Some people -- like me -- have long noted the high volume of blather coming from the Fundies and wondered where are the religious progressives? These are the people who should be most effective is calling out the Fundies as peddling a twisted form of Christianity. So why the silence from the left?
As with right/left politics the religious right deals with certainty of position and the religious left seeks conciliation and common ground. Many on the left want to make alliances with the moderate right and jettison some issues for consensus on other issues.
Alas, the two biggest issues that get thrown out are abortion rights and gay rights. There are real people who are harmed here.
Yeah, there are times when polarization is a problem and consensus and a search for common ground is a solution. However, there are times when we should live polarization because important issues are at stake. The consensus on health care means that abortion is removed from the public option -- and thus removed from all health insurance policies even if a particular policy doesn't involve government money. In issue after issue, the left is caving for some supposedly greater good. This search for consensus has not softened the view of any Fundie.
It has gotten to the point that people on the left who point out what is going on are accused of stirring up trouble. The progressive goalpost has moved rightward and what had been a moderate-right viewpoint is now rebranded as a progressive view. Sigh.
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