The Real Enemy

[Raoul]

From 'American Fascists, The Christian Right and the War on America' by Chris Hedges. page 202:

"Debate with the radical Christian Right is USELESS. We cannot reach this movement. It does NOT want a dialogue. It is a movement based on emotion and CARES NOTHING FOR RATIONAL THOUGHT and discussion... The movement is bent on OUR DESTRUCTION. The attempts by many liberals to make peace would be humorous if the stakes were not so deadly. These dominionists hate the liberal, enlighted world formed by the Constitution, a world they blame for the debacle of their lives. they have one goal - its DESTRUCTION" (caps used for emphasis by me)end of quote...

If the past year or so of my roaming around numerous right wing neonazicon blogs is any example of what Mr. Hedges states in his magnificent book then we are in for a painful time in this country. As he said, talking to any of them is a complete waste of time. They walk, think, and act as one mindless machine which they applaud as being united. I on the other hand regard their behavior as no different than the German populace that went along with the Nazi killing machine.

[rasputin1952]

1. It should be understood that the Religious Right is not that

huge of a part of American Society. They have a few things going for them that makes them look a lot larger than they really are.

For one thing, they are intent on being "one issue voters", this issue is usually the abortion situation. They only discuss "morality" when it benefits them. They consistently refuse to take on the hypocrisy in their own ranks, and that alone is turning many of them away from the process.

They have access to media, basically because they are purporting to put out a mess age that some feel is so important that the very earth's survival rests on what they say is "truth", but they have it wrong, they are essentially Calvinists, and they simply want others to fall in line w/their point of view. Most Americans think they are whacko, but they tend to leave them alone, because they think they are harmless. Rather than being harmless, they can have an impact because they vote, especially locally, in blocks, whereas mainstream Americans hardly vote at all!

Looking at this whole Religious Right thing in perspective, they are but 10% of the population, but if all 10% vote, and only 35-40% of the rest of Americans vote, that is where they get their clout.

There is far more blame to be cast on slacking voters than there is on the Religious Right.

They are getting caught in the very trap they laid for others, they are being destroyed by their own hypocrisy. Fools tend to never learn, and for all of their harping of morality, the Bible, both OT and NT see hypocrisy as a very bad thing....far worse than sex, which is what their hung up on anyway.