Reply #94: Again, damn good points

[BlueJackal]

"It also seems to me that alot of it is just about feeling superior to those hick fundies. I am not talking here about honest frustration or anger at the Christian fundamentalists for their hatred of homosexuals etc. I am talking about people for whom it really seems to be just about sneering at people with accents they find laughable who are "jesus freaks"."

Damn good point. I'm a proud Christian but I can't stand fundies because to me they are more about hypocrisy and being judgemental than actually fulfilling what the bible says. Of course there are exceptions but as a general rule it tends to stick. I also find it odd because in the early 20th century Southern fundamentalists formed the backbone of the populist movement in the South which sought to wrest control away from the Southern elites and put it into the hands of the people. Huey Long was a child of that movement. You'd be surprised but many of them vehemently defend welfare -- as so many are sadly on it. If only they could put their hatred of homosexuals(also as you pointed at) aside for a bit and focus on their own economic well-being they could move up in the world and attain some semblence of economic equality to the rest of the nation and they would make great brothers and sisters in the socialist movement because frankly with the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs over the past decade and also the increase in service-sector jobs which are more than easily filled they can be a potent force in fighting the corporatists' increasing encroachment upon our civil rights.


"Maybe if the veil could be lifted from their eyes, they could start caring about poverty, the environment, animal welfare, healthcare etc. If all you ever think about is yourself then what can you ever care about"

Another great point. They have to be educated first. And until progressives invest time, attention, and money to recruiting this very fertile voting bloc, we'll never succeed in defeating Darth Cheney and his minions.