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In reply to the discussion: There is no reasoning with them... [View all]soldierant
(6,847 posts)37. Unfortunately, the style is easy to slip into.
It reminds me of Chuck Todd being (absolutely correctly) for using the terms "parent" and "parents of color" instead of saying "white parents" and "parents of color. Or something else that isn't automatically othering.
I doubt if anyone here thinks that black Christians are Christian fascists (although isolated individuals, even isolated congregations, might be." But if white Christian fascists are writing, passing, and enforcing fascist laws in a sate ot an area, then everyone living in that area is virtually enslaved to them in terms of [personal conduct. And that is probably just as clumsy as the original statement, but I' am trying to learn.
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your use of "The slave states." Wow. I first thought, 18th century slavery, but then
lindysalsagal
Dec 2021
#9
They'd be millionaires but Deep State, Big Pharma, black robes, and regulations hold them back. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2021
#15
Yup.. I think back to my grandmother long gone, but who had the most sincere beliefs that
hlthe2b
Dec 2021
#3
Some say "Christian Right" but I say "Friggin' Fascists" and Churchill, Roosevelt and
abqtommy
Dec 2021
#7
Is Chris Hedges' program still running on Russia Today? Asking for a nation (Nt)
FreepFryer
Dec 2021
#13
What will they say/do when it is not their version of Christianity in charge?
keithbvadu2
Dec 2021
#14
Religion becomes an addiction when it hurts people, including it's adherents.
lindysalsagal
Dec 2021
#24