Wrongful Stereotypes

[ronster71]

I am disturbed by a growing trend I see on the poker forums lately, which are beginning to stereotype all christians and conservatives into an anti-poker, anti-freedom, class of people. Below I posted one particular excerpt from the twoplustwo forums that I addressed both on the forum and below:

EXCERPT FROM POST:

"The new party that will be in control understands what the real issues are concerning this country. Online gambling isn't one of them.

It's time for the crazy christians to lock themselves in their houses, board up the windows, take shelter in their storm cellars. Then they should stay there for the next 100 years. They almost destroyed our great country, and it's going to take a long long time to repair what they did. But that starts now, in the next election, and many elections to come."


MY RESPONSE:

"There is no need to stereotype all christians as crazy, or as supporting this bill. That is behavior similar to the very people you are attempting to chastise. It is the same as them looking at all poker players as lower class, gambling addicts, who need legislation to save them from themselves. I am a christian, a conservative, and a poker player. I, like everyone else, should be encouraged to think independently about each and every issue brought before me in life, and decide for myself what I support. This newfound I will never support christians or conservatives on any issue ever attitude is narrow-minded at best. I am against this legislation and was initially as angry at the republicans as you, but I will not use this opinion on this one issue, to launch into a political witch hunt of all conservatives and christians for years to come based on this. People who do such a thing are becoming but a tool and a pawn for the other side of politics. So I suppose in the end it is your decision, as it is with every day of your life...you can choose to be a leader, or a pawn"

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Don't stereotype people!!! You can't classify all christians as crazy anti-poker playing fanatics...you can't classify all conservatives as such either...just like you can't classify all democrats as boozers or womanizers, i.e. Sen Kennedy and Former Pres. Clinton...or all teachers as sleeping with their students (various examples). SEE!!! Where would it all end???


Thank you