Putting things in perspective
I can't think of a single liberal I would compare to this guy, but, as James Lileks points out, Andrew Sullivan apparently thinks "Christianists" are no different from Islamists:
"Now: compare [the Islamist speech] with this, which Sullivan Wednesday remarked was an example of Christianism – a term I’d never heard. Sullivan said this fellow exemplifies an attitude that’s 'Just like Communism. And Islamism.'
Hmm. On one hand, a fellow ranting on Palestinian state TV about the sins of the Jews, and the need to kill ‘em all; on the other, a guy who thinks Christianity will continue to gain in popularity in the third world. Compare and contrast. One guy wants to kill, and the other wants us to buy his book about a God that brings people gasping back to life in this world. Well, I’d like to see the medical reports. But still: somehow the former worries me more than the latter."
"Now: compare [the Islamist speech] with this, which Sullivan Wednesday remarked was an example of Christianism – a term I’d never heard. Sullivan said this fellow exemplifies an attitude that’s 'Just like Communism. And Islamism.'
Hmm. On one hand, a fellow ranting on Palestinian state TV about the sins of the Jews, and the need to kill ‘em all; on the other, a guy who thinks Christianity will continue to gain in popularity in the third world. Compare and contrast. One guy wants to kill, and the other wants us to buy his book about a God that brings people gasping back to life in this world. Well, I’d like to see the medical reports. But still: somehow the former worries me more than the latter."
posted by Kate Marie | 1:42 AM | Permalink
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Wow, that was one horrible islamist rant! It's frightening to think people actually agree with that.. that.. I don't have a bad enough word to describe it.
What amazes me is when I hear Jewish people say they are "frightened" by the American Christian right! Good grief, we're the ones fighting the islamists who'd like to exterminate all Jews (and then all non-muslims, non Arab muslims [as in Darfur], and non their-brand-of-Islam muslims).
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