The American Right and Islamic Extremists: What do they have in common

[LinusKS]

Quite a bit:

Religious zealotry.

Hatred for secularism.

Faith in violence, and a proclivity for war.

And of course, narrow-minded, aggressive nationalism.

They represent the same kind of thinking, but in different cultures.

All those "pry-my-gun" nuts in America would suicide bombers, if they'd happened to happened to have been born in Islam, instead.

[W00lygimp]

Wow what a moronic post. So all conservatives are "pry-my-gun" nuts? Get a life...
Or better yet heres what your post looked like to me:

Action Figures are lesbians...
Yes if they were born into a whorehouse they would be lesbians...

[Bez]

I think the poster made some accurate comparisons here. The 'if you're not with us you're against us' mentality of Bush that so pissed off the French and Germans in particular seems to be a version of 'kill all infidels' favoured by the extremists. The US right didn't threaten to kill those 'against' them I'll grant you that, but the anti-French rhetoric was atrocious. Both are adamant their point of view is 100% correct regardless of evidence to the contrary. If fact, you are a prime example WOOlygimp.

[MMMMMM]

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Religious zealotry.

Hatred for secularism.

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Wrong, only some of the Christian Fundamentalist part of the American Right may be thus classified.

Most of the American Right believe in secularism, and in the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

You are confusing the Right with the Religious Right. They are not the same, although of course there is some overlap. The Religious Right is a subset of the Right. And the "Religious Right who are Zealots and Non-Secular" are but a subset of the Religious Right.

[wacki]

LinusKS = Troll

[vulturesrow]

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LinusKS = Troll

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you stole the words right out of my mouth.

[MMMMMM]

I get the impressionm that LinusKS actually believes what he writes, as amazing as that may be.

[Illininate]

There's a very interesting 3-part documentary being aired on BBC right now, called "The Power of Nightmares" which deals with the parallel rises of the Neo-Conservative Right and the Islamic fundamentalist movement. It's interesting to learn that both groups, which are now arch-enemies so to speak, started for pretty much the same reason: a disdain for the American liberalism of the 1960's.

The first two parts have already aired, and you can probably find them somewhere online if you're interested. The third should air next Wednesday, I believe. I highly recommend it.

[wacki]

The BBC is saying liberals caused this mess? I have to hear this with my own ears to believe it.

[jesusarenque]

I certainly see similarities between the American Religious Right and Islamic Fundamentalism. They say pretty much the same thing, only in different languages. Of course, the entire right is not like this. McCain, Arnold, and Powell certainly are not. Unfortunately, Bush is.