There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don't have to make them up.
Jeff SharletWhoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil and quiet, I'm going to bang on the door."
Jeff SharletThe Family in particular, but also other really **** conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in the Bible and that inasmuch as we interfere with the market, we're interfering with God's literal and visible hand.
Jeff SharletFundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.
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