\u201cRestrict their ability to become judges, senators, representatives, member of Cabinet, military chief of staff and other powerful members of government,\u201d said a man over 75 with a bachelor\u2019s degree. \u201cShould not be able to make decisions regarding the law, they should somehow have to be supervised if they are working with other people (drastic, I know),\u201d said a woman under 45 with a master\u2019s degree. \u201cWe should put in place mandatory extreme prison sentences for anyone or any group that attempts to take away civil liberties guaranteed by our constitution,\u201d said a middle-aged man with a master\u2019s degree. \u201cChurches should not be allowed to provide orphanages and adoption programs,\u201d said one elderly man with a doctorate. \u201cI think we should restrict the indoctrination of children in religious dogma and ritual\u201d said a middle-aged man with a master\u2019s degree. Conservative Christians should \u201cnot be allowed to hold political office, be police etc., serve in the armed forces,\u201d said another middle aged man with a doctorate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Gallagher’s piece is actually a response to the movie “Kingsman”, which indulges in some pretty lurid eliminationist anti-Christianism. \u00a0And while Gallagher takes great (and probably correct) pains to note that it’s a minority opinion, nobody knows how minor the minority is:<\/p>\n
\u201cNo academic inquiry has investigated how individuals from a highly educated and politically powerful subculture may express attitudes that dehumanize out-groups,\u201d reports Yancey and Williamson. Until now. So I am concerned when Hollywood begins to gratify the kind of hatred on display by the minority of progressives, and for the same reasons Yancey and Williamson are concerned about the minority of socially empowered progressives who express open hatred, dehumanization, and even murderous fantasies about Christians. The fact that such views are openly expressed by even a minority of educated elites likely means that they are acceptable expressions in powerful subcultures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There’s the rub; bigotry on the part of conservatives likely comes from its underclass; on the left, it’s from (at least parts of) its self-appointed “elite”.<\/p>\n
Don’t believe me? \u00a0Ask President Obama to point you to a bigger, gun-clinging, snake-handling Jeebus freak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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