Word: deism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time, in the wrong direction: "Oh, I'll have eggs Benedict, just this once." The truth is that moderation works only if you are an unblinking maniac about it. While admirable when rigidly observed, moderation is ultimately a thin creed, a sort of Unitarianism of diet, a deism of good intentions...
...American life, some multiculturalists claim that this Eurocentric bias discriminates against those from different traditions. But for openers, Eurocentric is decidedly a fuzzy term, lumping together a vast diversity of nationalities and peoples, past and present. In what person or doctrine can Eurocentrism be embodied? Savonarola? Jane Austen? Deism? Communism? Insofar as it means anything specific, Eurocentric looks suspiciously like a code word for "white." In attempting to combat racism, radical multiculturalists seem all too willing to resort to racism of another stripe...