in 2008) and is serving time in Nevada.<br /> * [[Jim Bakker]], [[televangelist]] for the [[PTL]] Club, was convicted of accounting fraud in 1989, stemming from the [[televangelism]] scandals of the later 1980s. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, but this sentence was commuted to eight years and the fine was voided.<br /> * [[Jimmy Swaggart]], also a televagelist and involved in the late 1980s televangelism scandals, was caught in 1991 with yet another prostitute while in Indio California and when asked about, he said &quot;The Lord said it's flat none of your business&quot;. <br /> *[[Lana Turner]] was involved with [[Mafia]] enforcer [[John Stompanato]], who tried murdering her in 1958, but was himself killed by Lana's daughter, Cheryl, then 14 in an incident that would be ruled justifiable.<br /> *[[Hugh Grant]] was arrested in 1995 in Los Angeles when he found in a car with a known prostitute.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.mugshots.org/hollywood/hugh-grant.html]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Stacy Keach]], movie actor, was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1984 after being arrested at [[London]] [[Heathrow Airport]] in possession of a large quantity of [[cocaine]].<br /> *[[Kiefer Sutherland]], an actor starring in Fox television series ''24'' was given a 48-day sentence for DUI in 2007, an offense committed while still on probation following a 2004 conviction for DUI.&lt;ref&gt;Sutherland is released from jail [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7200633.stm BBC]&lt;/ref&gt; He was also charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer at a nightclub in 2009. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47880 ‘24’ Star Kiefer Sutherland Charged for Allegedly Head-Butting a Fashion Designer] Associated Press, May 8, 2009&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Linda Blair]] of ''[[The Exorcist]]'' (I &amp; II's) fame was arrested in 1977 for possession of [[cocaine]] with intent to sell.<br /> *[[George Michael]] was convicted of &quot;committing a lewd act in public&quot;, having been arrested in a public restroom by a plain clothes police officer. Arrested in September 2008 in a [[London]] public lavatory, he was found in possession of crack cocaine and cannabis - but merely received a caution. &lt;ref&gt;http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKLL28201720080921&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Snoop Dogg]], a popular [[rap|rapper]], was arrested in 2006 for [[marijuana]] possession. He is a libertarian&lt;ref&gt;http://www.ucllibertarians.com/celebrities.html&lt;/ref&gt; who advocates legal marijuana use.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/detail?blogid=7&amp;entry_id=21457&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Roman Polanski]], Polish-born film director &amp; producer, is unable to return anywhere in the [[United States]] as he jumped bail in 1978 and fled to [[France]] after being convicted on charges of raping a thirteen-year old girl.<br /> * Rapper DMX (Earl Simmons) was caught on camera drag racing at a speed over 110 miles on a freeway, and then a SWAT team was used to arrest him three days later on drug and animal cruelty charges. &quot;The Maricopa County sheriff's office says the 37-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, at first tried to barricade himself in his bedroom. He came out as a SWAT team entered during the early-morning raid Friday.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/music-news-story/ar/_a/dmx-arrested-on-animal-cruelty-charges/20080509163709990001&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Martha Stewart]] was charged with illegal [[insider trading]] in 2003.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-69.htm SEC press release (SEC Charges Martha Stewart, Broker Peter Bacanovic with Illegal Insider Trading)]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Tatum O'Neal]] was arrested in 2008 for [[cocaine]] possession. &lt;ref&gt;<br /> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361361,00.html Tatum O'Neal Released After Drug Arrest], [[Associated Press]], ''[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]'', June 02, 2008.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[James Dean]] was frequently stopped and ticketed for many driving offenses.<br /> *Redmond O'Neal, son of [[Farrah Fawcett]] and [[Ryan O'Neal]], pled guilty to possessing heroin and methamphetamine as well as driving under the influence of drugs.&lt;ref&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_en_ot/people_redmond_o_neal;_ylt=AiQCBwpJpxqBOFWVyqEycXsDW7oF Redmond O'Neal pleads guilty to drug charges&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Actor]] Nick Nolte was arrested for drunk driving in 2002.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/nolte1.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Sean Bean]] was arrested and spent the night in a cell after allegedly beating his wife.&lt;ref&gt;http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hR3pX0eEytJcMo7m5LRLHOYpasSA&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Shelley Malil]], 43, worked as an actor in [[movies]] and [[television]]. He is charged with causing great bodily injury and using a deadly weapon on Kendra Beebe, a 35-year-old [[mother]] of two. He appeared on the back patio of Kendra's house and stabbed her 20 times. Now held on a $10 million dollar bond. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug13/0,4670,ActorArrested,00.html 40-Year-Old Virgin' actor pleads not guilty] AP, August 13, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Former child actor [[Skylar Deleon]], who had a minor part in one episode of the ''Power Rangers'' series, was found guilty of three murders, including those of Tom and Jackie Hawks, who were allegedly bound to the anchor of their yacht and tossed overboard. &lt;ref&gt;[http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/21/local/me-deleon21 Deleon guilty of killing couple at sea<br /> &lt;/ref&gt; He was subsequently sentenced to death.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&amp;SubSectionID=1&amp;ArticleID=66850&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Musician George O'Dowd, better known by his stage name, [[Boy George]] in the [[1980s]] band [[Culture Club]], was convicted for handcuffing a male escort to a bed against his will and then beating him with a chain.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092168/Guilty-Boy-George-warned-judge-faces-jail-falsely-imprisoning-male-escort.html&lt;/ref&gt; He served 4 months of his 15-month sentence in jail, and then spent an additional 90 days on home detention with electronic surveillance. Earlier he had been convicted of cocaine possession.<br /> *Dana Plato was arrested for armed robbery and prescription forgery.<br /> *Todd Bridges assaulted a motorist and was repeatedly arrested for drug-related offenses.<br /> *Gary Coleman was arrested for assaulting a woman by punching her in the face.<br /> *Musician/Producer [[Phil Spector]] was found guilty of second-degree murder for the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. &lt;ref&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30194936/&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor Elmore &quot;Rip&quot; Torn was arrested for breaking into a bank and carrying a firearm while intoxicated. In 2009, he was given probation in a drunk-driving case. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/01/30/actor-rip-torn-arrested-allegedly-breaking-connecticut-bank/?test=latestnews Actor Rip Torn Arrested for Allegedly Breaking Into Connecticut Bank, Fox News, January 30, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Former teen actor Leif Garrett was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. He has a number of former arrests including [[heroin]] possession. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/03/crimesider/entry6170622.shtml Leif Garrett Arrested: Former Teen Idol Busted for Controlled Substance, CBS News, February 3, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Sean Penn]] was charged with criminal battery and vandalism for attacking the paparazzi in October 2009. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/19/sean-penn-crime-battery-vandalism-prosecution-jail-paparazzi/ Sean Penn Charged With Crimes, TMZ, February 19, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Comedian [[Andy Dick]] was arrested for groping an employee and a patron of a nightclub in West Virginia. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.herald-dispatch.com/breaking/x818845820/Andy-Dick-arrested-by-HPD Andy Dick charged with felony, shows still on, Herald Dispatch, January 23, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor Nicholas Brendon from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Criminal Minds'' was arrested March 2010 in a drunken scuffle with police. He was charged with resisting arrest, two counts of battery against a police officer and felony vandalism. Brendon has a history of alcoholism.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.popeater.com/2010/04/07/nicholas-brendon-arrested-charged/ 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Star Charged With Police Battery, Vandalism, PopEater.com, April 7, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Hollywood television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman of CBS's ''Survivor'' series was arrested as the lead suspect in the murder of his wife. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/08/mexican-official-hollywood-tv-producer-suspect-wifes-death/?test=latestnews 'Survivor' Producer 'Suspected' in Wife's Death in Mexico, FOX News, April 8, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor Chris Klein, star of the ''American Pie'' films, which glorify sex and alcohol abuse, was arrested for drunk driving in June 2010&lt;ref&gt;http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/16/american-pie-chris-klein-busted-for-dui-arrest/&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor Michael Brea played roles in ''Ugly Betty'' and ''Step Up 3D'', killed his 55-year old mother with a sword while yelling Bible verses. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/24/ugly-betty-actor-allegedly-kills-mother-foot-sword-screaming-repent/ 'Ugly Betty' Actor Allegedly Kills Mother With 3-Foot Sword While Screaming 'Repent', FOX News, November 24, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *TV host and actor [[Gary Collins]] was arrested and charged with a felony for allegedly leaving a restaurant without paying his $59.35 tab. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/05/tv-host-gary-collins-arrested-skipping-restaurant/ TV Host Gary Collins Arrested for Skipping Out on $59 Restaurant Bill, FOXNews, January 5, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actress Jaime Pressly was arrested for driving under the influence. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/11/jaime-pressly-wasted-dui-arrest/ Jaime Pressly Blew Nearly Three Times Legal Limit on Breathalyzer Before Arrest, Fox News, January 11, 2011 ]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Korey Rowe, producer of the 9/11 conspiracy film ''Loose Change'', was arrested for selling heroin.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/31/conspiracy-film-producer-arrested-drug-charges/?test=latestnews 9/11 Conspiracy Film Producer Arrested on Drug Charges, Fox News, January 31, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Lindsay Lohan is facing felony grand theft charges; she was charged with stealing a $2500 necklace from a Venice boutique.&lt;ref&gt;[ttp://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/02/05/lindsay-lohan-facing-years-state-prison-jewelry-theft Lindsay Lohan Facing Three Years in State Prison, Fox News, February 5, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Christina Aguilera was arrested under the misdemeanor charge of public intoxication.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/01/christina-aguilera-arrested-public-intoxication-report-says/?test=faces Christina Aguilera Arrested for Public Intoxication, Fox News, March 1, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor Tom Sizemore was arrested on an outstanding warrant for battery. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/09/20/actor-tom-sizemore-arrested-on-outstanding-battery-warrant-report-says/#ixzz1YVp32AsJ Actor Tom Sizemore Arrested, Fox News, September 20, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Canadian filmmaker Roger Avery, who had collaborated with Quentin Tarantino in the past, was convicted of drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter in August 2009.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/film/story/2009/08/21/avary-plea.html Pulp Fiction writer pleads guilty over deadly car crash - CBC0]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Christian Bale]] was arrested for assaulting his mother.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,388124,00.html Christian Bale Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Mother, Sister; Actor Denies Allegation - Fox News]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Nicole Polizzi]], star of the reality show ''Jersey Shore'', was arrested in July 2010 for disorderly conduct and a month later was fined $500 for the charges that followed.&lt;ref&gt;[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2012835886_apusjerseyshorearrest.html MTV's `Snooki' fined $500 for disturbing beachgoers - The Seattle Times]&lt;/ref&gt; On May 31, 2011 she got into troubles with the law once more, this time in [[Italy]].&lt;ref&gt;p[http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90050118?Snooki%20crashes%20into%20police%20patrol%20car%20in%20Florence%2C%20Causes%20traffic%20jam Snooki crashes into police patrol car in Florence, Causes traffic jam]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[David Faustino]], known primarily for playing Bud in ''[[Married With Children]]'', was arrested in 2007 for possessing marijuana.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,272977,00.html 'Married With Children' Actor David Faustino Arrested on Marijuana, Intoxication Charges - Fox News]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actress Natasha Lyonne has a long history of crime and drug use.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/theater/06simo.html When Living at All Is the Best Revenge - The New York Times]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Hollywood producer Robert Evans was convicted in 1980 of possessing cocaine.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/20/movies/the-rise-and-fall-and-now-rise-of-robert-evans.html?pagewanted=all&amp;src=pm The Rise and Fall and, Now, Rise of Robert Evans - New York Times]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Pop star Gary Glitter was conivcted several times on charges related to child pornography and statutory rape.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088318/Take-Sex-Offender-Registry-says-Gary-Glitter--taxpayers-fund-appeal.html Take me off Sex Offender Registry, says Gary Glitter... and taxpayers will fund his appeal - The Daily Mail]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Former child actor Taran Noah Smith from &quot;Home Improvement&quot; was arrested for a DUI and drug possession. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/02/01/home-improvement-kid-busted-for-dui-and-drug-possession/?intcmp=obnetwork 'Home Improvement' actor Taran Noah Smith busted for DUI, drug possession, Fox News, February 2, 2012]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] slapped a policeman in [[Beverly Hills]] in 1989 when she was stopped for a traffic violation.<br /> <br /> == Falsehoods ==<br /> ''See also: [[Essay:Worst Liberal Movies]]''<br /> <br /> [[Hollywood values]] perpetuate [[liberal]]-driven [[Essay:Liberal Falsehoods|falsehoods]]:<br /> <br /> *[[The Road We’ve Traveled]]<br /> :20 minute mini-documentary on [[Barack Obama]], narrated by actor [[Tom Hanks]], is more fiction than fact, more fantasy than reality.<br /> *[[Game Change]] <br /> :HBO's anti-Republican propaganda film about [[Sarah Palin]]. Stars and Executives of the production gave $200K to Democrats, Zero to Republicans. &lt;ref&gt;[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/03/07/game-change-stars-and-execs-gave-200k-democrats-zero-republicans#ixzz1oUdT6O5w 'Game Change' Stars and Execs Gave $200K to Democrats, Zero to Republicans, Newsbusters, March 7, 2012&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Inside Job]]<br /> :A 2010 film by Democrat donor Charles Ferguson that blames the Great Recession on [[Wall Street]], deregulation, the [[Bush Administration]]. The film whitewashes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's role and claims the financial system corrupted politics. Capitalists are the bad guys.<br /> *[[Fair Game]]<br /> :Another Bush bash flick starring communist [[Sean Penn]]. 2010 film rehashes the lead up to the war in Iraq and [[Valerie Plame]]'s role. Typical un-American Hollywood film ''&quot;The narrative that [[Karl Rove]] and Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff [[Scooter Libby]] were nefarious behind-the-scenes players intent on destroying innocent reputations while pushing the nation into war on false pretenses.&quot;'' &lt;ref&gt;[http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/10/hollywood-hit-job-fair-game-propagates-easily-disprovable-myths-about-lead-up-to-iraq-war/ Hollywood hit job: ‘Fair Game’ propagates easily disprovable myths about lead up to Iraq War http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/10/hollywood-hit-job-fair-game-propagates-easily-disprovable-myths-about-lead-up-to-iraq-war The Daily Caller, November 11, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[The Iron Lady]]<br /> : Meryl Streep plays [[Margaret Thatcher]] in this gross mistake of a film. Liberals distort her triumphs and her low career points. Streep portrays Thatcher as a dementia-sufferer looking back at her life with sadness. The director defended the film as &quot;a fictional film but it will be fair and accurate.” Thatcher's children Mark and Carol are appalled and say “They think it sounds like some Left-wing fantasy.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/7895160/Margaret-Thatchers-family-are-appalled-at-Meryl-Streep-film.html Margaret Thatcher's family are 'appalled' at Meryl Streep film, Telegraphe.co.uk, July 17, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> *[[The Tillman Story]]<br /> :A liberals view of the circumstances surrounding the death of football star and Army Ranger [[Pat Tillman]]. The film portrays each and every fact as sinister. Plus, each and every fact is evidence of a conspiracy. Typical Hollywood [[George W. Bush]] bashing flick. The bias was clear, make Tillman a liberal atheist anti-war hero that was cannon-fodder for the government. Tillman's actions speak louder than any twisted accusations presented in this documentary. &lt;ref&gt;[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/07/13/the-tillman-story-dont-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-your-agenda/ FILM REVIEW: Absurd Conspiracy Theories Abound in Agenda-Driven ‘Tillman Story’, BigHollywood.com]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[Matthew Shepard Fallacy]]<br /> :Adherents to Hollywood values &quot;green-lighted a troika of [[Matthew Shepard]] movies after he was senselessly killed because it affirmed their gut feeling that a gay young man living in backward America is destined for death at the hands of hateful ultraconservatives. A street in West Hollywood still stands in his name despite ABC News reporting the story false: He was killed by crazed meth addicts for drugs and money -- not because he was gay. Isn't that tragic enough? Yet Shepard is still the icon of gay victims' rights, and the mistaken story of his 'fate' soon thereafter befell Jake Gyllenhaal's character in 'Brokeback Mountain.' The Oscar statuette stands as the exclamation point.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup26sep26,0,1800794,full.story&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[Inherit the Wind]] <br /> :Hollywood perpetuated complete lies about the [[Scopes Trial]] in order to smear Christianity, including:<br /> <br /> :*portraying [[William Jennings Bryan]] as being ignorant, harsh and punitive, based on a false portrayal of his actions and testimony<br /> <br /> :*falsely claiming that at the end Bryan, in a senseless fit of madness, died in the courtroom amid caring and reasonable Darwinists<br /> <br /> :*falsely portraying the Darwinists in a positive light and the Christians as deceitful<br /> <br /> :In real life, Bryan and the Christians won the trial and were charitable to the end, while the Darwinist Darrow was deceitful in reneging on his deal to take the witness stand after Bryan did.<br /> <br /> *[[U 571]]<br /> :The 2000 film [[U 571]] had a plot which was based on the first capture of a German Enigma machine in [[World War 2]]. However, in the film the capture is made by Americans. In fact the first Enigma machine was captured by the British in 1941 prior to the Americans entering the war.<br /> <br /> *[[Better This World]]<br /> :2011 documentary &quot;feature length lie&quot; is a [[PBS]] film regarding the thwarted domestic terrorist attack at the 2008 [[Republican]] National Convention and [[liberal]]s attempt to re-write history. &lt;ref&gt;[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hgiles/2011/04/04/better-this-world-another-chapter-in-hollywoods-love-affair-with-terrorists/ ‘Better This World’: Another Chapter in Hollywood’s Love Affair With Terrorists]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[Recount-film]]<br /> :The 2008 [[HBO]] movie on the 2000 Presidential elections and its aftermath in Florida. A look into how the [[Republicans]] stole the election and the role of its party members that made it happen. Republicans are portrayed as ghoulish and cited as manufacturing demonstrations. Both the real Warren Christopher and James Baker contend the film’s portrayal of the former is hopelessly untrue. &lt;ref&gt;[http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/hbos-recount-hanging-chads-and-black-humor/ HBO’s Recount: Hanging Chads, Black Humor] The Washington Times, May 4, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[Winter Soldiers]]<br /> :The 1972 film about U.S. troops from Vietnam put on record as baby killers, human rights violators, and general disservice to America. This myth was propagated by a few anti-war activist liberal actors that never did see combat in [[Vietnam]] and some were never in the country. The initial result was to hold hearings in Congress over the matter. All allegations were proven fabrications, falsehoods, and lies.<br /> <br /> *[[An Inconvenient Truth]]<br /> :The 2006 false documentary about man-made [[global warming]] created &amp; hyped by [[Al Gore]]. A [[British]] court found the film contained at least [http://www.conservapedia.com/Global_warming#Al_Gore.27s_.22Inconvenient_Truth.22_Movie_Claims 11 material falsehoods]. The Science and Public Policy Institute has found 35 falsehoods associated with the film. &lt;ref&gt;[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html 35 Inconvenient Truths, Science and Public Policy Institute]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[Million Dollar Baby]] <br /> :A 2004 [[Clint Eastwood]] pro-[[euthanasia]] film in which Eastwood euthanasies his boxing trainee at her request after she suffered a crippling blow from her opponent that left her incurable. Especially controversial since 2005 when real life [[Terri Schiavo]] was euthanasied by her husband.<br /> <br /> *[[Kinsey]]<br /> :Also 2004. A [[Bill Condon]] film depicting the life of fraudulent sex researcher [[Alfred Kinsey]]. Especially anti-Christian in early scenes' portrayals of Christians as narrow-minded, hypocritical, mean-spirited and stingy. Normalizes all forms of illict sex, esp. homosexual (of which Condon is an activist for), which resulted in the current [[venereal disease]] epidemics (i.e. [[AIDS]]), widespread [[abortion]], [[divorce]], [[pornography]], [[sex crimes]] and [[unmarried parenting]] and related urban poverty and violence by irresponsible parents.<br /> <br /> *[[Brokeback Mountain]]<br /> :2005. Like [[Kinsey]], it's also extremely graphic and pro-homosexual in its story of an off and on &quot;romance&quot; between two rural [[Wyoming]] cowboys during the 1960s-1980s.<br /> <br /> *[[Fahrenheit 911]]<br /> :A [[Michael Moore]] film that was a false portrayal of why America fought a war against [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Iraq. The main theme was to attack [[George W. Bush]] during wartime.<br /> <br /> *[[Sicko]]<br /> :Another [[Michael Moore]] film which spread many falsehoods about American healthcare while unduly glorifying the so-called benefits of socialized healthcare. Memorably referred to Cuban healthcare as being better than American healthcare.<br /> <br /> *[[Redacted]]<br /> :Brian De Palma’s 2007 fictional anti-Iraq War film funded by [[Mark Cuban]]. The film is credited with inspiring a terrorist attack that killed two U.S. servicemen in [[Germany]]. &lt;ref&gt;[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/03/11/confirmed-german-authorities-say-de-palmas-anti-military-movie-redacted-motivated-frankfurt-jihadi-to-murder-american-airmen/ Confirmed: German Authorities Say De Palma’s Anti-Military Movie “Redacted” Motivated Frankfurt Jihadi to Murder American Airmen, March 11, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Disrespect for marriage==<br /> <br /> Many celebrities and other exponents of Hollywood Values have no respect for the sanctity of marriage - their own or anyone else's. This is manifested in a high rate of marriage breakdown, and by the home-wrecking activities of the promiscuous, whose moral outlooks have been distorted by liberal and atheistic teachings.<br /> <br /> *[[Cecil B. Demille]], despite his direction of popular [[Biblical epics]], committed [[adultery]] during his marriage. <br /> <br /> *[[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress who achieved U.S. fame in the 1940s with ''[[Casablanca]]'' (1942) and ''[[The Bells Of St. Mary's]]'' (1945). In 1950, Ingrid, who was married to fellow Swede, Peter Lindstrom, had an affair with director Roberto Rosellini while in Italy while filming his direction of ''[[Stromboli]]'' (1950) and remained there after becoming pregnant with his child. This caused her to be blacklisted from U.S. films for several years and denounced from pulpits as &quot;an agent of evil&quot; until her comeback in ''[[Anastasia]]'' (1956). Her marriage to Rosellini, like the one to Lindstrom, ended in divorce, as did her third and last marriage afterwards to Lars Schmidt. Bergman died August 29, 1982 in London on the night of her 67th birthday.<br /> *[[Bonnie Lee Bakely]] was married ten times, divorced four, annuled five and her last marriage (to [[Robert Blake]]) was the only one ending in death-hers in 2001.<br /> *[[Humphrey Bogart]], His first three marriages ended in divorce and his fourth (to [[Lauren Bacall]]) was the only one ending in death-his from throat cancer in 1957, age 51.<br /> *[[Joan Crawford]] (real name Lucille Fay LeSueur), last of Hollywood's &quot;movie queens&quot; with roles spanning 45 years (1925-1970, most of her popularity in the 1930s) and long since a [[homosexual]] [[idol]], was married and divorced three times and named as the other woman in at least one affair with a married man. Her fourth and last marriage to Pepsi Company's president Alfred Steele was the only one ending in death (his in 1959). When Joan died in 1977, her public disinheriting of her two oldest remaining adopted children from her $2M estate &quot;for reasons that should be well known to them&quot; was said to have caused her oldest daughter, Christina, to write her best-selling book ''[[Mommie Dearest]]'' (1978, adapted into film in 1981), which alleged a lifetime of [[extramarital affairs]], [[alcoholism]] and selfishness-induced [[child abuse]] at a time when child abuse was rarely talked about in public. Unfortunately, like her adoptive mother, Christina also got married and divorced three times in her own lifetime.