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Lmao, you think this current loyalty test - and the future party filled exclusively with Trump loyalists - will simply pack up and go home after Trump dies? Or anyone living will be able to wear Trump's mantle next?
You do realize Christian Nationalism follows the (misinterpreted and cherry picked) words of someone who died 2000 years ago as their North Star right?
Trump dieing would simply make him the new Jesus. Shit, he's already being accepted as such while he is alive.
Absolutely nothing will stop the current trajectory of the GOP until the people who make it up find something else more entertaining or fulfilling to do with their time.
Unless by "Generational shit show" you mean a contest to see who can preform fellatio on Trump's ghost the best.
Trump is the new Ronald Reagan of the GOP. The good news about that is the GOP has largely forgotten Reagan at this point. The bad news is they worshiped Reagan for decades after his death. I suspect Trump will largely be treated the same.
I'll push back on this as I think it's a mistake to view Christian nationalism as a religious thing. It really should be called "White nationalism" because that's more what it means. They'll prop up the bible but they really don't give a fuck about what's in it. Rather, it's just a tool to justify hating Muslims, Jews, and other "brown people" religions. The christian part of christian nationalism is really a tool to sell to grandma "See, we just want a Christian (white) nation. That makes it good because anything christian is automatically good".
As someone raised in a white evangelical household, an ex-evangelical myself, and someone who lived in a number of very conservative communities and as someone who regularly works with police and military, I feel I have a very solid understanding of (and have been thoroughly traumatized by) the conservative/evangelical/christian nationalist mindset - and I think the Christianity part is way more central that you are giving it credit.
Similarly, while there is most certainly racism present, I have encountered few overtly, stereotypically racist people in those communities. They will enthusiastically accept any minority that shares their beliefs. I think it's far more about ideology than race. Where the racism comes in is they automatically distrust people of other races unless they discover there is a shared ideology.
They hate white Democrats/liberals/progressives just as much, maybe even more, than those of other races, because those are people who have "rejected the word of God" rather than being those who have simply not heard it yet and potential converts.
I grew up in a similarly christian conservative community. I think it's a mistake to conflate conservative Christians with christian nationalists (though there is overlap for certain). Several of my very conservative christian family members are disgusted by the christian nationalists.
That's why I don't think it's the christianity driving the nationalism but rather the nationalism driving the christianity. Hence the reason nazis have felt pretty comfortable attending CPAC this year in nazi garb.
There are athiest christian nationalists who will talk about how it's "the culture" that matters and makes a "christian nation" superior to other government forms.
In my home state of Idaho, I see a lot of christian nationists in public office, and they are much more occupied with rooting out "CRT" (re: anything mentioning civil rights and slavery) and LGBT literature than they are focused on "getting prayer back in school" or other overtly "christian" motives.
By atheist Christian nationalist, do you mean people who aren't religious but believe in Christian values? Or as I think they're trying to reframe it: family values - to try to disguise their religion and appeal to more people.
People who have previously stated they are atheists but also are christian nationalists because they believe in the "cultural values" it grants. Generally just people with bigotries that line up with christian nationalism's current targets.
"I'm an atheist, but I believe that being gay will destroy society and this CRT stuff will erode the moral values of this nation" that sort of shit. Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson are two that fit right into this mold. Though there have been atheists that have explicitly said they are also christian nationalists, they are just more minor public right wing figures who's names I've already forgotten.
Yeah I think we're saying the same thing.
I've also listened to some Jordan Peterson, he clearly holds religion in high regard. I would not believe him if he says he's atheist.
You're definitely right, and I kindof lumped those together - it's hard to write a complete response during a poop break at work.
I was not aware of 'athiest christian nationalists' being a thing. Fascinating.
I also didn't adequately explain that I feel 'modern' Christianity has very little to do with the teachings of Christ, much less the content of the Bible even as a whole. It seems it's much more a justification of their targeted hatred.
Definitely agree there. I think the union of conservative politics and christianity has made both worse.
It's that bigotry and hatred that is the core of christian nationalism and nationalism in general. Having a target to hate is just how these fascist operate. Religion helps to have outgroups to hate, and nationalism exploits that to try and radicalize.
hillary lost the entire election because a sect of cubans in florida decided to vote 'pro choice' due to their ultra conservative religion.
a non-white religious minority decided the election.
Hillary lost the election because she's a supremely unlikable person that ran a campaign of "Who else are you going to vote for, Trump?". She ran on a center right political platform (if you can call it that) nearly as derelict as Trump's 2020 platform. She further was pretty insultingly dismissive of the progressive wing of the party. She alienated strong base support when she should have been courting the bernie supporters.
She also did not JUST lose Florida. Further, Biden did not win Florida so that sect of ultra conservative Cubans weren't the deciding factor.
Her lose is also why I fear for 2024. Biden isn't running as bad a campaign as she did, but he is still heavily banking on the "What, you aren't going to let Trump win, right?"
This is flatly untrue. She obviously wasn't as left as Sanders, but she ran on a policy platform more progressive than Obama and was arguably the most liberal nominee on a relative basis since McGovern.
He's saying they're being lead by Christian/white nationalism. They'll still take the votes of religious people, but that's not who they are anymore. They are not actually religious, they are nationalistic.
I saw a leaked video of one of these new "Christian" churches. They basically replaced the 10 Commandments with 10 nationalistic/fascist statements.
It was actually much more than that... Cubans in Florida are just as racist against Mexicans as Trump is.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/south-florida-hispanics-sound-off-on-trumps-massive-deportations-comment/
I'm betting it's Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I think that lazy eye lets her see to the spirit dimension.
Birds of a feather
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/04/sarah-sanders-asks-applicants-to-write-500-words-on-what-they-admire-about-her-most-while-applying-for-a-state-board-job/
The RNC is also going bankrupt. It's not going to go away because of Trump's death, but it will stop existing because he completely drains their coffers
This is my favourite part of the story arc until the future possibility that Trump gets home arrest or loses his fortune