And he only shows the respect for religion and conservatives that they usually deserve, of course.
The fact that you think that is hugely troubling for somebody who, like it or not, is living in a society with people who are otherwise than himself. Read some Levinas or Buber. Do your heart good.
Actually, don't bother with the Buber. But do read the Levinas. Very important thinker, and not just in some sort of empty, pious way. I think Levinas is the author who has meant the most towards shaping my own little vision of life. The irreducibility of alterity is really something people should try to grasp. And the absoluteness of the moral appeal, of course.
(though Levinas' main weakness is the way he always manages to reduce his most subversive ideas to banality. So the appeal of the face-à-face is infinite, but we shouldn't forget about the claim 'le tiers' (the absent other) has on me!!! So, in reality the appeal of the immediate presence of the other is pretty limited.)
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