'Morning Joe' shock over Ginni Thomas points to a hidden Jan. 6 truth

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61. I was offered a teaching job at a school

run by evangelicals. Didn't apply for it but an acquaintance recommended me to them (without my knowledge) and based on her recommendation, they wanted to hire me before even setting up an appointment for me. My first thought was "What kind of school does that?" My second thought was, "Would I have to agree with their views and represent them in the classroom?" The acquaintance (a former Catholic turned evangelical) said, yes, I would. I declined immediately. Put up with that plus at lower pay than a public school? Not a chance.

The belligerence of Republicans and the religious political groups makes me believe that there will be a showdown with them at some point. I don't know what form it will take, but it could get violent because of their fanaticism. The merger of religion and politics is a facet of fascism.

I would not mind a split in the country. The differences don't fit conveniently along geographical lines. New England an the Mid Atlantic states are together in one region. The Southern region is politically apart from the northeast. The Midwest is more aligned politically and religiously with the South. But then there are Nevada and New Mexico who are politically more like the northeast. And California could easily stand alone or join with NM and NV. Maybe WA and OR could go with CA, NM, and NV.

3 countries instead of one. The large numbers of Blacks in the South would be in a bad situation with that kind of split. They would be welcome in the Northeast and the Pacific West, but would they want to move to a different climate and location? In Europe people changed countries in the past over religious differences. But would people in the US want to move for political divisions?

What a sad state for democracy when differences can't be accommodated without splitting up the country, but there cannot be accommodations with fascism.