This sounds chillingly like the Stalinist insistence that people deserved to be purged because they were "objectively counter-revolutionary". And serves handily for labeling whoever the speaker has decided to dislike as "objectively fascist" or "objectively racist", or perhaps even "objectively Christian".
>> > > Mr. Brayton: I cannot let this go by without comment. I simply > know too many members of the ACLU and the ABA who are Christian, > Jewish, Muslim or another > faith to buy the argument that these are "de facto" atheist organizations. > Comment: Saying someone is a âde facto, operatingâ atheist > means, of course, that it doesnât matter what this individual > says he is. What matters is how this person, in fact, operates. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
