Comments on: The DNC: A Night of Political Soap Opera http://forthardknox.com/2008/08/28/the-dnc-a-night-of-political-soap-opera/ Politically-Conservative Web 2.0 Activists Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:13:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jenn Sierra http://forthardknox.com/2008/08/28/the-dnc-a-night-of-political-soap-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-8958 Jenn Sierra Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:53:12 +0000 http://forthardknox.com/?p=6358#comment-8958 I'm with you, Katie. I have a real problem with calling it "fundamentalism," because anyone who really believes and follows any philosophy is a "fundamentalist" of that philosophy, whether it be Christianity, homeopathic medicine, wildlife conservation, pastafarianism, or whatever. That doesn't necessarily make that person dangerous (weird, in some cases, but possibly harmless). If that philosophy happens to be "Islamic Jihad," though, then we have a problem. The problem is Islamic Jihad, not the "fundamentalism." I’m with you, Katie. I have a real problem with calling it “fundamentalism,” because anyone who really believes and follows any philosophy is a “fundamentalist” of that philosophy, whether it be Christianity, homeopathic medicine, wildlife conservation, pastafarianism, or whatever. That doesn’t necessarily make that person dangerous (weird, in some cases, but possibly harmless).

If that philosophy happens to be “Islamic Jihad,” though, then we have a problem. The problem is Islamic Jihad, not the “fundamentalism.”

]]> By: Katie http://forthardknox.com/2008/08/28/the-dnc-a-night-of-political-soap-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-8957 Katie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:44:13 +0000 http://forthardknox.com/?p=6358#comment-8957 They will not name the evil, what are they afraid of? Losing Muslim votes? When you give name to an evil, you diminish its power. So let us call it what it is: Islamic Jihad. They will not name the evil, what are they afraid of? Losing Muslim votes? When you give name to an evil, you diminish its power. So let us call it what it is: Islamic Jihad.

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