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	<title>Comments on: Fight the urge to caricature your opponents</title>
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		<title>By: Doctor Whom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#039;ve noted elsewhere, two common failings in mainstream queer activism are that we try to challenge our opponents&#039; ideas by remaining willfully ignorant of what those ideas even are and that we do not pay enough attention to how the fence-sitters will perceive our actions.  For example, I have heard activists justify a publicity stunt that made us look spectacularly bad to the general public by arguing the &quot;fact&quot; that Communion represents the minister or religious institution, as opposed to any connection that it might have to Jesus Christ. Even worse, when I pointed out the issue to one activist, he insisted on wallowing in his willful ignorance.

Activists&#039; ignorance of Christianity is especially frustrating since Christians have made such an effort to make the needed information available. How often do you hear that Christians refuse to discuss their beliefs?

The above applies to secular political ideologies as well. Many people in the P.C. left tend to lump everyone who disagrees with them into some undifferentiated &quot;right.&quot; What do neocons, theocons, paleocons, populist conservatives, limited-government libertarians, and anarcho-capitalists all have in common, other than the &quot;fact&quot; that they are all on the &quot;right&quot;? An argument that would make perfect sense to an Objectivist might deeply offend a traditionalist conservative, and vice versa. Moreover, we should stop using terms like &quot;corporatism&quot; and &quot;laissez-faire&quot; without looking up what they mean.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I&#8217;ve noted elsewhere, two common failings in mainstream queer activism are that we try to challenge our opponents&#8217; ideas by remaining willfully ignorant of what those ideas even are and that we do not pay enough attention to how the fence-sitters will perceive our actions.  For example, I have heard activists justify a publicity stunt that made us look spectacularly bad to the general public by arguing the &#8220;fact&#8221; that Communion represents the minister or religious institution, as opposed to any connection that it might have to Jesus Christ. Even worse, when I pointed out the issue to one activist, he insisted on wallowing in his willful ignorance.</p>
<p>Activists&#8217; ignorance of Christianity is especially frustrating since Christians have made such an effort to make the needed information available. How often do you hear that Christians refuse to discuss their beliefs?</p>
<p>The above applies to secular political ideologies as well. Many people in the P.C. left tend to lump everyone who disagrees with them into some undifferentiated &#8220;right.&#8221; What do neocons, theocons, paleocons, populist conservatives, limited-government libertarians, and anarcho-capitalists all have in common, other than the &#8220;fact&#8221; that they are all on the &#8220;right&#8221;? An argument that would make perfect sense to an Objectivist might deeply offend a traditionalist conservative, and vice versa. Moreover, we should stop using terms like &#8220;corporatism&#8221; and &#8220;laissez-faire&#8221; without looking up what they mean.</p>
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