For white evangelical Protestants, power is religion

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Power *is* their religion. God is on *their* side.

White liberals keep hoping their “values” will lead to their downfall.

Only politics can do that.

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For white evangelical Protestants, power is religion
Herschel Walker’s hypocrisy won’t deter their vote.
5:31 PM · Oct 10, 2022

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Here’s something most don’t know. When I write for the Editorial Board, I have in mind an audience consisting (mostly) of white liberals. Not just any white liberal, but the educated, urban-dwelling, even-keeled, policy-oriented kind that longs for reasonable politics.

One of my goals is getting this well-intended, open-minded, live-and-let-live sort of citizen to understand that reasonableness itself is an act of war to those waging war by other means. White liberals often say that they’re trying to “leave politics out of it” – that they only want laws and policies that make sense. That’s impossible, however, when confronting political opponents who will kill themselves to kill you.

(I refer you to a new study showing that counties that went to Donald Trump in 2020 experienced disproportionate rates of death during the covid pandemic than did counterpart counties that went to Joe Biden. In other words, Republicans killed themselves rather than give reasonable policymakers the satisfaction of being reasonable.)

That politics often makes no sense is usually a consequence of bad-faith intentions. Think about it: not making sense is good for confederates who believe that reasonableness is an act of war. How do you fight people who make sense? By weaponizing nonsense.

With propaganda. With conspiracy theories.

And lies.

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[RKP5637]

1. Yes, their religion of hatred, ugliness and evilness. Diabolical creatures straight from hell! n/t

[keithbvadu2]

2. Politics and religion use each other to gain power and wealth.

[TlalocW]

3. Herschel being 12 points behind a week back

And that being mainly his losing ground and Warnock only gaining a few points says that maybe republicans and the professional Christians have done their jobs too well. THEY'LL never give up a candidate no matter what, but after generations of beating into the heads of their followers that abortion is evil; abortion is the worst sin; etc. it seems like some of the ordinary voters aren't able to get past the whole "participated in a woman getting an abortion" thing. You can't undo decades of brain washing in a month.