On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:19 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: I suppose that depends on what your definition of "believe" is, but surely > you will agree that this sort of belief goes together with a certain > ideological affiliation that morphs into a type of tribalism. There is a > strong ritualistic element to how these supposed "beliefs" are commonly > expressed (in opinion polls, campaign speeches etc). >
Are you talking about them, or us? :-D I don't see anything that exclusive to the right here. > Is that really a battle you'd want to fight? > Well, yes. Nothing in my heritage is that likely to raise any racist hackles, but I'm proud of my Arab-American, etc. friends who assert their identities, and like to think I'd do the same. Now if I were a politician - and one with a realistic shot at the presidency, no less - I would, of course, have no principles at all. That much should go without saying. -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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