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Related: About this forumRand Paul ties restrained foreign policy to a "worldwide war on Christianity"
Rand Pauls strategic IslamophobiaIn a speech to the religious right, Paul ties restrained foreign policy to a "worldwide war on Christianity"
For normal Americans, the annual Values Voters Summit is an opportunity to take a look at the Republican Party and be appalled and amused at how vehemently anti-modernity and hysterically bigoted it remains despite basically all demographic trends. For Republican politicians, it is an opportunity to say crazy stuff to adoring crowds in the hopes of riding their enthusiasm and donations all the way to second or third place in the next Republican presidential primary campaign. Sen. Rand Paul today addressed the summit, and he wanted everyone to know that while he may have a bit of a peacenik reputation, he definitely hates Islam just as much as the people who want to bomb the Middle East forever.
Pauls speech (which greatly resembles one he gave to an evangelical audience last June) hit nearly every toxic fixation and delusion of the evangelical Right. He generously indulged the persecution fantasy that fuels so much of the modern conservative movement, claiming that theres a worldwide war on Christianity, waged largely by Islam, but also by liberal elites. It is a war that the mainstream media is ignoring, he said. Mainstream media liberals are too scared and too PC to say it, but Paul wasnt: We must blame Muslims more or less as a homogeneous undifferentiated mass.
Ever since 9/11, commentators have tried to avoid pointing fingers at Islam, which is somewhat fair. It is fair to point out that most Muslims are not committed to violence against Christians, but its not the whole truth. The whole truth is and we shouldnt let political correctness stand in the way of this truth the whole truth is that there is a minority of Muslims who condone killing of Christians, but, unfortunately, that minority number is in the tens of millions.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Thats right.
The entire speech was like this, really: Bits of reasonable rhetoric awkwardly jammed against Pamela Geller-style accusations of collective guilt. Plus a bit of subtle insinuation against President Obama, who, Paul explained, keeps insisting on arming radical extremist Muslims dedicated to wiping out Christianity. (Why would he do that? Where do his true sympathies lie, exactly?)
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http://www.salon.com/2013/10/11/rand_pauls_strategic_islamophobia/
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Rand Paul ties restrained foreign policy to a "worldwide war on Christianity" (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2013
OP
A woldwide war against his particular type of "Christianity" seems like a good idea
Warpy
Oct 2013
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Warpy
(111,267 posts)1. A woldwide war against his particular type of "Christianity" seems like a good idea
He'll never get it, of course. He either hasn't read or doesn't understand that book he's flogging.
niyad
(113,325 posts)2. rand, dahhhhling, answer this question which always amuses me: why do so many white europeans
worship a book that has NO white europeans in it?
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Warren DeMontague This message was self-deleted by its author.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)4. I want to know
what that critter is on his head.
BillyRibs
(787 posts)5. Are these people,
That crazy? Or are they just playing the fools for a laugh?
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)6. We need to find a country...
that we can evacuate, then ship all these poor persecuted christians to it so they can form a country in their liking. Hell, we could even fund it. Anything to get rid of these bothersome trogdolytes.