Here'd the deal.
I don't hate religions and I don't hate the religious, and I quite like a whole lot of what Jesus had to say, and I really wish that Christians would stop letting themselves be defined by what I think is perfectly legitimately called the "Crazy Christians" aka the Religious Right. And the thing is, I don't really want to get an Evolution Fish for my bumper or, as I saw on an ad on Atrios today, a Dinosaur eating a Jesus fish for my bumper. I think that stuff is kind of offensive in its way. But when you start trying to keep kids from learning about evolution and coming into my bedroom and trying to get my wonderful country its own nasty awful version of Sharia law, well then I have a hard time feeling bad about it.
Oh yeah, and the same goes for non-Religious/Authoritarian Republicans, who seem to have made quite the deal with the devil here.
(pun intended)
Oh yeah, and the same goes for non-Religious/Authoritarian Republicans, who seem to have made quite the deal with the devil here.
(pun intended)
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I'm having a hard time thinking of any non-religious GOPsters who would also be considered "authoritarian." All of the nanny-state impulses of the current GOP seem to me to be parasitically tied to religion. If you're non-religious -- and GOP -- chances are you're ideologically libertarian.
Oh, yeah. I actuaally did mean that as one word. As in "Religious-Authoritarian." That's why I'm saying that all those libertarians should be ashamed. It seems the people in power are doing pretty much everything antithetical to their beliefs.
Maybe this will be like the 80s was for Dems and the Libertarians will finally get it up to have a real party. That would make things interesting.
Although I do also feel the need to point out that I think there are also lots of religious Republicans who aren't Authoritarian. They're just quiet. The religious Dems are even quieter, but Im not sure if its thaat they arent saying anything or that nobody pays attention.
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