Matt Gunterman August 13th, 2007

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer offers us a new paradigm for looking at the world, one quite different from President George W. Bush’s “you’re with us or against us,” or his “axis of evil,” or even outside the realm of that bogeyman “Islamofascism.”

Yes, Breyer’s suggestion is rather asymmetrical in nature and design; he describes a phenomenon that transcends national boundaries and nationalism.

It’s an assault on reason; it’s a way of looking at the world that places fundamentalist Christian bigots and hate-mongers, like State Representative Stan Lee (R), who would love nothing more than to stuff his narrow brand of religion down the throats of all Kentuckians, with radical Islamic bigots and hate-mongers, like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R?).

I think it explains the state of things rather well.

From ThinkProgress:

Breyer sees assault on reason.

The Supreme Court’s most recent term was a difficult one, Justice Stephen Breyer said Saturday, because he found himself on the losing end of several key cases. After the 9/11, attacks, Breyer said: “I began to see that the true division of importance in the world is not between different countries. The important division is between those who are committed to reason, to working out things, to understanding other people, to peaceful resolution of their differences … and those who don’t think that.”

• Religion , Religious Fanaticism , Republican Fascism , Republican Party Decline , Stan Lee
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