- Liittynyt
- 20.9.2007
- Viestejä
- 633
Religious idealism is basis for personal and communal identity;
Fundamentalists understand truth to be revealed and unified;
It is intentionally scandalous (outsiders cannot understand it and will always be outsiders);
Fundamentalists envision themselves as part of a cosmic struggle;
They seize on historical moments and reinterpret them in light of this cosmic struggle;
They demonize their opposition and are reactionary;
Fundamentalists are selective in what parts of their tradition and heritage they stress;
They are primarily led by a narrow demographic (e.g. white males);
They envy modernist cultural hegemony and try to overturn the distribution of power.
"But here's the twist. They are not looking for facts with which to defeat opponents. They are looking for facts that ensure them an ever-expanding roster of opponents. They can be correct facts, incorrect facts, irrelevant facts, it doesn't matter. The point is not to win the argument, the point is to make sure the argument never stops. Permanent war isn't a policy imposed from above; it's an emotional imperative that rises from the bottom. In a way, it actually helps if the fact is dubious or untrue (like the Swift-boat business), because that guarantees an argument. You're arguing the particulars, where you're right, while they're arguing the underlying generalities, where they are."
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