I think there is every possibility of this, especially since racism (a mainstay of the zealots) is almost never challenged even by the labor movement.
michael yates
Charles Brown wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> Might these zealots be a potential social base for a U.S. form of fascism or is that just chicken littlism ( or should I say chicken "Littletonism") ?
>
> Charles Brown
>
> >>> Michael Yates <mikey+ at pitt.edu> 06/06/99 10:20PM >>>
>
> 5. We noticed the ubiquity of religious and right-wing radio talk shows
> across the country. (I must say that Utah is a strange state, so
> beautiful but controlled by religious zealots. We were freaked out in a
> restaurant when a group of Mormons started talking about laying hands on
> someone. Plus it is very difficult to buy a drink, not a good thing for
> me! In a small restaurant in Blanding Utah ( a totally appropriate
> name!), some German tourist were baffled when the waitress told them
> that only nonalcoholic beer was served.) If I hear one more time that
> we must pray after one of these school shootings, I will throw up. On
> the political shows, hatred of Clinton is palpable as is opposition to
> the war in Yugoslavia, though not for particularly progressive reasons.
> I am convinced that Clinton's popularity is really pretty shallow, and
> he probably agreed to allow a political settlement of the war because
> the polls shoed his popularity is slipping. At the same time these
> folks are pretty screwed up and ignorant and it would not be a good idea
> for leftists to ally themselves with them just because they are opposed
> to some of the things we are.