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Nevilledog

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Sun Jan 9, 2022, 08:31 PM Jan 2022

The January 6th Capitol attack was the inevitable product of the Christian Right's hatred of America



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The January 6th Capitol attack was the inevitable product of the Christian Right’s hatred of America
Journalist and researcher Bruce Wilson discusses how religious hatred for a ‘fallen nation’ fueled a presidential coup attempt
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12:03 PM · Jan 9, 2022


https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2022/01/january-6th-capitol-attack-was-actually-decades-making

It’s now been a full year since a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol with the intent of overthrowing the 2020 election so that then-president Donald Trump could illegally remain in office against the wishes of the American people.

During the intervening 12 months, while hundreds of people have been indicted and convicted for their role in the events, almost nothing has emerged from the law enforcement investigations as to what Trump and his inner circle of aides were doing that tragic day. And that’s because federal investigators can only reveal information connected to a formal criminal indictment.

What is very clear, however, is that the tens of thousands of people who came to Washington that day were doing it for something much more important to them than the grievances of a snobby New York investor. For many, if not, most of the people who entered Capitol that day, invading the building was striking a blow for God against an America they despise.

Unfortunately, this information was out there well before the Capitol invasion, but it wasn’t reported much by the mainstream press, which spends most of its time obsessing over political gossip instead of actually understanding politics.

Joining the program to discuss all this with me is Bruce Wilson. He is a researcher and journalist who has studied Christian nationalist movements for decades and has tracked their ever growing influence on Republican politics. In the show — which was recorded on January 6, 2022 — we go through a number of specific moments to show that the attack on America was building for years and why the extremists who did it want to come back for more.

The video of our conversation is below, the transcript of the edited audio follows.

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The January 6th Capitol attack was the inevitable product of the Christian Right's hatred of America (Original Post) Nevilledog Jan 2022 OP
Cold Fact, Ma'am The Magistrate Jan 2022 #1
K&R Solly Mack Jan 2022 #2
When gawd starts delivering clear, updated, relevant and useful advice lindysalsagal Jan 2022 #3
Um... Yeah Deep State Witch Jan 2022 #4

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
1. Cold Fact, Ma'am
Sun Jan 9, 2022, 08:52 PM
Jan 2022

Belief that a deity's will must guide a society forbids commitment to majority rule. People might disagree with the deity's will, and then where will society be? People capable of saying 'One man and God is a majority!' cannot with safety be allowed any part in a nation's politics, and if they are present must be closely watched.


"Saints are to be considered guilty till proved innocent."



lindysalsagal

(20,440 posts)
3. When gawd starts delivering clear, updated, relevant and useful advice
Sun Jan 9, 2022, 08:57 PM
Jan 2022

that I can check against all known reality, then, and only then, will I even give it a brief consideration.

If gawd really wants shit a certain way, let her do it her damn self.

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