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Im not sure how to (or if i can) publish this as an article. so here it is anyway
Why it’s great to be a fundamentalist.
Very often these days fundamentalists get a very hard time because of their extremist views and are practically demonised by moderates across the political spectrum as well as each other. But very few of these chastisers have actually even tried to look at the fundamentalist point of view and find any positives in it. What we never hear about fundamentalism are the tremendous advantages to it. So I want to outline these.
One of the biggest advantages to fundamentalist thought is that it makes you feel terrific. Rather than having to think for hours about a problem trying in vain to find a moderates answer as to its cause which will probably give you a paradoxical counterintuitive answer, an answer is provided to you that is simple to accept and easy to understand because it can be said as a series of slogans or one liners. The answer is your list of enemies. Every fundamentalist or extremist group has this list. What’s on the list varies on the group, for fundamentalist or militant atheists there’s a large selection to choose from including the pope, the Irish constitution, the education system, the various churches , the political parties on the right , agnostics and moderates. As a fundamentalist Christian there’s also a large choice including there’s Richard Dawkins, the secular agenda, the media, the gays, the pro choice movement, Muslims, the labour party and moderates. All you have to do for any problem is pick a group from your list and the problem has a cause. Case in point the Vatican had a problem with the international child abuse scandal but you know it was ok because the problem was gays in the church. It’s simple, it’s easy, it makes perfect sense and it wasn’t the churches fault at all. Problem solved right? Now how about we forget about it and focus on that bothersome volcano in Iceland. Maybe we can blame that on the scandalous clothing women are wearing these days. It worked for Iran with their earthquakes. The best part of having these enemies to blame everything on is that yes you can blame everything on them. You can be as nasty as you like to your chosen enemy safe in the knowledge that its morally justified, that god or righteousness or truth is on your side And if all the world’s problems are the result of your enemies then logically you are the cause of no problems at all, and that is a wonderful feeling.
The second great advantage to being a fundamentalist is that no one can publicly insult you. Sure in small groups liberals might despair at their perception of your views but can they reach a wider audience? No! Why? Because the moment they try to use a paper or national television or any other medium to advance the idea that your insane all you have to do is threaten a lawsuit or claim persecution and the media will censor this person without a second thought. This happened to a moderate liberal I know quite recently and now the extremist has had the article removed and is quite happy with himself. He’s the second coming of Christ don’t you know. After all his and your views are obviously important enough to deserve special protection if not outright state support and anyone who doesn’t like it doesn’t matter at all.
So if you’re an angry indignant closed minded person anyway with a narrow world view. Contact your extremist group. There’s one for every form of extremism including yours and a lot of them are online now as well. You can convince everyone that if it wasn’t for these enemies you would be courteous and rational and you can be sure that the media will restrict the speech of everyone who tries to point out that you’re actually an insane schizoid in need of some serious therapy. If you’re not though then maybe we ought to be doing something to change the environment that allows these people to thrive.
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