This and That

From time to time I will post a collection of questions that come to mind or just thoughts that I have. Occasionally I might expand on one of the questions or thoughts in a future post.
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Why are the people who want to celebrate diversity and embrace multiculturalism not willing to accept Southern Rednecks? They definitely have a culture that is unique -- at least in some ways. And a good representation of Southern Rednecks would certainly contribute to diversity. They include Muslims in their fold, but not Southern Rednecks. Yet Muslims and Southern Rednecks are a lot alike. They are both very conservative. They both tend to be fundamentalist in regard to their religion. They both can be quite fierce when they have to defend their culture.
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More seriously, why do liberals defend Islam and fiercely attack Christianity? It doesn't seem to matter to them that Muslims tend to be much more fundamental in their beliefs and practices than Christians, even those that we consider to be moderate Muslims. Surely they don't believe that Muslims are going to support their liberal policies. A Muslim is not any more likely to vote for homosexual marriage than a Christian. A Muslim is much less likely to support women's rights than a Christian. On the whole I see Muslims as more conservative than Christians.
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There are people who believe that it was horribly wrong for Europeans to come here and occupy the land inhabited by Native Americans. There are people who condone the arrival here of millions of illegal immigrants bent on occupying the land that we now inhabit. They are, in most cases, the same people. And they don't seem compelled to justify their conflicting positions. In my simple mind it seems that if it was wrong in the first case then it is wrong in the second case. I could easier justify it being right in the first case and wrong in the second case. The Europeans occupied land that was extremely sparsely populated by numerous disparate and competing native tribes. The illegal immigrants are occupying land that is densely populated by citizens of a rather cohesive nation. Plus, there's the fact that descendants of the Native Americans are still here. How can it be right for them to be invaded again if it was wrong the first time?
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Do you actually take some special precaution when the National Weather Service posts a tornado watch? Do you know anyone who does? I don't to both questions. I don't take any special precaution even when they post a tornado warning. I don't have a storm cellar. I suppose I could climb into the bathtub, but then I could get fried by lightning. So why do they post the watches and have the TV stations stick that annoying patch over your program? They seem to do it every time a thunderstorm begins to form. I suppose they do it so that if someone gets hurt they can say "I told you so."

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