The part of the conservative movement that has me the most spooked is how all these various elements...
Christian hegemony... white hegemony... anti-gay... anti-abortion... anti-women's rights... anti-intellectualism... pro-gun... pro-war... pro-xenophobia... pro-[mindless]consumerism...
...seem to gel together into something bigger and much scarier. >_>
And yet you know deep down, rather than simply throwing up my hands and screaming "HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE BE FOR SO MANY BAD THINGS???", the proper, human thing to do is going out of your way to understand them on a personal level (and knowing you'll probably fail to convert them if you tried) ._.
I suppose it also boils down to the failure of our political structure to provide real alternatives which would "diffuse" all Teh Evil from gathering under one banner...
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Date: 2008-10-25 10:55 am (UTC)Christian hegemony... white hegemony... anti-gay... anti-abortion... anti-women's rights... anti-intellectualism... pro-gun... pro-war... pro-xenophobia... pro-[mindless]consumerism...
...seem to gel together into something bigger and much scarier. >_>
And yet you know deep down, rather than simply throwing up my hands and screaming "HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE BE FOR SO MANY BAD THINGS???", the proper, human thing to do is going out of your way to understand them on a personal level (and knowing you'll probably fail to convert them if you tried) ._.
I suppose it also boils down to the failure of our political structure to provide real alternatives which would "diffuse" all Teh Evil from gathering under one banner...