National Cathedral to begin performing gay weddings

What is most disturbing about this is that a grown woman (Ms. Ball), doesn’t have the maturity to understand that kids at this age cannot comprehend complex issues such as “marriage,” as was demonstrated by the little girl’s first answer, “I don’t know” [what marriage is]. So, instead of doing the right thing – the thing that any mature adult would do – which is end the interview right there, she leads the young girl down a path to get the answers she wants.

I’m afraid I’m going to insult someone by saying this, but this is the typical nonsense I see from a LOT of “progressive” women today. Regardless of age, the vast majority seem stuck in the intellectual equivalent of college sophomore mentality. The logic behind their positions, the methods of protest … pretty much anything they do screams sophomore female college student attempting to “empower” herself against imaginary oppressions. The level of complexity in their thought processes never goes beyond that – whether it’s Sandra Fluke arguing for free birth control at the cost of freedom of conscience or this idiot (Krystal Ball) interviewing a child who clearly can’t understand what is being asked of her – all in an attempt to make an insipid point. Even the progressive women on the news – Soladad O’Brien, Norah O’Donnell, etc. The level of complex thought just can’t seem to get beyond this stage of development, and it produces cringe-worthy results like this.

studentofhistory on April 6, 2013 at 10:52 AM

Krystal Ball – yes, that’s how it is spelled. Her parents obviously didn’t show much more reasoning skills than she did based on the name.

I think you give her too much credit. I think she knows exactly what she’s doing, and doesn’t mind destroying the child’s heart and mind to enact her progressive Utopia.

GWB on April 6, 2013 at 11:31 AM

I used to think so, but I’ve met many of these willfully stunted intellectuals in academia and in my profession (lawyer), and every time, I’ve been amazed at how incapable they are of taking basic facts and connecting them together to form logical conclusions, or to take their positions, process them to their logical conclusions, and realize the stunningly stupid results.

I’ve met intelligent female progressives with whom I can have a conversation, but examples like Ms. Ball here seem to be steadily outnumbering their more intelligent counterparts and the result is that their only defense is to declare an opponent evil or a bigot because they, personally, cannot think through their arguments any further than that.

studentofhistory on April 6, 2013 at 11:50 AM

Libfreeordie – One more point – what if the child had given a “wrong” answer – like “that’s just weird.” First, do you think MSNBC would actually post it? Second, what do you think Ms. Ball would do? Do you really think she would allow her child to continue in that line of thought – allow her child to think freely about the issue? Or would she “correct” the child to make sure that she understood how marriage work and, in Ms. Ball’s opinion, works for two mommies just like it works for Mommies and Daddies. My guess is that your opinion of just how “cute” this is is also dependent on the outcome, which makes my point for me quite nicely, thank you.

studentofhistory on April 6, 2013 at 12:02 PM