I think what I said clearly explained by it is offensive.
-people like to tell the "truth" about
other groups (
NEVER their own group;
the statistical facts [somehow] ALWAYS speak against the other group; in these topics
-[so] it...comes across as self-righteousness
-it's often apart of a
broader judgment of the people, which is usually very false from terrible overgeneralization. (when these topics are brought up, we hear a whole bunch of other stuff, such as all
their "dysfunctional behavior",
the whole group votes just to get "something for nothing", etc)
-the real battle is against
a totally separate group from the one in question (the liberals or Democrats), thus the whole race group is essentially being
used as
a poster child for all the evils of that political party
-So
it doesn't look like they really care about the unborn, or the race.It just looks like
self-serving patronizing.
Don't you see why all of that would be offensive, even if it has some kind of "truth" or "legitimate concern" behind it? for one thing, who is this group posting this billboard? Have they established any rapport in the community they are trying to correct, or it is it just part of some
political move? Who wants their problems used for someone else's political games? (Again, even if the Democrats did simply do the same thing, at least they
pretended to be more concerned about the community).
Do you see any other groups correcting another group without it turning into a nasty fight? "the most dangerous place for _____ children is in their mother's womb? (like "what monsters!") Who else is saying anything like that? Would you want any other group to be doing that to your group? (Many have long claimed claim that people are, and that it's wrong).
I think, until we get the remnants of this race resentment resolved, it is better not for one
race to try to "correct" another
race.
And that does go for the other side too. I do get annoyed when I see blacks paint "whites" as something (I hear people mention stuff like "attitude"), for it is a distraction from the real issue at hand. It was a past
institution, and a few people today that did evil; not a whole
group. You all certainly don't like when some do that to you, but it doesn't suddenly become OK to harp on race just because you found some statistical number.
(
This thread right here should show the folly of painting groups based on statistics: http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=70252&highlight=Barna
It ignores other factors, such as, in this case, the fact that most of those polled as "evangelicals" are probably nominals, and do not represent true born-again evangelicals).
It is totally fruitless. Think about it.
What do you really expect to accomplish with this? You always say "just stating facts", but it must have some other
purpose to it.
You're not going to "save" any children this way. All you're going to end up doing is getting more annoyed when the group doesn't listen to you, and that will just be the trigger for more "look at those people; they won't get better" rants (or "
who needs 'em if they won't wise up" like one said).
You cannot get a whole group of people to change some [supposed] collective behavior, because for one thing, a group is an abstract entity (that
does not even completely represent everyone placed in that group), and it consists of
individuals, and
those are the only entities that can directly change their behavior, and even then, in this sinful world, you are not going to get a lot of people to change as it is.
So yes, abortion is horrible, but it's not only bad for one race, or "worse" because of race. And Christians have long fought abortion, regardless of race. So there's no need to throw that in as some sort of additional ammunition against the left.
Whatever the solution will be, this is a problem that armchair moralizing along the lines of
racial groups (or political parties) is not going to fix. It's not a
race's fault; it's
sin, which is common to
all of man, though manifesting in slightly different ways (with perhaps a greater focus on certain sins) in particular groups.
