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> anti-egalitarian anti-egalitarian when it comes to outcomes, pro-egalitarian when it comes to opportunity > avowedly Christian This ... is a bad thing ? It

> anti-egalitarian anti-egalitarian when it comes to outcomes, pro-egalitarian when it comes to opportunity > avowedly Christian This ... is a bad thing ? It is not a bad thing to be unashamed of being a Christian. > pro-Big Business Pro-business. Small and Big. Pro-jobs. > pro-military Pro-self-defense. > neo-liberal Classical liberal

EliRivers 10y ago
Pro-military. The attitude of the typical US citizen (and government) towards their military is markedly more pro-military than in Europe. The article suggests that the UK is working towards being more pro-military, but the UK is far, far behind in that respect (and in many aspects, I'd say UK culture is less pro-military than large parts of Europe; to a large extent, the military in the UK is out of sight and out of mind).
jamesrcole 10y ago
>> avowedly Christian > This ... is a bad thing ? It is not a bad thing to be unashamed of being a Christian. The bit you're quoting is not talking about a person, like a person being ashamed of something or not. It's talking about the governmental stance towards a country. The full quote being "So, while the Tories in Britain and the Republicans in the United States set about creating a neo-liberal Anglosphere – anti-egalitarian, avowedly Christian, pro-Big Business, pro-military" Even someone who's a proud Christian has good reasons not to want the country to be avowedly in favour of one religion. (i'm not saying all Christians would hold this view). As an atheist, I wouldn't want the country to go that way.
- supremesaboteur 10y ago
  It was talking about a political party, not the government. Political parties are set up to serve the interest of groups. For example, Republicans could be for defending the right of individuals to practice their religion in peace. For the unemployed to want to create more jobs so that they can live their lives with dignity. For people to keep their families safe through having a strong military etc.
  - jamesrcole 10y ago
    It was talking about what they want (or what the article claims they want) to do to the country, not anything at all about whether people should feel ashamed or not to be Christians.

EliRivers 10y ago

Pro-military. The attitude of the typical US citizen (and government) towards their military is markedly more pro-military than in Europe. The article suggests that the UK is working towards being more pro-military, but the UK is far, far behind in that respect (and in many aspects, I'd say UK culture is less pro-military than large parts of Europe; to a large extent, the military in the UK is out of sight and out of mind).

jamesrcole 10y ago

>> avowedly Christian > This ... is a bad thing ? It is not a bad thing to be unashamed of being a Christian. The bit you're quoting is not talking about a person, like a person being ashamed of something or not. It's talking about the governmental stance towards a country. The full quote being "So, while the Tories in Britain and the Republicans in the United States set about creating a neo-liberal Anglosphere – anti-egalitarian, avowedly Christian, pro-Big Business, pro-military" Even someone who's a proud Christian has good reasons not to want the country to be avowedly in favour of one religion. (i'm not saying all Christians would hold this view). As an atheist, I wouldn't want the country to go that way.

supremesaboteur 10y ago
It was talking about a political party, not the government. Political parties are set up to serve the interest of groups. For example, Republicans could be for defending the right of individuals to practice their religion in peace. For the unemployed to want to create more jobs so that they can live their lives with dignity. For people to keep their families safe through having a strong military etc.
- jamesrcole 10y ago
  It was talking about what they want (or what the article claims they want) to do to the country, not anything at all about whether people should feel ashamed or not to be Christians.