<br /> *[[Frances Farmer]], who as a [[public school]]er in 1931, denied God in a controversial award winning high school essay and in 1935, visited the [[USSR]], was also popular in the 1930s to the point of being considered &quot;the next [[Greta Garbo]]&quot;, had three marriages at least two of whom ended in divorce, with extramarital affairs during at least one that included one with married writer Clifford Odets. She also had multiple [[abortions]] when abortion was illegal; the guilt of which caused her to avoid all contact with children. In 1968, however, while living in [[Indianapolis]] for the previous ten years (she died there in 1970 at age 56), a friend's child whispered to her that she was &quot;good&quot;, something that nobody ever said or thought about her before. Soon afterwards, she went to St. [[Joan of Arc]] Catholic Church in West Lafayette where she went to [[confession]] of all her sins and took up classes about and was eventually baptized into the Catholic faith, turning away from her former lifestyle.<br /> *[[Judy Garland]], best known as &quot;Dorothy Gale&quot; in ''[[The Wizard Of Oz]]'' had five marriages, the first four ended in divorce, the last ended only three months later in her death in [[London]] from a barbituate O.D. in 1969 at age 46.<br /> *[[Florence Henderson]], despite her wholesome ''Carol Brady'' image on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', fell victim to these values ([[adultery]]) during her first marriage to Ira Bernstein in the late 1960s and early 1970s in an affair with [[New York City]]'s then-mayor John Lindsay, who she claims gave her crab lice. She divorced Berstein in 1985 and married John Kappas in 1987, which lasted until his death in 2002.<br /> *[[Katharine Hepburn]], whose movie and TV career spanned over 60 years, married to get money for her career in 1928 at age 21. It ended in divorce in 1941, after about 13 years. Shortly afterwards, she entered into adulterous relationships with her agent, [[Leland Hayward]] as well as [[Howard Hughes]] and [[Spencer Tracy]], the latter for 26 years until Tracy's death in 1967 at 67. The only &quot;respect&quot; Katharine had for Spencer's marriage was that she didn't attend Spencer's funeral. <br /> *[[Lana Turner]] Seven of her eight of her marriages ended in divorce and one in [[annulment]]. Two of them (her second &amp; third) were to the same man.<br /> *[[Larry King]] (real name Lawrence Zeiger) has been married eight (8) times to seven (7) different women.<br /> *[[Elizabeth Taylor]] has been married eight (8) times, including a nearly 6-year marriage to [[John Warner|Senator John Warner]] (R-VA). Taylor was married to and divorced twice from [[Richard Burton]].&lt;ref&gt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Spencer Tracy]], best known as Father Flannigan in both ''[[Boys Town]]'' films (1938 and 1941) and also for the pro- [[evolution]] ''[[Inherit The Wind]]'' (1960) and post [[World War II]] court drama ''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]'' (1961), was married to Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell from 1923-his death in 1967 but engaged in affairs with [[Joan Crawford]], [[Ingrid Bergman]] and his longest one with [[Katharine Hepburn]] until his death at the same time, claiming his &quot;devout Catholic faith&quot; was why he never got or sought a divorce from Treadwell. <br /> *[[Valerie Bertinelli]] said her divorce from [[Eddie Van Halen]] was caused by infidelity and drug use - by her too. She said she was &quot;destroying my body,&quot; trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332551,00.html Valerie Bertinelli About Divorce From Eddie Van Halen: 'I Wasn't An Angel Either'], [[Fox News Channel]], ''[[Associated Press]]'', February 26, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Eva Gabor]], younger sister of [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]], was married and divorced five times and had extramarital affairs with [[Frank Sinatra]] among others.<br /> *[[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] has been married nine (9) times. One of her marriages - to Felipe de Alba - was annulled after one day. Her current (9th) marriage to Frederic Prinz von Anhalt is the only one that is still intact.<br /> *[[Mickey Rooney]] has been married eight (8) times, but has been with his last wife for 30 years after embracing religion and abandoning his previous lifestyle.<br /> *[[Frank Sinatra]] was married four times, divorced the first three, had affairs with [[Ava Gardener]] and [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] and had flings with [[prostitutues]]. <br /> *[[Charlie Chaplin]] married four (4) times, including his marriage at the age of 54 to an 18-year-old bride.<br /> *[[James Cameron]] has been married five (5) times, one of which ended when he cheated on his wife. He also had an out of wedlock child with his fourth wife.<br /> *[[Johnny Carson]] married four (4) times, and frequently made light of his having divorced three times, as if this were something funny.<br /> *[[Meredith Baxter]] from ''[[Family Ties]]'', was married and divorced four (4) times. In 2009, she finally admitted that she is a [[homosexual]].<br /> *[[Larry Flynt]]'s first three marriages ended in divorce, his fourth marriage was the only one ending in [[widow]]ment (his by Althea's death) and his current one to Elizabeth Berrios in 1998 came when his daughter, Toyna, published her book ''Hustled'' in which she claims she was sexually abused as a child by him and has since been disowned when she became a [[Christian]] and anti-[[pornography]] [[activist]].<br /> *In 2009, the married [[David Letterman]] admitted to having had adulterous sexual relationships with multiple members of his staff; he had previously fathered a child out of wedlock.<br /> *[[Jayne Mansfield]] was married three times and had numerous extramarital affairs. She appeared in the centerfold of the pornographic magazine Playboy, and died in 1967 at 42 in an automobile accident that was said to have been brought on by a curse placed by [[Satanist]] [[Anton LaVey]] on her lover, [[Sam Brody]], who was driving at the time and had also died, after expressing his hate for LaVey's cult.<br /> *[[Britney Spears]]' 2004 marriage to Jason Alexander lasted 55 hours.<br /> *Musicians [[Cher]] and [[Gregg Allman]] were married for eight days in 1975.<br /> *[[Drew Barrymore]] has two of the shortest celebrity marriages on record, one of 30 days and a five-month marriage to notorious lowbrow comedian Tom Green. Barrymore is a poster child for Hollywood values, as a former child star who became an alcoholic and drug addict who also posed for pornographic magazines.<br /> *[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], made public that he had an adulterous relationship and fathered a child with another woman.<br /> *[[Halle Berry]], a fanatic supporter of [[Barack Hussein Obama]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8605.html Obamamania verges on obsession - Politico]&lt;/ref&gt;, had been married two times in the past and gave birth out of wedlock.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/08/21/celebrities-kids-wedlock/ Celebrities Who Had Kids Out of Wedlock - Fox News]&lt;/ref&gt; Later on, Berry and her baby's father Gabriel Aubry had split and a custody battle between the two ensued.&lt;ref&gt;[http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/halle-berrys-latest-blunder-gabriel-aubry/story?id=12813387 Gabriel Aubry: Another Bad Apple for Halle Berry? - ABC News]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Eddie Murphy]] impregnated former Spice Girl Melanie Brown without marrying her&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20043487,00.html Mel B: DNA Proves Eddie Murphy Fathered Her Baby - People Magazine]&lt;/ref&gt; and later on severed all contact with Melanie and their daughter.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a101281/mel-b-writes-song-about-eddie-murphy.html Mel B writes song about Eddie Murphy - Digital Spy]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Kim Kardashian]] and [[NBA]] player [[Kris Humphries]] got divorced after 72 days.&lt;ref&gt;[http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-01/news/30346165_1_kris-humphries-kim-and-kris-kim-kardashian#ixzz1cVCWcXKK Sideshow: Smash go Kim and Kris - The Philadelphia Inquirer]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Producer [[Robert Evans]] has been divorced seven times.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1205936,00.html Divorce No. 7 for Producer Robert Evans - People Magazine]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor [[Gary Oldman]] had been married four times.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/gary-oldman-the-spy-who-came-in-and-brought-the-cold-with-him-2356597.html Gary Oldman: The spy who came in, and brought the cold with him - The Independent]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Pamela Anderson]] has been divorced three times and her latest marriage lasted for only two months.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-02-26-pamela-anderson_N.htm Anderson seeks annulment of marriage to Salomon - USA Today]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Gregg Allman]], founding member of The Allman Brothers band, has been married six times and is engaged once again. He has a new memoir out with a Christian title &quot;My Cross to Bear&quot;. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2150083/Gregg-Allman-engaged-girlfriend-Shannon-Allman-Brothers-singer-64-marry-blonde-24.html]<br /> <br /> == Offensive Behavior/Moral depravity ==<br /> <br /> * [[Alec Baldwin]], now star of [[30 Rock]], made an obscene phone call in 2007 to his small daughter, Ireland, calling her, among other things, &quot;a thoughtless little pig&quot;.<br /> * [[James Dean]] displayed an unhealthy interest in a 12 year old boy.<br /> * [[Charlie Sheen]] to Wife Brooke Mueller: &quot;I'll Kill You.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/09/charlie-sheen-wife-brook-mueller-ill-kill-you/?test=latestnews Charlie Sheen to Wife Brooke Mueller: &quot;I'll Kill You&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;. Sheen was arrested on Christmas Day, 2009 for domestic abuse of his current wife Brooke. He was booked for second-degree assault, menacing, and criminal mischief. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/12/25/actor-charlie-sheen-arrested-domestic-violence-charges/?test=faces Actor Charlie Sheen Released From Jail After Domestic Abuse Arrest, Fox News, December 25, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt; Sheen has a history that includes assaults against girlfriends and his former wife. He is also infamous for drug/alcohol abuse, having tried (and failed) numerous attempts in rehab clinics. He was fired from the sitcom ''Two and A Half Men'' where, in true Hollywood hypocrisy, he played an &quot;amusingly&quot; alcohol-abusing ladies' man, except the lifestyle proves consequence-free-at least from bad results. Sheen has become dangerously unhinged in recent weeks and has been making increasingly bizarre rants online. No one from Hollywood has yet to step in.<br /> * Trashing hotel rooms is a favorite form of offensive behavior by Hollywood types. Many examples are readily available on the [[internet]].&lt;ref&gt;See, e.g., [http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122101034.html]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Mel Gibson]], who had started drinking again, was arrested in 2006 after being stopped for driving at 84 mph in a 45 mph zone on a notoriously dangerous road in Malibu, California.&lt;ref&gt;''Mel Gibson apologizes after DUI arrest'' [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14080210/ Associated Press]&lt;/ref&gt; A breathalyzer test confirmed he was drunk and next to him was an open bottle of Tequila; after being arrested he hurled anti-Semitic abuse at the Jewish police officer who stopped him.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2292336,00.html Mel Gibson rants against Jews in a drunk-driving arrest], Times Online, July 30, 2006&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *The parents of [[Miley Cyrus]], just 15 years old, allowed [[Annie Liebowitz]] to pose the starlet without a shirt or bra (nominally [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless &quot;topless&quot;]) and with just a sheet covering her front for Vanity Fair magazine.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/media/28hannah.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20195785,00.html&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23608789-5001026,00.html&lt;/ref&gt; &quot;I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,&quot; Cyrus said Sunday in a statement through her publicist. &quot;I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYLnT2kyPIgNUurQ71aNM3EJKpRAD90ARTGO0&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> :&quot;... a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines,&quot; a network statement said. &lt;ref&gt;http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYLnT2kyPIgNUurQ71aNM3EJKpRAD90ARTGO0&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Many Hollywood stars who have purposely sought fame have then turned violent upon photographers and fans. [[Sean Penn]] is well known to lash out at photographers.<br /> *The parents of 16-year old Jamie Lynn Spears allowing her unwed pregnancy to be publicly portrayed as a normal act even though she is a role model for millions of underage teenagers. Gloucester, [[Massachusetts]] mayor, Carolyn Kirk, recently blamed the glamorizing of teen pregnancy by Jamie Lynn Spears for the 17 high school teenagers that got pregnant at the same time that Spears did. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/06/gloucester_mayo.html Gloucester mayor rebuts report of teen pregnancy pact], June 23, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Ellen DeGeneres]] proudly displays her [[gay]] sexuality for all to see. On August 16, 2008, DeGeneres &quot;married&quot; Portia de Rossi in a small ceremony in Beverly Hills. Fox News called it &quot;the biggest celebrity union since California legalized same-sex marriage.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405085,00.html Reports: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Wed] AP, August 17, 2008&lt;/ref&gt; Now, her fans and millions of young girls can read about her gay &quot;marriage&quot; in magazines such as People and Us Magazine and hear about it on celebrity news television shows.<br /> *Rapper [[Kanye West]] and his bodyguard attacked the paparazzi at [[LAX]] airport and allegedly smashed a $10,000 camera on the floor. The pair were arrested for felony vandalism. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,420869,00.html Kanye West Arrested in Altercation With Paparazzi] Ap, September 11, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Heather Locklear]] was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance. The officer noticed Locklear's car parked on a state highway and blocking a lane in Montecito, Ca. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429388,00.html Heather Locklear Arrested on Suspicion of DUI] AP, September 29, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Celebrity of the moment [[Kourtney Kardashian]] gave a risque lingerie shoot while pregnant with her boyfriend's child. After birth, Mom and baby adorned magazine covers, highlighting the modern acceptance of single motherhood. The cover reads ''&quot;Baby Mason will bring our family together,&quot;'' obscuring the traditional meaning of family. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2009/10/16/kardashian-sisters?slide=2 The Kardashian Family, Fox News]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor [[Jude Law]] had a sexual relationship with model Samantha Burke that produced a daughter. It is reported that Law finally went to visit his daughter for the first time, 5 months after she was born. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/jude-law-makes-first-visit-to-love-child-216056/ Jude Law Makes First Visit To Love Child, CelebrityGossip.net, March 1, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actor [[Tom Hanks]] called Mormons 'un-American' for their support of Proposition 8 in California. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/01/23/tom-hanks-apologizes-calling-mormon-supporters-proposition-american/ Tom Hanks Apologizes for Calling Mormon Supporters of Proposition 8 'Un-American', Fox News, January 23, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Woody Allen]] seduced and took pornographic photographs of the youthful daughter of his then girlfriend [[Mia Farrow]].<br /> *Director John Waters claims that is biggest influence for his &quot;films&quot; are pornographic movies. In addition, he is openly gay and thinks he's okay.<br /> *[[John Cusack]] calls for a Satanic death cult to descend on Fox News, Dick Armey, Newt Gingrich and GOP welfare freaks. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/31/actor-john-cusack-calls-satanic-death-fox-news-gop-leaders/?test=faces John Cusack Calls for 'Satanic Death' of Fox News, GOP Leaders, FOXNews, August 31, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Brad Pitt]], appearing in a Spike Lee film announces his desire to see BP executives get the death penalty. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1008/pitt_death_penalty_for_bp.html Brad Pitt: Death Penalty For BP, Politico, August 23, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt; Pitt also admitted to having a history of drug use, and while he claims it belongs in his past [[Quentin Tarantino]] has said otherwise.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1207391/Brad-Pitt-offered-drugs-reveals-Quentin-Tarantino-actor-claims-quit-cannabis-years-ago.html 'Brad Pitt offered me drugs,' reveals Quentin Tarantino after actor claims he quit cannabis years ago - Daily Mail]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Tracy Morgan]] made lewd comments about [[Sarah Palin]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/01/tnt_apologizes_for_tracy_morga.html TNT Apologizes for Tracy Morgan’s Sarah Palin Comment - New York Magazine]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Keith Richards]], guitarist of the [[Rolling Stones]], has said that he snorted his father's ashes.&lt;ref&gt;[http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17933669/ns/today-entertainment/t/keith-richards-says-he-snorted-fathers-ashes/#.TrAYI3L4JJE Keith Richards says he snorted father's ashes - MSNBC]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *During one of his performances, [[Michael Richards]] lashed at a member of the audience with racial slurs.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tv/story/2006/11/20/kramer-racial-slurs.html Richards 'deeply, deeply sorry' for racial slurs - CBC]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Larry Wachowski, one of the directors of [[The Matrix]], previously dressed in drag before receiving a sex change and now goes by Lana Wachowski.<br /> *International filmmaker, Federico Fellini did acid as a source of inspiration.<br /> *Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of [[South Park]], attended the 2000 Academy Award Ceremony while dressed in drag; later on they admitted to taking drugs prior to doing so.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.inquisitr.com/146670/trey-parker-and-matt-stone-say-acid-trip-was-behind-drag-appearance-at-2000-oscars/ Trey Parker and Matt Stone Say Acid Trip Was Behind Drag Appearance at 2000 Oscars - The Inquisitr]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> === Hollywood actor Dan Akroyd on bestiality ===<br /> <br /> ''See also:'' [[Liberalism and bestiality]]<br /> <br /> {{cquote| &quot;I draw the line at bestiality because it’s unfair to the dog or the cat. ''' If the dog or the cat had consciousness, then that’d be OK with me.''' Sexuality has nothing to do with morality.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/sep/08091610 In New Book Actor Dan Akroyd Says he Would Support Bestiality if Animals Were Sentient]&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> <br /> == Hollywood &quot;humor&quot; ==<br /> Another manifestation of Hollywood's offensiveness and moral depravity is found in many of its &quot;comedy&quot; movies. More so than any other entertainment industry, many Hollywood productions rely on lowbrow, juvenile humor. Unlike more intelligent comedies of the early to mid-20th century (such as ''The Great Dictator'' or ''Arsenic and Old Lace''), many contemporary Hollywood comedies eschew intelligence, social commentary, wit or satire in favor of lower-hanging fruit, such as &quot;toilet humor,&quot; nudity/sex, gratuitous violence and shock value. Examples of such films include:<br /> <br /> *''American Pie'' - a long-running film franchise primarily dealing with teenage sex and alcohol; it relies on jokes about sex and bodily functions<br /> *''Jackass'' - These films are essentially montages of ridiculous stunts and pranks with no coherent story<br /> *''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' 1990s MTV series and its 1996 [[movie]] adaptation (&quot;Beavis and Butthead Do America&quot;) make fun of injuries and their related suffering and, in the movie version, &quot;moon&quot; (expose their buttockses) [[nuns]].<br /> *[[Mel Brooks]] ''History of The World Part I'' (1981) makes fun of, among other things, the [[Dawn of Man]] by showing [[cavemen]] breaking their feet and creating the first [[homosexual marriage]], [[Moses]] bringing the [[Ten Commandments]] to the Israelites by literally breaking the extra five, many sex jokes and a mockery of the [[Last Supper]] in its [[Roman Empire]] scenes, mocked the sufferings of [[Jews]] under 1489's [[Spanish Inquistion]] and shows France's King [[Louis XVI]] (played by Brooks) in the [[French Revolution]] scenes using real humans as skeet targets for his target practice games, while hypocritically saying, &quot;I detest violence&quot;.<br /> * TV [[sitcoms]] ''[[All In The Family]]'' and its first spinoff ''[[Maude]]'' included controversial subjects in an often depressing way. ''[[Maude]]'' for example, had its title character getting an [[abortion]] in its first year. Later sitcom entries ''[[Married With Children]]'', ''[[Roseanne]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (latter is still running over 20 years on) are also full of such humor.<br /> *''[[South Park]]'' - uses constant iterations of urine, feces, farting and shock humor, such as jokes about [[abortion]], [[rape]] and the [[Holocaust]].<br /> *''There's Something About Mary'' - contains gratuitous sex and jokes about bodily functions<br /> *''[[Family Guy]]'' - notorious for its shock tactics, this show routinely employs willful tastelessness for comedic shock value. Examples include one regular character who is a pedophile, a pet dog who drinks heavily as well as constant Hitler jokes.<br /> *''[[Cheech and Chong]]'' films are the original [[pot]] pair.<br /> *''[[Harold and Kumar]]'' films - the adventures of the pot-smoking duo that play up ethnic stereotypes, ala Cheech &amp; Chong. <br /> *''[[Dogma]]''- A movie that makes fun of the Bible and religion.<br /> * Lowbrow comedies like ''Porky's'', ''Vacation'' ([[Chevy Chase]], Beverly D'Angelo), ''Police Academy'' and ''Revenge of The Nerds'' serieses are full of all of the above.<br /> <br /> == Rehabilitation clinics ==<br /> Hollywood values often result in [[Celebrity|celebrities]] going into rehabilitation clinics. Here are some examples:<br /> *[[Anthony Michael Hall]], of teen &quot;humor&quot; pics ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' and ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' where he was a real life [[teenager]], was in rehab for [[alcoholism]].<br /> *[[Kirsten Dunst]] checked into the [[Cirque Lodge]] treatment facility in [[Utah]] after a week of hard partying at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], according to a source at the lodge, although the lodge's director of operations denies this. &lt;ref name = &quot;foxkirsten&quot;&gt;<br /> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329545,00.html Reports Say Kirsten Dunst in Rehab; Rep for Facility Denies It], ''[[Fox News]]'', February 08, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The following all checked into the above facility seeking treatment for various psychological problems:<br /> <br /> *[[Lindsay Lohan]]&lt;ref name = &quot;foxkirsten&quot;/&gt;<br /> *[[Eva Mendes]]&lt;ref name = &quot;foxkirsten&quot;/&gt;<br /> *[[Mary-Kate Olsen]]&lt;ref name = &quot;foxkirsten&quot;/&gt;<br /> *[[Robert Downey Jr.]]<br /> *[[Courtney Love]]<br /> <br /> *[[Heather Locklear]]&lt;ref&gt;&quot;A spokeswoman for the 47-year-old star said: 'Heather has been dealing with anxiety and depression.'&quot; She &quot;checked into a clinic in [[Arizona]] that treats depression.&quot;[http://www.pnas.org/content/101/11/3721.full]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[David Arquette]], enters rehab for for treatment of alcohol abuse and depression. &lt;ref&gt;[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/01/david-arquette-rehab-alcohol-courteney-cox-arquette.html David Arquette enters rehab; Courteney Cox supportive, L.A. Times, January 3, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[David Duchovny]], having boosted Hollywood Values through his role in a decadent television series, now finds himself trapped by the depravity that he promoted, and has had to enter rehab for his addiction to unchastity&lt;ref&gt;http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2835847820080829&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> == Hypocrisy ==<br /> <br /> Hollywood personalities often propose legislation such as outlawing private gun ownership, or speak out against things such as anti-gun laws, but have at the same time acted in movies contrary to their own public opinions: <br /> <br /> * [[George Clooney]] on hearing that fellow actor and gun-rights advocate, [[Charlton Heston]], suffers from Alzheimer's disease, said: ''&quot;I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the [[National Rifle Association]]. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.&quot;''&lt;ref&gt;http://www.funnyreign.com/quotes-georgeclooney.shtml&lt;/ref&gt; Clooney starred in the film ''The Peacemaker'', in which he played an American military man defending the country from a nuclear attack; scenes in the film showed him using a gun to defend himself and others. <br /> <br /> * [[Mark Wahlberg]] upon meeting Charlton Heston on the set of 2001's remake of ''Planet of the Apes'', Wahlberg rudely told Heston, &quot;It was very disturbing meeting you.&quot; Later, Wahlberg would have this to say at the MTV Movie Awards: ''&quot;I believe Charlton Heston is America's best villain because he loves guns so much. Maybe he should get the award for being president of the National Rifle Association.&quot;''&lt;ref&gt;http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=2360&lt;/ref&gt; Wahlberg's character in ''Planet of the Apes'' uses a gun to defend himself and other humans from the apes who would rule over them.<br /> <br /> * [[Helen Mirren]] played Queen Elizabeth II in 2006's movie 'The Queen', but [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414361,00.html admits she used to use cocaine] as a result of her poor life choices as a younger woman.<br /> <br /> ==Using appearances to promote their [[liberal]] political views==<br /> *Rapper Kanye West infamously went way off script during a live benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Katrina, criticizing the media's treatment of images of black and white people and saying President [[George W. Bush]] &quot;doesn't care about black people.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090300165.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *During the live broadcast of the 2007 Emmy Awards, actress Sally Field went on a sputtering anti-war rant, eventually concluding by saying, &quot;If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no g**d*** war in the first place.&quot; She received thunderous applause from the Hollywood audience for her vulgar remark.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=3610891&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Michael Moore]] surprised no one by criticizing President Bush during his 2003 Oscar acceptance speech for &quot;Bowling for Columbine,&quot; saying, &quot;We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who's sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it's the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts. We are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush. Shame on you.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030323-2028-oscars-moore.