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do you much care if the infrastructure projects are ones that fix existing deficiencies (for example, water pipes in Flint or crumbling bridges in Mississippi or levies in Louisiana) or new projects like tollways

There's an undercurrent in all of this that ought to be addressed.

It is a commonplace assumption among certain sorts of religious groups, particularly the more extreme or orthodox elements, that their faith notions are so unfailingly true and right that it is justified to enforce their notions outside of their community and onto all others. Obviously, Muslim extremists hold this notion. But Christian extremists do as well. Likewise, some orthodox Jews like the fellows in New York who spit on an 8 year old girl whose clothing they considered immodest.

These folks also commonly hold that because their ideas are truer than all others that any secular law which contravenes their ideas are illegitimate and must be eradicated in the community.

All that is the more extreme end of the spectrum. But less extreme theists sometimes hold that the sincerity of their beliefs grants them special dispensation. Religious beliefs, they'll content, are unique and deserve unique consideration.

To those people, I say, **** you.

the sincerity of their beliefs grants them special dispensation.

the description would fit just as well

[When making this progressive vs. religious dichotomy as you have impinged upon Blatham's comment, I cannot speak for any individual (non-religious) 'progressive' just as you can't speak for any given religious person, but the ideological difference between the two is that one of these believes that because their God said it, that settles it. No 'reason' to go further. The other, by virtue of not having this 'outside' justification, must give rational reason for the exercise of their authority. Which is the way it should be, yes?

What the hell do you mean by "impinged" ????

I see far less "rational reason" coming from the progressive forces of political correctitude than I saw from the Jesuits who taught me in high school. Indeed most of it is mindless, illogical group think and cant that would likely embarrass even many religious zealots.

"up front "

How the **** you fans can believe anything this bastard has told you confounds me utterly.

[But whether or not you actually get rationality from the non religious wasn't my the thrust of the argument. My point was that if you are without religion, you have to have a reasonable argument, an actual real world non metaphysical referent to what authority you are claiming. I can't account for those that don't or reason illogically, I said as much figuring this would be your reply.

I love how the left likes to interchange Republican and conservative depending on what point in history they want to talk about. According to them the GOP never did anything for anyone, even when it was the GOP who did those things. They never want to admit that the Democrats controlled the south from the time of reconstruction until the mid 1990's when the first GOP governor was elected. They never want to admit that it was Dems who started the KKK, that's when the label flips start taking place. Can't have anything bad attached to the Dems and can't have anything good attached to the GOP.

Can we speak the same language here for all us uneducated folk?