[lbo-talk] Re: Powerless religious right?

T Fast tfast at yorku.ca
Thu Sep 16 20:49:23 PDT 2004


Oh please god no! Lets go back to Doug's balding head. It is a dead thread stop flogging it. History will prove that you are both wrong and right. Barring that at least pony up some cash and make a bet!

Travis


> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> Chuck, I'm afraid you're the one who isn't offering any evidence. You
>> keep asserting this, but with no backup. When presented with evidence of
>> the CR's influence, you just say "No!"
>
> I presented some evidence several days ago. I explained that there hasn't
> been any grassroots activism coming out of the religious right. I pointed
> out that there has been a large membership drop in religious right
> organizations, including chapters that only existed on paper. I think I
> pointed out the lack of influence that religious right leaders exercise in
> the media. I pointed out the absence of religious right activism in the
> area of libraries. I mentioned Thomas Frank's book where he explains how
> the religious right lost the culture wars, an argument that has been
> confirmed by RR leaders such as Gary Bauer. I think that this argument
> about the RR losing the culture wars is supported by the facts. Today I
> mentioned the anecdotal evidence that megachurches in Kansas City are
> moving away from political activism.
>
> I think I've supported my points. If people aren't satisfied, they are
> welcome to do their own research.
>
> Chuck0
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