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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
pretty darn harmless compared to some other fundamentalist leaders around the world.
for some reason many of us do not compare such things. instead we prefer to overreact in typical ways that indicate our tendency to dwell on what we see as the bad points of things American. And since it is severely fashionable to be anti-American, especially for progressive thinkers, this is another example of groupthink.
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I think if this were a compare and contrast thread you might have a point.
Do you think anyone in here will have kinder words for bin laden or sadr when they die? Do you really think falwell is america in the sense that those who you would deem "fashionably anti-american" see him as some sort of representation of american ideals instead of a representation of the perversion of religious ideals?
I guess i'm wondering if your commentary was specifically directed at this thread or not.