Well, as a relatively conservative individual, I find thyis whole thing to be pretty offensive and insulting.
I do not personally know a single conservative (and I know a lot of them) who rejects the theory of evolution. Sure, these conservatives exist, but I do not think they are the majority.
To say that conservatives all reject the idea of evolution is about as ridiculous as saying all liberals are socialists.
And to always align the "Christian right" with the conservative movement is ignorant. It\'s like saying every quadrilateral is a square. Evert square is a quadrilateral, but it doesn\'t work the other way around.
And, by the way, if you want to get into fascism... guess what, it\'s the facists, not the conservatives, who are paving the way towards THAT bright shiny future by proposing and often passing a bazillion stupid laws telling you how to live every little facet of your life. It\'s the worst in hugely liberal states like California (sorry Leith.) Some of the laws seem pretty innocuous, some just annoying (eg, no smoking in any vehicle, including your own)... but it\'s the precedent these laws set that is to be feared. These liberals whined up a storm over the Patriot Act, but don\'t even blink when their personal freedoms are slowly chipped away at by facists.
Also, on a somewhat related note, I am so sick of water-carrying people (this being most of you, no offense) with blind, unwavering party affiliations.
Like people who believe that all conservatives are fearful people with a "narrow world view." bdfreetuna, I\'m going to HOPE that you were referring to the Christian right, not the conservative movement as a whole. If you were referring to the latter, well... that\'s the most ridiculous, insulting, ignorant mouthful of trash I have heard in a while. If that\'s the case then I suppose you also believe that to be conservative means to be racist, environmentally unaware, and misogynistic too. Fuck you bdfreetuna, grow the fuck up and think like an adult. (And if you were only referring to the Christian right, sorry about that. But that\'s also pretty insulting to a large number of people. To be Christian doesn\'t always mean one thing. I know plenty of smart, broad-thinking, liberated Christians. And I am starting to feel pretty bad for Christians in this country, who are constantly the subject of the liberals\' taunts and insults. It\'s especially tough for them now to be living in a society where the education system and the mainstream media are dominated by the political left, who tend to shun Christian affiliation. They often portray Christians as ignorant, laughable, pathetic individuals, and it\'s getting old. To be religious-minded is starting to mean being a second-class citizen. Not the idea this country was founded upon, if I am not mistaken.)
People just won\'t stop making these large, sweeping generalizations about huge, diverse groups of people. It\'s so obnoxious I don\'t even know where to begin.
The only thing here that DOESN\'T piss me off is the statement by Flanagan, which seems to be pretty right on.
