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Are Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity Religious Phonies?
. Some people think that Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity are sincere believers in God, and they take them at their word when they call themselves Christians. I don’t. I think that all three of them, in their religious … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, conservatism, far right, Fox News, fox noise, glenn beck, Jesus, religious right, right wing, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity
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Jonathan Rauch on the Contemporary GOP: “Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller got into an argument and George Wallace won”
Jonathan Rauch today posted a seminal analysis of the GOP in the light of George Wallace. A taste: Goldwater served for 30 years as a respected insider in Washington’s most exclusive club, the U.S. Senate; he was never interested in cultural and social … Continue reading
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Tagged America, conservatism, far right, George Wallace, racism, Republicans, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity, tea party movement, the south
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Judge Roy Moore: Anti-Gay Bigot and a Speaker, with Sarah Palin, at the Upcoming Teabagger Convention
At the Nashville Teabagger Convention in February, Sarah Palin will be joined on stage by numerous religious authoritarians. One of them is Judge Roy Moore. The American Prospect today offers a bit of telling background on this lovely man, and it makes you … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, far right, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, glenn beck, Politics, religion, roy moore, Sarah Palin, teabaggers
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Dr. Jekyll, Meet Mr. Hyde: What Can Happen To a Gentle Person Under the Spell of Nationalism, Ideology, or Religion?
Andrew Sprung, at the Daily Dish today, has written what I would regard as an exceptionally important—and even seminal—little blog post reflecting on the Iranian Revolution (“Gentle mullahs transformed”). In it, he simply offers two quotes and a bit of commentary that concisely lay out … Continue reading
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Gay Rights Hysteria Watch: A Big Boned She-Man May Be Headed for a Restroom Near You!
The far right’s effort to stall, in Congress, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA), is getting desperate, warning that, should the legislation pass, heterosexuals might be forced, at their workplace, to share restrooms with people who are transgendered. This today from Mother Jones Online: … Continue reading
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Tagged far right, feminism, gay, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, homosexuality, lesbian, restrooms, transgendered, women's rights
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No. They. Klan’t.
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