Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Get Off God's Junk
speakingcorpse writes:
Dear Dirty Asshole,
I am a liberal, but you do not need to tell me that religious values can have a positive impact on politics. I am aware that the civil rights leaders explicitly invoked Jesus, and I am also aware (are you?) of the long history of Christian reform movements in the United States. But these groups were not interested in making religion a matter of official government policy. They took action, and explained their action with reference to religious motivations. But they did not ask that their motivations be codified in the law. Only fascists like yourself seem interested in doing that. Instead of pursuing social reform programs that are consistent with Judeo-Christian ethics, fascists like yourself try to destroy those programs, and then declare that their fascist governments are nonetheless operating under the aegis of God.
Real reformers know that putting a religious label on a state institution is antithetical to reform, and to religion. Human institutions are not godly; they are provisional, and in constant need of improvement. This is what good actions do--they change weak and flawed institutions. Actions are godly. Institutions are evil--necessary, surely, but evil. That's why we need to recognize their provisional nature. Religious fascists deny this sad fact about human institutions. You want to put God's name on institutions, because you are a fascist worshipper of such institutions. As far as I'm concerned, that makes you ungodly and satanic. Only evil satanists fail to understand the lesson of Jesus of Nazareth (who may or may not have been the Christ): render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar, render unto God what belongs to Him.
You who have failed to understand this lesson are an evil satanist, a destroyer of your own religion. You are also un American, since you seem unable to recognize that Jesus' lesson was the basis of ALL modern liberal political thought, which found its crowning expression in our Constitution.
Your satanic character, let me add, is consistent with your efforts to terrorize Americans into voting for George Bush. You say that we shouldn't, like the Spaniards, let Al Qaeda influence elections. But you deny the fact that Al Qaeda influenced our elections in 2002, when we let our fear drive us into supporting the party of the brain-damaged piece of terroristic shit, George Bush, despite the fact that he was obviously unable to protect us. Now you imply that if George Bush's policies fail to protect us, we are nonetheless obliged to vote for him again--otherwise we would be appeasers. Such a suicidal voting strategy would prove that the terrorists had affected our elections, and for the worse; we would be letting the terrorists force us to vote against our own interests. Let me note that since the late 19th century, it has always been the fascists that have used the occasion of terrorism to insist that their own satanic parties remain in power (Hitler did this, as did Aznar's exemplar, Francisco Franco).
You hate America. You are an incipient fascist. This only makes sense, as your stance on the Pledge of Allegiance reflects your own allegiance to the devil. You are a practicing satanist (whether you know it or not), and you are, with your terroristic columns, facilitating the cause of Al Qaeda in the United States of America. I only hope that you get right with God before you decide to blow up the New York subway in order to assure the terroristic turd's re-election.
Sincerely,
speakingcorpse