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actress Jessica Lange verbally attacked President Bush and the Iraq War during a 2008 commencement speech at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, stating, &quot;We are living in an America that, in the last seven and a half years, has waged an unnecessary war, established prison camps, condoned torture, employed corporate armies, eliminated the right of habeas corpus, practiced extraordinary rendition, and believe me, this is only a partial list.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://cbs5.com/politics/Jessica.Lange.President.2.732264.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Actress Megan Fox was recently quoted by MSN in a piece entitled &quot;The Wit and Wisdom of Megan Fox&quot; discussing her new movie Transformers 2. She said &quot;why not just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super Bible-beating people in Middle America?” &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.onenewsnow.com/Blog/Default.aspx?id=559876 Megan Fox would barter using ‘Bible-beating white trash’]OneNewsNow.com&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Vanity and [[Idol]] Worship==<br /> [[Hollywood]] places a value on appearance and it is driven into the minds of those who they seek profits and adulation from. There is such a need to be rich and famous that anything goes. It may be glamorizing to reveal skin &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2009/07/15/lovely-talented-khloe-kardashian?test=faces The youngest of the Kardashian gals decided flashing photographers was the best way to get some attention, FOX News, April 1, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt; or shamelessly being sex symbols to audiences. Pat-your-back awards ceremonies whereby we breathlessly await the ''stars'' to arrive. Naturally, scandals make big headlines and these people are no stranger to controversy for [[money]]. These fake gods have captured the hearts of millions upon millions who follow their every move. Negative stereotypes poison the minds of their followers. Women feel less worthy due to the overwhelming influence touching every part of society. [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State's]] Media Research found the following regarding women's magazines, &quot;Past research indicates that exposure to thin models results in lower [[self-esteem]] and decreased weight satisfaction, and to increased depression, guilt, shame, [[stress]], insecurity and body dissatisfaction.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.psu.edu/dept/medialab/research/selfworth.html Construction of Beauty as a Measure of Self-Worth] Penn State Media Research&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> [[File:Celebrity.jpg|right|250px]]<br /> <br /> ==Award Shows==<br /> Fans of Hollywood are served copious amounts of vanity and glamour as celebrities are greeted on the red-carpet attending award events. Paparazzi snap pictures and the stars are rated for their appearance in various tabloids and entertainment television. Once the celebrities have arrived at the awards, television cameras capture for the masses acceptance speeches of their beloved stars. Once limited to couple of banquets such as the [[Emmy Award|Emmys]] or [[Golden Globe]]s, now some two-dozen award shows are vying for exposure. These new award shows offer glimpses into ego and moral depravity of Hollywood. It's not uncommon for the stars to act cool by cussing to the audience during acceptance speeches. These awards shows have become tawdry events that are marketed mostly to teens. <br /> <br /> *Madonna engages in a lustful lesbian kiss onstage to [[Britney Spears]] at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards. &lt;ref&gt;[http://top40.about.com/od/britneyspears/ig/Britney-Spears-Photo-Biography/Britney-Spears-Kissing-Madonna.htm Britney Spears and Madonna Kiss, About.com, 2003]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *A notoriously self-serving [[Kanye West]] jumped onstage at the [[MTV Video Awards]] to interrupt an acceptance speech by [[Taylor Swift]]. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.examiner.com/x-15972-Raleigh-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d14-MTV-Video-Music-Awards-inspire-annual-controversy MTV Video Music Awards inspire annual controversy, Examiner.com, September 14, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> *[[Mariah Carey]] attended the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Her acceptance speech was made while completely drunk. &lt;ref&gt;[http://neonlimelight.com/2010/01/06/video-mariah-carey-accepts-film-festival-award-drunk/ Video: Mariah Carey Accepts Film Festival Award Drunk, Neonlimelight.com, January 6, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> *[[Miley Cyrus]] performed at the Teen Choice Awards in August 2009. The 16-year old was dancing around on a stripper pole. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1619183/20090820/cyrus__miley.jhtml Billy Ray Cyrus Defends Miley's Teen Choice Pole Dance, MTV.com, August 20, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> *Actor [[Jack Black]] opened the 2009 MTV Video Awards by leading everyone in a prayer to [[Satan]]. &lt;ref&gt;[http://christianpress.com/content/entertainment/11-lifestyle/360-jack-black-leads-a-prayer-to-the-devil-at-the-2009-mtv-awards Satan Jack Black Leads A Prayer To The Devil At The 2009 MTV Awards, Christian Press, September 14, 2009 ]&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> *Adam Lambert’s [[American Music Awards]] performance received over 1500 complaints for flipping off the audience, kissing a male keyboard player, and fondling several of his backup dancers. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2009/11/28/did-you-find-adam-lamberts-american-music-awards-performance-offensive/comment-page-1/ Did You Find Adam Lambert’s American Music Awards Performance Offensive?, eCanadanow.com, November 28, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Nominees for the 13th annual 2011 [[Teen Choice Awards]] include a lesbian kiss, a masturbating dog, a pot head middle school teacher. ''&quot;Teens will vote for their favorites, ranging from artists with hits about S&amp;M, to sex and drug-filled R-rated comedies, to favorite “break up” songs – one nominated song features the “f” word 16 times.&quot;'' &lt;ref&gt;[http://m.newsbusters.org/blogs/erin-r-brown/2011/08/05/producers-pick-lesbian-kiss-r-rated-movies-teen-choice-award-nominees Producers Pick Lesbian Kiss, R-Rated Movies as Teen Choice Award Nominees, Newsbusters.org, August 5, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Preying on Underage Stars==<br /> <br /> Very many child actors and actresses have gone on to have damaged and tragically short lives as a result of early exposure to Hollywood Values.<br /> <br /> Debbie Gibson reflects on her life as a sixteen-year-old teenage Pop star and her exposure to the very sinister side of show business. “It is very disheartening that there are so many older men that prey on young performers.” What is even more disturbing than dirty male fans would be older male record executives trying to take her to adult parties and corrupt her with alcohol. Even the way the paparazzi stalk the younger artists is very different from following around adults. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533542,00.html?test=faces Debbie Gibson Speaks Out About Pedophile Fans Wanting to 'Corrupt Little Girls' Fox News, July 17, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Former child-actor Corey Feldman tells ABC that a big group of Hollywood executives are responsible for pedophilia and rape of underage stars. &lt;ref&gt;[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aprice/2011/08/16/child-molestation-allegations-against-hollywood-must-be-investigated/ Child Molestation Allegations Against Hollywood Must Be Investigated]&lt;/ref&gt; Feldman blames the death of troubled teen actor Corey Haim on Haim's Hollywood agent who molested him at age 14. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2025357/Paedophilia-Hollywoods-biggest-problem-alleges-child-star-Corey-Feldman.html 'Paedophilia is Hollywood's biggest problem,' explosive claim by former child star Corey Feldman, UK Dailymail, August 12, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The father of teen idol Miley Cyrus said Disney destroyed their family. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/02/15/billy-ray-cyrus-scared-daughter-miley-says-hannah-montana-destroyed-family/#?test=faces Billy Ray Cyrus Scared For Daughter Miley, Says Hannah Montana 'Destroyed My Family', Fox News, February 15, 2011 &lt;/ref&gt; Billy Ray Cyrus accuses Miley's 'handlers' (Disney Executives) of going too far to promote her and when she got bad press they made her father the scapegoat.<br /> <br /> === Reality Stars ===<br /> [[MTV]] is notorious for filming underage reality stars. The pressure of instant fame with people in trying circumstances to begin with, the off camera news starts to creep more into the media. Arrests, suicide attempts, drugs and rehab are just some of the issues involving reality stars personal lives. Legal contracts with the network spell out MTV's rights to exploit their situations on the show. Psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere. “In this country the media rewards bad behavior with more attention, thus more bad behavior is manifested because it is reinforced and rewarded.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/06/17/is-mtv-repsonsible-when-at-risk-girls-it-exploits-go-off-deep-end/#ixzz1PYwX10oc Is MTV Responsible When At-Risk Teens it Features Go Off the Deep End?, Fox News, June 17, 2011]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Productions==<br /> The diseased moral values of the Liberal-dominated entertainment industry are manifested all too clearly in many of the products of that industry - motion pictures and television programs that offer no edification or instruction to the viewer, but plumb a cesspit of license and depravity. Some recent examples include the television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' and ''[[Sex and the City]]'''s TV series and its movies.<br /> <br /> ==Religion==<br /> A short study of the ten most successful actors &lt;ref&gt;http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php 10 most successful actors] &lt;/ref&gt; shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values. [[David Lynch]], for example, is apathetic towards all [[politics]] and [[religions]] and prefers [[transcedental meditation]] instead. Adrian Zmed, 1980s [[teen idol]] who starred alongside [[William Shatner]] in the [[1980s]] police drama, ''T.J. Hooker'', said in a 1983 interview with [[People Magazine]] that his rigid upbringing by his Romanian [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[priest]] father caused him to play juvenile deliquent and greaser roles (ex. in [[Broadway]]'s long running stage musical ''[[Grease]]'' and the 1982 sequel [[movie]] ''[[Grease 2]]'') as a relief from &quot;having a [[Father]] who is *your* [[father]]&quot;, and had also said &quot;Preachers kids have a sense of rebellion in them&quot;.<br /> <br /> [[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. [[Tom Cruise]], [[Krisite Alley]] and [[John Travolta]] are perhaps the most well known Hollywood Scientologists.<br /> <br /> ==Books==<br /> * ''Hollywood Against America''<br /> * ''Hollywood Babylon'' (1965) by Kenneth Anger (US edition)<br /> * ''Hollywood Babylon II'' (1984) by Kenneth Anger<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Supermodel]]s<br /> *[[Gallery of American Heroes]]<br /> *[[World Famous Pictures]]<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> *[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ic_Q3agTpruvzoCJ5UxWaAqGJW3A Bush attacks 'Hollywood values'], ''AFP'', Oct 1, 2007<br /> *[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/index.html Mug-shots of arrested Hollywood stars]<br /> *[http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/news/articles/2010/mtvmovieawards.asp Parent's Television Council: MTV’s Movie Awards Will Honor Profanity]<br /> *[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/vernon/100802 From Hollywood: to Hitler with love (Stalin, too)]<br /> *[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/12/17/dumbest-things-celebs-said/?test=faces Ten Dumbest Things Celebs Said in 2010]<br /> *[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2011/01/04/foul-mouthed-celebs/?test=faces#slide=1 Foul Mouthed Celebrities]<br /> *[http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2011/01/04/pop_culture_killing_classic_tr.html Pop Culture Killing Classic Traditions]<br /> *[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ Andrew Breitbart's BigHollywood.com]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|3}}<br /> <br /> {{Liberalism}}<br /> [[category:entertainment]]<br /> [[Category:Liberal Traits]]<br /> [[Category:Social Problems]]<br /> [[Category:Hollywood]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Gun_control&diff=1050344 2013-05-02T17:11:37Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Gun control''' laws restrict the purchase of ownership of guns, even though guns are typically acquired for defensive and/or sporting purposes. Studies show that more gun ownership results in less crime, but [[liberals]] push gun control because it increases the dependency of voters on government for protection. The political effect of gun control is to shift voters leftward, and hence the primary supporters of gun control are the [[liberal media]] and [[leftist]] politicians.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/quotes/repeal.html Quotes of Leftists Demanding Gun Control]&lt;/ref&gt; In the [[United Kingdom]], which already has the strictest gun control in Europe, [[leftists]] demand control over 120,000 ''deactivated'' guns, even though their activation and use constitute only 0.04% of all gun offenses there. But leftists want gun control because fewer guns means greater dependency on government.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3168607.ece&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> Gun control is a denial or limitation by [[government]]s of the right to armed [[self-defense]],&lt;ref name=&quot;Washington University Law Quarterly&quot;&gt; &quot;In contrast to most other weaponry, firearms are preeminently defensive in effect.&quot; [http://www.constitution.org/2ll/2ndschol/76holo.htm Washington University Law Quarterly]&lt;/ref&gt; as promised by the [[Second Amendment]] of the Constitution of the [[United States of America]]. Genocide has occurred only after gun control first disarmed the citizenry.&lt;ref name=&quot;Washington University Law Quarterly&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> Proponents use the discredited - but superficially appealing - claim that fewer lawfully-owned guns somehow leads to less crime, even though guns are primarily defensive weapons.&lt;ref&gt;People who support gun control claim or pretend that gun control laws significantly reduce violent crime. [http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/irrationality.htm Why People Are Irrational about Politics]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;Gun control primarily restricts the lawful acquisition and use of guns. Over 99% of the guns restricted by most gun control regulation are used in a lawful manner.&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> Gun control laws cause enormous hardships. In May 2012, a gun control law resulted in a 20-year prison sentence against an [[African American]] woman for merely firing warning shots against her husband, and there was widespread outrage in [[Florida]] against this unconscionable sentence.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/11/justice/florida-stand-ground-sentencing/index.html?hpt=hp_t3&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In the United States the three primary [[federal]] gun control laws are:<br /> * [[National Firearms Act]] (1934)<br /> * [[Gun Control Act]] (1968)<br /> * [[Brady Bill]] (1993)<br /> <br /> These laws have further been amended by other laws such as the Firearms Owners Protection Act (1986) and the Omnibus Crime Bill (1994).<br /> <br /> Fed up with federal gun control, in 2009 States began considering (Utah) or passing (Montana) laws &quot;making guns that are made and kept within state boundaries exempt from federal regulations&quot; including &quot;background checks, licensing and registration.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&amp;sid=6367553&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == The Fallacy and Motivation for Gun Control ==<br /> [[Image:No Weapons Allowed.gif|right]]<br /> Gun control potentially causes an increase in crime by restricting its main deterrent: [[self-defense]]. A study by Professor Gary Kleck, initially a liberal critic of gun control, caused him to change his mind on this issue when the evidence showed that crime was predominantly ''prevented'' when people could carry guns. ''See Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America''.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.largo.org/effects.html&lt;/ref&gt; In the United States, law-abiding uses of guns outnumber criminal uses by about a factor of 1000 to 1,&lt;ref&gt;http://www.americanselfdefense.com/gunfacts3.0.pdf (p. 60)&lt;/ref&gt; and the removal of guns from everyone eliminates the lawful use of self-defense and its deterrent effect. &quot;[[Americans]] use firearms to defend themselves from criminals at least 764,000 times a year.&quot;&lt;ref name=&quot;Gallup_LAT&quot;&gt;&quot;This figure is the lowest among a group of 9 nationwide surveys done by organizations including Gallup and the Los Angeles Times.&quot; (Just Facts - [http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp Gun Control])&lt;/ref&gt; Specific examples of guns being used successfully in [[self-defense]] are easy to find.&lt;ref&gt;Two 70-ish store owners stopped armed robberies of their stores by shooting at the bandits. &quot;The person came in and pointed the gun at him and my father shot him. I'm proud of him.&quot; [http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/253849.html Buffalo News]&lt;/ref&gt; &quot;In 1982, a survey of imprisoned criminals found that 34% of them had been &quot;scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim.&quot;&lt;ref name=&quot;Gallup_LAT&quot;/&gt; When [[Florida]] began allowing its citizens to carry a concealed weapon, [[Florida]]'s firearm homicide rate fell by 37% while the national average ''increased'' by 15%.&lt;ref name=&quot;Gallup_LAT&quot;/&gt; As explained below, the political effect of gun control is to cause voters to become more dependent emotionally on government and more supportive of bigger government.<br /> <br /> Studies by [[John Lott]] and others indicate that gun control causes higher crime rates.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.johnrlott.com/ John Lott's Website]&lt;/ref&gt; [[Washington, D.C.]] has one of the highest crime rates in [[America]] even though it completely bans private handguns.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/dccrime.htm District of Columbia Crime Rates 1960 - 2006]&lt;/ref&gt; &quot;Switzerland, Israel, Denmark and Finland, all of whom have a higher gun ownership rate than America, all have lower crime rates than America, in fact, their crime rates are among the lowest in the Western World.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;Slashdoc - [http://www.slashdoc.com/documents/71244 gun control]&lt;/ref&gt; Lott demonstrates that in [[Britain]], [[Australia]] and [[Canada]], increased gun control in the late 1990s led to increased crime, the exact opposite of what the proponents of the gun control promised.&lt;ref&gt;John R. Lott Jr. and Eli Lehrer - [http://johnrlott.tripod.com/op-eds/IBDGunConFailure.html Add Gun Control To Litany Of Misbegotten Gov't Plans]&lt;/ref&gt; States in the [[U.S.]] that have enacted concealed-carry laws enjoy lower crime rates.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4706 Cato report]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> [[image:Robbery victims per 100K.png|300px|thumb|&lt;small&gt;Source data: Australian Bureau of Statistics&lt;/small&gt;]]<br /> [[image:Robbery victims.png|300px|thumb|&lt;small&gt;Source data: Australian Bureau of Statistics&lt;/small&gt;]]<br /> <br /> In [[Australia]], where gun ownership was less widespread and the gun control measures were less strict, there was an immediate increase in robbery and armed robbery after the gun control went into effect in 1996 (see chart at right).&lt;ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Gun control passed in Australia because &quot;public was immediately whipped into a gun control frenzy by the press&quot; after the &quot;Port Arthur massacre&quot; in Tasmania on April 28, 1996, in which 32 were shot dead and 19 injured. &quot;Although polls done prior to the massacre indicated that the public was satisfied with the amount of 'gun control' they already had, a major newspaper did a poll just a few days after the massacre (while all minds were &quot;clear&quot;) and, not surprisingly, found high levels of support for extreme gun control measures. This poll would be used forever by the commonwealth government and other gun controllers to claim that Australians supported the new gun laws to come.&quot; - [http://www.gunsandcrime.org/aussiegc.html Gun Control in Australia] (by gunsandcrime.org)&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> There is no clear evidence supporting a decrease in crime from gun control.&lt;ref name=&quot;Results&quot;&gt;[http://www.gunsandcrime.org/auresult.html Results of the Australian Gun &quot;Buyback&quot; &amp; New Gun Laws], October 2001&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/azl084v1 Study showing lack of promised benefits from gun control]&lt;/ref&gt; Although from 1979 to 1996, 11,110 Australians died by gunshot representing an annual average of 617. In the seven years after new gun laws were announced (1997 to 2003), the yearly average almost halved, to 331. In the decade up to and including Port Arthur There have been 11 mass shootings where 100 people were shot dead and another 52 wounded, while in In the 10 years since 1996 and the new gun laws, not one mass shooting (more than five victims) has occurred in Australia (although in 2002 a gunman killed two and wounded four at Monash University) &lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-safer-place-after-howards-gun-buyback/2006/04/27/1145861484114.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> Subsequent to gun control in England:&lt;ref&gt;http://www.reason.com/news/show/28582.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :&quot;from 1997 to 2001, the rate of violent crime more than doubled. Your chances of being mugged in London are now [as of 2002] six times greater than in New York. England's rates of assault, robbery, and burglary are far higher than America's, and 53 percent of English burglaries occur while occupants are at home, compared with 13 percent in the U.S., where burglars admit to fearing armed homeowners more than the police. In a United Nations study of crime in 18 developed nations published in July, England and Wales led the Western world's crime league, with nearly 55 crimes per 100 people.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;However this increase in recorded violent crime between 1997 and 2001 is explained by the Home Office as a result of changes in the definition of violent crime and new counting rules introduced in 1998. [http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/rdsolr1804.pdf Violent Crime in England and Wales] According to the British Crime Survey, which is considered a more reliable guide to trends in crime[http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/crime-statistics-independent-review-06.pdf], violent crime fell 24% between 1997 and 2001/02, and burglary fell 40% over the same period.[http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb1105tab201.xls Trends in BCS incidents of crime]&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> Gun control in [[Britain]] and [[Australia]] has been followed by a predictable shift to the left politically by voters as they lost their instrument of self-defense and became more emotionally dependent on government. Contrast that with the [[United States]], where an effort to push gun control after the [[Columbine massacre]] failed in 2000 and the government has remained as [[conservative]] -- if not more so -- ever since.<br /> <br /> The emasculation of the citizenry by gun control also arguably reduces the resistance of a society to intimidation, and exacerbates fear of consequences from causing offense. Subsequent to the passage of strict gun control in [[England]] some teachers have avoided teaching controversial subjects such as the [[Holocaust]], the Arab-Israeli conflict and the [[Crusades]] during history classes.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RW100.pdf&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> Teaching Emotive and Controversial History 3-19] (p.15) The anti-self-defense attitude of British authorities has also turned criminals into &quot;victims&quot; and victims who fight back into &quot;criminals.&quot; One particularly egregious case involved a farmer being sentenced to life imprisonment for defending himself in his home after the home was repeatedly burglarized &lt;ref&gt;http://www.theinternetparty.org/commentary/c_s.php?td=200107200000&amp;section_type=com&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Trends ==<br /> After decades of increasing gun control laws, the current trend in the [[United States]] is in the direction of more gun rights. The 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill included a ban on certain new rifles labeled assault rifles solely because of features of their appearance, and on new high-capacity magazines. This law recently expired and was not renewed by [[Congress]]. Also, Washington D.C.'s gun ban was struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals on March 9, 2007.&lt;ref&gt;The New York Times - [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/washington/09cnd-gun.html?hp Appeals Court Says Gun Ban Violates 2nd Amendment]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;The Washington Post - [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR2007030902416.html D.C.'s Ban On Handguns In Homes Is Thrown Out]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> By removing the deterrent effect of guns, gun control causes dramatic increases in crimes committed with other weapons:&lt;ref name=&quot;bbc&quot;&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2656875.stm&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :You are now six times more likely to be mugged in [[London]] than [[New York]]. Why? Because as common law appreciated, not only does an armed individual have the ability to protect himself or herself but criminals are less likely to attack them. They help keep the peace. A study found American burglars fear armed home-owners more than the police. As a result burglaries are much rarer and only 13% occur when people are at home, in contrast to 53% in England.<br /> <br /> Supporters of gun control argue that homicide with guns is much less in [[England]] than in the [[United States]],&lt;ref&gt;In 2005/06, the total number of victims of homicide by shooting (including crossbows) in England and Wales was 50 and there were 212 victims of homicide by sharp instruments. [Home Office Statistical Bulletin - [http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb0207.pdf Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2005/2006][http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/hosb0104.pdf] The data for gun deaths in the United States include guns used in self-defense, as in fending off an assault, robbery or rape, and there were a total of 11,350 gun deaths (including deaths of criminals) in 2005.[US Department of Justice, FBI - [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html Crime in the United States by Volume and Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants, 1986 - 2005]&lt;/ref&gt; but that was true even before gun control and is likely due to cultural reasons. &quot;A study comparing New York and London over 200 years found the New York homicide rate consistently five times the London rate, although for most of that period residents of both cities had unrestricted access to firearms. When guns were available in England they were seldom used in crime. A government study for 1890-1892 found an average of one handgun homicide a year in a population of 30 million.