Kos: The American Taliban

[Jesus Saves]

"Once upon a time, it was easy for the American Right to smear its opponents on the left -- they could simply equate them with the nation's communist enemies. It didn't matter that the American 'left' (Democrats) had more in common with the Right than international communism, the smear was useful.

Now, however, our international enemy -- Islamic radicalism -- is actually the polar opposite of what liberals stand for -- their actions on women rights are deplorable, they insist on theocracy, they loooveee torture and the death penalty, they demand to control the culture (TV, movies, music), they rail against rampant sexuality, they seek to spread their ideology via force, and they have a well-defined black-and-white sense of truth.

Remind you of a certain American party? "

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/11/12137/1913

[politicat]

1. Theocrats by any name....

It is time to start hammering the similarities between Islamic radicalism and the Religious Right.

(I'm NOT slamming the Religious Left, nor those religious who don't seek to impose their world view on the world, so leave me alone on that, will ya?)

I'm thinking this could be an easy, quarter-sheet handout. Any suggestions about what should be on it, other than what's mentioned above? Are there parallels in economic policy too? Sorry, I know rather little about the economic policies of Radical Islam, and rather too much about Radical Christianity.

Pcat