The Current Wars On Science and Women Are Entirely Christian Initiatives

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5. I suspect there is much more to this than simple belief.

ALEC and other similar sources of conservative political funding are not only driven by religious belief. They appear to have larger economic agendas. The attack on Environmental Science has been well documented as conceived and run by the Oil interests. The recent attacks on Women's rights have been coordinated, well funded and persistent. I suggest they have similar sources for similar reasons. There is an over all process of redacting the economic and political gains resulting from the New Deal and the Great Society initiatives being run by ALEC, Karl Rove and other Neo-Conservatives. In practice they have resorted to many versions of the same old fascist dogma: initiate hate and fear among voters by any means available. The coordinated legislative attacks on reproductive rights make no sense in any other context. They do not represent any majority view regardless of political affiliation.

It is the political equivalent of starting many wildfires over a large area. Each fire requires energy and resources to put it out. When you are engaged in fighting those wildfires you cannot devote time and energy to other issues. It also creates the false impression of a widespread majority where none really exists. The point of these programmed attacks is to divide and exhaust progressive political forces and to generate political conflict. It amounts to political terrorism.