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In reply to the discussion: What if the Religious Right allied with the Working Left? [View all]Meldread
(4,213 posts)If the Fundies were actually standing in the way of "ending global wars, and providing economic and social justice for all" then it is better to put a bullet in their heads and move forward, as they are surely an enemy to all of humanity. However, any rational person knows full well that it is not -JUST- the Christian Fundamentalists that are the problem. You still have the Muslim Fundamentalists that lead to groups like ISIS. You still have oppressive dictatorships such as North Korea. You still have nationalism which can be just as bad as religion.
The simple fact of the matter is your idea is idiotic. It would fracture the Democratic Party into a million pieces, and you would be left only with the white working class who already lean more toward social conservatism and the religious fundies. Everyone else would bolt and immediately form a new party, and I would be one of the first among them.
I refuse to vote for a religious fundamentalist. Period. I vomited in my mouth when Bernie spoke at Liberty, a borderline traitorous move.
My goal is to push them out of politics entirely. My goal is to ensure that they have ZERO political power, and the more things shift in our direction on social issues the more and more they'll withdraw from politics. I know plenty on the religious right, and they are watching their people become disengaged. This is what I want. I don't want them to have a seat at the table, because they do not belong at the table.
It is like negotiating with a terrorist. You just don't do it. If you negotiate with a terrorist you legitimize them, and you encourage others to act similarly. I do not want to legitimize the religious right, after I've spent my entire adulthood fighting with every fiber of my being to delegitimize and marginalize them.