Monday, August 14, 2017

Life After Hate; Conservative Christians Being Conservative Christians

GO INTERVIEW, if you wish, every participant in the white supremacist "unite the right" gala in Virginia. My million dollars against your cool mil that every last one of them will answer every question identically, no exceptions. Or, if any, few. 1. Republican 2. conservative 3. Christian 4. Trump voter 5. heterosexual and, last , but not least 6. capitalist enthusiast. Its dollars to donuts nobody in the whole crew voted for Hillary. self identifies as a liberal socialist. or as a non Christian of any sort. Then, remember the raison detre', the reason for the whole event; white supremacy. Racism. Were they all wearing white sheets? I don't have a TV. but go do the interviews. But go right on ahead - interview all ten thousand of them, or however many of the right wing extremist christian idiot bigots were in attendance at "unite The Right" 2017. They're easy to spot; they'll all be wearing the T shirt, for days...have they scheduled next year's event? Doubtless it'll be in the south.maybe they should promote it under various names, to appeal to all concerned; the "moral majority"..."Unite the White Right"....."Chris-Con" (Christian conservative convention)...you get the drift...If the American conservative movement isn't careful, it will, in its entirety, suffer damage on account of its extreme wing, the "Charlottesville people." Thus, Trump, Rubio, and other republican leaders are smart to disavow the extreme right wing conservative Christian hate group terrorist idiots. Trump 's first comment was inadequate; his second one, about racism being evil, which he doubtless conjured up under pressure, was much better, and for that our president deserves credit. Credit for personal evolution. For Trump, may it continue. Republican apologists might wish to point out that this extreme fringe of the conservative movement is an outlier, not the norm, not the mainstream. There is evidence to the contrary. Racism and hatred of nonwhite non traditional minorities, including sexual minorities, is a long standing American tradition, rooted deeply in conservatism and Christianity. That's just a fact. Far right white supremicist Christians have killed more people in America, using terrorism, than all other forms of terrorism and terrorists groups combined, times two. I'm jes' sayin'... Humans have three basic emotional needs: a sense of identity, a sense of community, and a sense of purpose. Joining the KKK or the neo Nazi party or some other white supremacist group fulfills those needs, but at what cost? Decency and humanity? So dominant is the Christian faith in America that the American Christian community could long ago have eliminated racism from American culture, rather than promote. Same with hatred of homosexuals, and other minorities. Perhaps now the conservative Christian can see the light, and work to purge and improve itself. Better late than never.

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