Comments on: What is a Moral Issue? http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2004/11/12/what-is-a-moral-issue/ When stream of consciousness meets a waterfall. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Uneasy Rhetoric http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2004/11/12/what-is-a-moral-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Uneasy Rhetoric Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:10:17 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2004/11/12/what-is-a-moral-issue/#comment-19 I agree. I think the moral high ground should belong to the Left right now. Of course, I don't really believe the Right is all that concerned about morality, merely about the appearance of being "godly." They aren't concerned with what Jesus would do. Perhaps that is their weakness. Perhaps there are enough "Conservative Christians" who believe that a Christian lifestyle <em>does</em> mean emulating Jesus, that we can break through. I agree. I think the moral high ground should belong to the Left right now. Of course, I don’t really believe the Right is all that concerned about morality, merely about the appearance of being “godly.” They aren’t concerned with what Jesus would do.

Perhaps that is their weakness. Perhaps there are enough “Conservative Christians” who believe that a Christian lifestyle does mean emulating Jesus, that we can break through.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2004/11/12/what-is-a-moral-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Matthew Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:49:00 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2004/11/12/what-is-a-moral-issue/#comment-18 It seems to me that this is one of the key battles us lefties will have to fight in the next two years: reclaiming the rhetoric of "morality" from the Christians. And it seems like it could be a winning battle - hard to dispute that "family values" is a phrase better suited to making sure that families can keep their kids fed, educated - and not so much to preventing people from getting married. It seems to me that even the right's co-option of religion could be shredded fairly easily. "What would Jesus do?" is actually a pretty powerful tool when you consider it: a liberal, pacifist rabbi who championed the poor isn't really the best icon for Tom DeLay's swindling buds, now is he? It seems to me that this is one of the key battles us lefties will have to fight in the next two years: reclaiming the rhetoric of “morality” from the Christians. And it seems like it could be a winning battle – hard to dispute that “family values” is a phrase better suited to making sure that families can keep their kids fed, educated – and not so much to preventing people from getting married.
It seems to me that even the right’s co-option of religion could be shredded fairly easily. “What would Jesus do?” is actually a pretty powerful tool when you consider it: a liberal, pacifist rabbi who championed the poor isn’t really the best icon for Tom DeLay’s swindling buds, now is he?

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