Bush, the Bush Haters, and Religious Fanatics: Talking the Talk vs. Walking the Walk
Christopher Hitchens is certainly an odd bird- a secularist Left Winger who admires George Bush and whose integrity would not let him oppose the Iraq War.
While I disagree with his notion that "secularism" is a good thing (I would say the things he says of "secularism" with regard to pluralism, which is something very different), this article draws a fascinating contrast between Bush's active war on genuine religious fanaticism and the Left's tsk-tsking at what it imagines to be religious fanaticism, but is actually mere dissent from its own brand of religious "orthodoxy."
While I disagree with his notion that "secularism" is a good thing (I would say the things he says of "secularism" with regard to pluralism, which is something very different), this article draws a fascinating contrast between Bush's active war on genuine religious fanaticism and the Left's tsk-tsking at what it imagines to be religious fanaticism, but is actually mere dissent from its own brand of religious "orthodoxy."
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