Thursday 2 September 2010
There’s always been a big audience in the United States for conspiracy theories and religious melodrama. The apocalyptic theology of the hard-shell denominations where hucksters like Beck and his costar Sarah Palin have their biggest following basically demands it. It’s Satan worship one year, secular humanism the next. The latest bogeyman is Islamic fundamentalist Shariah law, an almost purely theoretical threat in the USA. Which actually constitutes progress. Back in Mencken’s day the enemies were Catholics and Jews. Glenn Beck’s religious rally nothing new ☀
