Ted Cruz Absolutely ETHERS Reporter

Apparently, a Ted Cruz ethering session looks a lot like a rambling deflection of a legitimate question. Who knew? :confusedshrug:


Q: How do you feel about gay rights?

A: The liberal media is obsessed with sex. ISIS is beheading gay people. I'm for the constitution, btw.


Allow me to translate his response...
[I]
There are certain social issues far to the right of the current American mainstream, so while I need to pander to the Republican base -- who will turn on me if I waffle on this subject -- I'd prefer not to discuss my stance on gay rights unless surrounded by strictly right-wing audiences. Thank you and have a nice day. [/I]

this only proves he can't control himself. :oldlol: he looked completely shook & on the defensive.

had he TRULY "ethered" that reporter, it would've been done with a direct answer and less voice cracking.

[QUOTE=NumberSix]Ted Cruz Absolutely ETHERS Reporter[/QUOTE]
i'm not sure what "ether" means in your mind, but based on that clip it seems to mean "being called on your own homophobic shit, plunging your foot right in to it, then gleefully dragging it around in front of the cameras."

[QUOTE=BigBoss]Ted Cruz sounds like a smart guy then he goes and says that he's a Christian. That confuses the hell out of me.[/QUOTE]


The United States identifies itself as 83% Christian. Are you telling me that you and the other 2.4% of Atheists are smarter than everyone else?? :oldlol:


Unless you can show me your NASA badge, I don't want to hear it.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing]The United States identifies itself as 83% Christian. Are you telling me that you and the other 2.4% of Atheists are smarter than everyone else?? :oldlol:


Unless you can show me your NASA badge, I don't want to hear it.[/QUOTE]

The number of Americans who believe in God has dropped to 74% and I'd argue that many of those who do believe use Pascal's Wager to justify their beliefs.

[QUOTE=RedBlackAttack]Apparently, a Ted Cruz ethering session looks a lot like a rambling deflection of a legitimate question. Who knew? :confusedshrug:


[B]Q: How do you feel about gay rights?[/B]

A: The liberal media is obsessed with sex. ISIS is beheading gay people. I'm for the constitution, btw.


Allow me to translate his response...
[I]
There are certain social issues far to the right of the current American mainstream, so while I need to pander to the Republican base -- who will turn on me if I waffle on this subject -- I'd prefer not to discuss my stance on [B]gay rights [/B]unless surrounded by strictly right-wing audiences. Thank you and have a nice day. [/I][/QUOTE]
He wasn't asked about gay rights. He was asked if he personally hates gays. It's a wildly inappropriate, and insulting question.

Back when Obama was opposed to gay marriage, he was asked about his position on gay rights, and that's completely fair. Nobody ever asked him if he personally hates gay people.

Cruz didn't remotely dodge. He was asked if he hates gays. His answer was, as a Christian he loves everybody.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing]The United States identifies itself as 83% Christian. Are you telling me that you and the other 2.4% of Atheists are smarter than everyone else?? :oldlol:


Unless you can show me your NASA badge, I don't want to hear it.[/QUOTE]

1% of the world owns 99% of the wealth. Are they smarter economically then the rest of the world?

Your logic is so flawed. A majority of those Christians are born in families, environments, and societies that are largely Christian based that has built momentum for hundreds, if not thousands of years. That doesn't disappear overnight.

Your stat is wrong Christianity was 76% in 2007, it's at 70% in 2014. It's on decline. Those who identify as having no religion went from 16% up to 22.8%.

I know i'm smarter then you LOL. I'm paying attention to the wealth of information we do have in regards to our socialization from cave man to where we are today. Why are the Egyptians, Greeks, the indigenous in Africa, and the monks in East Asia wrong, but Christians are right? Because they outnumber everyone so by default it has to be correct? You do realize that people thought the world was flat once upon a time ago too and laughed at scientists/astronomers who theorized it was spherical. Just because everyone is buying into something doesn't mean it correct.

My position is that there is a source to all of this but to box myself in and say that in the VASTNESS of space and the Earth's rich history that our creation is due to a God whose sent his son down to die for our sins. Flat out ignorant to reduce ALL of this to a fairy tale. Go look up in the sky and find the star Canis Major which is so fukin far away yet we can see it. There are thousands if not millions of galaxies out there with so many undiscovered planets. We don't know shit!

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Rho_Cassiopeiae_Sol_VY_Canis_Majoris.jpg[/IMG]

Some perspective.


Pray to your sky wizard because he really gives a shit about you over that child in Africa hungry and living with AIDS.

I keep reminding myself not to argue with an uneducated fool who speaks in opinions vs facts, but i fall for it every time.. I always tell religious folks this. Go educate your self on the SCOPE of the universe and what has been discovered from chemistry, physics, space exploration and your beliefs will fall apart.

