…it is insulting to the protesters, a group I take no pleasure in defending. The protesters in Wisconsin, so furiously angry over Walker’s reforms and disruptive to the procedures of passing laws, earned plenty of legitimate criticism. But they’re not ISIS. They’re not beheading innocent people. They’re Americans, and as much as we may find their ideas, worldview, and perspective spectacularly wrongheaded, they don’t deserve to be compared to murderous terrorists.
Considering that the majority of conservatives still want to establish Christianity as the official state religion, the analogy still stands. Add in all of this (which is STILL going on)...
Ideological purity Compromise as weakness A fundamentalist belief in scriptural literalism Denying science Undeterred by facts Unmoved by new information Fear of progress Demonization of education Need to control women's bodies Severe xenophobia Intolerance of dissent Pathological hatred of government
and it's even more solid.
I think Walker truly does view the protesters as radical extremists. That's what ideologues do:) The irony is pretty amazing considering he has more in common with extremists than WI protesters. But that's the tactic they always use!
But, but weren't American conservatives the same as the Taliban?
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Considering that the majority of conservatives still want to establish Christianity as the official state religion, the analogy still stands. Add in all of this (which is STILL going on)...
ReplyDeleteIdeological purity
Compromise as weakness
A fundamentalist belief in scriptural literalism
Denying science
Undeterred by facts
Unmoved by new information
Fear of progress
Demonization of education
Need to control women's bodies
Severe xenophobia
Intolerance of dissent
Pathological hatred of government
and it's even more solid.
I think Walker truly does view the protesters as radical extremists. That's what ideologues do:) The irony is pretty amazing considering he has more in common with extremists than WI protesters. But that's the tactic they always use!
Oh please, even Joe Sixpack recognizes hyperbole when he sees it.
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