Comments on: BUSYBODYISM

By: BUSYBODYISM AND THE INEVITABLE ADVANCE OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE « Citizen Tom

BUSYBODYISM AND THE INEVITABLE ADVANCE OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE « Citizen Tom — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:01:41 +0000

[...] interference. It is enough work to get anything useful done without a bunch of busybodies (see Busybodyism) trying to tell you what to do. Unfortunately, we have become a nation of [...]

By: floodguy

floodguy — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:38:46 +0000

I call it the “soup of the day” mentality. A classic example of this is the 2000 election compared to the 2008 Democratic nomination process.

In 2000, liberal democrats cried because of voter unfairness. Today, liberal democrats are practicing voter unfairness by denying the states of Florida and Michigan to participate in their nomination process, only because its suits the majority of them to do so.

By: Citizen Tom

Citizen Tom — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:38:33 +0000

I assume that you are refering Christians groups who insist that everybody else must also follow their Christian practices. Since Jesus did not force anyone to follow his example, most Christians follow Jesus’ example and do not try to force others to adopt Christian practices. Even Sunday Blues Laws have been largely dropped as too busybody.

Nonetheless, there are still some Christian busybodies, but these groups are more likely to be on the left than on the right. Instead of promoting Christian religious practices, they promote socialism in the name of Christianity. They advocate that the government must save the poor and the oppressed. Thus, for example, we end up with various liberation theologies. You may recall, for example, a certain acquaintance of Barack Obama.

By: hoobie

hoobie — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:46:38 +0000

Sounds like you are also describing the political religious right.