I have had many initially cordial internet conversations with libertarians and paleo-conservatives over the last five years, based on our shared aversion to Bush foreign policy. They always tail off into cool formality as our antithetical world-views appear.
BobW --- BklynMagus <magcomm at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > How do we as mostly secular leftists relate to
> religiously minded people, such as militant
> Islamists who might be engaged in anti-imperialist
> struggle?
>
> We support them in their shared identification of
> a great threat, in this case, imperialist activity.
>
> > In fact ought we relate to the religious who share
>
> many of the same enemies as we do, but who might
> dream of a religiously based utopia, unlike
> ourselves?
>
> We can relate to them, but also point out that while
>
> we are opposed to the same danger, we are also
> opposed
> to their alternative (as they are free to do with
> regard
> to our version of utopia).
>
> This way there are fewer suprises down the road.
> You
> are honest and transparent up front by identifying
> areas
> of agreement as well as areas of contestation.
>
> Brian
>
>
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