thales's Journal: Political Moderation

One thing I've seen over and over on /. is political moderation from the Left. Replys to some bonehead leftist rant wind up being modded down. Offtopic when the parent is "insightful", and replys to the "offtopic" post are somehow also "insightful".

This fits in with a theory that I have held for some time, that Leftism is a religion. Leftists can't stand having thier "theology" challenged, they often react to these "heritical" challenges with attempts to silence those who are opposed to the "faith".

Note how often Leftists attempt to portray those who aren't "beleavers" in their "Religion" as evil, something that is typical of religous fundementalists.

Leftism has it's assorted "prophets" who's "revalations" are accepted on faith, the reactions to challenges to these "devine revalations" mirror those you get from the far right Xtians when the Bible is challenged.

All in all Leftism has to be considered a religion, and one that is every bit as intolarant as Fundy Xtanity or Wahibist Islam.

As bad as freerepublic.

[DAldredge]

It is about as bad as the mods on FreeRepublic.Com.

FreeRepublic is the ONLY service provided over an IP network that I have every been kicked off of and had my account locked. The reason? I pointed out that GWB was spending money like a D and that he wasn't serious about protecting the USA when you could walk across the North or South border with a missle very easy.

It just isn't a left or /. thing. It effects most every discussion board on the net where the mods are hidden.

Re:Rightism is a religion

[jlanthripp]

Having a political view different to yours, and and not changing it when you hear the same rhetoric spouted again for the hundredth time is not a sign of some mistaken quasi-religious dogma. It is possible to hear someone, understand what they are saying, and still disagree about what it means. Disgreement doesn't mean that the listener is stupid or closed-minded.

If you re-read the post to which you replied, you may notice that the OP didn't accuse the leftists of being narrow-minded as a result of their d

RE: WMD is a religion

[freaq]

How much convincing do you need?
I'm going to try the approach you outlined, just for fun.
The US Emproror (and the British PM) went in claiming they had to stop those godless Iraqis from using their Weapons of Mass Destruction" or some such tripe, it's so hard to remember because the story gets changed every few days, it seems. Oh, hell. let's go right to the source, shall we?
from the White House's web site [whitehouse.gov] which is...OK, you said all sources are biased, so sue them if this is a misquote:
"Intelligence

So, you're better?

[Omnifarious]

The attitudes in this entry seem to be the flipside of the same problem.

Re:So, you're better?

[thales]

I can't remember the last time I modded a post down, let alone modding one down due to a political disagreement. I Mod posts up, not down.

Re:So, you're better?

[Omnifarious]

I'm talking attitude, not specific behavior.