American Taliban
From RationalWiki
The American Taliban is a derogatory an accurate term for American Christian fundamentalists. It was coined after the invasion of Afghanistan when the term Taliban became a household word. It is used to draw parallels between Islamic fundamentalism and Christian fundamentalism.
The point of the phrase is to compare those who would make the United States into a country with a state religion, or inflict their religious views on others through government decree, to the Taliban government in Afghanistan, which was also a repressive theocracy.
[edit] Quotes
A website dedicated to this phenomenon[1] has many illustrative quotes. Here are a few examples:
- "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war." -- Ann Coulter
- "Don't use the word 'gay' unless it's an acronym for 'Got Aids Yet'" -- Bob Dornan
- "Sodomy is a graver sin than murder. – Unless there is life there can be no murder." -- David Trosch
- "American Veterans are to blame for the fag takeover of this nation. They have the power in their political lobby to influence the zeitgeist, get the fags out of the military, and back in the closet where they belong!" -- Fred Phelps
- "I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God." -- George H.W. Bush, Aug. 27, 1987[2]
- "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush
- "AIDS is a racial disease of Jews and Niggers, and fortunately it is wiping out the queers. I guess God hates queers for several reasons. There is one big reason to be against queers and that is because every time some white boy is seduced by a queer into becoming a queer, means his white bloodline has run out." -- J. B. Stoner