&quot;&lt;ref name=&quot;bbc&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> Gun control laws are often seen to conflict with the [[Second Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which recognizes the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment reads: &quot;A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&quot;<br /> <br /> The &quot;right to keep and bear arms&quot; is a right guaranteed to the American citizen by the Bill of Rights through the virtue of a selective reading of said Bill. The phrase &quot;a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state&quot; precedes the statement, and most federal Courts of Appeals have held that this phrase requires that the &quot;right to bear arms&quot; relates to the collective rights of state militias, as opposed to the individual's rights to have any weapon desired. Just recently, the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit went against nine other circuits in holding that the Second Amendment constitutes an individual right.&lt;ref&gt;The New York Times - [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/washington/10gun.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin Court Rejects Strict Gun Law as Unconstitutional]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;FOX News - [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258067,00.html Appeals Court Strikes Down Washington, D.C. Handgun Ban]&lt;/ref&gt; However, according to the judge writing for the majority in this case, its decision does still allow for &quot;reasonable restrictions&quot; on gun ownership and use, such as carrying of guns by intoxicated individuals, or in churches.<br /> <br /> Only six cities in the [[United States]] ban handguns: [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Chicago]], and four of its suburbs.&lt;ref&gt;David Kopel, &quot;The Democrats and Gun Control,&quot; Wall St.J., Page A19, April 17, 2008 [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB120839466717921537-lMyQjAxMDI4MDE4NzMxOTc0Wj.html]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> &quot;Gun control&quot; can include:<br /> <br /> * Restricting which persons can own firearms. <br /> * Restrictions on the number of firearms a person may own, or purchase during a given time period<br /> * Requirements that privately owned firearms be registered with the government. <br /> * Bans on certain types of firearms; for example, &quot;handguns&quot; or assault rifles<br /> * Restrictions on where firearms may be carried, for example into restaurants or post offices<br /> * Requiring a &quot;background check&quot; and/or a &quot;waiting period&quot; to purchase a firearm<br /> * Restricting when and where firearms may be bought and sold, for example banning their sale through the mail<br /> * Requiring licenses or some other form of permission from the government to buy and/or sell a firearm<br /> * Requiring some form of permission from the government to carry a firearm in public, either concealed or openly<br /> * Laws granting special gun rights for some people, for example retired law enforcement officers, which are denied the rest of the public, which was used in several southern states. <br /> * Outright bans on carrying firearms in public<br /> * Outright bans on private possession of firearms, though this has never occurred in the United States<br /> <br /> ===Arguments in favor===<br /> &quot;The only purpose of a gun is to kill people.&quot;<br /> <br /> ===Arguments against===<br /> {{coulter-armed-self-defense}}<br /> <br /> ==Constitutional Debate==<br /> The [[Second Amendment]] reads:<br /> <br /> &quot;A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&quot;<br /> <br /> Most constitutional scholars agree that since the amendment refers to &quot;the right of the People&quot; instead of the right of the militia, it protects an individual right to own guns. The reason for this was the fact that the supplying of guns for the military and militas was already provided for in Article I Section 8 as a power of Congress. The extent of that right was something hotly debated for decades, until the Supreme Court ruling of 26 June, 2008, Heller v District of Columbia.<br /> <br /> The majority opinion, written by Justice [[Antonin Scalia]], held for the first time that the Constitution provides an individual right to bear arms, such as for self-defense, rather than a right that applies only to a state militia.<br /> <br /> The decision upheld an appellate court ruling striking down Washington, D.C.'s 1976 handgun ban. The case marked the first time in more than 70 years that the Supreme Court had addressed the Second Amendment ''and the first time it spoke directly about the implication of an individual right''. The court struck down two of the District of Columbia's gun control laws: its handgun ban and its requirement that other firearms kept at home have a trigger lock or be disassembled. <br /> <br /> Relying on the broader historical record, Justice Scalia wrote: <br /> {{cquote|'''putting all of these textual elements together, we find that they guarantee the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.'''}}<br /> <br /> Scalia noted that the ruling should not be interpreted to &quot;cast doubt on long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-2901.pdf Supreme Court Opinion, District of Columbia v Heller]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Racism of gun control==<br /> In the [[United States of America]], gun control has a strong racist origin and reasoning. Before the Civil War ended, State &quot;Slave Codes&quot; prohibited slaves from owning guns. After President [[Abraham Lincoln]] issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and after the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery was adopted and the Civil War ended in 1865, States persisted in prohibiting blacks, now freemen, from owning guns under laws renamed &quot;Black Codes.&quot; They did so on the basis that blacks were not citizens, and thus did not have the same rights, including the right to keep and bear arms protected in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as whites. This view was specifically articulated by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in its infamous 1857 decision in ''[[Dred Scott v. Sandford]]'' to uphold slavery.<br /> <br /> The United States Congress overrode most portions of the Black Codes by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The legislative histories of both the Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as The Special Report of the Anti-Slavery Conference of 1867, are replete with denunciations of those particular statutes that denied blacks equal access to firearms. [Kates, &quot;Handgun Prohibition and the Original Meaning of the Second Amendment,&quot; 82 Mich. L. Rev. 204, 256 (1983)] However, facially neutral disarming through economic means laws remain in effect.<br /> <br /> After the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1878, most States turned to &quot;facially neutral&quot; business or transaction taxes on handgun purchases. However, the intention of these laws was not neutral. An article in Virginia's official university law review called for a &quot;prohibitive tax...on the privilege&quot; of selling handguns as a way of disarming &quot;the son of Ham,&quot; whose &quot;cowardly practice of 'toting' guns has been one of the most fruitful sources of crime.... Let a negro board a railroad train with a quart of mean whiskey and a pistol in his grip and the chances are that there will be a murder, or at least a row, before he alights.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;Comment, Carrying Concealed Weapons, 15 Va L. Reg. 391, 391-92 (1909); George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal (GMU CR LJ), Vol. 2, No. 1, &quot;Gun Control and Racism,&quot; Stefan Tahmassebi, 1991, p. 75.&lt;/ref&gt; Thus, many Southern States imposed high taxes or banned inexpensive guns so as to price blacks and poor whites out of the gun market.<br /> <br /> Today, &quot;gun control&quot; laws continue to be enacted so as to have a racist effect if not intent:<br /> <br /> * Police-issued license and permit laws, unless drafted to require issuance to those not prohibited by law from owning guns, are routinely used to prevent lawful gun ownership among &quot;unpopular&quot; populations.<br /> * Public housing residents, approximately 3 million Americans, are singled out for gun bans.<br /> * &quot;Gun sweeps&quot; by police in &quot;high crime neighborhoods&quot; whereby vehicles and &quot;pedestrians who meet a specific profile that might indicate they are carrying a weapon&quot; are searched are becoming popular, and are being studied by the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] as &quot;Operation Ceasefire.&quot;<br /> * Some U.S. cities with high minority populations, such as Washington, D.C., are singled out for gun bans.<br /> * &quot;Project Exile&quot; began in the U.S. city of Richmond, Virginia and mandated that people arrested for technical firearms violations (note: not for violent crimes committed with a firearm, but for technical violations of the law) be tried in federal court where they would be subject to lengthy mandatory minimum sentences rather than in state court under the more lenient Virginia laws. As with many other restrictions this was aimed primarily at the city's Black residents. It has since been copied in many other cities.<br /> <br /> The [[Ku Klux Klan]] began also as a gun-control organization.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.examiner.com/article/kkk-began-as-gun-control-organization-confirms-racist-roots-of-gun-control&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Sexism of gun control ==<br /> <br /> Firearms, especially lower recoiling ones such as many handguns, allow any person to wield enough power to stop another person from attacking them.&lt;ref name=&quot;genderDiscrimination1&quot;&gt;http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/03/19/firearms-rights-are-a-gender-equality-issue-too/ &lt;/ref&gt; Many women (quite reasonably) fear the threat of attack by a physically stronger man, and a firearm could prevent many of these attacks, but gun bans leave these women vulnerable. Take the case of the “North Side Rapist” in Chicago, a city where hand guns are banned, as an example: The rapist broke in to the womens homes, and at least one of the women heard him break in and then climb the stairs. Had this woman had a handgun, she almost certainly could have stopped the rapist before it was too late. This would have prevented her from enduring such a horrific crime, as well as preventing the rapist’s future victims from experiencing the same thing. Instead, Chicago law prevented her from being able to defend herself, and gave the advantage to the rapist/home-invader. This is not an isolated incident, and similar events happen every day across the county.<br /> <br /> == Elitism of gun control ==<br /> <br /> Many of the most ardent American anti-gun politicians, such as Chicago’s Mayor Daley, are protected by taxpayer-sponsored armed body guards, but deny law abiding citizens the right to defend themselves with a gun. &lt;ref name=&quot;classDiscrimination1&quot;&gt;http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/04/16/a-double-standard-anti-gun-politicians-and-their-gun-toting-bodyguards/ &lt;/ref&gt; These politicians seemingly believe themselves to be part of an elite group who deserve to be protected against violent criminals, while ordinary law-abiding citizens are left with less-effective means to defend themselves, and must instead rely on the police arriving in time.<br /> <br /> == Gun control outside the United States ==<br /> <br /> Gun control advocates cite foreign countries to argue that gun control can reduce crime, but such comparison can be difficult due to the presence of other factors. For example, they cite [[Singapore]] as having gun control and a lower crime rate than the [[United States]], but Singapore has less than 5 million persons and one of the highest literacy and average wealth in the world. It lacks many of the freedoms found in the [[United States]] and strictly imposes harsh physical punishment, such as caning and the [[death penalty]], for crimes that are not punished so harshly in the [[United States]]. The real issue of the security in Singapore is its tight criminal control, not the gun control itself.<br /> <br /> Gun control supporters also cite [[Gun Control in Japan|Japan's gun control laws]], which severely restrict gun ownership and crime rates are relatively low. But [[Japan]] also lacks many freedoms and diversity which exist in the [[United States]], and [[Japan]] has strong cultural deterrents to crime. Ironically, [[Japan]] is home to [[Tokyo Marui]], the world's largest airsoft gun manufacturer, which designs airsoft guns that are made to the same scale and with the same materials as the real counterpart and which have been mistaken by police for real guns.<br /> <br /> In the [[European Union]], gun control is more strict than in the United States, but gun ownership differs widely between member states, from 36 per 100 people in [[Cyprus]] to one per 100 in [[Poland]].&quot; In [[Switzerland]], on the other hand, gun ownership is quite widespread, which no doubt contributes to its reputation as a peaceful and neutral country.&lt;ref&gt;[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/27/switzerland.shooting Gun control in Switzerland]&lt;/ref&gt; In November 2007, the [[European Parliament]] passed legislation to tighten and harmonize gun control across the EU, and oblige each member state to set up a computerized database of firearms, as it &quot;hoped to prevent Europe from becoming a gun-friendly culture like the United States&quot;. Parliament wanted to limit cross-border trade from states with less control to those with tougher laws, such as from [[Lithuania]], where replica guns can cost as little as [[Euro|€]]100 (US$150), to the [[United Kingdom]], where most replicas are outlawed.<br /> <br /> In Australia, gun violence has always been significantly lower than other types of violence.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.gunsandcrime.org/aussiegc.html&lt;/ref&gt;. Australia has not experienced considerable violence problems with legally purchased guns. It has always had a much lower homicide rate than the more violent culture in the [[United States]].&lt;ref&gt;In Australia the gun related homicide rate is 0.44 per 100,000 of population. In the US it is about 8 times as high at 3.72 per 100,000 of population.&lt;/ref&gt; From 1979 to 1996, 11,110 Australians died by gunshot representing an annual average of 617. In the seven years after new gun laws were announced (1997 to 2003), the yearly average almost halved, to 331. In the decade up to and including Port Arthur There have been 11 mass shootings where 100 people were shot dead and another 52 wounded, while in In the 10 years since 1996 and the new gun laws, not one mass shooting (more than five victims) has occurred in Australia (although in 2002 a gunman killed two and wounded four at Monash University).&lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-safer-place-after-howards-gun-buyback/2006/04/27/1145861484114.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> Gun control began in Australia in response to fears that guns would be used by home-grown Communist Revolutionaries.&lt;ref&gt;http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1083528 This study discusses the parallel policies of early-mid 20th century Britain and Australia.&lt;/ref&gt; The most restrictive reforms were made in 1996 and 2002, following highly publicized shootings.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-safer-place-after-howards-gun-buyback/2006/04/27/1145861484114.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Both sets of reforms (1996 and 2002) were lead by Prime Minister [[John Howard]] of the Coalition(Australia’s conservative government). Howard was well known as an anti-gun advocate.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/anger-lingers-among-those-who-lost-their-firearms/2006/04/27/1145861489398.html&lt;/ref&gt; The move offended gun supporters, many of whom had traditionally supported the Coalition.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/anger-lingers-among-those-who-lost-their-firearms/2006/04/27/1145861489398.html&lt;/ref&gt; Despite the loss of this voting group, Howard won elections following both reforms (in 1998 and 2004).<br /> <br /> There is controversy over the success of Australia’s gun restrictions. Studies suggest overall gun violence has decreased since the 1996 and 2002 bans.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-safer-place-after-howards-gun-buyback/2006/04/27/1145861484114.html&lt;/ref&gt; However, Australia’s bike and drug gangs, the main perpetrators of gun violence, still easily access illegal firearms.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/a-disarming-cause/2006/04/27/1145861489519.html&lt;/ref&gt; Further, the overall homicide rate remains constant.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-safer-place-after-howards-gun-buyback/2006/04<br /> /27/1145861484114.html?page=2&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Gun Control and Genocide ==<br /> <br /> Gun control &quot;contributes to the probability of its government engaging&quot; in [[genocide]], including the three worst instances in the 20th century:&lt;ref&gt;&quot;[A] society's weapons policy might be one of the institutional arrangements that contributes to the probability of its government engaging in some of the more extreme varieties of outrage. ... [I]t is [] an arresting reality that not one of the principal genocides of the twentieth century, and there have been dozens, has been inflicted on a population that was armed.&quot; [http://ls.wustl.edu/WULQ/75-3/753-4.html Washington University Law Quarterly]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *In 1911, [[Turkey]] imposed gun control and then, from 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million defenseless Armenians were killed.<br /> <br /> *In 1929, the [[Soviet Union]] imposed gun control and over the next 24 years about 20 million defenseless dissidents were killed.<br /> <br /> *In 1935, [[China]] established gun control from 1948-1952 20 million political dissidents were killed.<br /> <br /> *In 1938, [[Germany]] imposed gun control and then over the next seven years 13 million defenseless Jews and other victims were exterminated. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.thegunzone.com/rkba/rkba-12.html The True Face of Gun Control], Dean Speir, The Gun Zone RKBA, Accessed December 26, 2007&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *In 1956, [[Cambodia]] established gun control and between 1975 and 1977 one million oppositionals were exterminated.<br /> <br /> *In 1970, [[Uganda]] imposed gun control. Between 1971 and 1979 300,000 Christians and political oppositionals were killed.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/66751/gun-control-amin/dave-kopel#&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> &quot;The Nazis made only two important changes to the Weapons Law that was in place when they came to power. First, they forbade Jews from owning guns or any other weapon. Second, they exempted members of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and many Nazi party officials from the law's strictures.&quot;&lt;ref name=&quot;Washington University Law Quarterly&quot;/&gt; The German Firearms Act of 1937 stated &quot;No civilian is to have a firearm without a permit and permits shall not be issued to persons suspected of acting against the state. ''For Jews, this permission will not be granted.'' Those people who do not require permission to carry weapons include the whole of the SS, and the SA - including the Deaths Head group, and the officers of the Hitler youth.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;Volokh&quot;&gt;[http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38d04d5c7c40.htm The Journalist's Guide to Gun Policy Scholars and Second Amendment Scholars], Professor Eugene Volokh, FreeRepublic.com, March 15, 2000&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Adolf Hitler said, &quot;The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;Volokh&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Josef Stalin]], former dictator of the [[USSR]] and murderer of over 20 million people, infamously supported gun control in the fear that his evil regime might be torn down and so only soldiers could have firearms.<br /> <br /> == Gun Control and young mass murderers ==<br /> <br /> ''Main article: [[Young mass murderers]]''<br /> <br /> Strict gun control failed and still fails to prevent mass murderers from starting killing sprees while the victims are unable to defend themselves.<br /> <br /> Compare the cases of Pekka-Eric Auvinen ([[Finland]]) and Robert Steinhäuser ([[Germany]]) with the case of Matthew Murray. The latter was stopped by an armed citizen before he could harm more victims; Auvinen killed 8 people and Steinhäuser killed 16. Both Finland and Germany have gun control laws.<br /> <br /> ==Other terms==<br /> Other terms sometimes used by those who are opposed to gun control include:<br /> * Rights restriction<br /> * Victim disarmament<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> * [[Gun control quotes]]<br /> *[[Essay:US Armed Citizens and Crime Control]]<br /> *[[John Lott]]<br /> *[[Second Amendment]]<br /> *[[Gun Control in Nazi Germany]]<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> <br /> === Opposed to gun control ===<br /> *[http://www.2asisters.org/ Second Amendment Sisters]<br /> *[http://www.nra.org/ The National Rifle Association]<br /> *[http://www.nrapublications.org/AC/index.asp Armed citizens defending themselves.]<br /> *[http://www.a-human-right.com/ A Human Right] Discussion of the human right to self defense with a firearm.<br /> *[http://www.learnaboutguns.com/ Learn About Guns] Firearm information and politics.<br /> *[http://www.gunowners.org/ Gun Owners of America] A no-compromise pro-gun lobby in Washington, D.C.<br /> *[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/gun-control/ What Liberals Say - Category: Gun Control]<br /> *[http://www.guncite.com/ GunCite: Gun Control and Second Amendment Issues]<br /> *[http://jpfo.org/ Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]<br /> *[http://nssf.org/ National Shooting Sports Foundation]<br /> *[http://concealedcampus.org/ Students for Concealed Carry]<br /> <br /> === In favor of gun control ===<br /> *[http://www.guninformation.org/ Gun Control and the Second Amendment]<br /> *[http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-switzerland.htm Myth: Switzerland proves that high gun-ownership doesn't increase murder]<br /> *[http://www.bradycampaign.org/ Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence]<br /> *[http://www.vpc.org/ Violence Policy Center]<br /> *[http://www.lwv.org/ League of Women Voters]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> [[category:Second Amendment]]<br /> [[Category:Oppression]]<br /> [[Category:gun control]]<br /> {{liberalism}}</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Liberal_logic&diff=1046406 2013-04-13T20:12:49Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Liberal logic''' is a term used to describe arguments made by some [[liberal]]s that may appear logical, but are actually nonsensical. Here are 100 examples:<br /> <br /> # No matter what happens in the weather, [[global warming]] must have caused it<br /> # Insist on &quot;tolerance&quot; for anything that is anti-[[Christian]], while promoting [[censorship]] for anything which is [[Christian]]<br /> # If a crime is committed against a member of a predominantly [[Democrat]]ic group, then it's a [[hate crime]]; if committed against a member of a mostly [[Republican]] group, then it is not<br /> # Claim something is true merely because a (nearly bankrupt) newspaper said so (see [[appeal to authority]])<br /> # [[Obama]], [[Obama's Religion|whose statements and activities are]] [[Islam]]ic and does not attend church, is somehow a Christian while [[Thomas Jefferson]], a regular churchgoer, was not <br /> # Claim that liberals' viewpoints are being censored, while actually they are the ones censoring their opponents<br /> # Claim that switching from heterosexual to [[homosexual]] is customary, but switching back is somehow impossible<br /> # Insist that someone needs to experience something (e.g., drugs, pornography, gambling, etc.) before being able to criticize it&lt;ref&gt;[http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1808 Bryn Mawr report on marijuana]. Many commentators said the reporter had no justification for his views since he had never tried marijuana. Examples of such liberal logic included: &quot;There are pros and cons to everything under the sun. That dosen't (sic) mean that you shouldn't try it all...Besides marijuana is so much more beneficial then everyone realizes.&quot; which was smartly replied to by another commenter with: &quot;Following your logic, obviously there are PROS to:<br /> *jumping off the Empire State Building<br /> *anorexia<br /> *drunk driving<br /> *smoking crack or meth<br /> *child molestation<br /> *Shall I keep going?...<br /> Sorry, but not only is your drug-induced logic utterly flawed, but you don't exactly exude intelligence. Forgive me if I don't join your crusade.&quot; &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Pretend to base their opinion on an unverifiable or unusual personal experience, when real [[logic]] would be a better guide<br /> # Criticize [[Christians]] for literal interpretations of [[Genesis]], but then insist on even more literal interpretations when it suits the [[liberal]] ideology&lt;ref&gt;For example, [[liberals]] here insist that [[homeschooling]] can only mean being taught while in someone's own home.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Belief that a [[correlation]] and/or [[causation]] (e.g., between [[atheism]] and [[suicide]]) can be disproved by a [[counterexample]] (e.g., one [[atheist]] who remained sane)<br /> # Responding to a logical comment or question with an (illogical) expression of personal like or dislike, as in &quot;but I like it!&quot;<br /> # Never admitting shame for [[liberal]] behavior, but often telling others they should be ashamed of themselves.<br /> # [[Circular reasoning]] as in demanding censorship of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]] in schools and scientific journals, while simultaneously citing the resulting lack of those views in schools and journals as proof against it!&lt;ref&gt;See, e.g., [[Richard Sternberg]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Americans]] should &quot;move on&quot; past the misconduct of [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Ted Kennedy]], but should dig up as much old dirt as possible about Republican candidates<br /> # Highly implausible assumptions in &quot;if ... then&quot; arguments, such as &quot;if [[embryonic stem cell]] research will find the cure for paralysis, then would you support it?&quot; (without any consideration of superior alternatives)<br /> # [[Barack Obama]] on [[Afghanistan]]: with fewer soldiers, we didn't have enough ammo and humvees!&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21text-demdebate.html?sq=transcript&amp;st=nyt&amp;scp=2&amp;pagewanted=print]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Free speech]] for anything and everything ... except the [[conservative]] truth, and religion.<br /> # Insisting that the [[Bible]] literally prohibits judging anything.<br /> # [[Hollywood]] promotion of [[abortion]] is welcomed, but views of Hollywood actresses towards their own children are concealed<br /> # The belief that, although carrying an unborn child to birth reduces risk of breast cancer, choosing [[abortion]] rather than childbirth somehow does not increase the relative risk.<br /> # Requesting increased spending by [[government]] to reduce poverty, when actually poverty is increased by the dependency<br /> # Claiming that an [[atheistic]] culture cannot harm anyone, but also insisting that classroom prayer can cause harm<br /> # Claiming that teaching [[abstinence]] does not reduce premarital sex and associated disease.&lt;ref&gt;http://media.www.mustangdaily.net/media/storage/paper860/news/2007/04/10/LettersToTheEditor/Teaching.AbstinenceOnly.Unrealistic-2831363.shtml&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that premarital sex is acceptable and normal.