[lbo-talk] The misuse of political movements for essentially religious ends

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 11:31:58 PST 2015


Oh, I have nothing against religious activists. If anything, they're less susceptible to this sort of thing than secular ones. A Christian confused about who Jesus is and is not would be an unusual sort of Christian indeed!

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Jeffrey Masko <j.alan.masko at gmail.com> wrote:


> Truth is, in the U.S. we have to deal with interfaith groups that support
> "progressive causes" (fill in your own definition for that), nonetheless,
> they cannot be ignored. Seems in the past, the religious movements can lead
> to the revolutionary much quicker than academé.
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> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com>
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> > Do activists in other countries have to deal with this silliness of
> people
> > trying to work out their personal issues of guilt and redemption through
> > political movements?
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> > https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi/status/679668107980349441
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> > Or is it, as I suspect, a uniquely US malaise?
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> > I've said it before, and I'll say it again: a lot of activists,
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> > those into "ally" models, should just go to a damn church and leave
> others
> > to actual struggle.
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> J.A. Masko
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