First off, I loved Dogma I actually don't think it was irreverent. It just came at things from a very different viewpoint, and one I related to in a lot of areas.
The problem with the satirical article you posted wasn't that it was irreverent to Dobson. I agree that he and Falwell have done enough to lose a lot of respect. The problem with it that it was extremely irreverent to God. As far as I know he's done nothing to deserve it. Religious people create religious idiocies. Intolerance is preached by the people, it is not encouraged by God. The article could have mocked Dobson without mocking God.
The people that you were posting your opinion about weren't impolite in how they handled themselves, so I don't believe it was fair to be impolite about them. I agree that there are issues that could be discussed from that movie. But that wasn't what was set to happen. The plan was to take the kids to see this movie, address the issue of homosexuality in the light of diversity and that was it.
Here's what bothers me. People who don't want their children to learn about sexual diversity in school are labeled intolerant. They are prudes who want to ruin people's lives by not accepting their way of life, rather than being parents who want to handle the way the way their children learn about things like sex. Not every child matures at the same pace. Not every child can handle certain information at the same time as every other. Children need to hear things in their own language, not in the Form Letter way that a school has to teach. Parents should have the right to teach their children sensitive subjects as they see fit. Parents should have the right to stand up and say that they do not want their children educated in subjects without being crucified for that.
Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be possible in our country anymore.
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The problem with the satirical article you posted wasn't that it was irreverent to Dobson. I agree that he and Falwell have done enough to lose a lot of respect. The problem with it that it was extremely irreverent to God. As far as I know he's done nothing to deserve it. Religious people create religious idiocies. Intolerance is preached by the people, it is not encouraged by God. The article could have mocked Dobson without mocking God.
The people that you were posting your opinion about weren't impolite in how they handled themselves, so I don't believe it was fair to be impolite about them. I agree that there are issues that could be discussed from that movie. But that wasn't what was set to happen. The plan was to take the kids to see this movie, address the issue of homosexuality in the light of diversity and that was it.
Here's what bothers me. People who don't want their children to learn about sexual diversity in school are labeled intolerant. They are prudes who want to ruin people's lives by not accepting their way of life, rather than being parents who want to handle the way the way their children learn about things like sex. Not every child matures at the same pace. Not every child can handle certain information at the same time as every other. Children need to hear things in their own language, not in the Form Letter way that a school has to teach. Parents should have the right to teach their children sensitive subjects as they see fit. Parents should have the right to stand up and say that they do not want their children educated in subjects without being crucified for that.
Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be possible in our country anymore.