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Mar. 8th, 2003 10:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jlhOkay.
I don't want war, I'm not for war, I'm writing letters to Chuck Schumer, I didn't vote for the Shrub.
I also think that of course it's perfectly fine to express concern and opposition to what is surely coming, whether in coherent, well-written arguments or more emotional posts.
BUT
Can we stop with the shrill, inflexible self-righteousness? It doesn't get your point across any better, it alienates others and it's really annoying to read.
I could write a post about the Christian fundamentalist movement, how they gained their power within the Republican party (hint: They vote) and where we need to be worried about their opposition to certain kinds of civil rights. But it would be nuanced rather than strident, and the way my friends page has been going lately, I'm sure I'd get nothing but flames. Which is ironic, since the whole "if you're not with us you're against us" mode of argument is one of the favorites of the Christian Right, too.
All I mean to say is, it's not that simple and it's not that easy. Relationships never are, whether interpersonal or geopolitical.
I don't want war, I'm not for war, I'm writing letters to Chuck Schumer, I didn't vote for the Shrub.
I also think that of course it's perfectly fine to express concern and opposition to what is surely coming, whether in coherent, well-written arguments or more emotional posts.
BUT
Can we stop with the shrill, inflexible self-righteousness? It doesn't get your point across any better, it alienates others and it's really annoying to read.
I could write a post about the Christian fundamentalist movement, how they gained their power within the Republican party (hint: They vote) and where we need to be worried about their opposition to certain kinds of civil rights. But it would be nuanced rather than strident, and the way my friends page has been going lately, I'm sure I'd get nothing but flames. Which is ironic, since the whole "if you're not with us you're against us" mode of argument is one of the favorites of the Christian Right, too.
All I mean to say is, it's not that simple and it's not that easy. Relationships never are, whether interpersonal or geopolitical.
