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++== Philosophical distinction between fundamentalism and fanaticism ==
Today the term is used by the [[liberal media]] to attempt to marginalize strong Christians, and is used as a pejorative by atheists and liberals to criticize Christianity. It could also be applied to other religions, such as Islam and Hinduism, but the use of the term against those religions is much less frequent in the media. The media do refer to "radical" Islam when referencing Muslim terrorists, but the media generally do not use the term "fundamentalist" or "radical" to refer to any beliefs other than Christianity.
Today the term is used by the [[liberal media]] to attempt to marginalize strong Christians, and is used as a pejorative by atheists and liberals to criticize Christianity. It could also be applied to other religions, such as Islam and Hinduism, but the use of the term against those religions is much less frequent in the media. The media do refer to "radical" Islam when referencing Muslim terrorists, but the media generally do not use the term "fundamentalist" or "radical" to refer to any beliefs other than Christianity.
== Philosophical distinction between fundamentalism and fanaticism ==
The philosopher Jay Newman concedes that religious fundamentalists are not fanatics. For some mysterious [[professor value|professorial value]] that he apparently believes in, he nevertheless maintains that some unidentified "we" are allowed to deplore the methods and objectives of fundamentalists.
{{cquote|If some religious fundamentalists eloquently defend their decision to campaign aggressively for the removal of certain "adult" novels from the public school library—if they were to cite relevant facts and figures with some care and point to relevant observations by noted educational psychologists—then, while we may still deplore their methods and objectives, we will probably abandon our initial suspicion that they are fanatics.|<ref> ''Fanatics & Hypocrites'' by Jay Newman (1986) p. 54 (in the ''Frontiers of Philosophy Book Series''), ISBN 0-97975-348-X</ref>}}
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