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Cynthia's avatar

I think UU culture (as an extension of liberal left culture) has created an ugly straw man version of conservatism to hate. Sure, there are some people who self-identify as conservative who are hateful, but the vast majority of people who self-identify as conservative do so for simple cultural reasons that don't fit the broad brush stereotypes of conservatives seen portrayed by many UU's.

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Kim Cooper's avatar

this article seems harsh. I think our tendency to be more narrow in our politics may not be entirely the fault of UUs, but is at least partially a reaction to the more and more extreme division in actual national politics. Nonetheless, it is a good warning. Though, I must say that about 30 or 35 years ago, my sister left UUism, claiming it was, "Not a religion, it's a political organization!" While our politics is rooted in our spirituality, perhaps we need to describe how that is more often. Make the connections implicitly in our sermons. I try to do that in my sermons. I wish we were teaching civics in public schools, including explanations of why we are a democracy, not a monarchy. I gave a sermon about the root of democracy being the spiritual ideal of equality. Too many people in this country have abandoned the spiritual idea of equality -- our First Principle. (I am not a minister, my congregation is lay-led, and I get recruited to give a sermon whenever we can't find anyone else.)

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