Saturday, April 23, 2005 - Posts

Saturday, April 23, 2005
irrational political effects of events in the religious sphere

Conservative Christians See Victory in Battle of Culture Wars With Ascent of Pope Benedict XVI

By RICHARD N. OSTLING

The Associated Press

Apr 23, 2005 — Now that Americans have had a few days to absorb the election of Pope Benedict XVI, it's clear that conservative Christians whether Roman Catholic or not feel they've won another battle in the nation's culture wars. Liberals seem to ready to concede the point, but they aren't happy about it. [more..]


how do i explain this ?   this is exactly the same flag as when bush, with 51% of the vote, claimed a “mandate”, and liberals were reported as throwing in the towel, and shifting their own attitudes farther left right (i meant right, dammit! crap. - 2005.05.01while bowing to the “inevitable” victory of conservatives: 

  • mandate ?  no, hardly.
  • was the report on liberal attitudes accurate, or was it conservative propaganda ?
  • is there any reason for liberals to throw in the towel ?  no.
  • should they ?  no.  the result would be a severe imbalance in in many parts of society, global and national.

as for religious conservatism, i am all for maintaining their traditions.  but that is no signal to the rest of society (even if these interpretations of events were tenable, which they aren't).  i do, however, recognize that many will treat it as such, regardless of the illogic involved.  thus, the flag.

besides, as i've described before, religious conservatism and the republican/political conservative agendas are not identical; in fact, they differ widely.  but the confusion of these is widespread. 

and the suckers - liberals and religious both - buy this message, unable to distinguish the two and buying into the political fallacies.  this is the same tragic mistake that has ravaged history until recent times. 

to be balanced, i should defend the political conservatives as well.  but their agenda seems very much to be “shove our beliefs down everyone's throats”.  since when is that defensible ?  this species of “conservatism” is in reality tyranny. respectable conservatives should be outraged (that's why i try and isolate the abusive group under the label “neocon”, so as not to sully the others). whatever happened to freedoms ?  that isn't liberalism, libertarianism, or even conservatism - it's americanism.  and more than that, it's democracy.

hopefully, leveler heads will prevail.

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