Going Out of Style and Fading Away

 THE WHITE CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE party, usually called the "Republican" party, is overwhelming all of the above, any even the most cursory glance at one of their gatherings reveals. Black and brown people and non Christians are absent, as are, one suspects, gays and transgender people. Minorities are rare in the Republican party. Republicans tend to be Christian, capitalistic, heterosexual.But why? Their agenda, their politics, perhaps? Why would black or brown folks be attracted to a political party which denies or downplays racism, seems to believe that racism only exists when liberals invent it by mentioning it, and that only hard work matters, for anyone and everyone? The modern Republican  Attrition by lack of interest.cultural, ethnic, religious diversity inclusion, and acceptance. That is why white Christian conservatives have been for a long time angry, and behaving as if their panties are all bunched up, and sitting on a corncob. That is why they claim that there is some sort of "war" against Christianity and conservatism, because they are going out of style, as a smaller portion of the population embraces them. Attrition by lack of interest. Behold the angry, screeching MAGA rallies, where the grimacing audience eagerly watched trump attacking everybody and everything.Voter suppression. Attacks on gays and transgenders from the pulpit and elsewhere, including Republican majority state legislatures.Tradition and conformity are the twin pillars of conservatism everywhere. In America, that means social and economic Darwinism, a ceaseless, unrelenting competition for wealth, power, prestige.Cooperation and communal planning ar enemies, as are reform and forward progress. The actual American economy is mixed, with strong elements of socialism. Its racial, ethnic, and religious diversity is growing greater,and will continue to do so, contrary to conservative desires.People and groups of people threatened with extinction, such as white supremacist conservatives, resort to violence, and we see that happening now on the far religious right. The violence will get worse before it finally burns itself out, and we are left with its smoldering remains as a reminder of its evil, of its former domination of American society, and as a reminder that it must never be allowed to renew its awful strength and harm us again.