Link Dump: Agree with Me Or Get lost?
March 31st, 2005
So what the hell is this nonsense? Speak your mind and get the boot because you don’t agree on the Terri Schiavo issue?
If you believe that it would be wrong for a court to disregard the law and rule in favor of Bob and Mary Schindler who want to artificially keep the body of their brain-dead daughter alive, your blog isn’t welcome on HundredPercenter’s blogroll. If you think that it is wrong for judges to rule on personal convictions instead of simply applying the law, you’re gone.
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Why, it’s a veritable “who’s who” of the libertarian-leaning blogs! When you get right down to it, it’s the people who don’t feel that they need to impose their moral ideology on everyone else.
Read more here and here
Some people are intent on cutting off their ideological nose to spite their face.
I read through that guys reasoning and comments last night. I think he went way over the top and should be ashamed. Nothing he has done in any way showcases christian values, instead all he managed was to highlight his own intolerances and bigotry.
The point of giving everybody a blog is so that we can all put forward our points of view, and hopefully do so in a respectful and well-reasoned manner. None of us will completely agree with each other, but we find that we can have a sufficient amount of common ground where we can link to each other and share in civil debate.
Removing one of our “allied blogs” over a single issue is petty and foolish. Single-issue politics is harmful to this nation; single-issue blog-politics will prove equally destructive.