[lbo-talk] Re: a vision . . .

[Carl Remick]

>From: BklynMagus <magcomm at ix.netcom.com>
>
>Dear List:
>
>Carl writes:
>
> > Anti-rationalism is the basic problem the left has
>to deal with, and to do that the left must stop sucking
>up to the religious worldview and actively seek to
>demonize religion as a social force.
>
>Since Blacks voted for Kerry 9 to 1 and are among the
>most religious of Americans,  I guess we have to demonize
>them as well.  The problem isn't religion, it is religion
>mixed with white people.

No, the problem is religion itself, which constitutes equal-opportunity mind 
fungus.  The U.S. is by far the most religious society among industrial 
nations and by no coincidence it is also the most ethically primitive and 
the one that wastes the most energy on the idiotic, toxic, zero-sum games 
that religion thrusts into public life.  The U.S. will remain a savage state 
in the community of nations as long as the sacralized tribalism of religion 
remains a potent force in U.S. politics.

Carl