Sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face, reading this stuff... [View all]

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/10/sometimes-its-hard-to-keep-straight-face.html

This is the essence of the relationship between extremist right wing Trumpie politics and the Evangelical right. A major Evangelical denomination is dealing with a major sexual abuse scandal among its clergy. One of its former pastors, and former president of the denomination, is named and identified in an investigation as being one of the perpetrators of the abuse. He admits to the "impropriety" but says it was "consensual." Now he's advertising as the leader of some kind of conference, to which people will pay money to attend.

It's this whole attitude that has infected both the religious right and far right politics, and is part of what makes it what it is, a backward, misogynist, racist and fascist male-dominated authoritarian oligarchy of the rich.

There are some things we can do to mute the influence and minimize the damage to the country that these people now pose. These are my recommendations based on my reading, so they come from experience, not from someone with a sociology degree, who probably wouldn't help much anyway:

*Defeat as many far right and Republican candidates as is possible during every election cycle.
*Take their threats of violence seriously and encourage government and law enforcement to handle this the same way they handled January 6th. Not in terms of letting them over-run the Capitol, but meet them with force, arrest and then prosecute the perpetrators, organizers and leaders of the event ( A little clarification here)
*Get familiar with all of the talking points and the whole scope of white Christian nationalism. Know who its leaders are and what any local group might say.
*Fight the intrusion of this ideology in your church, if you have one. If it has already overwhelmed the pulpit and ministry, make a public exit.
*Did I say make a plan and put it into action so that you will go show up at the polls and vote straight Democrat?