Here is a sunset on Mars.

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/MarsSunsetCut.jpg[/IMG]

Some more perspective. Now go pick and choose a passage that can be vaguely explain this ****ing picture and discredit it entirely as if it means nothing when in reality it means EVERYTHING. It means we don't know shit and we're not that unique. We are actually very uninteresting and so insignificant. We're so afraid of admitting that, that we've come up with shit like Christianity to give purpose to our lives to allow us to feel better because the 99% would go ape shit.

Your that dude in the Matrix who takes the blue pill. I take the red pill.

[QUOTE=NumberSix]He wasn't asked about gay rights. [B]He was asked if he personally hates gays.[/B] It's a wildly inappropriate, and insulting question.

Back when Obama was opposed to gay marriage, he was asked about his position on gay rights, and that's completely fair. Nobody ever asked him if he personally hates gay people.

Cruz didn't remotely dodge. He was asked if he hates gays. His answer was, as a Christian he loves everybody.[/QUOTE]
That's actually not what he was asked. The first question was, "Do you have a personal animosity toward gay Americans." That's a completely fair question based on his past statements and actions.

Cruz has, in the past, gone as far as attacking other politicians for partaking in gay pride parades. Why would he care unless there was some kind of animosity? The constitutions that he apparently loves so much gives those gay men and women the right to free speech and the right to free assembly and expression.

Here was one of his many statements on the issue...

"When a mayor of a city chooses twice to march in a parade celebrating gay pride that's a statement and it's not a statement I agree with."

So, it's not the media who has made sexuality an issue. It's Ted Cruz. And, he'd be happy to talk about it if this were a right-wing audience, because he has often done it in the past. His anti-gay pandering would have looked a lot like the above quote if it were a different media member that serves a different publication asking the questions. The reason he took offense here and flat-out dodged them is because he knows an unpopular view and that people outside of the hardcore Repub base would see/hear it. Period.

[QUOTE=BigBoss]1% of the world owns 99% of the wealth. Are they smarter economically then the rest of the world?

Your logic is so flawed. A majority of those Christians are born in families, environments, and societies that are largely Christian based that has built momentum for hundreds, if not thousands of years. That doesn't disappear overnight.

Your stat is wrong Christianity was 76% in 2007, it's at 70% in 2014. It's on decline. Those who identify as having no religion went from 16% up to 22.8%.

I'm not smarter, but i'm paying attention to the wealth of information we do have in regards to our socialization from cave man to where we are today. Why are the Egyptians, Greeks, the indigenous in Africa, and the monks in East Asia wrong, but Christians are right? Because they outnumber everyone so by default it has to be correct? You do realize that people thought the world was flat once upon a time ago too and laughed at scientists/astronomers who theorized it was spherical. Just because everyone is buying into something doesn't mean it correct.

My position is that there is a source to all of this but to box myself in and say that in the VASTNESS of space and the Earth's rich history that our creation is due to a God whose sent his son down to die for our sins. Flat out ignorant to reduce ALL of this to a fairy tale. Go look up in the sky and find the star Canis Major which is so fukin far away yet we can see it. There are thousands if not millions of galaxies out there with so many undiscovered planets. We don't know shit!

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Rho_Cassiopeiae_Sol_VY_Canis_Majoris.jpg[/IMG]

Some perspective.


Pray to your sky wizard because he really gives a shit about you over that child in Africa hungry and living with AIDS.

I keep reminding myself not to argue with an uneducated fool who speaks in opinions vs facts, but i fall for it every time..[/QUOTE]
All of your post is addressing a point he never made.

His simple point was the being smart and being Christian isn't contradictory. There is no reason to be confused that somebody could be smart and also be a Christian. One isn't in opposition of the other.

[QUOTE=RedBlackAttack][B]That's actually not what he was asked[/B]. The first question was, "Do you have a personal animosity toward gay Americans." That's a completely fair question based on his past statements and actions.

Cruz has, in the past, gone as far as attacking other politicians for partaking in gay pride parades. Why would he care unless there was some kind of animosity? The constitutions that he apparently loves so much gives those gay men and women the right to free speech and the right to free assembly and expression.

Here was one of his many statements on the issue...

"When a mayor of a city chooses twice to march in a parade celebrating gay pride that's a statement and it's not a statement I agree with."

So, it's not the media who has made sexuality an issue. It's Ted Cruz. And, he'd be happy to talk about it if this were a right-wing audience, because he has often done it in the past. The reason he took offense here and flat-out dodged the questions is because he knows an unpopular view. Period.[/QUOTE]
That's actually exactly what he was asked.

