Robert Bausch

Writer/teacher of writing

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama Do you know what a red herring is? What’s my MFA have to do with anything? Like the sheep say, “baah baah.” Sick of this, blocking you

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama So you DO THINK God plops down a gas station with attendants and food and such, just for you? When you’ve gotten your gas and you drive on, do you think he takes all that stuff back to the ether? Or does he leave it all there?

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama Causal fallacy of the first order. When you’re low on gas, late at night and you pray for a gas station nearby. If you find one do you thank God? You think he changes the topography while you drive along?

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama There’s virtually no evidence whatsoever that a person named Jesus ever existed in Jerusalem, or Galilee during that time. Nothing in written or archeological, or city records—nothing but the four “gospels” that tell varying “stories” about him. Evidence he was God? Really!

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama And finally, like all the Christians I’ve known, you take challenges to your thinking as bullying. You tell me why God, the infinite, would need testicles? That’s not school yard, it’s biology.

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama This conversation bores me. I’m done with you. Like all right wing nuts (there, I’m calling YOU a name) you seem to believe if you SAY a thing is true, it will be true. The fact is: I am not a university professor, and no one but you would call me venerable. Go away.

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama It’s obvious in these tweets what you were doing. No need to try and change the narrative. You used the words “cruelty” and “insensitivity” when your faith was challenged. Period. Typical Christian response to critical thinking.

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama I don’t care what your faith is. I just fervently wish Christians didn’t insist that everybody live like they do, accept their system of values to the exclusion of all others, and strive to destroy disagreements and descent concerning the accepted dogma!

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama I didn’t attack it. I challenged it. I questioned the logic of it. But you illustrate and confirm my point: Christians can’t bear to be questioned on their faith, so their defense is to claim “cruelty” and “attack on values.”

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama I think it’s that, like all Trump supporters, you can’t bear the comparison between your hero and a real President.

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama Of course it’s true. I’ve WITNESSED it over and over. You characterized my disagreement and challenge as “cruelty!” You picked this fight with me, and when I was willing to engage, you took offense. You REALLY can’t SEE that??

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama That’s standard operating procedure for Christians these days—taking any challenge to their thinking as “cruelty” or “insult.” Seeing a mocking tone where there is only observed flaws in simple logic. My apology was, and is sincere. Your acceptance is ironic and false.

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama Cruel? Insensitive? Really? Because I challenged conventional religious dogma? Odd way to look at it. But, for any and all offenses, I apologize.

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama BTW—confederate leaders, judged by the standards of their own times, were traitors! Have you heard of William Lloyd Garrison??

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama Not relevant, really. The issue is economics, and national survival. It’s a fallacious historical analysis to judge figures from the past based on today’s ethical standards. By your assessment Jesus was a political zealot who advocated hatred for one’s family—mother, wife, kids.

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@kenright1701 @BarackObama Franklin. Check the facts—Depression, Great Recession. Comparable trouble and recovery...

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@BarackObama You are the Greatest President since Roosevelt. Trump makes you look like Jesus!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.