I disagree.
American mass movements, in response to whatever stimulus, tend to be framed in terms of liberty. It's a very individualistic culture.

The rallying agains trrrsm is compatible with this individualism, inasmuch as teh trrrsts were seen as the worse of two evils; a national response was seen as warranted only inasmuch as it would keep the way open for less interference in the life of the godfearin' individual.

In fact, get hold of a copy of Adam Curtis' The Power of Nightmares from BBC2 in 2004 if you can: it's very good on the ideological similarities between radical Islam and the American Right.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:42, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I've got to see that. I wonder if I can find it on line because I am sure it is not readily availble in the US.

(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:48, Reply)

It is difficult to find outside of the UK, though I think that there is a version.
The problem is that Curtis uses HUGE amounts of archive material in his films from all kinds of sources, so getting copyright clearance outside of the UK is a huge task; the BBC tends not to bother trying.

(Though I would have thought that the full three hours is on the web somewhere, if you know where to look...)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:53, Reply)

I hadn't thought about it that way
But it does seem more consistent with the - often very selfish - reasons given for opposing the healthcare bill. As for the similarity between radical Islam and the radically right-wing, well, I suppose they're both driven by religious dogma. And they do both seem to have surprisingly similar (and very backward) views. I shall have to look for that documentary.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:49, Reply)