# A Comparison of the Religious Right and the P.C. Left **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 24, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570 "2001-01-24T16:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/1 "2001-01-24T16:30:58Z")
**The following is a comparison of the Religious Right and the P.C. Left by an admittedly ill-tempered and cynical misanthrope.** THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Presumes to speak for God, the traditional family, the Christian community, the unborn and the American people, even though nobody asked them to. THE P.C. LEFT: Presumes to speak for the environment, endangered species, women, blacks, Hispanics, the poor, gays and the American people even though nobody asked them to. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Claims to derive authority from a weird, cranky, literal interpretation of the Bible. THE P.C. LEFT Claims to derive moral authority from a weird, cranky, hodge-podge of psuedo-scientific sociopolitcal theories. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Wants to use the schools to promote an agenda. THE P.C. LEFT Ditto. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Accuses the P.C. left of using the public schools to promote an agenda. THE P.C. LEFT Accuses the Religious Right of using the public schools to promote an agenda. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Seems to think there’s something sinister about the word “agenda.” THE P.C. LEFT: Ditto. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Is guilty of anti-intellectualism. THE P.C. LEFT: Is guilty of phony intellectualism. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Considers conventional science a tool of the Devil. THE P.C. LEFT: Considers math and standard English racist and sexist. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Wants non-Christians to feel guilty and fearful for no good reason. THE P.C. LEFT: Wants white people to feel guilty and fearful for no good reason. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Claims to be both the majority and a persecuted minority. THE P.C. LEFT: Ditto. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Wants state-controlled media. THE P.C. LEFT: Ditto. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Wants to suppress homosexuality. THE P.C. LEFT: Wants to suppress heterosexuality. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Men shave. THE P.C. LEFT: Women don’t shave. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Idealizes rich whites, the pioneers and American capitalism. THE P.C. LEFT: Idealizes poor blacks, the American Indian and European socialism. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Can’t make a decent quiche. THE P.C. LEFT: Can’t hit the side of barn when firing a hand gun. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Wants to keep the ban on marijuana. THE P.C. LEFT: Wants to ban testosterone. * * * There’s just gotta be another way, folks! ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/2 "2001-01-25T02:26:21Z")
Very interesting. However, I’m disinclined to debate the above assertions, and I _am_ anxious to see more examples. Are you sure you didn’t intend to post this in MPSIMS?\* ~~Baloo \*No insult implied – I liked reading the above & would like to see some more before a debate shapes up (if one ever does). ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/3 "2001-01-25T02:39:44Z")
Its those damn federalists and anti-federalists. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/4 "2001-01-25T08:35:41Z")
Y’know… insulting a small fraction of both sides of the political spectrum doesn’t make you a “Moderate”. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/5 "2001-01-25T14:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > \*\*Y’know… insulting a small fraction of both sides of the political spectrum doesn’t make you a “Moderate”. \*\* Where did I claim to be a moderate? ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/6 "2001-01-25T15:00:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Asmodean \* > \*\*Its those damn federalists and anti-federalists. \*\* Personally, I blame the Whigs and the Tories. Oh, yeah, and the monetarists. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/7 "2001-01-25T15:02:43Z")
I’m not quite sure what the intent of the OP is. Surely **LonesomePolecat** doesn’t want us to waste our time arguing against these idiotic assertions. Is he just trying to be cute? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/8 "2001-01-25T15:20:54Z")
Hmmm, I’m a christian who voted for Nader. Am I an anamoly? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/9 "2001-01-25T15:30:05Z")
Bahahahahah! Funny list. I liked it. Maybe it’d be better off in IMHO though. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/10 "2001-01-25T15:42:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LonesomePolecat \* > \*\*THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: > Men shave. > \*\* Why do I find myself thinking of the House of David baseball team? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/11 "2001-01-25T22:20:16Z")
This thread seemed to be a particularly good place to sneak in a plug for my personal term to describe the views of the ‘Christian’ Right: Evangelical Correctness[sup]TM[/sup]. One thing that’s worth pointing out is that evangelically correct conservatives are much more numerous than PC liberals. Another thing is that liberal PC-ness was ridiculed by large swaths of the left for many years before Dinesh D’Souza got around to writing books about what a menace it was. (Going all the way back to some of the earliest _Doonesbury_ strips, many of which skewer what we’d retrospectively call PC behavior.) Bill Clinton slammed Sister Souljah and got elected President; John McCain slammed Pat Robertson and lost the nomination. This is indicative of the relative power of EC in Republican ranks, as opposed to PC among the Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/12 "2001-01-26T01:29:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*Hmmm, I’m a christian who voted for Nader. > Am I an anamoly? \*\* Not in my opinion, but according to Robertson & Co., you’re not a Christian. ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/13 "2001-01-26T02:56:38Z")
_laugh_ _snicker_ _guffaw_ It’s amazing how… \*accurate \* this list is. The image of Pat Robinson and Andrea Dworkin as bedmates; it boggles the mind! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/14 "2001-01-26T03:03:44Z")
This reminds me of a beautiful article called “Liberals vs. Conservatives” I saw on the Web a few years ago. Sadly, I’ve lost the URL and Google can’t find it. Among its gems: CONSERVATIVES Are opposed to pornography; decry it as “immoral.” LIBERALS Are opposed to pornography; decry it as “sexist.” ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/15 "2001-01-26T04:35:32Z")
Libertarians are Republicans who smoke pot and Democrats who own guns. ---
**Author:** ![ScoobyTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/16 "2001-01-26T04:46:58Z")
And Independents who do both! DRAAAAAAAAAAG (on big fat hooter). BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!(with .45 ACP) “Duuuude, that’s like sooooo cooooool!” BANG! BANG! BANG! Click. Click. Click. ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/17 "2001-01-26T05:45:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Freyr \* > **The image of Pat Robinson and Andrea Dworkin as bedmates; it boggles the mind!** Furrfu! Somebody pass me the brain bleach - I’ll be back in a little while… -mdf ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/18 "2001-01-26T11:10:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Where did I claim to be a moderate Didn’t say you were. I’m just wondering if you acknowledge that the list is only accurate if it’s directed towards (Stereotypical) Extremist Minorities of the political spectrum. Sorry for not clarifying, old chap. 😃 I find it amusing, yeah. I even find a couple of truths in there. But would I say it to be a good assessment of liberals or conservatives? Nah. That being said… THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: Gets their visions of what love and truth are from God. THE P.C. LEFT: Gets their visions of what love and truth are from Pot. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/19 "2001-01-26T14:03:32Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* \*\* > [@](#): > > THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: > Gets their visions of what love and truth are from God. > > THE P.C. LEFT: > Gets their visions of what love and truth are from Pot. > > \*\* LOL! Okay, let’s add that one to the list! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570/20 "2001-01-26T14:07:28Z")
Excuse me, but Ms. Dworkin could do a lot better than Mr. Robertson… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-comparison-of-the-religious-right-and-the-p-c-left/51570.md?page=2)