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== Philosophical distinction between fundamentalism and fanaticism ==
== 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.
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. Incredibly, Newman smugles in an allowance for subjective and bigoted suspicions against religious fundamentalists as possible fanatics until they prove themselves otherwise.
{{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>}}
{{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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