Sunday, June 7, 2009

Newt scapegoats Pagans

The so-called populism of modern American conservatives is vastly overstated. They have hardly a shred of peopleness in their whole lifeless bodies. They master wedge issues - not real populism.

A couple days ago, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, and Oliver North visited a Norfolk area church to deliver a right-wing tirade.

Gingrich claimed incorrectly that Christianity is a foundation for American citizenship. He also complained that the country is "surrounded by Paganism."

Does he even know what "Paganism" means? Or is this like how conservatives scream about "socialism" when they don't know what it means?

Newt intended bigotry. His statement was exactly like complaining that the country is "surrounded by Judaism" or "surrounded by Hinduism" or "surrounded by Christianity."

He kind of reminds me of the religious zealots we all knew growing up who didn't want kids in public school drawing pictures of Christmas trees because it wasn't the "real meaning" of Christmas. If there's a difference, it's that the fanatics of today such as Gingrich want a theocracy imposed by force.

And we've all seen that before. It was called the Taliban.

I truly hope Newt Gingrich is the Republican nominee in 2012. The way things are going, Obama would be guaranteed to win at least 40 states then. Maybe the wingnuts support force because they know they can't accomplish their goals via a democratic republic-like election.

(Source: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/06/gingrich-paganism)

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