<br /> # Claiming that increasing taxes must increase government revenue,&lt;ref&gt;http://capwiz.com/acu/issues/alert/?alertid=11534766&lt;/ref&gt; when often people just work less and revenues then decline.<br /> # Denying that widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, can reduce crime.<br /> # Claiming that [[Roe v. Wade]] ''cannot'' be overruled, or can only be overruled if it is a unanimous 9-0 vote (this argument tries to make irreversible law out of the dicta in a weak majority opinion in ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'', even though the very creation of that &quot;secret opinion&quot; was procured by [[liberal deceit]].)&lt;ref&gt;See Jeffrey Toobin's ''The Nine''.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Doing away with traditional language (such as &quot;he&quot; to refer to men '''and''' women), despite centuries of previous use.<br /> # Claiming that getting rid of a sadistic dictator by going into [[Iraq]] was wrong but stepping into [[Sudan]] is not. <br /> # Believing/claiming that the [[United Nations]] is better suited to judge and direct a country's actions rather than the country itself.<br /> # It is a right to dissent against [[American]] policy but never take a stand if that [[logic]] moves beyond dissent and becomes treason.<br /> # Stating &quot;God of the gaps&quot; to justify atheism <br /> # Claiming that the &quot;wondrous, pristine national park of [[ANWR]] needs protection to keep its beauty!&quot; (In reality, it is but a remote barren tundra that few visit.) &lt;ref&gt;[http://townhall.com/columnists/MaryFallin/2008/07/24/anwrs_place_in_our_energy_picture ANWR's Place In Our Energy Picture] Townhall.com, July 24, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that it's not fair to the world that [[America]] keeps the thermostat at 72 degrees at all times. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13459 Freedom and the View From Obamaland] American Spectator, July 1, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Using a double-standard for racism and sexism when the target person is conservative.<br /> # Claiming that it is extremely offensive to call any culture primitive or barbaric, except when they are talking about the writers of the [[Bible]].<br /> # Many liberals claim that even if Obama wasn't born in America then he should still be president.<br /> # Claiming that divine creation is “illogical” but creation from a spontaneous explosion of absolutely nothing at all “makes perfect sense.”<br /> # Failing to respect (and sometimes utterly disrespecting, such as in flag desecration) the United States of America in general while continuing their residency herein and actively demanding the benefits and liberties that come with being a citizen.<br /> # Claiming that Christianity is not a form of diversity while praising Islam for this same reason. Later (whenever it benefits them), liberals will compare the two, claiming that few differences exist between them.<br /> # Dodging statistics when doing so will favor the liberal agenda. A clear example of this is claiming that capital punishment is too expensive to taxpayers while they allow illegal immigrants to fly under the radar.<br /> # [[Cherry picking]] [[democracy]]: Liberals will laud the wisdom of the people when democracy produces a liberal result, but when it produces a conservative result, liberals will complain about [[mobocracy]] and demand [[judicial activism]].<br /> # Assuming that any book espousing a liberal position is automatically authoritative and unquestionable.<br /> # Misplacing the [[burden of proof]]: Liberals insist that things like [[UFO|reports of extraterrestrial visitors]] have to be true until they have been conclusively disproved.<br /> # Claiming that the [[First Amendment]] protects only expression that they like, whereas any expression that [[Logical_fallacy#Appeal_to_pity|offends]] them is subject to [[politically correct]] censorship.<br /> # Arguing that an opponent is inconsistent because he does not take silly extreme views, such as complaining that people are pro-life without preserving life in all circumstances.<br /> # Tacitly assuming that their preconceived notions must be true and then dismissing all other explanations as [[Your theory does not work under my theory, so your theory must be wrong|contradicting their preconceived notions]].<br /> #That a nation can borrow its way out of debt and spend its way out of a recession.<br /> #Claiming that economy is a [[zero-sum game]] (see [[false zero-sum game]])<br /> #Defending evolutionism by attacking a [[straw man fallacy|straw-man]] version of creationism rather than addressing what creationists actually say.<br /> # Liberals claim that they value freedom and at the same time want to [[gun control|restrict freedom to own weapons]].<br /> #Claim that if God exists he demands a designer. Yet at the same time claim that the universe can be self-existing.<br /> #Claim that the [[AIDS]] epidemic is due to prejudice against homosexuals, rather than the dangers associated with the homosexual lifestyle.<br /> #Paying full attention to [[pedophiles]] in the Catholic Church, whilst completely ignoring pedophiles in the homosexual community.<br /> #Claiming that legalization of [[recreational drugs]] will reduce crime. <br /> #Denying that Hitler's [[evolutionary belief]] played a part in the [[Holocaust]]<br /> #Ranting about racism in the Republican party whilst ignoring the more prominent racism made by Democrats. <br /> #Claim that liberal secular bias in the media is a right-wing conspiracy.<br /> #Claim that atheism is not a religion<br /> #Claims that the Bible and prayer should be banned in within education in the name of [['Seperation of Church and State']] whilst preaching for state-sanctioned atheism. <br /> #Claims that Seperation of Church and State is found in the constitution. When in fact it is only found in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. <br /> #Claim that homosexuality is genetically inherited. <br /> #Believe fervently in bogus homosexual statistics e.g. 'out of every two men, three were gay.'<br /> #Claim that domestic violence is due to patriarchy rather than drunkenness or simple anger. <br /> #Focus entirely on child abuse within private homes, whilst ignoring child abuse and severe neglect in state-funded orphanages. <br /> #Argue that illegal immigrants deserve more rights than locals.<br /> #Argue that crime is caused by poverty and social injustice, rather than bad parenting or the choice of the criminal. <br /> #Claim that the idea of happy marriages is naive, without mentioning the same idea to homosexuals. <br /> #Label evolution scientific and creationism as faith. When in fact both evolution and creation are beliefs as they require the person to believe in one or the other. <br /> #Label Christians as bigoted whilst ignoring the sheer intolerance homosexuals and pro-abortionists have to Christians.<br /> #Claiming atheists are somehow more intelligent than theists.<br /> #Argue that the Iraq War was all George Bush's idea whilst denying the fact that 111 Democrats voted in favor of the Iraq War. <br /> #Condemn hunters for shooting defenseless animals whilst encouraging pregnant women to have their even more defenseless children murdered by abortion.<br /> #Declaring satire against Islam and homosexuality as outrageous. Whilst ignoring or even tolerating satire against Christianity. <br /> #Denying the harm associated with participating in Black Magic. <br /> #Exaggerate the numbers of homosexuals and atheists, whilst understate or completely ignore the respectable number of Christians throughout the world.<br /> #Claim that natural gender roles and gender differences are 'socially constructed.'<br /> #Claim that humans are related to animals and plants instead of being created in the image of the Lord God Almighty. <br /> #Claim that liberalism is democratic but in practice referendums on same-sex marriage and capital punishment are prohibited as it is widely known that the opinion of majority disagrees with the liberals.<br /> #Believe that the opinion of a 'persecuted' minority such as homosexuals or drug-addicts are more important than the opinions of the majority.<br /> #Whenever crime increases, the laws need to be softened rather than hardened or maintained as they are. <br /> #Claim that evolution in the modern world is only opposed by a minority of 'christian fundamentalists'. In fact, poll after poll has found that over 40% of Americans believe in Young Earth Creationism. <br /> #When there are terrorist attacks, America's foreign policy is to blame rather than the terrorists themselves <br /> #Declare all military violence outrageous, whilst proclaiming that civilian rioting and violence from 'pacifists' is their right. <br /> #Dismiss social campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse as lunatics, despite their arguments for acting against the problems being reasonable. <br /> #Dismiss wealth made by a conservative shameful, whilst tolerating wealth made by liberals regardless of whether or not it was done legally. <br /> #Focus purely on rehabilitating criminals, whilst neglecting the rights of the victims.<br /> #Dismiss mainstream religion as 'superstitious', but the same label is not applied to easily refutable theories such as evolution or even beliefs in UFOs. <br /> #Denial the scientific value contained in the Bible (Such as the Bible claiming the Earth is round before man discovered the fact). <br /> #Throw a severe tantrum whenever conservatives contradict liberalism with strong logical arguments, rather than use a calm logical argument in reply or accept the conservative's evidence.<br /> #Claim that conservatives and Christians are 'sexist' just for standing up for traditional womanhood, without admitting clearly offensive sexism made towards women who disagree with liberalism. <br /> #Use unnecessarily complex language to make liberals appear more intelligent than conservatives or to avoid admitting errors.<br /> #Claim that people who did not vote for Obama were racist, when in fact there are wide range of factors for not voting for Obama nor the party he represents. <br /> #Rejection of familiar language for the sake of liberal ideology, for example removal of the words mom and dad for sake of homosexual foster parents.<br /> #Claim that religion and science are supposed to be two separate realities, but in fact there continues to be many scientific arguments for God's existence and many great scientists had a devout faith in the Lord God. <br /> #Claim that Christmas and Easter Sunday are just random days for wild parties rather than a special dedication to Jesus Christ. <br /> #Claim that liberals and secularists have a better tendency to liberate society more, when in fact the worse crimes against humanity were committed by atheist socialists and great events of liberation such as the abolition of slavery were led by Christian conservatives. <br /> #Claim that labeling terrorists as evil is 'down to their opinion', whilst labeling Christianity as evil is absolutely correct.<br /> #Claim that population control is needed to settle down the growing population worldwide, but in fact this is plain propaganda and the twice the amount of the population of 6 billion can fit into Jacksonville, Floridaas it contains over 25 billion square feet. <br /> #Teenagers are too young to access guns so they can defend themselves but they're never too young to have an abortion<br /> #Hippies, unions and Occupy Wall Street whose messages are intimidating and sometimes violent are heroes, but pro lifers are dangerous extremists (the latter idea is silly because only 7 murders by pro lifers have been made in the years since Roe v Wade. Most of these actions are opposed by pro lifers.<br /> #Animals and trees are precious whilst the unborn are just blobs of tissue.<br /> #A conservative who oppose same sex marriage is a bigot, but a liberal believing in the same way (such as Hillary Clinton) is not<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Liberalism}}<br /> [[category:Liberalism]]<br /> [[Category:Logic]]<br /> [[Category:oxymoron]]<br /> [[Category:Liberal Traits]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Liberal_logic&diff=1046314 2013-04-13T13:16:55Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Liberal logic''' is a term used to describe arguments made by some [[liberal]]s that may appear logical, but are actually nonsensical. Here are 100 examples:<br /> <br /> # No matter what happens in the weather, [[global warming]] must have caused it<br /> # Insist on &quot;tolerance&quot; for anything that is anti-[[Christian]], while promoting [[censorship]] for anything which is [[Christian]]<br /> # If a crime is committed against a member of a predominantly [[Democrat]]ic group, then it's a [[hate crime]]; if committed against a member of a mostly [[Republican]] group, then it is not<br /> # Claim something is true merely because a (nearly bankrupt) newspaper said so (see [[appeal to authority]])<br /> # [[Obama]], [[Obama's Religion|whose statements and activities are]] [[Islam]]ic and does not attend church, is somehow a Christian while [[Thomas Jefferson]], a regular churchgoer, was not <br /> # Claim that liberals' viewpoints are being censored, while actually they are the ones censoring their opponents<br /> # Claim that switching from heterosexual to [[homosexual]] is customary, but switching back is somehow impossible<br /> # Insist that someone needs to experience something (e.g., drugs, pornography, gambling, etc.) before being able to criticize it&lt;ref&gt;[http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1808 Bryn Mawr report on marijuana]. Many commentators said the reporter had no justification for his views since he had never tried marijuana. Examples of such liberal logic included: &quot;There are pros and cons to everything under the sun. That dosen't (sic) mean that you shouldn't try it all...Besides marijuana is so much more beneficial then everyone realizes.&quot; which was smartly replied to by another commenter with: &quot;Following your logic, obviously there are PROS to:<br /> *jumping off the Empire State Building<br /> *anorexia<br /> *drunk driving<br /> *smoking crack or meth<br /> *child molestation<br /> *Shall I keep going?...<br /> Sorry, but not only is your drug-induced logic utterly flawed, but you don't exactly exude intelligence. Forgive me if I don't join your crusade.&quot; &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Pretend to base their opinion on an unverifiable or unusual personal experience, when real [[logic]] would be a better guide<br /> # Criticize [[Christians]] for literal interpretations of [[Genesis]], but then insist on even more literal interpretations when it suits the [[liberal]] ideology&lt;ref&gt;For example, [[liberals]] here insist that [[homeschooling]] can only mean being taught while in someone's own home.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Belief that a [[correlation]] and/or [[causation]] (e.g., between [[atheism]] and [[suicide]]) can be disproved by a [[counterexample]] (e.g., one [[atheist]] who remained sane)<br /> # Responding to a logical comment or question with an (illogical) expression of personal like or dislike, as in &quot;but I like it!&quot;<br /> # Never admitting shame for [[liberal]] behavior, but often telling others they should be ashamed of themselves.<br /> # [[Circular reasoning]] as in demanding censorship of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]] in schools and scientific journals, while simultaneously citing the resulting lack of those views in schools and journals as proof against it!&lt;ref&gt;See, e.g., [[Richard Sternberg]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Americans]] should &quot;move on&quot; past the misconduct of [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Ted Kennedy]], but should dig up as much old dirt as possible about Republican candidates<br /> # Highly implausible assumptions in &quot;if ... then&quot; arguments, such as &quot;if [[embryonic stem cell]] research will find the cure for paralysis, then would you support it?&quot; (without any consideration of superior alternatives)<br /> # [[Barack Obama]] on [[Afghanistan]]: with fewer soldiers, we didn't have enough ammo and humvees!&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21text-demdebate.html?sq=transcript&amp;st=nyt&amp;scp=2&amp;pagewanted=print]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Free speech]] for anything and everything ... except the [[conservative]] truth, and religion.<br /> # Insisting that the [[Bible]] literally prohibits judging anything.<br /> # [[Hollywood]] promotion of [[abortion]] is welcomed, but views of Hollywood actresses towards their own children are concealed<br /> # The belief that, although carrying an unborn child to birth reduces risk of breast cancer, choosing [[abortion]] rather than childbirth somehow does not increase the relative risk.<br /> # Requesting increased spending by [[government]] to reduce poverty, when actually poverty is increased by the dependency<br /> # Claiming that an [[atheistic]] culture cannot harm anyone, but also insisting that classroom prayer can cause harm<br /> # Claiming that teaching [[abstinence]] does not reduce premarital sex and associated disease.&lt;ref&gt;http://media.www.mustangdaily.net/media/storage/paper860/news/2007/04/10/LettersToTheEditor/Teaching.AbstinenceOnly.Unrealistic-2831363.shtml&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that premarital sex is acceptable and normal.<br /> # Claiming that increasing taxes must increase government revenue,&lt;ref&gt;http://capwiz.com/acu/issues/alert/?alertid=11534766&lt;/ref&gt; when often people just work less and revenues then decline.<br /> # Denying that widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, can reduce crime.<br /> # Claiming that [[Roe v. Wade]] ''cannot'' be overruled, or can only be overruled if it is a unanimous 9-0 vote (this argument tries to make irreversible law out of the dicta in a weak majority opinion in ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'', even though the very creation of that &quot;secret opinion&quot; was procured by [[liberal deceit]].)&lt;ref&gt;See Jeffrey Toobin's ''The Nine''.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Doing away with traditional language (such as &quot;he&quot; to refer to men '''and''' women), despite centuries of previous use.<br /> # Claiming that getting rid of a sadistic dictator by going into [[Iraq]] was wrong but stepping into [[Sudan]] is not. <br /> # Believing/claiming that the [[United Nations]] is better suited to judge and direct a country's actions rather than the country itself.<br /> # It is a right to dissent against [[American]] policy but never take a stand if that [[logic]] moves beyond dissent and becomes treason.<br /> # Stating &quot;God of the gaps&quot; to justify atheism <br /> # Claiming that the &quot;wondrous, pristine national park of [[ANWR]] needs protection to keep its beauty!&quot; (In reality, it is but a remote barren tundra that few visit.) &lt;ref&gt;[http://townhall.com/columnists/MaryFallin/2008/07/24/anwrs_place_in_our_energy_picture ANWR's Place In Our Energy Picture] Townhall.com, July 24, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that it's not fair to the world that [[America]] keeps the thermostat at 72 degrees at all times. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13459 Freedom and the View From Obamaland] American Spectator, July 1, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Using a double-standard for racism and sexism when the target person is conservative.<br /> # Claiming that it is extremely offensive to call any culture primitive or barbaric, except when they are talking about the writers of the [[Bible]].<br /> # Many liberals claim that even if Obama wasn't born in America then he should still be president.<br /> # Claiming that divine creation is “illogical” but creation from a spontaneous explosion of absolutely nothing at all “makes perfect sense.”<br /> # Failing to respect (and sometimes utterly disrespecting, such as in flag desecration) the United States of America in general while continuing their residency herein and actively demanding the benefits and liberties that come with being a citizen.<br /> # Claiming that Christianity is not a form of diversity while praising Islam for this same reason. Later (whenever it benefits them), liberals will compare the two, claiming that few differences exist between them.<br /> # Dodging statistics when doing so will favor the liberal agenda. A clear example of this is claiming that capital punishment is too expensive to taxpayers while they allow illegal immigrants to fly under the radar.<br /> # [[Cherry picking]] [[democracy]]: Liberals will laud the wisdom of the people when democracy produces a liberal result, but when it produces a conservative result, liberals will complain about [[mobocracy]] and demand [[judicial activism]].<br /> # Assuming that any book espousing a liberal position is automatically authoritative and unquestionable.<br /> # Misplacing the [[burden of proof]]: Liberals insist that things like [[UFO|reports of extraterrestrial visitors]] have to be true until they have been conclusively disproved.<br /> # Claiming that the [[First Amendment]] protects only expression that they like, whereas any expression that [[Logical_fallacy#Appeal_to_pity|offends]] them is subject to [[politically correct]] censorship.<br /> # Arguing that an opponent is inconsistent because he does not take silly extreme views, such as complaining that people are pro-life without preserving life in all circumstances.<br /> # Tacitly assuming that their preconceived notions must be true and then dismissing all other explanations as [[Your theory does not work under my theory, so your theory must be wrong|contradicting their preconceived notions]].<br /> #That a nation can borrow its way out of debt and spend its way out of a recession.<br /> #Claiming that economy is a [[zero-sum game]] (see [[false zero-sum game]])<br /> #Defending evolutionism by attacking a [[straw man fallacy|straw-man]] version of creationism rather than addressing what creationists actually say.<br /> # Liberals claim that they value freedom and at the same time want to [[gun control|restrict freedom to own weapons]].<br /> #Claim that if God exists he demands a designer. Yet at the same time claim that the universe can be self-existing.<br /> #Claim that the [[AIDS]] epidemic is due to prejudice against homosexuals, rather than the dangers associated with the homosexual lifestyle.<br /> #Paying full attention to [[pedophiles]] in the Catholic Church, whilst completely ignoring pedophiles in the homosexual community.<br /> #Claiming that legalization of [[recreational drugs]] will reduce crime. <br /> #Denying that Hitler's [[evolutionary belief]] played a part in the [[Holocaust]]<br /> #Ranting about racism in the Republican party whilst ignoring the more prominent racism made by Democrats. <br /> #Claim that liberal secular bias in the media is a right-wing conspiracy.<br /> #Claim that atheism is not a religion<br /> #Claims that the Bible and prayer should be banned in within education in the name of [['Seperation of Church and State']] whilst preaching for state-sanctioned atheism. <br /> #Claims that Seperation of Church and State is found in the constitution. When in fact it is only found in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. <br /> #Claim that homosexuality is genetically inherited. <br /> #Believe fervently in bogus homosexual statistics e.g. 'out of every two men, three were gay.'<br /> #Claim that domestic violence is due to patriarchy rather than drunkenness or simple anger. <br /> #Focus entirely on child abuse within private homes, whilst ignoring child abuse and severe neglect in state-funded orphanages. <br /> #Argue that illegal immigrants deserve more rights than locals.<br /> #Argue that crime is caused by poverty and social injustice, rather than bad parenting or the choice of the criminal. <br /> #Claim that the idea of happy marriages is naive, without mentioning the same idea to homosexuals. <br /> #Label evolution scientific and creationism as faith. When in fact both evolution and creation are beliefs as they require the person to believe in one or the other. <br /> #Label Christians as bigoted whilst ignoring the sheer intolerance homosexuals and pro-abortionists have to Christians.<br /> #Claiming atheists are somehow more intelligent than theists.<br /> #Argue that the Iraq War was all George Bush's idea whilst denying the fact that 111 Democrats voted in favor of the Iraq War. <br /> #Condemn hunters for shooting defenseless animals whilst encouraging pregnant women to have their even more defenseless children murdered by abortion.<br /> #Declaring satire against Islam and homosexuality as outrageous. Whilst ignoring or even tolerating satire against Christianity. <br /> #Denying the harm associated with participating in Black Magic. <br /> #Exaggerate the numbers of homosexuals and atheists, whilst understate or completely ignore the respectable number of Christians throughout the world.<br /> #Claim that natural gender roles and gender differences are 'socially constructed.'<br /> #Claim that humans are related to animals and plants instead of being created in the image of the Lord God Almighty. <br /> #Claim that liberalism is democratic but in practice referendums on same-sex marriage and capital punishment are prohibited as it is widely known that the opinion of majority disagrees with the liberals.<br /> #Believe that the opinion of a 'persecuted' minority such as homosexuals or drug-addicts are more important than the opinions of the majority.<br /> #Whenever crime increases, the laws need to be softened rather than hardened or maintained as they are. <br /> #Claim that evolution in the modern world is only opposed by a minority of 'christian fundamentalists'. In fact, poll after poll has found that over 40% of Americans believe in Young Earth Creationism. <br /> #When there are terrorist attacks, America's foreign policy is to blame rather than the terrorists themselves <br /> #Declare all military violence outrageous, whilst proclaiming that civilian rioting and violence from 'pacifists' is their right. <br /> #Dismiss social campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse as lunatics, despite their arguments for acting against the problems being reasonable. <br /> #Dismiss wealth made by a conservative shameful, whilst tolerating wealth made by liberals regardless of whether or not it was done legally. <br /> #Focus purely on rehabilitating criminals, whilst neglecting the rights of the victims.<br /> #Dismiss mainstream religion as 'superstitious', but the same label is not applied to easily refutable theories such as evolution or even beliefs in UFOs. <br /> #Denial the scientific value contained in the Bible (Such as the Bible claiming the Earth is round before man discovered the fact). <br /> #Throw a severe tantrum whenever conservatives contradict liberalism with strong logical arguments, rather than use a calm logical argument in reply or accept the conservative's evidence.<br /> #Claim that conservatives and Christians are 'sexist' just for standing up for traditional womanhood, without admitting clearly offensive sexism made towards women who disagree with liberalism. <br /> #Use unnecessarily complex language to make liberals appear more intelligent than conservatives or to avoid admitting errors.<br /> #Claim that people who did not vote for Obama were racist, when in fact there are wide range of factors for not voting for Obama nor the party he represents. <br /> #Rejection of familiar language for the sake of liberal ideology, for example removal of the words mom and dad for sake of homosexual foster parents.<br /> #Claim that religion and science are supposed to be two separate realities, but in fact there continues to be many scientific arguments for God's existence and many great scientists had a devout faith in the Lord God. <br /> #Claim that Christmas and Easter Sunday are just random days for wild parties rather than a special dedication to Jesus Christ. <br /> #Claim that liberals and secularists have a better tendency to liberate society more, when in fact the worse crimes against humanity were committed by atheist socialists and great events of liberation such as the abolition of slavery were led by Christian conservatives. <br /> #Claim that labeling terrorists as evil is 'down to their opinion', whilst labeling Christianity as evil is absolutely correct.