tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post3315727915971421329..comments2024-03-28T09:47:25.719-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: When he's rightDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-65242206967936998492021-09-25T09:02:33.864-04:002021-09-25T09:02:33.864-04:00That's probably accurate.That's probably accurate. South Bend Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394586502612759295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-30382887901167997472021-09-23T22:14:44.765-04:002021-09-23T22:14:44.765-04:00I have a suspicion Mr. Dailey's parting of way...I have a suspicion Mr. Dailey's parting of ways with the Chesterton Society was a disagreeable one. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-36760691519643316122021-09-23T22:02:34.422-04:002021-09-23T22:02:34.422-04:00Ugh! "Catholicism doesn't need converts l...Ugh! "Catholicism doesn't need converts like JDVance..." That just totally grates on me. Catholicism is NOT a club. We should want everyone to cross the Tiber for the sake of their salvation! And who does he think he is to speculate that JDV becoming Catholic is somehow bad for his soul? <br />I have an easier time handling scandalous sin in the hierarchy than I do with ordinary Catholics who post stuff like this. We should be on the same side - if not politically then at least in charity. It's just so petty! South Bend Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394586502612759295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-8759990171879218642021-09-23T15:17:58.787-04:002021-09-23T15:17:58.787-04:00Eckstrom wasn't making a public point of the s...Eckstrom wasn't making a public point of the source of his funding or it's influence on story selection. I thought at the time that Jennings agreed to finance their operation in return for changes in editorial policy, but I see that it was likely something Eckstrom wished to do anyway and that he sought financing from the Arcus Foundation because they'd reinforce this. Not long after, Eckstrom landed a PR job at the National Cathedral and passed on <i>Religion News Service</i> to someone else. This is illuminating (https://cathedral.org/staff/kevin-eckstrom/). <br /><br />As for the content of <i>Religion News Service</i>, the editorial line was not concealed. The publication I suspect had been founded with purposes in mind which differed a great deal from Eckstrom's. Another gutted agency worn as a skin suit. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-90859441043375329182021-09-23T15:05:45.665-04:002021-09-23T15:05:45.665-04:00The point of the article was to delineate in-group...The point of the article was to delineate in-groups and out-groups and place Vance in the out-group. There isn't any substantive critique of his positions. Note, invocations of 'hate' and 'racism' by portside authors seldom if ever have any other purpose. (Now they've added 'white supremacy' to their bag of tricks; that it's a nonsense term does not bother them). <br /><br />Another feature is to strike poses. In response to Vance's remark on Catholic Social Teaching he says "Either Vance knows nothing about Catholic social teaching or he is being highly disingenuous." Garry Wills used to be much cannier and more elegant at this sort of thing (for which Fr. Mankowski took him apart). The social encyclicals are soporific and do not adjudicate latter-day disputes over policy questions. They'd rule out Marxist or Social Darwinist or Objectivist-Libertarian approaches to social policy, but adherents of these schools aren't common among American politicians, at all. Many of the observations in the encyclicals would be <i>challenging</i> to implement because they assume social formations (e.g. master-apprentice bonds) which are quite rare as we speak. A broad swath of working politicians and denizens of the chatterati could declare themselves 'aligned' with Catholic Social Teaching; very few of them if any could finesse the problem of implementing it. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-15427475826234237652021-09-23T13:53:35.931-04:002021-09-23T13:53:35.931-04:00Status jonesing? Not sure what that means. But ...Status jonesing? Not sure what that means. But yeah, that article was written by a person who acts like Vance ran over his dog. Any hope that I would take anything he had to say seriously about Vance went right out the window. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-88288839590015491102021-09-23T13:52:23.587-04:002021-09-23T13:52:23.587-04:00Never heard of them, but definitely think they cou...Never heard of them, but definitely think they could be more honest about what they are. I was never a Rush Limbaugh fan, but I did respect him for being honest about what he was and where he stood, rather than hide behind some false title and play at objectivity. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-73569261390405864302021-09-23T13:51:22.042-04:002021-09-23T13:51:22.042-04:00I think critiques is OK. It's what we do. I ...I think critiques is OK. It's what we do. I saw this movie and it was great. I saw that movie and it was horrible. I think Mark, if I took him right, meant those who go into these movies to find deep meanings and hidden purpose or some other failed moral standing, detect evidence of such wrong-think, and proceed to trash them accordingly. Rather than just enjoy the experience and conclude it was or wasn't a good movie for a movie's sake. <br /><br />I would also exempt from this those movies made for the sole purpose of preaching or advancing an agenda with nothing else going for them. They deserve such treatment. I think Mark means movies like Raiders, or Star Wars, or even more thoughtful fare, but still just movies and entertainment. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-61360334620860758622021-09-23T13:48:18.337-04:002021-09-23T13:48:18.337-04:00Not shocking. I've been seeing surveys of col...Not shocking. I've been seeing surveys of college students with the numbers increasing of those who 1) favor government censorship, 2) abolish the Constitution, 3) prefer Socialism/Marxism over Jeffersonian democracy. Given the textbooks my sons show me, it's not hard to see why they think this way.David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-29655644464208749502021-09-23T13:44:59.787-04:002021-09-23T13:44:59.787-04:00*looks over at his own blog*
Yeah... guess I'...*looks over at his own blog*<br /><br />Yeah... guess I'm not really one who can talk much here with the small forest growing in my own eye. I do know there is something of a debate actually on the internet over modern tv shows & movies - between those who want to enjoy them only and those who want to critique them and say, "these aren't good."<br /><br />That's all I'll go into for now unless you really want to discuss it. ;)Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-19334528231658675922021-09-23T08:35:37.180-04:002021-09-23T08:35:37.180-04:00https://jonathanturley.org/2021/09/23/hecklers-vet...https://jonathanturley.org/2021/09/23/hecklers-veto-sixty-six-percent-of-college-students-say-stopping-speech-is-free-speech/#more-178756<br /><br />Did you catch this? Maybe our problem is widespread arrested development. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-31436233026936229502021-09-23T08:01:50.098-04:002021-09-23T08:01:50.098-04:00The former editor of Gilbert! loathes J.D. Vance. ...The former editor of <i>Gilbert!</i> loathes J.D. Vance. If you read the article he's referring to<br /><br />https://religionnews.com/2021/09/21/jd-vance-channels-hate-in-ohio-senate-primary/<br /><br /><br />It's almost unadulterated status-jonesing discourse. Hardly a substantive thought to be found therein. So here we have Jacob Lupfer, age 40, and Sean Dailey, age 55, and their brains are stuck in high school. (Both men are notable for having sketchy employment situations as well). Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-44122659588349967742021-09-23T07:48:28.161-04:002021-09-23T07:48:28.161-04:00During the years I checked in on Religion News Ser...During the years I checked in on <i>Religion News Service</i>, I wondered why the content was increasing concerned with a particular subject, to the point where you could have renamed it "Kevin Eckstrom's Gay News". Then I discovered they were receiving 55% of their revenue from the Arcus Foundation, which was run by a notorious alum from the Obama-era Department of Education, one Kevin Jennings. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com