> There's plenty of anger and exuberance and outrage in the room.
This is New York, after all, where skepticism is always in style.
But Berlet might be onto something here, something that could actually work in the battle against religious extremists, by whatever name: Don't insult them. Engage them. And don't back down.
Ah, to have the privilege and luxury of being a complicated religious liberal in New York.
After moving back to Kansas City from Washington, DC, and seeing more and more of the religious extremist right, I've concluded that we need to insult them more. You ain't going to have a dialogue with people who are convinced that their paradigm is normal. You gotta challenge them and let them know that people exist who reject their way of thinking and aren't going to apologize about their views.
Religion sucks! Take your "WWJD" sticker and shove it up your ass!
Chuck0