Thursday, December 16, 2004
The Religio-Racist Right
Been reading boatloads on how Democrats Must Make Further Concessions to the "Values Crowd" (read: the Religious Right) in order to win elections.
Setting aside the fact that exit polling showed that more people were worried about terror and Iraq than "moral values", let's look at exactly who it is that we're being told we must humor:
The very racist Bob Jones.
The very racist Jerry Falwell.
The very racist Pat Robertson.
The very racist James Dobson.
And that's just off the top of my head.
Note that three of these four clowns are Southern white Neo-Confederate males.
The morality scam is a way for these racists to cloak their bigotry in altar cloths and repackage it as "values". (Note how they actively oppose government programs to help black people?)
Call them The Religio-Racist Right, because that's what they are. Don't let their hiding behind the cross deter you. The best defense is a good offense.
Let this guy be your guide.
(On Edit: Thanks to Doug Wiken at Dakota Today for posting this article on Robert Reich. It runs along the same lines as what I've written in this post.)
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