SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The wingnuts of the Bible Belt in theirs?
Does " the wingnuts of the Bible Belt in theirs" mean "the key elements of the Bible Belt(the Southern United States) of the Christian people"?
Background info:
...bomb anybody, behead them, stone them, burn them at the stake,
crucify them, or fly planes into their skyscrapers, just because of a
theological disagreement. But my interlocutor usually doesn't leave
it at that. He may go on to say something like this: 'Doesn't your
hostility mark you out as a fundamentalist atheist, just as funda-
mentalist in your own way as the wingnuts of the Bible Belt in
theirs?' I need to dispose of this accusation of fundamentalism, for
it is distressingly common.
Background info:
...bomb anybody, behead them, stone them, burn them at the stake,
crucify them, or fly planes into their skyscrapers, just because of a
theological disagreement. But my interlocutor usually doesn't leave
it at that. He may go on to say something like this: 'Doesn't your
hostility mark you out as a fundamentalist atheist, just as funda-
mentalist in your own way as the wingnuts of the Bible Belt in
theirs?' I need to dispose of this accusation of fundamentalism, for
it is distressingly common.
Top answer
The term " wingnut " is a compound of: Right/left wing of a political party. ) Nut - a crazy person. One who does crazy things.
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The term "wingnut" is a compound of:
Right/left wing of a political party. (The people with the most extreme conservative / liberal views.)
Nut - a crazy person. One who does crazy things.
The term "Bible Belt" refers to a geographical area of the US, consisting mainly of the Southern states and territories that seceded from the union and instigated the A
Right/left wing of a political party. (The people with the most extreme conservative / liberal views.)
Nut - a crazy person. One who does crazy things.
The term "Bible Belt" refers to a geographical area of the US, consisting mainly of the Southern states and territories that seceded from the union and instigated the A
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in theirs = in their way = in the way (manner) of the "wingnuts of the Bible Belt"
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SweetFreedomfundamentalist in your own way as the wingnuts of the Bible Belt in theirsYou ................ are fundamentalist in your way;
the wingnuts ... are fundamentalist in their way.
their way > theirs
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Reversing the order, we would have:
The wingnuts ... are fundamentalist in their way;
you
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