Christian Right is the most dangerous mass movement in US histor

MidGe · #1 01-31-2007, 05:44 AM

This article by Chris Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School and worked for many years as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, warns that the Christian Right is the most dangerous mass movement in American history.

This article is so close to the bone, equating christian right with fascism, that I can't wait to hear the objections. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

bills217 · #2 01-31-2007, 05:46 AM

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Statism is the most dangerous mass movement in American history

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The Christian Right or Muslim Right or Atheist Left or whatever are all non-issues otherwise.

evil twin · #3 01-31-2007, 05:48 AM

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Statism is the most dangerous mass movement in American history

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The Christian Right or Muslim Right or Atheist Left or whatever are all non-issues otherwise.

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Nice instant pointless hyjack.

bills217 · #4 01-31-2007, 05:50 AM

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Statism is the most dangerous mass movement in American history

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Nice instant pointless hyjack.

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My point is clearly relevant. Way to contribute to the thread.

MidGe · #5 01-31-2007, 06:04 AM

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Statism is the most dangerous mass movement in American history

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Nice instant pointless hyjack.

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Indeed! Bur what do you expect: one fantasy for another. They will probably link arms. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

valtaherra · #6 01-31-2007, 03:58 PM

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Statism is the most dangerous mass movement in American history

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The Christian Right or Muslim Right or Atheist Left or whatever are all non-issues otherwise.

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Nice instant pointless hyjack.

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MidGe was interested in objections, and bill's objection was relatively clear. It is a good point and hardly a hijack.

I'll add to bill's point that I believe there is little difference in the danger posed by Christian fundies telling me what I should and shouldn't do at the barrel of a gun and socialists telling me what I should and shouldn't do at the barrel of a gun. Neither side is satisfied without everyone around them marching to their own personal tune, whether they like it or not.

AlexM · #7 02-01-2007, 07:15 AM

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Statism is the most dangerous mass movement in American history

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The Christian Right or Muslim Right or Atheist Left or whatever are all non-issues otherwise.

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Nice instant pointless hyjack.

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WTF? The thread declared that "X is the most dangerous" and someone responds with, "no Y is the most dangerous and furthermore X wouldn't even be a problem if not for Y" and you call that a hijack? It seems entirely on topic to me. Just because you don't like the opinion expressed doesn't make it a hijack in any way shape or form.

Now your post and this post are hijacks. :P

DVaut1 · #8 01-31-2007, 09:49 AM

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Statism is the most dangerous mass movement in American history

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To most of the other ACists credit, like pvn and Shake, they stopped hijacking threads in this manner a while ago. I realize you're new to the club so you may feel some kind of obligation to demonstrate you're a true believer, but I'm certain they'll still give you a jacket and a membership card if you don't do this.

bills217 · #9 01-31-2007, 05:49 AM

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demagogues...who plot the destruction of the democratic state

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They don't sound so bad to me! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Dr. Strangelove · #10 01-31-2007, 06:25 PM

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demagogues...who plot the destruction of the democratic state

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BA-ZING! So you'd be a big supporter of Hitler by this logic, right? Not only did he plot the destruction his democratic state, he followed through.

I love how acers are almost universally incapable of distinguishing the relative merits of different incarnations of the state. When you fail to acknowledge any difference between a representative democracy and a religious dictatorship you show everyone what you really are: fringe utopians, idealists.