[lbo-talk] "Islamofascism Awareness Week"

[Robert Wrubel]

Brian said (speaking of supporting anti-imperialist
religious groups whose ultimate goal is different from
the left's):
"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."

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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