[MD] Why the return to literal anti-intellectual religion

[MarshaV]

Platt

"Some Leftists believe"????   What kind of a statement would you be 
presenting as proof?

Marsha



At 11:09 AM 4/16/2006, you wrote:
>Hi DMB, Ian, All:
>
>In case anyone is curious about who Mark Crispin Miller is -- the guy
>quoted at length by DMB -- you might want to check out the following as
>I did. Especially look under "Endorsements."
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Crispin_Miller
>
>You'll see Mr. Miller signed the public statement by an outfit called
>"The World Can't Wait." Who are they? Another website provides the
>answer -- a front for the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). Check it
>out at:
>
>http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20051203143218921
>
>Finally, if you want to know about the RCP, here's their site:
>
>http://rwor.org/rcp-e.htm
>
>So, at least we know, thanks to the Internet, who Miller is and where
>his political sympathies lie. One can draw his own conclusions about
>DMB. :-)
>
>Platt
>
>DMB wrote in a post to Ian:
>
> > More broadly, out there in the American culture, the kind of care you
> > call for is not practiced by the other side. I heard a lecture by Mark
> > Crispin Miller a few days ago. He was talking about one of his latest
> > books (FOOLED AGAIN: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll
> > Steal the Next One Too) and along the way explained the motivation of
> > the fundamentalist Republican base. He was trying to describe the
> > ferocity of their motivation as a way to explain why they're apparently
> > so willing to lie, cheat, steal and bribe their way to political power,
> > despite the fact that they are self-described Christian. He said they're
> > willing to work hard and break the rules because they don't just
> > disagree with secularists. They don't think liberal intellectuals and
> > humanists are merely wrong or ignorant, they're convinced that such
> > people are Satanic, of the devil, opposed to God. Seriously, he said.
> > The audience laughed nervously at that. At which point he went out of
> > his way to say he was not kidding. He went on to explain, much like Sam
> > Harris, that these people are actually looking forward to the end of the
> > world. These are the people who control the party that controls all
> > three branches of government. Think about it Ian. They control the
> > largest military power in the history of the world and they hate you.
> > They fantasize about the day that God cleasnes the earth of people like
> > you and me. These people bomb gay bars and shoot abortion providers in
> > the head. And you're worried about hurting their feelings? Where is your
> > sense of proportion, man? Tolerance is a great cause, but tolerating
> > intolerance does NOT serve the cause. You know?
>
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