Thread: Is this indoctrination?

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

How is the Nation of Islam conservative? Farrakhan was a big supporter of Obama during the campaign.

They are trying to conserve the traditions of their people. Conservative does not just mean conserving traditional ideals of the US.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

I wouldn't say the liberal/conservative scale is very applicable to cults, which tend to be their own brand of kooky.

There are conservative cults too. I was just saying that there have been a lot of liberal cults. Manson's cult was very left wing.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

IAs for the revisionism, it's part and parcel of conservatism. That which conservatives seek to conserve is rarely a version of the past that ever actually existed. All that is ambiguous or unflattering toward God and Country must be purged. This circus in Texas is a textbook ( ) example of conservatism in action.

People on both ends of the spectrum are into revisionism. Did you see how the American left pretended that Bush made up the whole thing about WMD's even though it was the Democrats pushing the idea before Bush was even in office? You can't truthfully label something as conservative just because it is revisionary... or religious. The far left is just as dishonest and nutty as the far right.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

They are trying to conserve the traditions of their people. Conservative does not just mean conserving traditional ideals of the US.

Who exactly are "their people", and what traditions are you talking about?

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Who exactly are "their people", and what traditions are you talking about?

Islamic Traditions? Sharia law and all that. I honestly don't know a whole lot about it.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

Islamic Traditions? Sharia law and all that. I honestly don't know a whole lot about it.

They are way out of the ordinary even for Muslims. Their views are liberal and about radical change on an American stage and would probably be considered liberal even in the Middle East.