[Dean's World] Ali Eteraz: No More Partisanship

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Posted by Ali Eteraz:
No More Partisanship
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1178590460.shtml


   I am dropping my left-partisan approach to Islamic Reform (and to some
   extent politics in general). This is not because I've found "the left"
   unwilling to have the discussion about reform, quite the [1]contrary.
   Rather, the simple fact is that the Southern libertarian in me, raised
   in the heart of Dixie, and educated by some of the great conservative
   thinkers of the American South, refuses to go away. By taking a
   partisan approach I put myself in the difficult position of not
   getting the message out to as many people as possible; not getting as
   much critical feedback; and essentially, end up spending my time
   debating dogmas instead of acting pragmatically. This means that I'm
   going to link to the blogs on the right with as much frequency as I do
   on the left, and include thinkers from both "sides" of the political
   fray. If I do not, I'll always feel that my analyses is myopic.
   [2]Continue reading at my personal blog.

References

   1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-eteraz/how-the-left-can-criticiz_b_45040.html
   2. http://eteraz.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/no-more-partisanship/