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Re: From the New Republic: A Argument for a New Liberalism
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Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:44:28 GMT
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As an outsider looking in, it appears to me that if the "Liberals" what power
all they have to do is shout about god a bit and bash gays a little. It is that
simple! ;)
Scott A
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Being against the war in Iraq does NOT mean being for Totalitarian Islam.
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> Or, why Kerry lost and why Michael Moore is still a weenie...
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> From The New Republic, specifically here:
> "A Fighting Faith (AN ARGUMENT FOR A NEW LIBERALISM.) by Peter Beinart (editor
> of TNR since 1999)
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> http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?pt=whKP5U%2BbbaxbirV9FQhQuh%3D%3D
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> "Moore views totalitarian Islam the way Wallace viewed communism: As a phantom,
> a ruse employed by the only enemies that matter, those on the right. Saudi
> extremists may have brought down the Twin Towers, but the real menace is the
> Carlyle Group. Today, most liberals naïvely consider Moore a useful ally, a
> bomb-thrower against a right-wing that deserves to be torched. What they do not
> understand is that his real casualties are on the decent left. When Moore
> opposes the war against the Taliban, he casts doubt upon the sincerity of
> liberals who say they opposed the Iraq war because they wanted to win in
> Afghanistan first. When Moore says terrorism should be no greater a national
> concern than car accidents or pneumonia, he makes it harder for liberals to
> claim that their belief in civil liberties does not imply a diminished vigilance
> against Al Qaeda."
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> Moveon.org responded to this but it's only available to subscribers which I am
> not.
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