He was asked if he has a personal [B]animus[/B] towards gays. Google the definition of "animus" and get back to me.

[QUOTE]ANIMUS

:a strong feeling of dislike or hatred[/QUOTE]

If you think it's fair to ask if he personally hates gays, then argue that. Don't pretend that's not what he was asked.

[QUOTE=BigBoss]

I know i'm smarter then you LOL.[/quote]


:facepalm


[QUOTE=BigBoss]
I take the red pill.[/quote]


Labeled Prozac no doubt.

[QUOTE=NumberSix]All of your post is addressing a point he never made.

His simple point was the being smart and being Christian isn't contradictory. There is no reason to be confused that somebody could be smart and also be a Christian. One isn't in opposition of the other.[/QUOTE]

It's a complete contradiction in my opinion. People in leadership roles need to understand the human condition and not identify with any religion.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing]:facepalm





Labeled Prozac no doubt.[/QUOTE]

That's your comeback? :roll:

TKO. Patrick Chewing seeing stars with his momma crying

[QUOTE=BigBoss]It's a complete contradiction [B]in my opinion[/B]. People in leadership roles need to understand the human condition and not identify with any religion.[/QUOTE]


And thank God for that.


I don't even think YOU know what the hell you're talking about. Way out of your league here. You want to mock Christians as being dumb, but here you are proving how arrogant and childish you are and you're supposed to be the bigger, more morally superior person to me, but you can't help but cast aspersions on people you do not agree with.

Do you understand the human condition? What is it to you?

[QUOTE=BigBoss][B]It's a complete contradiction in my opinion[/B]. People in leadership roles need to understand the human condition and not identify with any religion.[/QUOTE]
Well, then you're not very bright. We can clearly see there are many cases of people who are some of the most significant intellectuals of all time and also Christian.

It's inexplicable to think Christians can't be smart while specifically being aware of the existence of incredibly smart Christians.

[QUOTE=RedBlackAttack]

"When a mayor of a city chooses twice to march in a parade celebrating gay pride that's a statement and it's not a statement I agree with."

[/QUOTE]

And where do you interpret a personal animosity towards gays in this statement?


In fact, the statement of animus is actually directed at the Mayor.

let gay people get married. they'll want divorces soon after

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing]And where do you interpret a personal animosity towards gays in this statement?


In fact, the statement of animus is actually directed at the Mayor.[/QUOTE]

A simple question for a simpleton: Why would Cruz take issue with the mayor taking part in a pride parade... if he was cool with gay people?

:facepalm

The petty pedantry of some of the people on here is downright mindnumbing. The government basically just admitted it's going to doctor the GDP stat because the numbers haven't been good enough lately, not to mention its spying on and robbing of its citizens (especially the poor), through the most disgraceful kind of cronyism (all the growth at the top, inflating massive asset bubbles, huge expansion of luxury living, and concomitant wage stagnation); and yet 'this guy didn't support politicising gay pride parades - tell me why that is - does he hate gays, blablabla...' - [I]this[/I] is the sort of thing that people notice and care about.

It's just a complete non-issue. In a decade people will look back and wonder how they spent so much time fighting for something so completely frivolous. For this to be discussed so incessantly on a national level, there has to be something seriously wrong with the intellect of the bulk of American people - it's some real first-rate stupidity, and, exactly what the corrupted elites of Washington and Wall St. want the general population focused on and squabbling over.

[QUOTE=ThePhantomCreep]A simple question for a simpleton: Why would Cruz take issue with the mayor taking part in a pride parade... if he was cool with gay people?[/QUOTE]


That's a question you'll have to ask Ted Cruz, but luckily this reporter in this clip asked him, and luckily Ted Cruz answered his question by expressing how his faith teaches to love everyone equally.

Even still, the statement about disagreeing with the mayor does not reflect his opinion on gays one way or the other, but Libtards like to reach and label and label some more.

Funny to see how some of the more conspiracy theory minded posters stay shilling for the Republican Party, by sticking up for a guy who just ranted about the ultimate boogieman BS in ISIS.

Didnt know but this Ted Cruz seems to be a major dumbass.. getting his ass handed everywhere.

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pretty hated too

:facepalm

Tells reporter they are focused on one topic..
changes conversation to radical islam...
fails to see hypocrisy...

[QUOTE=Ass Dan]Tells reporter they are focused on one topic..
changes conversation to radical islam...
[B]fails to see hypocrisy[/B]...[/QUOTE]
Care to explain how that is in anyway hypocritical?

[QUOTE=ThePhantomCreep]All I see is Cruz deflecting and getting pissy over a simple question.[/QUOTE]

I agree. He looks super shifty. I feel bad for Americans is this a-hole gets in

why does he seem so artificial?