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DefCon Blog
by Mike the Usurper at 5:41 pm EDT, Sep 29, 2005

I believe that the greatest threat to liberty in the United States is posed by the religious right, largely comprised of Christian fundamentalists. Across a broad spectrum of issues they want to move the law in a radically more conservative direction, ultimately threatening our freedom.

Conservative doesn't describe them properly. Reactionary would be a better word.


 
RE: DefCon Blog
by Jamie at 9:00 am EDT, Sep 30, 2005

Mike the Usurper wrote:

I believe that the greatest threat to liberty in the United States is posed by the religious right, largely comprised of Christian fundamentalists. Across a broad spectrum of issues they want to move the law in a radically more conservative direction, ultimately threatening our freedom.

Conservative doesn't describe them properly. Reactionary would be a better word.

I agree - here's my quote from google today ( from google's daily quotes ) -

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction."
- Blaise Pascal


DefCon Blog
by Decius at 7:05 pm EDT, Sep 29, 2005

I believe that the greatest threat to liberty in the United States is posed by the religious right, largely comprised of Christian fundamentalists. Across a broad spectrum of issues they want to move the law in a radically more conservative direction, ultimately threatening our freedom.

Wow, this is entertaining. Its a nice website but it doesn't seem to have any high profile supporters. Coming out against religious conservatives may be suicide even for Democrats in most areas.

On the subject of nice websites, in my search for a place in America's political system I thought I'd go through Wikipedia's list of American party factions and see if there are any that I find agreeable. I found two.

The Democratic Freedom Caucus promotes "individual liberty, constitutional democracy, and social responsibility." Look at this crummy website, and compare it to the vast "we're not commies, really" progessive movement and the Democratic Leadership Council, (an authoritarian group I like to call "Soccer Mom Democrats" because they are always looking to "protect" you with rules and taxes). Pause to reflect on how marginalized actual freedom is in our political system.

The only other group is the Main Street Republicans, who are so marginalized in their party that they are referred to as "Republicans in name only" by everyone else in their tent. They are clearly also unable to afford a decent web designer. (Of course, it could be a lot worse.) They say: the message of the Partnership is "one of quiet diplomacy, rather than wedge politics." Isn't that refreshing?

Honorable mention goes to the Libertarian Party's Republican conspiracy, the Republican Liberty Caucus, but I'm no longer enamored with the philosophy that government is incapable of accomplishing useful things. I became interested in them because "withdrawing in disgust is not the same thing as apathy." Unfortunately I think their on paper utopianism doesn't stand scrutiny.


 
 
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