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- Subject: Re: Religious Right (was Re: Rush Limbaugh: Victory from Defeat)
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- From: dejst5+@pitt.edu (David E Joslin)
- Date: 17 Nov 92 20:15:24 GMT
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- dbernard@clesun.Central.Sun.COM writes:
- >For that matter, I'm unclear why the media uses the phrase "religious right,"
- >and not, say, "homosexual left," or "feminist left." For that matter, I've
- >never heard an "*anything*-left" mentioned. To the media, the opposite of
- >"right" is not "left," but "moderate."
-
- What phrase would you want them to use for the "religious right"?
- "Religious" alone is clearly too broad; believe it or not, there are
- some *liberals* who are deeply religious, too. The real problem with
- the term "religious right" is that it is still too broad, since
- there are religious people who are conservatives, but who are not
- part of the movement that wants to impose fundamentalist values on
- everyone. So, what name do you suggest instead?
-
- I've never heard anyone say "feminist left," either, but haven't you
- heard of "radical feminists"? (Rush Limbaugh thinks there is only one
- feminism, and it is defined by the radicals. Rush wasted his money if
- he bought a color TV, since he sees everything in black and white,
- anyway.) Would you be happier if the "religious right" were called the
- "religious radicals"?
-
- I'm sorry, I just don't understand what your objection is here.
-
- David
-