I've pretty much stayed out of the other thread. Just too nasty.
60 years ago our Creo friends would have been Democrats and followed WJB down the primrose path. Whether the Democrats left them or they left the Democrats is a tough question, but the philosophical underpinnings of Creos and the left are remarkably similar.
- The appeal to authority
- The "I have the answer for all problems and any who disagees is evil" stance.
- Those who are right have the right to force those who are not or at least threaten them.
Is this an inherent problem with most religions, and especially Christianity?
the creos and the left both also push for affirmative action, and put their feelings above observation and logic.
I wonder how much Soros et al give to the DI?
Almost all religions; not especially with Christianity.
Nixon's "Southern Strategy" brought many big-government southern Democrats into GOP. At that time, the "litmus test" was anti-Communism. Political parties are temporary confederations, not ideological organizations (at least in the US; it's somewhat different in Europe.) There may be a few dozen or so policies of interest, but correlations among views held on issues are weak. This leads to the problem of "linkage" such that at the present time, being for tax cuts means being against evolution, (Before Dover, of course), or being for smaller government means supporting "no child left behind."