<br /> #Claim that population control is needed to settle down the growing population worldwide, but in fact this is plain propaganda and the twice the amount of the population of 6 billion can fit into Jacksonville, Floridaas it contains over 25 billion square feet. <br /> #Teenagers are too young to access guns so they can defend themselves but they're never too young to have an abortion<br /> #Hippies, unions and Occupy Wall Street whose messages are intimidating and sometimes violent are heroes, but pro lifers are dangerous extremists (the latter idea is silly because only 7 murders by pro lifers have been made in the years since Roe v Wade. Most of these actions are opposed by pro lifers.<br /> #Animals and trees are precious whilst the unborn are just blobs of tissue.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Liberalism}}<br /> [[category:Liberalism]]<br /> [[Category:Logic]]<br /> [[Category:oxymoron]]<br /> [[Category:Liberal Traits]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Liberal_logic&diff=1046313 2013-04-13T13:14:46Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Liberal logic''' is a term used to describe arguments made by some [[liberal]]s that may appear logical, but are actually nonsensical. Here are 100 examples:<br /> <br /> # No matter what happens in the weather, [[global warming]] must have caused it<br /> # Insist on &quot;tolerance&quot; for anything that is anti-[[Christian]], while promoting [[censorship]] for anything which is [[Christian]]<br /> # If a crime is committed against a member of a predominantly [[Democrat]]ic group, then it's a [[hate crime]]; if committed against a member of a mostly [[Republican]] group, then it is not<br /> # Claim something is true merely because a (nearly bankrupt) newspaper said so (see [[appeal to authority]])<br /> # [[Obama]], [[Obama's Religion|whose statements and activities are]] [[Islam]]ic and does not attend church, is somehow a Christian while [[Thomas Jefferson]], a regular churchgoer, was not <br /> # Claim that liberals' viewpoints are being censored, while actually they are the ones censoring their opponents<br /> # Claim that switching from heterosexual to [[homosexual]] is customary, but switching back is somehow impossible<br /> # Insist that someone needs to experience something (e.g., drugs, pornography, gambling, etc.) before being able to criticize it&lt;ref&gt;[http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1808 Bryn Mawr report on marijuana]. Many commentators said the reporter had no justification for his views since he had never tried marijuana. Examples of such liberal logic included: &quot;There are pros and cons to everything under the sun. That dosen't (sic) mean that you shouldn't try it all...Besides marijuana is so much more beneficial then everyone realizes.&quot; which was smartly replied to by another commenter with: &quot;Following your logic, obviously there are PROS to:<br /> *jumping off the Empire State Building<br /> *anorexia<br /> *drunk driving<br /> *smoking crack or meth<br /> *child molestation<br /> *Shall I keep going?...<br /> Sorry, but not only is your drug-induced logic utterly flawed, but you don't exactly exude intelligence. Forgive me if I don't join your crusade.&quot; &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Pretend to base their opinion on an unverifiable or unusual personal experience, when real [[logic]] would be a better guide<br /> # Criticize [[Christians]] for literal interpretations of [[Genesis]], but then insist on even more literal interpretations when it suits the [[liberal]] ideology&lt;ref&gt;For example, [[liberals]] here insist that [[homeschooling]] can only mean being taught while in someone's own home.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Belief that a [[correlation]] and/or [[causation]] (e.g., between [[atheism]] and [[suicide]]) can be disproved by a [[counterexample]] (e.g., one [[atheist]] who remained sane)<br /> # Responding to a logical comment or question with an (illogical) expression of personal like or dislike, as in &quot;but I like it!&quot;<br /> # Never admitting shame for [[liberal]] behavior, but often telling others they should be ashamed of themselves.<br /> # [[Circular reasoning]] as in demanding censorship of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]] in schools and scientific journals, while simultaneously citing the resulting lack of those views in schools and journals as proof against it!&lt;ref&gt;See, e.g., [[Richard Sternberg]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Americans]] should &quot;move on&quot; past the misconduct of [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Ted Kennedy]], but should dig up as much old dirt as possible about Republican candidates<br /> # Highly implausible assumptions in &quot;if ... then&quot; arguments, such as &quot;if [[embryonic stem cell]] research will find the cure for paralysis, then would you support it?&quot; (without any consideration of superior alternatives)<br /> # [[Barack Obama]] on [[Afghanistan]]: with fewer soldiers, we didn't have enough ammo and humvees!&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21text-demdebate.html?sq=transcript&amp;st=nyt&amp;scp=2&amp;pagewanted=print]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # [[Free speech]] for anything and everything ... except the [[conservative]] truth, and religion.<br /> # Insisting that the [[Bible]] literally prohibits judging anything.<br /> # [[Hollywood]] promotion of [[abortion]] is welcomed, but views of Hollywood actresses towards their own children are concealed<br /> # The belief that, although carrying an unborn child to birth reduces risk of breast cancer, choosing [[abortion]] rather than childbirth somehow does not increase the relative risk.<br /> # Requesting increased spending by [[government]] to reduce poverty, when actually poverty is increased by the dependency<br /> # Claiming that an [[atheistic]] culture cannot harm anyone, but also insisting that classroom prayer can cause harm<br /> # Claiming that teaching [[abstinence]] does not reduce premarital sex and associated disease.&lt;ref&gt;http://media.www.mustangdaily.net/media/storage/paper860/news/2007/04/10/LettersToTheEditor/Teaching.AbstinenceOnly.Unrealistic-2831363.shtml&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that premarital sex is acceptable and normal.<br /> # Claiming that increasing taxes must increase government revenue,&lt;ref&gt;http://capwiz.com/acu/issues/alert/?alertid=11534766&lt;/ref&gt; when often people just work less and revenues then decline.<br /> # Denying that widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, can reduce crime.<br /> # Claiming that [[Roe v. Wade]] ''cannot'' be overruled, or can only be overruled if it is a unanimous 9-0 vote (this argument tries to make irreversible law out of the dicta in a weak majority opinion in ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'', even though the very creation of that &quot;secret opinion&quot; was procured by [[liberal deceit]].)&lt;ref&gt;See Jeffrey Toobin's ''The Nine''.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Doing away with traditional language (such as &quot;he&quot; to refer to men '''and''' women), despite centuries of previous use.<br /> # Claiming that getting rid of a sadistic dictator by going into [[Iraq]] was wrong but stepping into [[Sudan]] is not. <br /> # Believing/claiming that the [[United Nations]] is better suited to judge and direct a country's actions rather than the country itself.<br /> # It is a right to dissent against [[American]] policy but never take a stand if that [[logic]] moves beyond dissent and becomes treason.<br /> # Stating &quot;God of the gaps&quot; to justify atheism <br /> # Claiming that the &quot;wondrous, pristine national park of [[ANWR]] needs protection to keep its beauty!&quot; (In reality, it is but a remote barren tundra that few visit.) &lt;ref&gt;[http://townhall.com/columnists/MaryFallin/2008/07/24/anwrs_place_in_our_energy_picture ANWR's Place In Our Energy Picture] Townhall.com, July 24, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Claiming that it's not fair to the world that [[America]] keeps the thermostat at 72 degrees at all times. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13459 Freedom and the View From Obamaland] American Spectator, July 1, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # Using a double-standard for racism and sexism when the target person is conservative.<br /> # Claiming that it is extremely offensive to call any culture primitive or barbaric, except when they are talking about the writers of the [[Bible]].<br /> # Many liberals claim that even if Obama wasn't born in America then he should still be president.<br /> # Claiming that divine creation is “illogical” but creation from a spontaneous explosion of absolutely nothing at all “makes perfect sense.”<br /> # Failing to respect (and sometimes utterly disrespecting, such as in flag desecration) the United States of America in general while continuing their residency herein and actively demanding the benefits and liberties that come with being a citizen.<br /> # Claiming that Christianity is not a form of diversity while praising Islam for this same reason. Later (whenever it benefits them), liberals will compare the two, claiming that few differences exist between them.<br /> # Dodging statistics when doing so will favor the liberal agenda. A clear example of this is claiming that capital punishment is too expensive to taxpayers while they allow illegal immigrants to fly under the radar.<br /> # [[Cherry picking]] [[democracy]]: Liberals will laud the wisdom of the people when democracy produces a liberal result, but when it produces a conservative result, liberals will complain about [[mobocracy]] and demand [[judicial activism]].<br /> # Assuming that any book espousing a liberal position is automatically authoritative and unquestionable.<br /> # Misplacing the [[burden of proof]]: Liberals insist that things like [[UFO|reports of extraterrestrial visitors]] have to be true until they have been conclusively disproved.<br /> # Claiming that the [[First Amendment]] protects only expression that they like, whereas any expression that [[Logical_fallacy#Appeal_to_pity|offends]] them is subject to [[politically correct]] censorship.<br /> # Arguing that an opponent is inconsistent because he does not take silly extreme views, such as complaining that people are pro-life without preserving life in all circumstances.<br /> # Tacitly assuming that their preconceived notions must be true and then dismissing all other explanations as [[Your theory does not work under my theory, so your theory must be wrong|contradicting their preconceived notions]].<br /> #That a nation can borrow its way out of debt and spend its way out of a recession.<br /> #Claiming that economy is a [[zero-sum game]] (see [[false zero-sum game]])<br /> #Defending evolutionism by attacking a [[straw man fallacy|straw-man]] version of creationism rather than addressing what creationists actually say.<br /> # Liberals claim that they value freedom and at the same time want to [[gun control|restrict freedom to own weapons]].<br /> #Claim that if God exists he demands a designer. Yet at the same time claim that the universe can be self-existing.<br /> #Claim that the [[AIDS]] epidemic is due to prejudice against homosexuals, rather than the dangers associated with the homosexual lifestyle.<br /> #Paying full attention to [[pedophiles]] in the Catholic Church, whilst completely ignoring pedophiles in the homosexual community.<br /> #Claiming that legalization of [[recreational drugs]] will reduce crime. <br /> #Denying that Hitler's [[evolutionary belief]] played a part in the [[Holocaust]]<br /> #Ranting about racism in the Republican party whilst ignoring the more prominent racism made by Democrats. <br /> #Claim that liberal secular bias in the media is a right-wing conspiracy.<br /> #Claim that atheism is not a religion<br /> #Claims that the Bible and prayer should be banned in within education in the name of [['Seperation of Church and State']] whilst preaching for state-sanctioned atheism. <br /> #Claims that Seperation of Church and State is found in the constitution. When in fact it is only found in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. <br /> #Claim that homosexuality is genetically inherited. <br /> #Believe fervently in bogus homosexual statistics e.g. 'out of every two men, three were gay.'<br /> #Claim that domestic violence is due to patriarchy rather than drunkenness or simple anger. <br /> #Focus entirely on child abuse within private homes, whilst ignoring child abuse and severe neglect in state-funded orphanages. <br /> #Argue that illegal immigrants deserve more rights than locals.<br /> #Argue that crime is caused by poverty and social injustice, rather than bad parenting or the choice of the criminal. <br /> #Claim that the idea of happy marriages is naive, without mentioning the same idea to homosexuals. <br /> #Label evolution scientific and creationism as faith. When in fact both evolution and creation are beliefs as they require the person to believe in one or the other. <br /> #Label Christians as bigoted whilst ignoring the sheer intolerance homosexuals and pro-abortionists have to Christians.<br /> #Claiming atheists are somehow more intelligent than theists.<br /> #Argue that the Iraq War was all George Bush's idea whilst denying the fact that 111 Democrats voted in favor of the Iraq War. <br /> #Condemn hunters for shooting defenseless animals whilst encouraging pregnant women to have their even more defenseless children murdered by abortion.<br /> #Declaring satire against Islam and homosexuality as outrageous. Whilst ignoring or even tolerating satire against Christianity. <br /> #Denying the harm associated with participating in Black Magic. <br /> #Exaggerate the numbers of homosexuals and atheists, whilst understate or completely ignore the respectable number of Christians throughout the world.<br /> #Claim that natural gender roles and gender differences are 'socially constructed.'<br /> #Claim that humans are related to animals and plants instead of being created in the image of the Lord God Almighty. <br /> #Claim that liberalism is democratic but in practice referendums on same-sex marriage and capital punishment are prohibited as it is widely known that the opinion of majority disagrees with the liberals.<br /> #Believe that the opinion of a 'persecuted' minority such as homosexuals or drug-addicts are more important than the opinions of the majority.<br /> #Whenever crime increases, the laws need to be softened rather than hardened or maintained as they are. <br /> #Claim that evolution in the modern world is only opposed by a minority of 'christian fundamentalists'. In fact, poll after poll has found that over 40% of Americans believe in Young Earth Creationism. <br /> #When there are terrorist attacks, America's foreign policy is to blame rather than the terrorists themselves <br /> #Declare all military violence outrageous, whilst proclaiming that civilian rioting and violence from 'pacifists' is their right. <br /> #Dismiss social campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse as lunatics, despite their arguments for acting against the problems being reasonable. <br /> #Dismiss wealth made by a conservative shameful, whilst tolerating wealth made by liberals regardless of whether or not it was done legally. <br /> #Focus purely on rehabilitating criminals, whilst neglecting the rights of the victims.<br /> #Dismiss mainstream religion as 'superstitious', but the same label is not applied to easily refutable theories such as evolution or even beliefs in UFOs. <br /> #Denial the scientific value contained in the Bible (Such as the Bible claiming the Earth is round before man discovered the fact). <br /> #Throw a severe tantrum whenever conservatives contradict liberalism with strong logical arguments, rather than use a calm logical argument in reply or accept the conservative's evidence.<br /> #Claim that conservatives and Christians are 'sexist' just for standing up for traditional womanhood, without admitting clearly offensive sexism made towards women who disagree with liberalism. <br /> #Use unnecessarily complex language to make liberals appear more intelligent than conservatives or to avoid admitting errors.<br /> #Claim that people who did not vote for Obama were racist, when in fact there are wide range of factors for not voting for Obama nor the party he represents. <br /> #Rejection of familiar language for the sake of liberal ideology, for example removal of the words mom and dad for sake of homosexual foster parents.<br /> #Claim that religion and science are supposed to be two separate realities, but in fact there continues to be many scientific arguments for God's existence and many great scientists had a devout faith in the Lord God. <br /> #Claim that Christmas and Easter Sunday are just random days for wild parties rather than a special dedication to Jesus Christ. <br /> #Claim that liberals and secularists have a better tendency to liberate society more, when in fact the worse crimes against humanity were committed by atheist socialists and great events of liberation such as the abolition of slavery were led by Christian conservatives. <br /> #Claim that labeling terrorists as evil is 'down to their opinion', whilst labeling Christianity as evil is absolutely correct.<br /> #Claim that population control is needed to settle down the growing population worldwide, but in fact this is plain propaganda and the twice the amount of the population of 6 billion can fit into Jacksonville, Floridaas it contains over 25 billion square feet. <br /> #Teenagers are too young to access guns so they can defend themselves but they're never too young to have an abortion<br /> #Hippies, unions and Occupy Wall Street whose messages are intimidating and sometimes violent are heroes, but pro lifers are dangerous extremists (the latter idea is silly because only 7 murders by pro lifers have been made in the years since Roe v Wade. Most of these actions are opposed by pro lifers.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Liberalism}}<br /> [[category:Liberalism]]<br /> [[Category:Logic]]<br /> [[Category:oxymoron]]<br /> [[Category:Liberal Traits]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Essay:Greatest_Conservative_Songs&diff=1034124 2013-02-11T17:00:41Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs. Here is our growing list (click the box next to &quot;Billboard Rank&quot; to list the most popular first):<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> !Songs &quot;Classic&quot;<br /> !Artist<br /> !Comments<br /> !Billboard Rank<br /> !Category<br /> |-<br /> |''Living In America''<br /> |[[James Brown]]<br /> |Song that espouses the virtues of, and pride in, living in the United States. Appears in the movie &quot;Rocky IV&quot; and on the film's soundtrack.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/R&amp;B/Funk<br /> I-<br /> |-&quot;Sister Christian&quot;<br /> INight Ranger<br /> IThis song advices the drummers sister to remain a virgin till she finds 'mr right'<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEqzEgDZ0g &quot;Ain't I Right&quot;]<br /> |[[Marty Robbins]]<br /> |Song against Communism and socialism.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM ''Amazing Grace'']<br /> |[[John Newton]]<br /> |A Christian hymn published in 1779.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |Amen<br /> |Kid Rock<br /> |Talks about &quot;Stop living off handouts and favors&quot;. Written and performed by a republican.<br /> |N/A<br /> |Country/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S7mlRYL-8 America]<br /> |Neil Diamond<br /> |Freedom, Liberty, Patriotism<br /> |8<br /> |Classic/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |''America USA''<br /> |Joey Sudyka<br /> |Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k ''Angry Young Man'']<br /> |[[Billy Joel]]<br /> |The doctrinaire leftist radical with &quot;his fist in the air and his head in the sand&quot; comes in for biting criticism.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&amp;feature=related ''Back in the U.S.A.'']<br /> |[[Chuck Berry]]<br /> |A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.<br /> |Sixteen<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE ''Ballad of the Green Berets'']<br /> |Sergeant Barry Sadler<br /> |Pro-American and pro-military.<br /> |1<br /> |Classic/Traditional<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/r5Q8Xa0bPy8''Battle Hymn of the Republic'']<br /> |[[Lee Greenwood]]<br /> |&quot;As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Traditional<br /> |-<br /> |''Bus Stop''<br /> |The Hollies<br /> |Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: &quot;Someday my name and hers are going to be the same.&quot;<br /> |5<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/cMfrLFirGWc ''Chapel of Love'']<br /> |Dixie Cups<br /> |Marriage in a church<br /> |1<br /> |Classic/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIF4U_QFSxQ ''Chores'']<br /> |Animal Collective<br /> |&quot;Now I've got these chores / and I'm not gonna hurt no-one&quot; -- Hard work is praised and violence is discouraged. A scary song for [[liberals]]!<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Traditional<br /> |-<br /> |''Country Trash''<br /> |Johnny Cash<br /> |In a comedic way, the song praises the small town conservative virtues of the people looked down upon by big city liberals as &quot;Country trash&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Crying-in-the-Chapel-lyrics-Elvis-Presley/E547D833F0BBFADF48256874002B3358 ''Crying In The Chapel'']<br /> |[[Elvis Presley]]<br /> |Pro-marriage<br /> |1<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc&amp;ob=av2n''Courtesy of the Red, White &amp; Blue (The Angry American)'']<br /> |[[Toby Keith]]<br /> |A patriotic response to the Sept. 11 attacks<br /> |1 (Hot Country Songs)<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |''D-I-V-O-R-C-E''<br /> |[[Tammy Wynette]]<br /> |This sad song was a huge hit in 1968.<br /> |1<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA ''Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun'']<br /> |Grand Funk Railroad<br /> |A father gives his son some sage advice.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/v9BtLRWbkmA ''Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)'']<br /> |Fleetwood Mac<br /> |Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.<br /> |3<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Do You Hear the People Sing''<br /> |Claude-Michel Schönberg<br /> |Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Miserables''<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/5Jxnt-QY-j4 ''Game of Love'']<br /> |Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders<br /> |&quot;The purpose of a man is to love a woman, and the purpose of a woman is to love a man... It started long ago in the Garden of Eden when Adam said to Eve 'Baby, you're for me.'&quot;<br /> |1<br /> |Classic/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |''Get a Job''<br /> |The Silhouettes<br /> |Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.<br /> |1<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/4ZEE8utquP8 ''Get it Right the First Time'']<br /> |Louisiana's LeRoux<br /> |Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg ''Gimme Back My Bullets'']<br /> |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]<br /> |The name says it all.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y''God Bless America'']<br /> |Irving Berlin<br /> |American patriotic, classic song.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Traditional<br /> |-<br /> |''God and Guns''<br /> |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]<br /> |A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html ''God Bless the USA'']<br /> |Lee Greenwood<br /> |<br /> |7 (Hot Country)<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&amp;feature=related ''Go Down Moses'']<br /> |[[Louis Armstrong]]<br /> |<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o ''God's Gonna Cut You Down'']<br /> |<br /> |&quot;Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Traditional<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jones-george/gods-gonna-get-cha-for-that-6638.html ''God's Gonna Get 'Cha For That'']<br /> |Tammy Wynette &amp; George Jones<br /> |You cannot escape God's gaze, no matter who you are<br /> |Twenty-five<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |''God Save the Queen''<br /> |<br /> |Despite being frighteningly atheistic, the British have enough sense to keep this God-inclusive song as their national anthem. The anthem rightly attributes the success and good fortune of the nation and its monarch to God.<br /> |NA<br /> |national anthem<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/EgkBx8csEws ''Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road'']<br /> |[[Elton John]]<br /> |The same message as the [[Prodigal Son]]: look objectively at our own lives, and realize that &quot;I should have listened to my old man.&quot;<br /> |2<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html ''Gotta Serve Somebody'']<br /> |[[Bob Dylan]]<br /> |&quot;It may be the devil or it may be the Lord.&quot;<br /> |Twenty-four<br /> |Classic/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.ixlyrics.com/CLIVE-DUNN/GRANDAD.html ''Grandad'']<br /> |Clive Dunn<br /> |UK Number 1 hit, in praise of senior citizens and their values<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM ''Government Cheese'']<br /> |The Rainmakers<br /> |Humorous spoof of welfare.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU&amp;ob=av2nHave You Forgotten?]<br /> |Darryl Worley<br /> |Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]&lt;ref&gt;http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> |1 (US Country)<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KtScrqtbc &quot;He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother&quot;]<br /> |Hollies <br /> |Repeats the slogan of Boys Town, a Christian charity for youngsters founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan in Omaha&lt;ref&gt;http://www.boystown.org/about/father-edward-|j-|flanagan&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw ''I Am America'']<br /> |Krista Branch<br /> |American [[Tea Party Movement]] Song<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 ''I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)'']<br /> |The Crickets<br /> |Its title says it all. The version by ''The Clash'' has a particularly good tempo.<br /> |9 (Bobby Fuller Four version)<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/OtZ5YsvREi4 ''In America'']<br /> |The [[Charlie Daniels]] Band<br /> |Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.<br /> |Eleven<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |''I Saw The Light''<br /> |Hank Williams<br /> |Redemption of sin through faith.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |''It's America''<br /> |Rodney Atkins<br /> |Celebrates the American spirit and all the good things about the United States.<br /> |1 (US Country)<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.justsomelyrics.com/767663/McCarthy-Keep-an-Open-Mind-or-Else-Lyrics ''Keep an Open Mind or Else'']<br /> |McCarthy<br /> |About the conservative value of keeping an [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open mind]].<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |''Last Kiss''<br /> |Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders<br /> |&quot;Oh where oh where can my baby be; The Lord took her away from me; She's gone to heaven so I got to be good; So I can see my baby when.&quot;<br /> |2 (J. Frank Wilson version)<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/BvPugOWeZiA ''Let It Be'']<br /> |[[The Beatles]]<br /> |Very popular in Russia under the Soviets<br /> |1<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I ''My Love'']<br /> |[[Petula Clark]]<br /> |A Christian love in secular form.<br /> |1<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/kD5M_i6JceU ''Neighborhood Bully'']<br /> |[[Bob Dylan]]<br /> |Israel's right to exist and defend itself.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU ''No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed'']<br /> |Richie Havens (Covered by Yes)<br /> |&quot;...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you...&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZTKvNXxPA &quot;Nothing Like You&quot;]<br /> |[[Miles Davis]] and Bob Dorough<br /> |Celebrates the sight of ones beloved - Isaiah 43:4<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE ''Okie From Muskogee'']<br /> |[[Merle Haggard]]<br /> |Anti-drug and anti-hippie; a song about praising the traditional American values in Mid-America. Was written in response to the Vietnam War protests and counter-culture movement.