Comments on: The Death Throes of an Old Order?

By: pentamom

pentamom — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:42:18 +0000

Boo — I’m pretty sure Joseph understands that. The point is that she’s making up the motivation. Conservative religious people are not, for the most part, having (relatively) large families for the purpose of demographically diluting people we fear. Our motivations lie elsewhere. As Joseph says, the personal isn’t always political.

By: Boo

Boo — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:02:42 +0000

“We homeschoolers (at least some of us) have large families because we see Millenials (our children) as a threat”

Pure srawman. She means you are intending to create a cohort within the Millenials to counter a broader trend of secularism. I’m not arguing that she’s right or wrong, but it’s blatently obvious that’s what she means.

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:32:14 +0000

Most importantly, the religious right sees the Millennials as a special threat requiring most of their attention

It is the left wing strategy of proselytizing other peoples’ children that is the threat.

By: juandiaz

juandiaz — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:49:20 +0000

the preamble to our constitution states that “we are endowed by our creator with inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” if the liberals get their way. your rights will be taken or given by government fiat. i don’t think they really want that. juan

By: arty

arty — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:57:34 +0000

You are a trooper, reading all of that rot so the rest of us don’t have to. Sounds like the author needs an introduction to Ockham’s Razor.