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

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Marsha:

Check it out and decide for yourself.

Platt


Quoting MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>:

> 
> 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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