Class Teaching (Party Politics, Paper II – Elections)
“You have to play your religion
card very carefully during election campaigns.
“It is equally fine to be
religious or to be atheist, but it is not always fine to express those views. What
you can actually show should always depend on your party.
“First, we need to understand two
parameters: Faith and Faithfulness,
“Faith
basically means your religious orientation, your preference for any
particular sect or in certain cases your devotion towards a demigod.
“Faithfulness
refers to your integrity and devotion to a cause. This cause is mostly
divine, but not always. This makes faithfulness a very powerful tool in
politics, because it often subtly transcends religion.
“Let me tell you which types of
expressions are ideal for different types of political parties.”
On the board
Extreme left: show blind faithfulness,
even if the faith keeps changing
Left liberal: you can show religious faith,
but not faithfulness
Central: show faithfulness, leave faith
ambiguous
Right: show both faith and faithfulness
openly
Extreme right: show blind faith, even if
your faithfulness falters
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