Reply #16: This is definately a case where I hope I am overreacting

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But I don't think you are giving the opposition the respect it demands. The pendulum of society does not occur by magic. It is the result of osolating social dynamics. And I don't know if you have noticed but the voice for reason has gone quite silent here in the US.

This is troubling because we are due for the swing back to the left. And yet there are no champions for reason standing forward to drive it back. Instead the faithful are rising up stronger than ever before. And yes they are assailing the institutions of reason and succesfully. They have learned new tactics while progressive activists have gone to seed.

Further troubling is the fact that the current state of progressive philosophy contains a potentially fatal flaw. Post Modern systems cannot propogate themself. As tolerance and acceptance of other's views and beliefs represent the height of respect pushing your beliefs onto another is taboo. This is not true of the opposition. Thus while we fade they grow stronger. And if we dare to advocate acceptance and tolerance they turn our own ideals against us and proclaim us hypocrits for trying to deny them their beliefs.

I hope I am wrong. History shows us that the pattern is not always cyclical. Sometimes one side takes the advantage and a major and long term shift is the result. Simple words that mean people suffer and die.