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Isn't this what the Christian Nationalist/Trumpists want?

It's a nice piece and I agree with the sentiment, because it scares the crap out of me, too.

But at the same stuff, seeing stuff like this bothers me, because it seems to feed right into the, "if you don't like it, leave" mentality.

I feel like I should pack my bag, just in case, but damned if I want to. I was born here, raised and educated on the idea that this country was not just another Christian Nation with the idea that it was founded on "liberal ideas," including separation of Church and State, meaning more than just the Establishment Clause.

I'm not stupid. I realize that it was never that simple, but Trump and then 1/6 and the reaction to it made me realize, maybe I have less in common with more Americans than I thought I did.

I'm not giving up yet, but the definition of "civil discourse" is weighing a lot more heavily on me, along with more basic differences in terms of how one person treats another.

Did Jesus just over simplify, or did he mean to say, if you follow me and those who claim to support my message, you can ignore the older stuff ?

I'd like to think Christianity isn't a farce, but it sure seems like this crap is being carried out in it's name and there isn't much (enough) resistance.




Opinion: As a Jewish American, I don't see this country quite the same way after January 6

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/opinions/jews-racism-january-6-committee-wolfson/index.html
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Budwick · 70-79, M
The Jewish angle is a nice twist.

That article doesn't accurately portray Jan 6th.
The Jan 6th committee certainly doesn't either.

I don't want to live in fear that my wife and I will have to flee Washington to escape Nazis in our neighborhood, or that our democracy will be destroyed by officials who swore an oath to protect and uphold it. - Seriously?
@Budwick Yeah, that's kind of what bugged me about it, but at the same time, I'm sensitive enough about it to see the crap in FL the other day where some folks made statements about the Nazi flags and some didn't.

I don't want to take "Christian Nationalism" or at least the extreme ends of it too seriously, but I don't want to ignore it either, and I do really get not feeling secure as a non Christian in the current environment.

If more Christians were saying "turn the other cheek," I'd feel better, but I feel like too many are saying, "go back to where you came from."
Budwick · 70-79, M
@MistyCee

When you mix more and more stupidity and lies - it doesn't make your story any more believable.
Just more stupid.
@Budwick is the mountain out of a molehill thing where you're going?

Because I find that more appealing and worthwhile to talk about than calling "my story" "stupid."
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