24 Apr
2014
24 Apr
'14
6:38 a.m.
Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Carl Turney wrote:
Please tell us how we can change the minds of right-wing Tea Party members, and the devout believers that "God wants us to multiply and will make it all OK for us if we do"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull They're even creepier than regular theists.
I agree. Note that an effective public policy doesn't require convincing members of such groups that they're mistaken. In a democratic society, the policies are set by elected representatives, who are ultimately responsible to the public through the voting mechanism. Lobbyists can have an unreasonably large influence in practice, of course, and this is a real problem for democracy.