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Entry: Mutual Assured Damnation Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mutual_assured_damnation#272 Post contents: "But the stubborn refusal of so many Americans who should know better to acknowledge the essential immorality of the act continues to shape the spiritual geography of American Catholicism and conservatism. And it is making us something other than the Christians we claim to be." It seems to me that Scott has unveiled facets of the authoritarian mindset that prevails in political discourse in the United States today. See Bob Altemeyer's - The Authoritarians - for a detailed look at this phenomena (http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/). Or see John Dean's "Conservatives Without Conscience". Sent at: 2008 12 01