<br /> |1 (Billboard Hot Country)<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |''People Get Ready''<br /> |Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions<br /> |An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].<br /> |3<br /> |Classic/Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU ''Red White &amp; Blue (Love It or Leave)'']<br /> |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]<br /> |&quot;It was all based around this somewhat Utopian view of the world. The idea was that music would lift man up to a higher plane, and that world leaders, if they were able |to sit down on some big grassy knoll where the sun was shining and hear music...&quot; Tom Johnston of LS<br /> |Twenty-seven<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2lRcxlYx40''Renegade'']<br /> |[[Steppenwolf]]<br /> |[[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0''Respect'']<br /> |Aretha Franklin<br /> |This song is about respecting woman and their choices to be equal members in society.<br /> |1<br /> |Classic/Soul<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk ''Simple Man'']<br /> |[[Charlie Daniels]]<br /> |A song about how drugs and poor politics are a result of people putting their Bibles down. Also a strongly pro death penalty song.<br /> |Twelve<br /> |Classic/Country/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/RCqxq6xqoXI ''Sin City'']<br /> |The Flying Burrito Brothers<br /> |Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ ''Spirit In The Sky'']<br /> |Norman Greenbaum<br /> |A religious rock song written in 1969.<br /> |3<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew ''Stand By Your Man'']<br /> |[[Tammy Wynette]]<br /> |Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!<br /> |1 (Hot Country Singles)<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |''Star Spangled Banner''<br /> |Francis Scott Key<br /> |The American national anthem.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Traditional<br /> |-<br /> |''Starting All Over Again''<br /> |[[Petula Clark]]<br /> |Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Traditional<br /> |-<br /> |''Stayin' Alive''<br /> |[[The Bee Gees]]<br /> |Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: &quot;we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man.&quot;<br /> |1<br /> |Classic/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgrQST6VlnQ &quot;Stay With Me&quot;]<br /> |[[Frank Sinatra]]<br /> |Beautiful song of Christian faith.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKdAVYKYZfo''Storm the Embassy'']<br /> |The Stray Cats<br /> |Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis. &quot;Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land/Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand...&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g ''Supper's Ready'']<br /> |[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]<br /> |''There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice, &quot;This is the supper of the mighty one&quot;, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Has returned to lead his |children home, To take them to the new Jerusalem.''<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Sympathy for the Devil''<br /> |The Rolling Stones<br /> |Reminds humanity that evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukUL_I14GPw''Take Me Home, Country Roads'']<br /> |John Denver<br /> |Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.<br /> |2<br /> |Classic/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM ''Taxman'']<br /> |[[The Beatles]]<br /> |George Harrison said, &quot;Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com &quot;Cats In The Cradle&quot;<br /> |[[Harry Chapin]]<br /> |Classic 1974 tale of a father who was too busy to spend much time with his son when the boy was younger and had only vague promises to do so. It ends with the grown son who moved away to a life of his own and now doesn't have much time to spend with *him*, as the<br /> neglectful father found out at the song's end.<br /> |NA Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtube.com/p6q9nBusrq8 ''That Smell'']<br /> |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]<br /> |A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Country/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 ''The Ascent of Stan'']<br /> |[[Ben Folds]]<br /> |Tells the story of a former &quot;textbook hippie man&quot; who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 ''The Devil Went Down To Georgia'']<br /> |[[Charlie Daniels]]<br /> |A deeper message here, as Daniels explains.<br /> |3<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM&amp;feature=related ''The Fightin' Side of Me'']<br /> |Merle Haggard<br /> |A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]].<br /> |1 (Hot Country Singles)<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/fHvf20Y6eoM ''Turn, Turn, Turn'']<br /> |The Byrds<br /> |An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the refrain &quot;Turn, Turn, Turn&quot;.<br /> |1<br /> |Classic/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/C68J1tJM6vU ''Unborn Child'']<br /> |Seals and Crofts<br /> |This pro-life song was a hit single in 1974, but for some reason gets left off the Seals and Crofts greatest hits albums.<br /> |sixty-six<br /> |Classic/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |''Union Sundown''<br /> |Bob Dylan<br /> |The title says it all.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvkUXKyl5wY &quot;Waiting List&quot;]<br /> |[[Dr. Octagon]]<br /> |A powerful song about socialized medicine and rationing<br /> |NA<br /> |Hip-hop<br /> |-<br /> |''Way Out Here''<br /> |Josh Thompson<br /> |&quot;Our house is all protected by the good Lord and a gun&quot;, and &quot;We wont take a dime if we aint earned it, when it comes to weight, brother we pull our own&quot;. It is pro gun |ownership, the Lord, and hard work. Also preaches the morals and ethics that are known from small towns.<br /> |Fifteen (US Country)<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |''We Must Take America Back''<br /> |Steve Vaus<br /> |Became an underground country music hit in 1992 after RCA dropped him and took the album out of print due to the political lyrics.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjWhMn-VnU ''The Well Below the Valley'']<br /> |Traditional. Covered by Christy Moore<br /> |Song loosely based on the story of [[Jesus]] and the woman at the well. Lyrics about old-fashioned family relationships and traditional attitudes to women. Promotes all children's right to life.<br /> |NA<br /> |Traditional/Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElc2vMU-b0 ''When You Love A Woman'']<br /> |Journey<br /> |True love from the heart<br /> |Twelve<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w ''You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)'']<br /> |The Supremes<br /> |Abstinence for rock fans. Also performed by Phil Collins.<br /> |1<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/lnk8SKD9zcA''You Light Up My Life'']<br /> |Debby Boone<br /> |One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].<br /> |1<br /> |Classic<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o ''Yours Is No Disgrace'']<br /> |[[Yes]]<br /> |Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.<br /> |NA<br /> |Classic/Rock<br /> |-<br /> !Songs &quot;Rock&quot;<br /> !Artist<br /> !Comments<br /> !Billboard Rank<br /> !Category<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjSmODTQsk ''A Dead Man's Words'']<br /> |Queensrÿche<br /> |No Man Left Behind. &quot;The word we hear is there's one man down and he's alive. They ask for volunteers. I raise my hand high. I'm sure he'd do the same for me. It's three days through the desert heat to save one man's life and I don't even know his name.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 ''All In'']<br /> |Lifehouse<br /> |Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefSlVqENRM ''At 30,000 Ft.'']<br /> |Queensrÿche<br /> |Pro-soldier, pro-Iraqi/Afghanistan action. &quot;Flaming oil blackens the sky. I don't know why...their hate is the reason for the Hell that I make.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/bHpw6CzprNY ''Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)'']<br /> |Steve Taylor<br /> |Takes aim at LA, NYC and SF hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and &quot;the left-wing band with their heads in the sand&quot;.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=sex+pistols''Bodies'']<br /> |The Sex Pistols<br /> |Profane but graphically anti-abortion.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Critical Acclaim''<br /> |Avenged Sevenfold<br /> |Pro-America and pro-Military.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVOEoo1oXBs ''Declaration Day'']<br /> |Iced Earth<br /> |A song about the Revolutionary War.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRNrzgDHmQE ''Devil is a Loser'']<br /> |Lordi<br /> |About how actions have consequences, mixed with contempt for the devil and Satanists.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock/Metal<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjJ9v__NyR0 ''Disparity by Design'']<br /> |Rise Against<br /> |Refers to the 'over-reaching arm' of the government, and considers whether welfare is a 'handout undeserved'. Also refers to the American ideal of 'pulling yourself up by your bootstraps'.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html ''Dissident'']<br /> |Pearl Jam<br /> |About a woman who engages in [[liberal values]] by being impregnated out of wedlock and having an abortion, but immediately regrets doing so.<br /> |3<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/K5N2WJ1szHE ''Father of Mine'']<br /> |Everclear<br /> |A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood. At the end of |the song, Alexakis promises to be a better father than his own had been.<br /> |4<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/zapGC2PrWiU ''Fair Exchange&quot;]<br /> |[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]<br /> |Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 1980s material, which has Christian lyrics.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRZt7xcwpY&amp;feature=youtu.be &quot;Freedom is Colorblind&quot;]<br /> |JoeDanMedia<br /> |A song about how the left uses race to polarize the country. It is a conservative song that tries to unite the country.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZsG1ikgK8 ''Hundred Mile Stare'']<br /> |Queensrÿche<br /> |Pro-soldier, freedom. &quot;What ever happened to conviction and faith? People trip from side to side; don't know which way or what side to take. Always known the truth. It's really black and white. I've got no fear of judgment when it's time to fight.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Iraq No Phobia''<br /> |Pro-Pain<br /> |It is a pro-American, pro-military heavy metal song about the first [[Gulf War]]: ''&quot;Mohammed's no match for the great Uncle Sam.&quot;''<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71clnfgyts ''No Son of Mine'']<br /> |Genesis<br /> |<br /> |Twelve<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEhnBdOTAM &quot;ONE TEA PARTY&quot;]<br /> |[[Toot Sweet]] <br /> |This song is a metaphoric call to energize, motivate and unite the movement that we are all passionate about... the time is now to stand together, united, &quot;AS ONE&quot;.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/wDrRVlm5HOw &quot;Prayer for America&quot;]<br /> |JoeDanMedia<br /> |A short history lesson put to music regarding our schools and how the Bible was taught there in previous years.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Welcome to the Family''<br /> |Avenged Sevenfold<br /> |A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.<br /> |8<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/wq160PIYjHo &quot;No Rules for Radicals&quot;]<br /> |JoeDanMedia<br /> |This song highlights &quot;rules&quot; Saul Alinsky wrote about in his progressive-liberal book, 'Rules for Radicals'. <br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Real American''<br /> |Rick Derringer<br /> |Patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/FAvQSkK8Z8U ''Red Barchetta'']<br /> |[[Rush]]<br /> |Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcT3sIBRv_I ''Sliver'']<br /> |Queensrÿche<br /> |Pro-soldier, bravery. &quot;It's time to sack up and let go of your mothers. Take your gun, it's the cross that's carried by your brothers.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk ''Something For Nothing'']<br /> |Rush<br /> |&quot;You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sticXkHxZC4 ''I've Seen Footage'']<br /> |Death Grips<br /> |Profane. Criticizes the glorification of violence by the mainstream media.<br /> |NA<br /> |Hip Hop<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/cnijc9wNpV4 ''Sparks of the Tempest'']<br /> |[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]<br /> |Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 1980s material, which has Christian lyrics.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes''<br /> |Kevin Ayers<br /> |Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: &quot;we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes.&quot;<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''The Big Money''<br /> |Rush<br /> |Pro-[[capitalism]]<br /> |forty-five<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_6b4-N9Uo ''Ticket to Ride'']<br /> |[[The Beatles]]<br /> |Lyrics describe anti-feminist attitude<br /> |1<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQYpF2pCkLI ''My Body'']<br /> |Young the Giant<br /> |''&quot;My body tells me no / But I won't quit / Cause I want more&quot;'' &amp;mdash; Powerful chorus describes how the singer defies his body's physical desire to stop working and continue working hard because he wants to reap the rewards he has earned from his hard work. It describes conservative traits (persevering with hard work) and capitalistic ideals (wanting the rewards you worked for; working past your limit because you have proper incentive).<br /> |65<br /> |Alternative<br /> |-<br /> !Songs &quot;Spiritual&quot;<br /> !Artist<br /> !Comments<br /> !Billboard Rank<br /> !Category<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/iq10bz3PxyY ''Christmas Shoes'']<br /> |NewSong<br /> |A Christmas song by a Christian band.<br /> |NA <br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI ''Your Love Is Extravagant'']<br /> |Casting Crowns<br /> |<br /> |NA<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 ''What If His People Prayed'']<br /> |Casting Crowns<br /> |<br /> |NA<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA_H6C8iLPA ''Liberalism is a Mental Disorder'']<br /> |The Infidel (Gregory Van Leer Jr.) with an opening from [[Michael Savage]]<br /> |Clearly attacks [[liberal values]].<br /> |NA<br /> |Rap<br /> |- <br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1oRP7FfBw ''Sunny Afternoon'']<br /> |The Kinks<br /> |About a rich man trying to enjoy the simple things in life because the nanny-state has nearly bankrupted him.<br /> |Fourteen<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)''<br /> |Radiohead<br /> |A song chastising people for accepting the mainstream medias version of events and not paying attention.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''No Children''<br /> |The Mountain Goats<br /> |A song about a marriage falling apart because the couple has no children to hold the family together.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuUmLIPSasI ''God Loves My Country'']<br /> |Balthrop, Alabama<br /> |A song that declares that God loves America most of all.<br /> |NA<br /> |Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZE0SrkyNE&amp;ob=av2n ''Where'd You Go'']<br /> |Fort Minor<br /> |Shows the hardship of divorce, liberal values, and the possible future of the families of our service men who could be forced to serve in Libya.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rap<br /> |-<br /> |''Patriotism''<br /> |Company Flow<br /> |While containing bad language it endorses the US as a super-power.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rap<br /> |-<br /> |''Tribute''<br /> |Tenacious D<br /> |Comedy single, but it's also a very popular song about overcoming Satan and alludes to many other Christian themes such as heaven and hell.<br /> |4<br /> |Rock/folk<br /> |-<br /> |''For Martha''<br /> |The Smashing Pumpkins<br /> |Being torn between the anguish of losing a lost one and the joy of knowing you will one day reunite them with in heaven<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIGzzeQjaE ''Dethharmonic'']<br /> |Dethklok<br /> |Anti-tax<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |''Get Over It''<br /> |The Eagles<br /> |Written by Don Henley (who is a liberal) about his frustration of people blaming others for their own problems and believing the world owes them a favor ''&quot;the big bad |world doesn't owe you a thing,&quot;''<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w &quot;I Need A Dollar&quot;]<br /> |Aloe Blacc<br /> |&quot;Please Mr.Bossman I need this job more than you can know&quot; - an excellent paean to the plights of unemployment<br /> |NA<br /> |Pop/Soul<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/RlOQBGjkm78 &quot;Extra Extra&quot;]<br /> |[[Toots Sweet]]<br /> |Toots does a great job at making the clips entertaining as well as informative.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yq8zn15EPE &quot;Somebody Must Be Prayin' For Me]<br /> |[[Tim McGraw]]<br /> |Song about prayer and how it is a necessary part of everyday life.<br /> |NA<br /> |Spiritual/Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNTUADEhC8Q&quot;The List&quot;]<br /> |The Right Brothers<br /> |A song that melodically lists liberal activists.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/8uxAT6dzKSM &quot;We the People&quot;]<br /> |[[Toots Sweet]]<br /> |A song about the Constitution and how the current administration has been abusing the beloved document we are trying to live by.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/AA1aHrfxgEg &quot;Shut up and Teach&quot;]<br /> |The Right Brothers<br /> |Liberal indoctrination runs rampant in our schools. Song expresses the desire to stick to a non-partisan curriculum.<br /> | NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/ROdsgYyheM4 &quot;On Fire&quot;]<br /> |Switchfoot<br /> |This song is about keeping the faith, in people and in our religion.<br /> |NA<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY ''Under God'']<br /> |[[Pat Boone]]<br /> |<br /> |NA<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 ''King Without a Crown'']<br /> |Matisyahu<br /> |A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: &quot;If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat ask |Hashem for mercy and He'll throw you a rope.&quot;<br /> |7 (Hot Modern Rock Tracks)<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6yilkU1LI ''Fast Car'']<br /> |Tracy Chapman<br /> |Self-help, free market, division of labor, and a criticism of alcohol. &quot;I know things will get better/You'll find work and I'll get promoted/We'll move out of the |shelter/Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs&quot;<br /> |6<br /> |Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk ''Livin' on a Prayer'']<br /> |Bon Jovi<br /> |Organized labor is harmful to the welfare of workers, who turn to prayer.<br /> |1<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/o-z2D9lo9-8 ''Bush Was Right'']<br /> |The Right Brothers<br /> |Celebrating the Bush Administration's success and policies.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSK98Y2FNg &quot;Stop Global Whining&quot;]<br /> |The Right Brothers<br /> |Anti-Global Warming hoax song.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI ''Capitalism'']<br /> |Oingo Boingo<br /> |There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.<br /> |NA<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dHthaNNnds Keep On Loving You]<br /> |REO Speedwagon<br /> |Love overcomes infidelity &quot;When I said that I love you I meant That I love you forever.&quot;<br /> |1<br /> |Pop<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/oHg5SJYRHA0 ''Sweet Home Alabama'']<br /> |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]<br /> |A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young. &quot;Well, I hope Neil Young will remember/A Southern |man don't need him around anyhow.&quot;<br /> |8<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858733660/ ''What's The Use Of Wond'rin?'']<br /> |Amanda Palmer<br /> |Celebrates the command: &quot;Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.&quot; -Ephesians 5:22<br /> |NA<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/Ke-r2K0ymWc ''Lightning Crashes'']<br /> |Live<br /> |The joy and significance of childbirth.<br /> |1<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJprEyXMrIk''Takin' Care of Business'']<br /> |Bachman-Turner Overdrive<br /> |The work ethic and promoting self-employment.<br /> |Twelve<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5r2sp''Cat's In The Cradle'']<br /> |Harry Chapin<br /> |The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood.<br /> |1<br /> |Folk<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/bCFWyLwcR6E ''Thank You My Lord'']<br /> |[[Petula Clark]]<br /> |The title says it all.<br /> |NA<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/7NJMTmz7pkg ''Brick'']<br /> |Ben Folds Five<br /> |Shows the regret involved in abortion.<br /> |6 (Modern Rock Tracks)<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://youtu.be/Dw6qmYX1ny4 ''Alive'']<br /> |P.O.D.<br /> |About being thankful for the gift of life.<br /> |2 (US Alternative)<br /> |Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_iNdbPvrYk ''Jesus Christ'']<br /> |Brand New<br /> |The singer turns to God for advice and assurance.<br /> |thirty (Hot Modern Rock Tracks<br /> |Spiritual<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU ''Jesus, Take The Wheel'']<br /> |[[Carrie Underwood]]<br /> |A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.<br /> |1 (US Country)<br /> |Country<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE ''Mine'']<br /> |[[Taylor Swift]]<br /> |Talks about how her parents stooped to [[liberal values]] and got divorced, and how she doesn't want that to happen with the guy she meets, dates, and marries.<br /> |1 (US Adult Contemporary)<br /> |Pop/Country<br /> |-<br /> | I Won't Back down<br /> | Tom Petty<br /> | Talks about not backing down from a fight. Can be compared to not losing the Iraq War.<br /> |N/A<br /> | Rock<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v7xNSgBkum7o &quot;Pray&quot;]<br /> |[[MC Hammer]]<br /> |Working hard and giving thanks.<br /> |2<br /> |Rap/Pop<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4OI0GUCI_A ''Obama Nation''] and its sequel [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFfoZaOJ5xo ''Obama Nation Part 3'']<br /> |Lowkey<br /> |A song sharply critical of [[Liberal]] president Barack Obama and his policies. Also criticises those that blindly follow him due to his race: 'It's the substance within, not the colour of your skin'<br /> |N/A<br /> |Rap<br /> |-<br /> |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wrsZog8qXg ''Such Great Heights'']<br /> |The Postal Service<br /> |Creationist/Biblical lyrics: ''&quot;And I have to speculate that God himself did make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay.&quot;''<br /> |?<br /> |Indie<br /> |}<br /> |<br /> Please add your best conservative picks. <br /> <br /> == Debatable Whether Conservative ==<br /> <br /> The top five in a poll of the greatest songs in the 20th century, according to the Recording Industry Association of America and the [[NEA]]:<br /> <br /> *''Over the Rainbow'' (Judy Garland)<br /> *''White Christmas'' (Bing Crosby)<br /> *''Respect'' (Aretha Franklin)<br /> *''American Pie'' (Don McLean)<br /> <br /> Also questionable:<br /> <br /> *''Rocky Raccoon'' (Beatles) - has multiple references to Gideon's Bible<br /> *''Been to Hell'' (Hollywood Undead)-Despite the large amount of swearing, it talks about the destructive nature of Hollywood, including how Hollywood and the quest for fame can cause someone to lose their faith. It also criticizes Hollywood values.<br /> *''Only the Good Die Young'' (Billy Joel)-a boy tries to convince a Catholic girl to have sex with him rather than practice [[abstinence]]. Although it contains a lot of anti-religious dialogue (from the boy's perspective), in the end the girl holds true to her values, and nothing happens between them.<br /> *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 ''Still the One''] by Orleans - a very good song about marital fidelity. However, one of the singers, [[John Hall]], later became a Democratic Congressman from New York and sued Republican presidential candidate [[John McCain]] over the use of the song in his campaign.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> *[http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/group/support-conservative-entertainment Smart Girl Politics]<br /> <br /> *[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmnorton/2011/06/07/bigdawg-spotlight-on-the-in-word-the-antidote-to-liberal-arts-political-correctness Breitbart antidote to political correctness]<br /> <br /> *[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmnorton/2011/05/23/bigdawg-spotlight-on-urban-funk-rocker-toots-sweet-a-conservative-sound-in-a-liberal-town/ Urban funk rocker and a conservative sound]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Essays]]<br /> [[category:Music]]<br /> [[Category:Essays about Conservatism]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Mystery:Does_God_Have_a_Sense_of_Humor%3F&diff=1033404 2013-02-07T18:53:00Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Does [[God]] Have a Sense of Humor?'''<br /> <br /> Rarely is the sense of humor of God discussed or analyzed, '''''but there are many compelling reasons to conclude that God does have a sense of humor''''', and most of the jokes are at the expense of liberals/anti-Christians:<br /> <br /> *'''names''': remarkable skills seem to be given to people who have unusual names to match the skill, as in &quot;Usain Bolt&quot; (the fastest sprinter in world history); &quot;Learned Hand&quot; (one of the finest judges in history); &quot;Michael Arms&quot; (an [[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] rower from [[New Zealand]]);&lt;ref&gt;http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/047f7705-2b90-4267-94da-e2c02de08d98&lt;/ref&gt;; &quot;Richie Incognito&quot; (an [[NFL]] offensive lineman).&lt;ref&gt;http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5002565&lt;/ref&gt; and &quot;[[George McGovern]]&quot; (a former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate). Also, there are many whites named &quot;Black&quot; and African Americans named &quot;White&quot;.<br /> *'''political scandals''': liberals once mocked General David Petraeus by calling him &quot;General Betray Us&quot;; liberal President Obama subsequently appointed him as head of the CIA, whereupon he caused a massive scandal that betrayed liberals by embarrassing them. <br /> [[Adultery]]: The seventh commandment Thou shalt not commit adultery shows God has a sends of humor because when a womanizer from Arkansas had an affair with Miss [[Monica Lewinsky]] he tarnished his presidential reputation and created a field for conservatives. <br /> *'''football''': [[Tim Tebow]]'s completion of ten passes for 316 yards, at 31.6 yards per competition, in his stunning playoff victory against the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], echoed his promotion of [[John_1-7_(Translated)#Chapter_3|John 3:16]].<br /> *'''[[John 1-7 (Translated)#2:1|the wedding at Cana]]''': it was a huge ''faux paux'' for the host to run out of wine, leaving the guests stranded with nothing to drink (the water was probably not drinkable), but the last laugh was by the servants and [[Jesus]] when they gave a welcomed surprise to the host without explaining the source.<br /> *'''implausible absurdities''': the election outcome for the 2000 presidential election was implausibly close in [[Florida]], and apparently [[Al Gore]] lost because some [[Democrat]] voters misread the &quot;butterfly ballot.&quot;<br /> *'''logic''': man has a sense of humor, and man was created in the image of God. Hence God has a sense of humor.<br /> *'''history''': man's sense of humor improved with the discovery and expansion of Christianity, which indicates their strong correlation. [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], after attacking Jesus and God in the last books he would ever write, went insane.<br /> *'''sociology''': the massive carvings of caricatures of human beings found, without a plausible explanation, on [[Easter Island]].<br /> *'''politics''': atheistic political figures are known for their lack of a sense of humor, such as [[Attila the Hun]] and [[Adolf Hitler]], which suggests that the opposite of God is a lack of sense of humo<br /> *'''religious''': the encounter on the road to Emmaus, described at [[Luke_17-24_(Translated)#Chapter_24|Luke 25:13-31]], strongly suggests that God has intervened in amusing ways; also, God sometimes uses [[sarcasm]], as in [[Amos_(Translated)#Chapter_4|Amos 4:4]].<br /> *'''scientific''': snowstorms have disrupted [[global warming]] conferences; regions that promote the global warming hoax have been subjected to brutally cold weather.<br /> *'''zoology''': there are various animals, such as the duck-billed platypus, the cheeky monkey or the long-necked giraffe, that seem designed in order to amuse.<br /> *'''[[atheism]]''': atheistic nations like [[North Korea]] are known for their lack of a sense of humor.<br /> *'''[[ontological argument|ontological]]''': God is defined as the greatest being conceivable, and it's better to have a sense of humor than not; therefore God has a sense of humor.<br /> *'''intrinsic humor''': some humor is funny to virtually everyone who has a sense of humor - which would be impossible in the absence of intrinsic humor. Yet intrinsic humor would be impossible unless God appreciated it also.<br /> *'''contradictions and disbelief''': contradictions and surprise are the essence of humor, and God's allowance of their basis to continue to exist suggests that God may find amusement in it.<br /> *'''media''': Within weeks after the [[lamestream media]] made the unlikely claim that [[Fidel Castro]] -- who has not been seen in public since the frail dictator went to a hospital for a very grave condition in July 2006 -- had met the [[Pope]], a five-day suspension was imposed on [[Florida Marlins]] manager Ozzie Guillen for expressing admiration that Fidel Castro has such longevity.<br /> *'''inexplicable humor''': [[liberals]] in [[Colorado]] wanted to expel the successful, but outspokenly [[Christian]], [[Tim Tebow]], but he ended up in a much bigger media market as a result, and received even more publicity.<br /> *'''dreams''': some dreams might be God playing a trick for amusement purposes on you.<br /> [[Category:Mystery]]<br /> *'''the Bible''': see [[humor in the Bible]]<br /> *'''idolatry''': some who idolize [[Obama]] think that he is an atheist, when in fact he is likely a [[Muslim]]<br /> Science: The high pitched voices caused by sucking helium gas shows God has a sense of humor.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Theology]]<br /> [[Category:Humor]]</div>

