I didn't call out any specific cultures as being incompatible. I just said that some cultures are not compatible with other cultures and some cultures aren't as conducive to flourishing as other cultures.
You're trying to divert attention away from the Secretary of State to a Rep from the Bronx?
Yes.
I believe the culture that produces these sorts of thoughts is incompatible with intelligent life.
If it's not, then we also need to be getting rid of evangelical Christians.
No more incompatible than fascism or evangelical Christianity.
Can you imagine how shocked American evangelicals would be if they realized how similar the teachings they hear from the pulpit every Sunday are to what's taught at a madrasa in Iran?
I’d say France is doing all right. Have you see their soccer team?
Or basketball team. They are going to be NASTY in a couple of years.
Absolutely. I've interacted with people from dozens of cultures all over the world. There outlook on life, goals, dreams and aspirations have been remarkably compatible with mine. Cultures 'flourish' when they exist in a legal/political system emphasizing the rule of law and individual rights. 'Western culture/Christianity' was a total shitshow in the feudal system of the middle ages. Amazing how well various 'cultures' 'flourish' when they exist in systems like the United States or Europe typically have versus autocratic or theocratic systems elsewhere.
If the fundamentalists are trying to create a theocracy, they are not compatible with American culture. If they are not doing that, then they are compatible.
You really believe evangelical Christians are comparable to fundamentalist Islam?
It's almost definitionally true. Whatever utility function you posit for measuring cultures, different cultures will score differently. It's not that interesting an observation, as it depends critically on what is meant by compatible, conducive and flourishing. And no, I'm not interested in your weird ZenMode-proprietary-language take. If I wanted to watch masturbation I'd watch a 41 year old Cristiano Ronaldo taste himself while jogging around the pitch.
Like the thread w Callatoroy a few weeks back that was discussing immigrants assimilating to our culture, MOST Conservatives that talk about this really mean our culture is that of Christianity and that’s what they want them to assimilate to. These same Christians want Christianity to be the official religion of the US.
The words are different in fundamentalist Christianity but the concepts are the same. Fundies are literalists. They want religious law to apply. They don't say they want a theocracy per se (i.e. rule by clerics) but they want the government to be religious in character. They definitely try to eliminate corrupting foreign influences -- geez, they do that more than Islam. A focus on purifying religion? What exactly do you think Puritanism was all about? The Great Awakening? Originalism in constitutional interpretation?
Man, I've seen a lot of own goals on here, but this one will be hard to top.
As well as fundamentalist Christian nationalists. Hell, you can't hardly tell the difference without a scorecard.
