Matt out-rants the ranter
Whew! Seems Matt took exception to a harmless little rant of mine about the pathetic nature of the 18-29 year-old age bracket. He got a little heated. A slice:
OK. I’ve about had it with conservatives. Especially young conservative punks that like to indulge themselves during their leisure time, and then turn around and whine and criticize their own kind. I’m tired of this bullshit coming from conservatives, as though they’re perfect or something, and everyone else had better step into line as well — or else. I mean, ” a Secretary of Whoop Ass”? Is he serious? What is that all about?! Look, nearly every generation has been looked down upon at one point or another. Remember: history is made up of…. what? The answer: past generations! … [snip] …
If parents and grandparents wish to whine and complain about how easy today’s generation has everything, then here’s an idea: don’t buy the 3,000 square ft. house when (and you know this to be true) you could just as easily live and be comfortable in a 1,500 sq. ft. abode. Don’t buy a huge-ass big screen TV so you and the teenage son can veg and watch sports all weekend long. Don’t take the family out to eat all the time. Here’s an idea: cook! Don’t buy your kids cars, Playstations, or nearly every piece of designer clothing that they want.
And, please please please: Don’t go to church every Sunday and consider yourselves “good Christians” and then go out and give despising glances toward those that you believe to be less than you. Just don’t. … [snip] …
I am, however, telling Tom Sherman to shut up until he actually thinks through something and doesn’t come off sounding like an arrogant conservative idiot.
Hey now, hold on there brotha man! The train’s about to derail! Slow down! Take it easy, and let’s sort it out. This blogging stuff’s all in good fun, but I think you’re just jealous because I’m on Movable Type and you’re on Blogspot (ha). But to address your rather over-the-top insinuations, heeeere goes…
Did I ever say I was perfect? No. But you seem to think that because I’m conservative, I have no right to criticize. Where’s my free speech? And the innumerable amount of assumptions in your post really speaks to a lack of core liberal values. Prejudice? Boy, I think you could define it with that little rant of yours. I enjoy perusing your site, and I think you’re intelligent, but I don’t claim to know you or know the details of your beliefs. I do know, however, that you are unaware of the intracies of my beliefs, given that we’ve had, oh, two short conversations in my lifetime. So what’s the deal, Matt? Why the vitriol? I thought liberals were compassionate! I thought they stood for the ideals of free speech and free expression! Where’d that go? You went Patriot Act on me, son! But I can take it. I’m a big boy. I’ll just take care of your assertions now.
You’re right. Buy the 1500 sq. ft. house. My dad’s building a big-ass house right now, and I had several conversations with him where I rather annoyingly hounded him with a simple question: “Ain’t this house good enough?” Sure, it’s not that big, or that glamorous, but it gets the job done. But he wants the house as something of a capstone on his career, and I’m not footing the bill. I argued for conservation, however (it has the same root as “conservative,” you’ll note). In fact, if you had read my original post closely at all, you would have noted a strong current of anti-materialism, and yet you accuse me (the mean, evil, “young conservative”) of that very vice. Not true.
As to the homosexuality issue, let me remind you of something that’s not necessarily PC, but that’s doctrinal: The Bible says homosexuality is wrong. It also says adultery is wrong. In fact, it says eating pork is wrong. What Christians choose to do with this doctrine varies, and how much they choose to apply the “judge not lest ye be judged” caveat also varies. I do not stand in the streets with a “DIE FAGS DIE” sign, but I do not attend Pride rallies either. Am I a homophobe?
In conclusion, I can only stand back in astonishment and wonder how a silly entry about the idiocy of the MTV generation prompted you to write a long, rambling rant that actually mentioned “incestuous royal dynasties.” Seriously dude, I’ll buy you a beer next time I see ya.