Why don't Americans have Evangelicals shut up?

[IAmCanadian]

And why am I ranting...because if the rest of you don't speak up and speak up resolutely...it is a very realistic possibility that one day, not so far into the future, President Palin might blink while applying lipstick and nuke half of my hemisphere away, because voices in her head told her to do so.
It is a very realistic possibility.

In your profile it says you like intelligent debates, however you're providing substantial evidence to the contrary with remarks like these. I'm seeing a lot of rhetoric. I am not seeing an enumeration of the policies that someone like Palin might implement to such negative effect- or a detailed explanation of how the system of checks and balances (and most importantly, lobbyists) would break down to allow her to go to war on religious grounds. You know, the sorts of things that people typically refer to when making an informed argument.

Perhaps you should look inward for an explanation regarding the perceived lack of opposition to evangelical influence. Perhaps the looming spectre of a church and state merger is a skewed perspective on your part, and other people are able to realize that there really is compariatively little cause for alarm and that expression of religious beliefs is not something that the majority of Americans are interested in curtailing. This problem exists largely in your own mind.

And it would also be nice if Americans stopped to moan that "the world hates Americans"....because we don't, (we LOVE Clinton), what we do hate is the bigotry of your politics, condescending attitude and (delusional) superiority complex....sorry to shock you, but most of the world does not want to move to USA. And if you are biting your tongue to tell me not to meddle into your private matters...tough,...because believe me I wish I could (like I can and do with politics of almost every other country), ....but you yourself have made it (your internal politics) the matter of world importance.

Have you ever been to either of the coasts, or do you just talk to people from Texas? I really think you need to just go back through your post and change every instance of "American" to "Neo-conservative American". Even that is a massive generalization on my part. I apologize to any and all Texans.

And contrary to your self righteous attitude...no body ever asked you to play the world cop....and you have never, not once, done it out of altruistic motives, there was always something in it for you...because when there isn't, you are quite happy to let "those who are not as great as you" to kill among themselves.

I'd like you to point out one example of any country in the history of the world intervening on behalf of another for purely altruistic reasons. That's right. You have the entirety of human history to choose from. Go nuts. If you can show one example of a projection of military power that was not done to show support for an existing ally (and maintain a lucrative trading partnership), for the hope of attaining new land and resources, or in defense of a preferred ethnicity or type of government, I will personally send you $100.

EDIT: Some examples of massive generalizations and flat-out incorrect statements that would get you laughed out of the building if they showed up unsupported in any academic paper:

"In post PATRIOT Act USA no one is allowed to question anything or they are labeled unpatriotic and terrorist sympathizers." (Not even close to true.)
"How can you expect the world to take you seriously when you open your argument in any and every single debate with words "America is the greatest country in the world?...You use that as your foreign policy doctrine..." (Breathtakingly simplistic view of the problems with U.S. foreign policy.)
"The one person with whom Bush has the most things in common is Osama bin Laden. Both are useless waste of space, they think world owes them something just by being born, both think they are great, they are spoiled, rich, both insecure sociopaths suffering from "daddy inferiority complex", both with no regard for human life." (Massive intellectual dishonesty and lack of explanation for assertions.)
"She is woman? Is she? So why does she behave like a man?" (No examples to attempt to prove this statement. You're doing your own sex no favors here.)

I can't actually even come close to getting them all. Not even close. But this one angers me.

"But School and Biology class is about science!" (You crusade for science and yet your post is filled with oversimplified, unsourced, unsupported GARBAGE that would make any scientist cringe. Your post is not a fair-minded view, does nothing to prove any assertions. It is one of the most one-sided intellectually dishonest rants I have read in a long time. I'm a liberal and I'm ashamed that other liberals exist who actually think this sort of thing has any merit whatsoever. This rant actually depresses me. The bottom line is that if you took this to any forum where REAL political problems were trying to be solved, it would do no good. It is biased, simplistic, makes generalizations constantly and shows a very limited view of the scope of American politics and society.)

And to think, I came to this forum to talk about fucking. It feels silly to go on about this when my avatar photo is two sluts bobbing for used condoms.

- FS