Locals Say Eagle Pass Is Being Invaded by Christian Nationalists -- Not Migrants

[The Mouth]

Submitted for your consideration. I think this is an excellent read and a useful perspective.



"Eagle Pass, Texas—Residents of the border town at the center of an ongoing feud between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration made it clear over the weekend that the only people they see as “invaders” in their community are the 14 Republican governors and a convoy of Christian nationalists calling themselves “God’s Army.”

“There has been an invasion, but I’m not talking about the immigrants. The invasion is from Governor Abbott and his political rhetoric,” said Juanita Martinez, an Eagle Pass resident and chair of the Maverick County Democratic Party, on Friday outside the Maverick County Courthouse."

https://truthout.org/articles/locals-say-eagle-pass-is-being-invaded-by-christian-nationalists-not-migrants/?fbclid=IwAR1FBv0Qrl645LzYV6H8nxDK3p_SnKPspdzkXY9Z4lxyquD44O9y6QOp0oo

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Yup

You were told they were coming. Loud and clear.

[SheilaAnn]

2. Christian nationalists? They looked like drunk red neck thugs to me. n/t

[magicarpet]

4. A few times there was video of them pushing and shoving one another.

They don't seem to play well in the sandbox.

[Crowman2009]

6. Such christ-like behavior!

[magicarpet]

8. KKKrishton Fascists.... who harbor delusions that they are too patriots.

[Diraven]

11. Weak

Old liberal Jesus from the Bible was weak

The new conservative Jesus pushes back!

[dchill]

18. "He gets us!"

[Aristus]

9. To-may-to, to-mah-to...

n/t

[jaxexpat]

10. Its like an old fashioned camp meeting for Nazis.

They'll think they're surrounded by aliens when they realize the overwhelming population of Eagle Pass is Spanish speaking and a tad "Mexican" looking.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

14. why not both?

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[AllaN01Bear]

3. truth.

[canuckledragger]

5. Wouldn't the idiots involved in this trucker tantrum...

...be considered the outside agitators that the right wing always whined about?

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Americuh. The world must be incredulous at how far we have fallen. n/t

[Emile]

12. I would take Migrants over the Religiously Insane any day of the week.

[byronius]

13. Creepy creepy creepy.

I’m generally not a fan of superstitious mysticism, but I have studied it in detail in various countries throughout my life.

These people are lost and crazy. Abbot and his murderous minions run a cult based in violent Christianity — the ‘other’ side of the Glory of God crap that has cursed our species since the Old Days. It is neither loving nor kind. Instead, it is primal and insane.

It worships the “Other” — not as a deity, but as a means to power. Hitler was one of many, not unusual in any way except scope. It’s all the same.

These people are not ‘American’ in any way; they clothe themselves in patriotic fervor tinged with ancient brain chemistry, and carry out rituals written into their DNA without thought or reason.

We’ve got a long way to go. I wish some of these ‘Christians’ would wake up and realize how close to the original reptile they are. ‘Fear the Other!’ ‘Cast Out The Unbelieving Of Different Color!’

I’m living in dark scifi. Same old, same old.

My grandmother was a Christian, and a good one — ‘feed the hungry’, and ‘love the children’.

These prehumans in Texas and around the country are all about judging the hungry and making the child fearful.

They don’t fool me. Reptiles.

[Duppers]

20. Bravo!

[prodigitalson]

15. I used to hunt dove down there. It's the middle of fucking nowhere. they are gonna get real bored real fast

[Crowman2009]

17. Sure hope none of them has a horrible firearms accident.

[hadEnuf]

16. It's a rallying point for the GOP to take the focus off Trump and the criminal GOP.

The locals are probably standing around scratching their heads saying "what illegals"?

This is totally made up theater.

[CaptainTruth]

19. And I would say the white supremacist nationalists are more of a threat...

...to America than people who just want a better life.

[Initech]

21. Insane that the holiest among us are choosing to stand by Greg Abbott's tyranny and his horrible death traps.