religious crackpots in public life, was Re: The heart of a leftist

kenneth.mackendrick at utoronto.ca kenneth.mackendrick at utoronto.ca
Sat Jul 8 09:26:02 PDT 2000


Chuck wrote:


> I suspect the entire concept of a moral order to the world is somehow
the culprit.

That would be Kant's fault (blessed Kant, in his sweet innocent subterfuge).

Something that hasn't much been mentioned, is the rise in fundamentalism that coincides with the rise in feminism. Fundamentalism wasn't an issue in the US until the beginning of this century... which, if I'm not mistaken, is pretty close to the rising political activity of the suffragettes.

coincidence? i don't think so... ken



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