Jameselliott https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Fred_Phelps&diff=1032191 2013-01-30T20:11:43Z

<p>Jameselliott: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Phelps.jpg|right|thumb|Fred Phelps giving an interview in 2000]]'''Fred Waldron Phelps''' is the [[pastor]] of the independent [[Westboro Baptist Church]], an extremist organization not affiliated with mainstream [[Baptist]] churches, and is a controversial activist against [[homosexual]] behavior. Phelps is noted for rallies displaying signs with highly inflammatory and [[extremist]] statements. This has classified the church as a hate group by various organizations. He is said to hold a &quot;[[Hyper-Calvinism|hyper-Calvinistic]] viewpoint&quot; generally regarded as far outside of mainstream Christianity by most Christian scholars. Most of the congregants of the Westboro Baptist Church, which is located in [[Topeka]], [[Kansas]], are related to Phelps either by blood or marriage.<br /> <br /> Phelps has openly denounced the [[Catholic Church]] and [[Episcopal Church]], and has made claims these religious organizations tolerate and harbor homosexuals and pedophiles. He has also referred to a variety of political figures as &quot;fag-enablers&quot;, ranging from Republican Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George W. Bush]] to Democrats such as [[Howard Dean]]. Phelps is a vehement critic of [[Dick Cheney]]. [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8194338250744686470&amp;q#] His views are rejected unanimously by [[liberals]] and also by the majority of [[conservative]] [[Christian]]s; [[evangelical]] leader [[Jerry Falwell]] referred to him as a &quot;first-class nut&quot;.<br /> <br /> Phelps has led protests at military funerals based on his belief that America is a country that harbors homosexuals and is thus evil. As a result, President [[George W. Bush]] signed the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, which places limitations on protests at military funerals. These demonstrations led to the formation of the [[Patriot Guard]], an organization of motorcyclists who attend military funerals in order to shield the families of the deceased from the protests by members of Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-13-funeral-protests_x.htm Funeral protesters say laws can't silence them], By Charlie Riedel, Associated Press, July 2006. Retrieved from USA Today October 14, 2007.&lt;/ref&gt; Phelps is represented by the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU).&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/22/AR2006072200643.html ACLU Sues for Anti-Gay Group That Pickets at Troops' Burials], By Garance Burke, Associated Press, July 23, 2006; Page A02. Retrieved from the ''[[Washington Post]]'' October 14, 2007.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Phelps was once an active contributor to the [[Democratic Party]] and was an enthusiastic supporter of [[Al Gore]] for president in 1988,&lt;ref&gt;http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1999/03/lauerman.html&lt;/ref&gt; calling Gore &quot;the icon of the conservative faction of the Democratic Party.&quot;&lt;ref&gt; http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20001104/ai_n11753681 &lt;/ref&gt; Phelps's son, Fred Phelps, Jr., served as a delegate for Gore. &lt;ref&gt;http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15559&lt;/ref&gt; During Gore's 1984 campaign for the U.S. Senate, he was against a bill that would outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation, and refused to take donations from gay rights organizations. Gore said in an interview with the Nashville ''Tennessean'', &quot;I don't pretend to have an understanding of homosexuality that sustains a discussion of its roots ... but I do not believe it is simply an acceptable alternative that society should affirm.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;[http://cache.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/Bradley_rips_Gore_s_scare_tactics_to_win_gay_votes+.shtml Bradley rips Gore's 'scare tactics' to win gay votes] By Bob Hohler and Michael Crowley, Globe Staff, 2/15/2000, cache.boston.com, retrieved November 26, 2011&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In 1992 Phelps supported [[Bill Clinton]] for president, and later became critical of President Clinton's pandering for gay voters. Phelps led a <br /> demonstration at the 1997 Clinton inaugural. &lt;ref&gt; http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={91058469-F6DE-4615-8B2A-73CDF3E8FCAC} &lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt; http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20001104/ai_n11753681 &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Phelps' Criticism of Religious Leaders ==<br /> <br /> Phelps runs several websites on the internet which preach against [[homosexuality]] and immoral living. Phelps espouses a skewed version of his own &quot;literal&quot; interpretation of the [[Bible]] and the holy scriptures, and speaks against mainstream religious and Christian leaders who, in his view, distort or twist the literal interpretation of the Bible. Phelps also speaks for greater accountability for religious organizations, such as the Catholic Church, and has been vocal in the press and media concerning the abuse of young boys by Catholic priests and church leaders, and practicing homosexuals in the Episcopal Church.<br /> <br /> == Phelps and the Democratic party==<br /> [[Image:20001025 xnjdo FredGoreFiny.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Rev. [[Fred Phelps]] with future Vice President and [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner [[Al Gore]] at a Westboro Baptist Church event.]]<br /> Phelps ran for governor of [[Kansas]] as a [[Democrat]] in 1990, 1994, and 1998.&lt;ref name=&quot;ref4&quot;&gt;[http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/05/kansas.results/ 1998 Kansas Primary Results. Compiled by Congressional Quarterly.]&lt;/ref&gt; Phelps received 31% of the vote in Kansas's 1992 Democratic Party primary for [[U.S. Senate]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_statistics.html State of Kansas Secretary of State Website]&lt;/ref&gt; In 1993 and 1997,&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21229 The &quot;God Hates Fags&quot; [[Left]]], By Mark D. Tooley, FrontPageMagazine.com, February 09, 2006.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1128/kansas-anti-gay-church-embarrasses-topekans Kansas anti-gay church embarrasses Topekans], November 7, 2002. Retrieved from ReligionNewsBlog.com, October 11, 2007.&lt;/ref&gt; Phelps ran for mayor of [[Topeka]]. He supported [[Al Gore]] in the 1988 primaries. Phelp's support of Al Gore took an irrational U-turn in 1998 when he picketed the funeral of Al Gore's father.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.religionnewsblog.com/13170/pastor-who-takes-pride-in-hate-traces-the-emotion-to-bible&lt;/ref&gt; Phelps has been an extremely vocal critic of [[President George W. Bush]] and former Vice President [[Dick Cheney]], calling Bush &quot;A Bible pervert.&quot; Of the Cheney family Phelps said, &quot;They know the iniquity they’ve wrought, but they’re not at all ashamed of it...God hates the Cheneys.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8194338250744686470#&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Phelps and Saddam Hussein ==<br /> <br /> In 1997, upset about [[United States]] sanctions on [[Iraq]], Phelps wrote a letter to [[Saddam Hussein]] that read in part, ''We understand that Iraq is the only Muslim state that allows the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to be freely and openly preached on the streets without fear of arrest and prosecution. Alas, the United States no longer allows the Gospel to be freely and openly preached on the streets, because militant sodomites now control our government, and they violently object to the Bible message.'' &lt;ref&gt;http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/wbc_on_america.asp&lt;/ref&gt; He requested, and received, permission from Saddam Hussein to visit Iraq. &lt;ref&gt;http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={91058469-F6DE-4615-8B2A-73CDF3E8FCAC}&lt;/ref&gt; When Saddam Hussein was executed in 2006, Phelps said Saddam was in hell for practicing the Muslim faith.<br /> <br /> == Phelps and activism ==<br /> [[File:1f3.jpg|right|thumb|400px]]<br /> Phelps announced that he and his group would picket the funeral service of actor [[Heath Ledger]].<br /> <br /> In February 2009, Phelps' group announced that they would travel to the [[United Kingdom]] to protest in [[Basingstoke]] against a gay-themed play called [[The Laramie Project]], based on the murder of [[Matthew Shepard]]. <br /> However, the British Foreign Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]] later announced on February 19th that they would be barred from entering the country as the group &quot;engaged in unacceptable behaviour by inciting hatred against a number of communities&quot;. Phelps' group later responded with a message on their website GodHatesFags.com stating:<br /> <br /> :&quot;You British Bastards will not have Jesus Christ to rule over you, and think you can issue bans and pass laws to remove God’s word from the landscape. You do greatly err, not knowing the power of God; and, you do that against your own interests. It is a great kindness to have God’s prophets in your land. But, you ungrateful brutes despise knowledge. It is too late for the UK. God Hates You! God’s wrath and destruction is all that’s left for you, thanks to Secretary Smith.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-11226.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> After the shooting of Arizona U.S. Representative Gabriella Giffords and the death of six people in Tuscon, Arizona in January 2010, Phelps stated in a video that God had sent the shooter, Jared Loughner, to &quot;avenge the nation's sins&quot;, and that Westboro planned to protest at the funerals of the six victims.&lt;ref name=&quot;giffords&quot;&gt;[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40997616/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/arizona-suspect-could-face-death-penalty/#.Ts2iIFmwXf8 Arizona suspect could face death penalty] msnbc.com, Crime &amp; Courts, January 11, 2010, retrieved November 23, 2011.&lt;/ref&gt; He said, &quot;Thank God for the violent shooter.&quot;&lt;ref name=&quot;giffords&quot;/&gt; The Arizona state legislature passed an emergency bill barring protestors from within 300 feet of funerals.&lt;ref&gt;[http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-11/us/arizona.funeral.westboro_1_kansas-church-westboro-baptist-church-fred-phelps?_s=PM:US Arizona enacts funeral protest legislation] cnn.com, January 11, 2010, retrieved November 23, 2011.&lt;/ref&gt; Westboro later gave up the idea of protesting at the funeral of Christina Green, the 9-year-old girl who died in the shooting, in exchange for airtime on Phoenix and Tuscon radio stations.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/12/westboro-baptist-church-wont-picket-christina-green-funeral/ Westboro Baptist Church Won't Picket Christina Green Funeral] Surge Desk, aolnews.com, January 12, 2011, retrieved on November 23, 2011.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Despite efforts by [[leftist]]s to link Phelps to the Religious Right, Phelps refers to Christian conservatives as &quot;Lukewarm cowards. Modern day Pharisees. People who have gone a whoring after strange gods. Self-righteous hypocrites. They spend more time harrassing people who are preaching the Gospel than anything else, just like the Pharisees did to Jesus.&quot; Phelps preaching has much in common with the Reverend [[Jeremiah Wright]]. Phelps also says God hates liberals, referring to them as &quot;the modern day Saduccees&quot;, and that they are the ultimate evil.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.godhatesfags.com/faq.html#Right&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Lawsuits===<br /> <br /> *Phelps and his congregation were recently sued by Albert Snyder, the father of a soldier killed in Iraq. Phelps and his congregation protested the Iraq War at his son's funeral. The father sued for defamation over Phelps' statement: &quot;Mr. Snyder raised his son for the devil and hell,&quot; during the funeral protest and in statements on his website. A federal jury in Baltimore awarded him nearly $11 million in a verdict against the church; Mr. Snyder won on every count of his complaint, receiving $2.9 million for compensatory damages and $8 million for punitive damages.<br /> <br /> *Phelps has also been threatened with prosecution by the Canadian Government for alleged hate speech in Canada for preaching what he has stated are the literal teachings of the Bible against homosexuality.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15559 Gore sought help from anti-homosexual group], 'God hates fags' creator preaches 'hate because the Bible preaches hate', By Jon E. Dougherty, ''WorldNetDaily.com'', October 25, 2000.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Already picketing daily in Topeka, the Phelpses began to shower faxes on the community, targeting business and political leaders they disagreed with. After Topeka councilwoman Beth Mechler publicly doubted Phelps' claims that wild [[gay sex]] was occurring in Gage Park, Phelps responded with an insulting fax.<br /> <br /> ==Criticism of Phelps==<br /> Criticism of Phelps has been virtually universal within both the conservative and liberal movements. The Reverend [[Jerry Falwell]] has called Phelps &quot;a first class nut&quot;. Illinois Family Institute Executive Director Peter LaBarbera said &quot;Fred Phelps' curious message is hardly Christian, and only fuels societal bigotry toward those who espouse genuine Biblical views on social issues like homosexuality and abortion,&quot;<br /> <br /> Phelps was also cited during Canadian deliberations about declaring anti-gay sentiments to be a hate crime.<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> Reasons why people call Phelps “hateful”:<br /> <br /> *”Bloody-Knife Bombastic Big Mouth Bastard Beast Obama is going to change times and laws; we have the word of God for that fact. He will do this by his charismatic smooth forked tongue, as he’s highly skilled in the art of telling people what they want to hear. The people of this nation are in terror, at God’s hand, afraid for their future, in distress and crisis, and afraid of many unnamed enemies. Germany was stinging and laboring under financial hardship, including punishing reparations from World War I. Hitler tapped into their national pride and need for financial stability to come to power. Also like Germany, this nation has weak legislative and judicial branches. Hitler was able to quickly seize power and strip the German legislative branch of any ability to curtail him. The Congress of doomed America is full of pandering cowards; they will be putty in Beast Obama’s hands, afraid to oppose him because of the “mandate” he has from the raging masses. The cowardly congress members have no stability or moral compass, so they are subject to the whim of the people. They’ll cave like a cheap deck of cards while Obama cleverly and masterfully plays the people like banjos, to get what he wants.” Phelps on beastobama.com launched in early 2009&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.beastobama.com Beast Obama website&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> *”God hates America, and those calamities last Tuesday [September 11, 2001] are none other than the wrath of God, smiting fag America... That wasn't any accident. That wasn't any coincidence. There's only America to blame for those tragedies.”<br /> :“How many do you suppose of those hundred (sic) and thirty soldiers died (sic) in the Pentagon last Tuesday were fags and dykes? And how many do you suppose were working in that massively composed building structure called those two World Trade Center buildings, Twin Towers? There were five thousand or ten thousand killed and, counting all those passengers in those airplanes, it's very likely that every last single one of them was a fag or dyke or a fag enabler, and that the minute he died, he split hell wide open, and the way to analyze the situation is that the Lord God Almighty, pursuant to His threatenings and warnings, killed him, looked him in the face, laughed and mocked at each one of them as He cast each one of them into Hell!... God hates America, and God demonstrated that hatred to some modest degree only last Tuesday -- sent in those bombers, those hellacious 767 Boeing bombers, and it was a glorious sight. What you need to do is see in those flames -- those sickening, twisting, burning, life-destroying flames, brightly shining from every television set around the world! You need to see in those flames a little preview of the flames of Hell that are going to soon engulf you, my friend. Burn your soul forever!” September 14, 2001&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.signmovies.net/videos/news/index.html Phelps on Sept. 11 attacks]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *”Same-sex marriage, by any name, civil union or otherwise, is the ultimate smashed-mouth in-your-face insult to God Almighty, and you think He's going to let England and America and the rest of this evil world get by with it? God Almighty has not joined fags in holy wedlock. God no longer keeps America safe. America is doomed. We're getting the pants beat off of us, in Iraq, in Afghanistan. God is now America's terrorist, that's who Bush is fighting, that's the terrorist that he best be afraid of. You tweaked His nose, you jackass, you tweaked His nose! God put it in your wicked heart to start that war. That's the message we've got at the funerals of these dead soldiers. God duped you into starting a war, so He could punish you. And any preacher preaching it any other way is a lying hell-bound false prophet. So almost eighteen months now and the siege has got people eating their babies, and their small children, and each other! You're gonna eat your babies! God Himself duped Bush into a no-win war, and He did that by the technique of putting a lying spirit in the mouth of all his trusted advisers, to punish America.” Phelps on April 1, 2007&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000764/ Phelps on war, same-sex marriage, gays]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *”The Lord sent a world-class whopper of a massacre to Virginia Tech, killing thirty-three, drawing headlines like 'Shocked!', 'Horrified!', 'The worst massacre in US history!'. Well, we wish you were thirty-three thousand killed, but we are thankful to our Father for thirty-three.” Phelps on April 23, 2007&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.signmovies.net/videos/news/index.html Phelps on Virginia Tech massacre]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *”Canada is a filthy country run by fags, which has Draconian laws making it a crime to preach the Gospel there. All of these cowardly kissy-poo preachers who telecast their milquetoast sermons into Canada have to edit out every single word critical of fags -- snip, snip, snip -- or the fag officials of Canada will arrest and criminally prosecute the Canadian affiliates, and shut down their stations! There's no freedom of speech in Canada. There's no freedom of religion in Canada. It is against the law to read the Bible in Canada.... Our church has had a lot of bad dealings with those demon-possessed Canadians! A big Canadian flag flies at our church upside-down, the international symbol of distress. We fly it day and night, to educate and warn people about the fagi-nazi regime just to the north of us. Canadians are afraid of their tyrannical fag-run government. You can determine for yourself about Canada, and keep as far away from them as you can.” Phelps on July 31, 2008&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.signmovies.net/videos/news/index.html Phelps on Canada]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *”We understand that Iraq is the only Muslim state that allows the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to be freely and openly preached on the streets without fear of arrest and prosecution. Alas, the United States no longer allows the Gospel to be freely and openly preached on the streets, because militant sodomites now control our government, and they violently object to the Bible message...The same majoritarian sodomite tyranny that now guides the Clinton administration's repressive policies toward Gospel preaching on America's streets, is apparently responsible — at least in part — for the merciless slaughter by starvation of 400 innocent Iraqi babies each day in your country. If our government and laws will allow it, and at the invitation of your government, we would like to send a delegation from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, to preach the Gospel on the streets of Baghdad for one week in the near future.” Phelps’ November 30, 1997 letter to Saddam Hussein.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/print.asp Phelps’ letter to Saddam Hussein]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *”In our experience, no modern country is more repressive of human rights than the U.S.A. The vaunted First Amendment is nothing but empty words on paper...we will journey to China at our expense, and tell our story of modern American repression of human rights, upon invitation.” Fred Phelps, demanding permission to picket in the People's Republic of China, February 26, 1997.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/print.asp Phelps on China, U.S.A. and human rights]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *”Mr. Rogers gave aid and comfort to homosexuals. He was a man who preached tolerance of all sorts of people in ways that directly contradicted the Bible. His syrupy teachings led millions astray. He was a wuss and he was an enabler of wusses.” Phelps on March 2003.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20030307tony107col2p2.asp Phelps on Mr. Rogers]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *”You are a Bible pervert, [President George W.] Bush! And I knew it, the minute you hired that fag Scott Evertz to run your White House and told Rumsfeld to hire that fag [Stephen] Herbits, to screen all the applicants for employment to the Pentagon.” Phelps on September 14, 2001 &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.signmovies.net/videos/news/index.html Phelps’ tirade toward President Bush]&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> *”Whatever righteous cause the Jewish victims of the 1930s-40s Nazi Holocaust had, (probably miniscule, compared to the Jewish Holocausts against Middle Passage Blacks, African Americans and Christians -- including the bloody persecution of Westboro Baptist Church by Topeka Jews in the 1990s), has been drowned in sodomite semen. American taxpayers are financing this unholy monument to Jewish mendacity and greed and to filthy fag lust…Homosexuals and Jews dominated Nazi Germany…just as they now dominate this doomed U.S.A. … The Jews now wander the earth despised, smitten with moral and spiritual blindness by a divine judicial stroke…And god has smitten Jews with a certain unique madness, whereby they are an astonishment of heart, a proverb, and a byword (the butt of jokes and ridicule) among all peoples whither the Lord has driven and scattered them…Jews, thus perverted, out of all proportion to their numbers energize the militant sodomite agenda…The American Jews are the real Nazis (misusers and abusers of governmental power) who hate God and the rule of law.” WBC news release, December 26, 1996&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/WBC/WBC-on-Jews.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&amp;LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&amp;xpicked=3&amp;item=WBC Phelps on Jewish people]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *Fred Phelps believes that [[Barack Obama]] is the Antichrist. According to Phelps, we are living in the end of days and Obama will form an Unholy Trinity with the [[Catholic Church]] and [[Satan]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.beastobama.com/unholytrinity/index.html Phelps on the Antichrist and Unholy Trinity]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Outside links ==<br /> *[http://blank.org/addict/ Addicted to Hate: the story of Fred Phelps]<br /> *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOrz5k0jWdU The Most Hated Family In America]<br /> *[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8194338250744686470# Fred Phelps' Unhinged Video Message to the Cheneys]<br /> *[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/homophobia.asp Poisoning the Web: Hatred Online], Anti-Defamation League (2001). Retrieved 05/23/07. <br /> *[http://www.godhatesfredphelps.com/ God Hates Fred Phelps], Retrieved from http://www.godhatesfredphelps.com/ October 25, 2007.<br /> *[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8682089528957352638&amp;ei=YB-PSa6HCYbi2gKtgPnCCw&amp;q=fred+phelps+jerry+falwell&amp;hl=en Phelps denouncing] [[Jerry Falwell]] after his death.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Activists]] <br /> [[Category:Democrats]]<br /> [[Category:Lunatics]]<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Phelps, Fred}}</div>

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