It takes a particular type of self-righteous and aggressive ignoramus to think that the real evils of this world will all go away if enough people can be shamed or bullied into denying that those evils exist.
Case in point:
Russell Simmons Unveils ‘Coexist’ Banner Near Ground Zero
Simmons’ apartment on Liberty St. overlooks Ground Zero. Each letter of the banner features different religious and spiritual symbols. Like Bloomberg, Simmons is a big supporter of the planned center: “I was trying to figure out ways I could reach people and promote a message of tolerance…The fact that it is a public discussion, that there’s so many against it is what I think is disappointing to me, that so many people don’t know that we founded our country on the First Amendment,” he told the AP.
I am not the only one to complain
Recently, I have noticed that I am not the only one who despises this asinine symbolic slogan:
YouTube: Allen West Hates the Co-Exist Bumper Sticker
h/t: Kitman TV
More of Allen West’s speech here.
Coexist Reaction: The Good, The Bad, The Just Plain Silly
By Charlie Sykes
Story Created: May 15, 2009
(Story Updated: May 15, 2009)As John McAdams sums up the story so far:
It all started with a parody from Tom McMahon, who was aggravated by the extremely smug and intellectually slovenly bumper sticker in which a variety of religious symbols spell out “COEXIST.”
McMahon produced a parody bumper sticker with Nazi and Communist symbols substituted.
His point, of course, was that some religious views are simply impossible to coexist with, and must (like Nazism and Communism) be fought.
Update: Here’s another parody, courtesy of Mike C. on Blogmocracy:
‘Coexist’ in Firearm Manufacturer Logos
The underlying spiritual problem
When ‘tolerance’ proves to be nothing more than moral indifference and cowardice cloaked in self-righteousness, it is not a virtue but a vice.
Gates of Vienna: The Sin That Believes in Nothing
We Christians strongly believe in tolerance, and this is what British novelist Dorothy Sayers pointed out about “Tolerance”:
In this world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called indifference, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
If any viewpoint is equally as valid as any other, then no viewpoint has any meaning, and it matters not what any of us thinks, says, or does. This philosophy is truly satanic, and it is called nihilism.
Tags: Ground Zero Mosque, nihilism, Progressives, Religion
